Tell me all you know, that's wrong about Christianity and Bible and Jesus?

Answer 1

You said ALL right? Well here you go.

Biblical Inconsistencies

1. Why does the evangelical church say there are no contradictions in the Bible
when they are plainly there for anyone to see? (These are too numerous even to
list a representative sample here. There are many books and monographs on this
topic in the skeptical literature.1)

2. Why does the Old Testament teach that there is no hell, while the New
Testament teaches that there is? The idea of "progressive revelation" does not
explain the conflicts in the biblical texts.

3. Why does most of the Old Testament teach that there is no afterlife (see
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, for example), while later Old Testament writings and the
New Testament do?

4. Why does the church say that God is not the author of confusion (1
Corinthians 14:33), when many biblical passages flatly contradict this?2

5. Was God known by the name Yahweh prior to Moses (Exodus 6:3), or was he not
(Genesis 4:26, 5:29, 9:24, 22:14, 27:20, 27:27, 28:20-21)?

6. Which "Ten Commandments" are *the* Ten Commandments - the ones listed at
Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, or the ones listed at Exodus 34? Only the list at
Exodus 34 is explicitly called the "Ten Commandments" in the biblical text.

7. Was the Law given by Yahweh perfect (Psalm 19:7), or wasn't it (Hebrews
8:6-8)?

8. Why can't the six accounts of the resurrection be reconciled?3 Paul says
that without the resurrection, the Christian faith is in vain (1 Cor 15:14).
How could the biblical accounts possibly disagree on such an important
narrative?

9. Why were the disciples surprised by Jesus's resurrection after Jesus had
told them repeatedly to expect it?4 An angel even reminded the women that
Jesus had told them of his impending resurrection (Luke 24:6-7). How is it
that the women remembered his words (Luke 24:8), but the disciples didn't (John
20:9, Luke 24:12)? Even Jesus's enemies remembered that he had foretold that
he would rise again (Matthew 27:63).


Biblical Ambiguities and Omissions

1. Why is the Bible unclear about how to be saved? Is there anything more
important that the Bible could communicate? Why is it ambiguous and
contradictory on this subject?

2. Why does Jesus teach salvation by works in the synoptic gospels, but John
portrays him teaching salvation by faith?

3. Why does John not teach in his gospel that it is necessary to repent of our
sins, since he states that his gospel was written specifically for the purpose
of showing people how to be saved (John 20:31)?

4. Why is the nature and practice of the two sacraments - baptism and the
Lord's Supper - left ambiguous in the Bible, and a cause of discord among
churches?

5. Why is the book of Revelation incomprehensible if it is really "not sealed"
(Rev 22:10)? Why are the prophecies in the book of Daniel actually easier to
understand, if they *are* sealed (Daniel 12:9)?

6. Why doesn't the Bible provide unambiguous answers for major divisive
doctrines like efficacy of baptism, paedobaptism, mode of adult baptism,
soteriology, Christology, trinitarianism, satanology, angelology, nature of the
afterlife, eschatology, fundamentals of the faith, the standing of Jewish
believers in relation to the Law, the standing of Gentile believers in relation
to the Law?


Misinterpretation of Scripture by New Testament Figures

1. Why did the writers of the New Testament feel free to misquote and
misinterpret the Old Testament and conflate verses?5

2. Why did the gospel writers use the Septuagint, an inferior translation of
the Old Testament?6 Did the Holy Spirit fail to inspire them with the more
accurate Hebrew text, the one accepted today?

3. Why did Matthew and Peter take Old Testament passages out of context to make
them into prophecies, when they were never indicated to be prophetic by the Old
Testament author (Acts 1:20 versus Psalm 69:25, for example)?

4. Why did Mark misreference an Old Testament prophet (Mark 1:2)?7 How can we
rely on Mark to explain Old Testament prophecies to us if he is even mistaken
about the source?

5. Why does Jude quote the non-canonical Book of Enoch as prophecy (Jude
14-15)? Did the Holy Spirit fail to inspire Jude with the fact that the Book
of Enoch would not be accepted into the canon?

6. Why does Matthew quote a non-existent Old Testament prophecy (Matthew 2:23)?
Was he using non-canonical writings, too?

