Have you ever had these objections to Christianity?

Question

1. Since evil and suffering exist, a Loving God cannot exist.
2. Since miracles contradict science, they cannot be true.
3. Evolution explains life, so God isn't needed
4. God sin't worthy of worship if he kills innocent children.
5. It's offensive to claim Jesus is the only way to God.
6. A loving God wouldn't torture people in hell.
7. Church history is littered with oppression and violence.

Then check out The Case for Faith: Lee Strobel.

I just got it for like $8 at amazon and it answers all these questions/objections.

keep in mind i mentioned this book, not the case for Christ. Also, Lee Strobel isn't the one giving the evidence so having him debate is kinda useless. it would be the same thing as debating the newspaper. Ask Mr. Dawkins to debate the people written about. Also check out Case for a Creator-that's one of my favorite books he has written. I cannot comment on all his books for i have not read them all yet.

this was just a psoting verbatim of what the table of contents say, :D. i just recieved the book and i am about to read it, but i have read Case for a Creator multiple times.

Answer 1

Then check out The Case for Faith: Lee Strobel.

You are not the first to recommend this book Drop. I think I will take a look for it at the library.
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Hey, anyone can read a book...you guys sound like my classroom when I give them an assignment.

Christians ARE allowed to read and study other books. For those of you who insist on trying to convert every internet user...you might just get some fresh ideas on some of these points.

And for those who do not believe...instead of asking hundreds of questions over and over, maybe you will get some answers that are worth more than points.

These comments from those who claim to be intelligent human beings and want others to respect their thoughts and ideas????

Pardon me please, to those of you who did make respectful answers. I am big on books, lol, and comfortable enough in my faith to read anything. Good thing, or I would not be where I am today. Ta- Da...heading for my last class.

Answer 2

I think the bible contains a lot of symbolism. Miracles don't necessarily have to be phenomena out of the blue. In Exodus, the tower of fire, the plagues, and the parting of the sea can be explained through geology. A volcano near Crete caused a wave of geological phenomena that created a chain of events that stil happen and can be scientifically proven (like lakes can turn crimson or blood red when gas escapes from the bottom and mixes with the water). Now, that all that natural stuff happened to occur when right at that moment, that is a miracle.
About evolution, I think that the genesis story is symbolic. God made Adam and Eve from clay: dirt and water. According to evolution, organisms from the sea adapted to land. Imagine a fish coming out of the water and slithering or walking on sand or dirt, you get a being covered in mud or clay. About 7, yeah, during the middle ages the church went bezerk...even charging people money to be absolved from sin after confession...let's not forget the burning of "witches." But that was back then.

Answer 3

1. I agree. The brutal murder of just one little girl casts a ton of doubt on an all-loving God.
2. Miracles do not prove the existence of a god.
3. Evolution does not address God.
4. NO one is worthy of worship if they kill innocent children, deity or otherwise.
5. Not offensive to me, but perhaps offensive to those who don't do the Jesus thing.
6. If God is all-loving, then a place of eternal torment cannot exist if God is all-powerful as well.
7. True.

The Case for Faith doesn't make any such case... it assumes everything it tries to prove and does nothing to justify its rationalizations.

Check out "Letter to a Christian Nation" and "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris.

Answer 4

1. No...as humans, we are the ones that make suffering exist
2. No
3. God/Goddess/Spirit could have been the one to create evolution...which is something I believe in.
4. Again...mentally correct humans ARE in control of themselves...so God PROBABLY isn't the one to do that...though Mother Nature probably gets fed up and creates hurricanes, etc...but again, that is the fault of humans.
5. Yes...i do find that offensive. Can we say Christian Supremacist?
6. I don't believe in Hell, so I couldn't really say.
7. History and now.

I'm Pagan, but I do think some of what Christians say is true...

Answer 5

Mr. Strobel is a remarkable author who has a wonderful ability to sum up many very complex ponderings so that the simple reader (I didn't say stupid) can advance in thought, where many simply curl up and die.

It is a shame that so many people spend their entire lifetimes pondering such things on their own, getting nowhere fast, when there is an author like Lee Strobel who can lift the burden and allow the reader to simply, GET ON WITH LIVING! :)

Great suggestion!

Answer 6

I think the best thing a person can do to decide on how truthful the Bible is is to read it. Few Christians actually read it, and if you read it with an open mind (not assuming that what it says is true, nor assuming that what it says is false) you'll come to your own conclusions.

Answer 7

Now that really is a case of creating a straw man just to dismantle it-I wouldn't necessarily use any of those arguments worded like that, as credible reasons for rejecting the validity of Christianity.

Answer 8

My objections to Christianity are far more valid. Lee Strobel should debate Richard Dawkins some time. That would be funny.

Answer 9

Can't say that I've had these objections to Christianity since I became a Christian.

Come to think of it, most of them are only your opinion, and I can't say I felt that way about Christianity even BEFORE I converted at the age of 28.

Answer 10

I've read that book. His answers were almost a joke. I can't believe anyone would have any respect for that guy.

I can give better reasons to have faith than he gave - and I'm an atheist.