7. Why does Matthew attribute a quote about the potter's field to Jeremiah,
when Jeremiah has no such passage, and the closest one in the Old Testament is
Zechariah (Matt 27:9-10; Zechariah 11:12)?

8. Why doesn't Paul ever quote Jesus from the gospel accounts, or show that he
knew anything at all about Jesus's teachings and life as portrayed in the
gospels?

9. Why is no single hermeneutic adequate for interpretation of scripture? Why
were the New Testament authors so free and loose in their hermeneutics? How
could it be that the meanings of some words and phrases have been lost? How
could it be that some cultural references have been lost? How can it be that
many books and passages admit of multiple interpretations? Doesn't God want us
to understand his Word enough to protect the knowledge of its referents and use
unambiguous diction and phraseology?


Failed Biblical Promises


1. Why doesn't prayer work, when the Bible promises that it will (John 14:14,
for example)?
See also below under Absurd Doctrines, items 4 and 9.-CK

2. Why aren't Christians doing greater works than Jesus did, since he himself
said they would (John 14:12)? The context is clearly referring to miracles.


Failed Prophecies

1. Why have no prophecies been demonstrated to have been fulfilled? Why are
many Old Testament prophecies too vague to be tested? Why are many Old
Testament prophecies "yet to be" fulfilled? Why has it been impossible to
demonstrate that the Old Testament prophecies were written prior to the events
forecasted?

2. Why wasn't Tyre destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar as prophesied by Ezekiel
(Ezekiel 26)? When it was destroyed by Alexander the Great, why didn't it
remain desolate as prophesied by Ezekiel?8

3. How can it be that Isaiah prophesied a temporary destruction of Tyre, while
Ezekiel prophesied a permanent destruction (Ezekiel 26:14,21; 27:36; 28:19
versus Isaiah 23:13-18)?

4. Why wasn't there a 40-year period in Egypt's history when the whole land was
devoid of people and animals, as prophesied by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 29:11-12)?

5. Why is so much of New Testament prophecy incomprehensible? Why produce a
prophecy at all if it cannot be understood?


Problems with Miracles

1. Why haven't any of the miracles recorded in the Bible been independently
confirmed?

2. Why don't verifiable miracles happen today? What better way is there to
convince people of the Christian message, and isn't that the commission given
to the church by Jesus?

3. Why don't evangelical Christians accept miracle stories recorded in ancient
non-biblical works? Isn't it the case that evangelical Christians have decided
a priori to accept biblical miracles and reject all others? Aren't the
apologists' "objective standards" for accepting or rejecting extra-biblical
miracles post hoc?


Origin and Transmission of the Scriptures

1. Why is the authorship of most books of the Bible disputed? Why do many
books of the Bible have no statement of authorship? Why are some books in the
canon pseudepigraphical (lie about authorship)?

2. Why did the early church not revere the scriptures as Christians do today,
so that they added interpolations and made emendations?

3. Why hasn't the Bible been transmitted to us in perfect condition if it is so
important and if God had his supernatural hand in it? Why did both Israel and
the church add interpolations, emend, and conflate the texts?


The Canon

1. Why is the Mosaic injunction against false prophets ignored in the canon?
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 should disqualify Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel,
Jonah, Jesus, and Paul.

2. Why is the canon disputed by the church? Is God content to let uninspired
writings falsely be proclaimed as his Word? Furthermore, how do we know the
canon is complete?

3. Why has no one been able to describe a consistent objective basis for
establishing the canon? Why was the canon established by vote instead of on
objective principles? Why was the canon not directly revealed by God?

4. Why is so much of New Testament doctrine revealed through the use of
occasional letters instead of in systematic books written, authorized, and
canonized specifically to define Christian doctrine? Why didn't God deliver
these himself, as he did the Law to Moses? Maybe this explains why the Old
Testament Law has more clarity than the New Testament doctrines. Why did God
leave the writing of systematic theologies to modern, uninspired writers, who
cannot agree with one another?


Biblical Values

1. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, why did God lie about what the
outcome would be (Genesis 2:17),9 while the serpent told the truth (Genesis
3:5,22)?

2. Why are women treated as chattel and inferior to men throughout the Bible?10

3. Why is the Old Testament and most of the New Testament addressed only to
free men, and not to women or slaves? Does God deal only with free males?11

4. Why does the Bible condone slavery?12

5. Why does Yahweh command genocide,13 including the killing of infants? Why
does he command that all women who have "known a man" be slaughtered, but the
soldiers are to keep the young virgins for their own use (Numbers 31:14-18)?
Why does the Bible portray Yahweh as worse than Hitler (Deuteronomy 20:16-17)?
Isn't it blasphemous to call the Bible "God's Word," when it libels him so?

6. Why doesn't the Bible condemn polygamy? Is it not really a sin? In fact,
the Bible seems to condone polygamy through examples of God blessing
polygamists and by its explicit statements regarding David.

7. Why wasn't Lot condemned for giving his daughters to be abused by the men of
Sodom (Genesis 19:8)? The Bible actually calls him righteous (2 Peter 2:7)!

8. How can Christians say that the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of
religion is based on Judeo-Christian ethics when Deuteronomy 13:6-10 and 17:2-7
flatly contradict this?

9. How can being mauled by a bear possibly be a just punishment for
name-calling (2 Kings 2:23-24)? Doesn't this contradict God's own edict of "an
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth?"

10. Why is faith - believing something for which there is no evidence - a
virtue?

11. Why is rational skepticism a vice? If Christianity is true, won't the
truth hold up under scrutiny? Shouldn't the church welcome and promote
rational skepticism as a way of confirming and spreading the faith when people
see that it fails to undermine Christianity? Why isn't skeptical literature
studied and refuted in Sunday School classes?


Biblical Guidance

1. Why do Moses, Ezra, Jesus, and Paul all disagree on marriage and divorce?
Moses allowed divorce, Jesus disallowed it and also allowed it, Paul allowed
it, and Ezra actually commanded it to appease God (Ezra 10). How is an honest
Christian supposed to know what to do in this area?

2. Why does the New Testament teach by example that major decisions should be
decided by lot (in Acts chapter 1 when Matthias is chosen)?

3. Why doesn't the Bible provide unambiguous guidance for major divisive issues
like abortion, divorce, war, church discipline, lending and borrowing money,
etc.? Doesn't God want the church to be united? Doesn't God want individual
Christians to know how they should live?


Conflicts with Science

1. Why does the Bible teach that the sky is a solid dome of transparent
material with water above it?14 (The water poured through the "windows of
heaven" to cause Noah's flood, and then presumably poured off the edge of the
disk-shaped earth into the abyss.)

2. Why does the Bible teach that goats will have striped offspring if they see
stripes when they drink at the watering trough, when this has been discredited
by modern genetics?

3. Why does the Bible record scientifically impossible events as factual? For
example, the creation narrative, Noah's deluge, a solid dome over the sky,
Earth supported by a foundation. Why has the evangelical church produced
"Creation Science" explanations that are complete nonsense? Why is it that
none of the more rational reconciliations of science and the Bible survives
scrutiny?

4. How can it be that Psalm 16 and Romans 1 teach that the creation is a
reliable means of knowing God ("natural theology"), but the scientific study of
biological and geological origins contradicts the creation narrative in
Genesis? Why does "natural theology" contradict "revealed theology" (the
Bible)? Is the creation bearing false witness? Is the Bible bearing false
witness?

Absurd Doctrines
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1. Where is the justice in punishing us for Adam's sin? The Bible itself says
that children will not be punished for the parents' sins (Deuteronomy 24:16).
Furthermore, if God really created Adam not knowing either good or evil
(Genesis 3:22), how could such a harsh and enduring punishment as death for
Adam and all his descendants possibly be just? Our secular courts are more
just than God when they show mercy on people who cannot distinguish between
right and wrong, such as children and the mentally handicapped. And why isn't
this doctrine of original sin found anywhere in the Bible except in Paul's
writings?

2. Where is the justice in punishing Jesus for our sins? If our courts of law
were to accept the punishment of someone else in the place of the criminal, we
would not say that justice has been done, but that injustice has been added to
injustice. Would the church have me believe that two wrongs make a right?

3. How can sacrificing Jesus on behalf of the sinner atone for another's sin?
This would be like killing my child to reconcile for the misbehavior of my
neighbor's child. I have the capacity simply to forgive and forget without
demanding compensation for small offenses. Why can't God do this? Does he
simply want blood?

4. Why pray? If it changes God's mind then he is not sovereign. If it does
not change God's mind then it is superfluous.

5. How can the doctrine of the Trinity possibly be true? Any attempt to make
sense of it leads to contradictions. If it is so important, why isn't it
clearly taught in the Bible? Why shouldn't an objective student of the
doctrine conclude that it was created by the church to hide biblical
inconsistencies about the nature of Christ behind a shroud of mystery?
See my note at the bottom of this document. - CK.

6. Why is God concerned about humans at all? We are less than a speck in the
universe. Christianity has the hallmarks of being a religion made by humans
for humans.

7. Why have all the rational arguments for the existence of God been
successfully refuted? If God exists, is it unreasonable to suppose that there
would be at least one irrefutable proof of his existence?

8. Why haven't the existing proofs of God's non-existence been refuted? Surely
believers, who have the advantage of an indwelling Holy Spirit with an
"infinite mind," cannot be stumped by "finite minds" of unbelievers working
within the confining limitations of reason, can they?

9. Why is it that some teachings are conveniently tautological (i.e.,
circular)? For example, you must pray the will of God in order for prayer to
be answered; you must believe the Bible in order to understand the Bible; and
the Bible is the Word of God, therefore it is true.

10. How exactly does "loving God and enjoying him forever" give meaning to
life? Any satisfying secular activity can give meaning to life. Why does the
Christian assume that a metaphysical meaning for life is necessary? Isn't it
the Christian who imposes meaninglessness on this present life, declaring that
meaning depends for its existence on the life to come? And if Christians did
not believe they will live forever, would they continue to love and serve God?
Isn't it really eternal life that the Christian loves, and not God? If purpose
in this present life is really derived from loving and serving God, then what
sense does it make for Christians to make meaning dependent upon a future life?

11. Where is objective, verifiable evidence that a soul or spirit exists and
survives the body after death? Why does the Old Testament deny such an idea
until the later writings, which show the influence of Greek ideas? The idea of
"progressive revelation" does not explain this.



Intractable Theological Problems
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1. How could Adam and Eve ever have sinned if God had actually created them
perfect, even if they did have free will? If God created them imperfect, how
could a perfect omnipotent being create anything imperfect?

2. How can evil exist in the world if God is simultaneously good, omnipotent,
and loving? Why is it that no theodicy stands up under rational scrutiny?

3. Why does the church say God did not create evil, when he himself claims that
he did in Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, and Amos 3:6?15

4. Why does God expressly take credit for creating disabilities (Exodus 4:11)?
If these are God's doing, then why does the evangelical church insist that
disabilities are the result of the fall, or of Satan's work?

5. Why would a loving, omnipotent, benevolent god cause people to believe
falsehoods so that he can condemn them (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12)?

6. Why is the Bible inconsistent on major theological issues such as the nature
and existence of an afterlife, the efficacy of works of the Law with regard to
salvation, and the distinction between soul and spirit?

7. Why does the evangelical church speak of absolute values when the Bible
teaches situational ethics?16

8. Why is it not possible to formulate a systematic theology that agrees with
the Bible in all points? Roman Catholic theology introduces unbiblical and
irrational ideas; Calvinistic reformed theology stumbles at the existence of
evil; covenantal theology muddles the biblical distinctions between Israel and
the church; dispensational theology is too hopelessly complex to be credible
because every major inconsistency is explained away by spuriously introducing a
new "dispensation;" and Arminianism destroys the sovereignty of God.

9. Why doesn't the Bible itself present its own "revealed" systematic theology.
Doesn't God want us to have a consistent and complete framework of theology to
support right decision making and teaching others?



Blemishes on the Church
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Unbiblical and Inconsistent Practices of the Church

1. Why does the church worship on Sunday, when the seventh day was established
forever? There is no biblical support for Sunday worship; it is a tradition of
the Catholic Church which Protestants accept.

2. Why do many evangelical churches deny that baptism is essential for
salvation, when the New Testament clearly teaches that it is?17

3. Why do some churches object to wine since the Bible indicates that it is a
gift from God (Psalm 104:14-15)?18 How can they continue to object even when
they acknowledge that Jesus turned water into wine? Is this anything more than
a holdover from prohibition? In fact, the Bible promotes drunkenness in
Proverbs 31:6-7.

4. Why does the modern evangelical church embrace the extra-biblical doctrines
of "having a personal relationship with Christ," having a "quiet time,"
"journaling," and the necessity of belonging to an "accountability group?"
Doesn't the church understand its own religion? Why is it caught up in
pop-religion? If these are not really doctrines of the church, then why is
there social pressure to conform?

5. Why does the church teach tithing for Christians, when it is only commanded
of Old Testament Israel? Why didn't Paul teach tithing to the New Testament
church when he had the opportunity to (2 Corinthians 9)?

6. Why do some churches ignore controversial teachings in the Bible, such as
speaking in tongues, baptism for the dead, the requirement for women to wear
head coverings and to remain silent, the identification of the "sons of God" in
Genesis 6, the necessity of poverty in order to follow Jesus (Luke 14:33), etc?
Doesn't the Holy Spirit reveal the true meaning of these passages to believers?
If so, why do sincere believers come to opposite conclusions on their own, and
why aren't they able to come to agreement when they dialog with each other?
Surely, Jesus is with them to guide them when two or three are gathered
together in his name, isn't he, even if they misapprehended the Spirit's
guidance when they were on their own?

7. Why must Christians resort to divination (looking for "guidance," looking
for "doors of circumstance to open or close," etc.) if the Holy Spirit dwells
within them? What is the benefit of an indwelling Holy Spirit if it doesn't
manifest itself in day-to-day living, and it has to be coaxed into revealing
God's will in major decisions?

8. Why do Christians pray about whether to marry someone, when Paul says that
if they want to get married they should just do it (1 Corinthians 7)?

9. Why does the evangelical church rail against one-world government, since
they say it is God's plan as revealed in Revelation? How can they justify
speaking and acting against God's revealed plan?


The Headless Church

1. Why is the evangelical church subject to the same social movements as the
rest of society? If the church is headed by the living Christ, shouldn't the
institution be a steady keel in a stormy sea?

2. Why does the church trail rather than lead in social reforms? (For example:
the rise of capitalism, rise of the scientific method and critical thinking,
abolition of slavery, eradication of Nazism, women's suffrage, civil rights of
African Americans after the abolition of slavery.) And why does the church
dishonestly claim leadership in these reforms after the fact?

3. Why are the church's day-to-day practices guided by cultural norms rather
than by the perfect, absolute, unchangeable norms of God and the Bible? For
example, why do churches separate children from their families and age-grade
them like the schools, why does the church propagate self-help ideology when
the message of the Bible is dependence upon God, why does the church accept and
participate in competition where it has rejected it in the past,19 why has the
service of women in the church been addressed only after secular culture has
addressed women's issues, why does the style of music in the church and church
architecture follow cultural patterns instead of defining cultural patterns?

4. Why doesn't the church understand Jesus's teachings? Why are most preachers
afraid to preach straight through a gospel from beginning to end? Why do they
skip over Jesus's "difficult" sayings and the enigmatic passages?


Character of the Church

1. Why has the church done so little good and so much harm in 2000 years, while
science has demonstrated remarkable progress in only 500 years? Why is the
period when the church dominated western history universally referred to as the
Dark Ages, while the period of breaking away from church dogma is called the
Enlightenment?

2. Why are the Crusades and the Inquisition and other church-sponsored
atrocities politely ignored in many church education programs, leaving church
members to learn of these in other venues, or, more likely, to remain ignorant
of the heritage of the institution to which they belong and contribute.

3. Why does the church conceal and ignore and misrepresent legitimate
criticisms and critics? If Christianity is undoubtedly true, why doesn't the
church demonstrate it by refuting the whole body of skeptical literature in
Sunday School classes? The church isn't trying to hide something is it? How
can the church possibly maintain credibility when it is so blatantly partisan
on the side of dogma, and obviously not dispassionately seeking truth wherever
the evidence may lead.

4. Why do so many members of the church dismiss the veracity of unbelief
without even giving it a fair hearing, especially in light of biblical
condemnations of this behavior, such as "He who answers before listening - that
is his folly and his shame," (Proverbs 18:13, NIV), and "The first to present
his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him," (Proverbs
18:17, NIV), for example.



Problems with Jesus's Credentials and Character
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1. Why are many Old Testament prophecies about Jesus referenced in the New
Testament taken out of context, not being messianic prophecies at all?20 Why
would Jesus's disciples, and Jesus himself in Matthew 4:13-16, misrepresent the
Old Testament text? Surely the Son of God would not allow a disciple to
persist in distorted understanding of the scriptures, nor teach a synagogue
class an unjustified misinterpretation of scripture?

2. Why doesn't Jesus fit the real, clearly identifiable, messianic prophesies
of the Old Testament? Why do the gospel writers ignore these prophecies? Why
does the church condemn first century Jews for rejecting Jesus as the Messiah,
when he clearly does not fulfill the Old Testament prophecies of Messiah? Why
must we wait until Jesus' second coming to see the clearest prophecies
fulfilled?

3. Why do the two genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke disagree? If
someone is declared to be the son of God, surely his credentials must be
impeccable, mustn't they? Two variant genealogies cast suspicion on the true
origin of this man, don't they?

4. Why does the genealogy in Matthew 1 show that Jesus descended through a
cursed line?21 Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) and his father Jehoiakim were both cursed
by God himself, who said that neither of these men would have any descendent on
the throne of David. How could Jesus possibly be the Messiah, destined to rule
forever on the throne of David, if he descended through either of these men?

5. If the genealogy in Luke is that of Mary and not Joseph, then why does it
list Joseph in the line rather than Mary? Why is no other genealogy of a woman
recorded anywhere else in scripture? And if this is Mary's genealogy, then
Jesus descended through Nathan, not Solomon, making the prophecies in 2 Samuel
7:12-16 and 1 Chronicles 22:10 false.

6. If, using the genealogy in Luke, Jesus's claim to descent from David, of the
tribe of Judah, is through Mary rather than Joseph then how can it be that
Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, was descended from the house of Aaron, of the tribe
of Levi (Luke 1:5)?

7. Why does Jesus misquote the Old Testament?22

8. Why does Jesus refer to the writings of Moses (Mark 12:26), when it is clear
that Moses could not possibly have written the Pentateuch?23 Surely the son of
God would know more about the Word of God than anyone else, wouldn't he?

9. How can it be that Jesus contradicts the Old Testament (1 Samuel 21-22),
saying that Abiathar gave David the showbread instead of Ahimelech, and saying
that David had men with him, when he was actually alone (Mark 2:25-26)? Does
the church expect me to rely upon the teachings of a "son of God" who is
demonstrably mistaken about what God's Word says?

10. Why does Jesus quote a non-existent verse of Old Testament scripture (John
7:38)? Is it possible that he considered other non-canonical writings also to
be God's Word?

11. Why would Jesus deliberately obscure the gospel by speaking in parables so
that people would not understand, turn, and be forgiven (Mark 4:11-12)? Did he
not come that all men might be saved?

12. Why was Jesus in the tomb for only two and a half days at the most, when he
said he would be there three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40)? Surely the
son of God would say precisely what he means, wouldn't he?

13. Why would Jesus prophesy that his kingdom would come in glory before some
of those listening to him died, but the kingdom still has not come (Matt 16:18,
Matt 10:23, Mark 9:1, Luke 21:31-32)? Surely the son of God could not have
spoken a false prophecy, could he?

14. Why did Jesus say his followers must hate their families? Surely, when the
son of God said "hate" he meant "hate," didn't he? Why would the son of God
confuse us by using hyperbole? How could the examples of Luke 9:59-62, even if
allegorical, be hyperbole anyway? Jesus clearly called a man to the
irresponsible, disrespectful action of leaving his father, implying that he was
not even to attend his funeral, and he called another to leave his family
without even saying farewell or letting them know he was deserting them.

15. Why was Jesus disrespectful of his mother?24 In John 2:4, Jesus uses the
same words with his mother that demons use when they meet Jesus.25 Surely the
son of God knew that Mary had the blessing of the Father, didn't he, not to
mention that the son of God would never be rude?

16. Why did Jesus lie to his brothers about going to Jerusalem (John 7:8-10)?26
Did God the Father send a lying spirit, as he did in 1 Kings? Like Father,
like Son?

17. Why did Jesus, by his own admission, break the Sabbath law (John
5:16-18)?27 This puts the lie to the Christian idea that the perfect Jesus
fulfilled the whole Law, and therefore was a suitable unblemished sacrifice for
our sins.

18. Why did Jesus say the ruler's daughter was not dead? (Matt 9:18-25; Luke
8:41-56) Either Jesus lied, or he performed no miracle, but the context
clearly shows that it was understood to be a miracle.



Evolution of Religion by Naturalistic Social Processes
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1. If Christian theology and the church have a supernatural origin in an
omnipotent God, then why has theology and the church evolved through
naturalistic social processes over time?

2. Why does theology change from the beginning of the Bible to the end? Why
are the later writings influenced by Greek thought (for example, immortality)?
Why is there such a large theological gap between the Old and New Testaments?
The changes are not explainable by the idea of "progressive revelation," or by
any systematic theology.

3. Why was the doctrine of the Trinity unknown to the church until the fourth
century? Why was the doctrine established by vote instead of by revelation?
Why was the membership of the voting council loaded with Athanasians? Why was
belief in this then-new doctrine made a condition for membership in the church?
Why were Arians exiled and executed?

4. Why is Jesus so similar to the other 15 suffering saviors of mythology? Why
don't Christians believe any of the other virgin births and savior stories
recorded in ancient literature? How is it that the ritual of Christian
communion existed in the prior pagan ceremonies of eating the body and drinking
the blood of their gods? How is it that the Christian ritual of baptism also
existed in the prior pagan cults? Weren't the very defining doctrines of
Christianity actually assimilated from the endemic pagan cults? Likewise, why
are Easter, Christmas, the Lenten season, rogation days, and others, derived
from pagan holidays. Didn't Christianity have any legitimate calendar of
commemorations of its own?

5. How did liberal churches come to exist? If they are inclined to believe,
why did they not continue to believe the "fundamentals?" Could it be because
the fundamentals have insurmountable problems that discredit them?



Conclusion
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1. Why hasn't the church answered any of these questions in the 23 years I have
been a part of it?

2. Why hasn't the church answered any of these questions in 2000 years?

I can only conclude that it is because the church has no answers.


(c) Copyright 1997, James Buckner.

Answer 2

there's nothing at all wrong with the above. It's every other system of belief (Islam, atheism, Buddhism, etc.) that have huge and terminal problems.

Christianity, as given by Jesus and presented in the Bible, has no problems at all and is perfect.

As one wise person once put it:

"Christianity is the only boat that isn't sinking"

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http://www.answersingenesis.org

excellent site for answering your questions about Christianity (and about life in general)

Answer 3

nothing about the Bible. Lots of things with religion. Nothing wrong about Jesus. He was sinless.

Answer 4

***Tell me all you know, that's wrong about Christianity and Bible and Jesus? ***

Nothing, the fault is ours.

Have a blessed day.

Answer 5

Jesus is a fictional character in a popular book that has gotten itself a cult following...the cult got quite big and split into thousands of sects and none of them believe the same things but they all believe they hold the truth...that's what I call taking a simple story way to far...it's bible geekdom and it sux!

Answer 6

There isnt anything wrong with them. Its the fact that SOME(not all) religious people take things in a literal sense. Sometimes in religions things are exagerated to help people understand but the people who are being taught take them as literal and not metaphorical.

Answer 7

Nothing is wrong with them. The *people* who claim to follow them, now that's another question altogether. People are human, fallible and make mistakes....even you. There are people in all belief systems who are in it for gain, power, or to make themselves feel better than others. It's not limited just to Christians. Faulty premise.

Answer 8

I won't tell you what is "wrong" with your beliefs. because they are your beliefs. But I have my own and as a member of the Jewish people I follow a certain doctrine and outline for religion that I don't find fulfilled in Christian doctrine. But the laws and beliefs I follow are for Jews. Your belief is your prerogative, is it not?

Answer 9

Nothing is wrong with Jesus or the Bible.....so you might as well give your delusions a break, ha, ha, ha

Answer 10

People's interpretations. People's lack of faith. People's ignorance in trying to color or re-sex Jesus or God. People not putting His Words into action, to make this a better world.

Answer 11

hmm it'd take me forever to go through whats wrong with the bible, apart from it being made from "sinners", that adam and eve werent put here with a pen to document the events that took place, that there are many controversial statements in the Bible, that God is 100% pure and holy yet he created evil and let it into the world. that the Bible says jelousy is a sin and yet "God is a jelous God" murder is a sin and God commands murder in the Bible. that anger is a sin (he who hates has commited murder in his mind) and that God is an angry God. hmmm