Many have religious questions and I am trying to write a book on the questions asked by you all?

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Answer 1

You have to have a more developed angle for a book, you can't just answer tons of general questions concerning religion. I tried doing that with my first major attempt at a book, I just thought of every religious topic I could, but it just didn't develop. Now I picked a more precise topic and I have over 570 handwritten pages on it and its great!

So narrow your topic first.

Answer 2

Now you can't write a book, because I want to write a book. But I fear that the Yamster will get us both and say something about copyrights that they have or something. I hope not. Whatever I say here is MY copyright, not theirs!!! Or yours either.

Answer 3

I was under the impression that that book was already written. The Bible.

Answer 4

I have a collection of multiple choice common sense questions. Some knowledge of early church history is helpful, and some of the the information can be verified in any unbiased encyclopedia. Anyone can email me (see profile) for the list of correct answers.

1.) True or false: The Bible has a verse(s) that lists what books belong in the Bible.

If true, quote the chapter and verse______________________________

2. If the Bible doesn't tell us what books belong in it, then is the Bible's "table of contents" merely a human tradition?
A) yes
B) no, its not by "merely human tradition" that compiled the Holy Books
C) all traditions are to be condemned

3. If the list of Biblical books is not revealed in the Bible itself, what men drew up the list?
A) Luther, Calvin, Knox, and Zwingli
B) The Twelve Apostles
C) The Jewish Council of Jamnia in the 1st century
D) Several Bishops in 4 councils from the 2nd to the 4th century

4. Why do you trust these men?
A) they were guided by the Holy Spirit
B) their offices were of direct descent from the Apostles
C) they were unanimous in faith and practice
D) all of the above

5. Is their list infallible? (without error)
A) yes
B) no, Luther removed the added books 1100 years later and made it infallible
C) no, the Jewish council of Jamnia (95 AD) had more authority about the canon of scripture than Christians, even though they rejected Christ and the message of the New Testament.
D) No, the bible came from God, it didn't come from man, that's why its infallible.

6. If the list of books in YOUR Bible is infallible, on what authority is it so?
A) by virtue of the office of the bishops who proved which ones of the many books were inspired
B) the power to bind and loose which was given to the Church
C) by the authority of Christ which lives in the Church
D) King James, who gathered the books from the Apostles, and lived to be 1600 years old.
E) I trust the publisher
F) A, B, C

7. True or False: Even though the list of books in the bible is not in the bible, it is an infallible list.?

8. If their list is not infallible, and is merely a human tradition, why do you trust it? On what authority?
A) God decided the list, not men. That is why I trust it, on the authority of the Holy Spirit, Who had no need of men to make the list.
B) the list IS infallible, on the authority that Jesus gave to sinful Church leaders.
C) the list IS infallible on the authority that the Holy Spirit gives me a good feeling about it.

9) Some claim the Bible says that unless doctrines are explicitly found in scripture, they cannot be trusted. State any explicit biblical basis for this doctrine, Old or New Testament.

10) If (9) has no verses to support the claim, but you accept it as a doctrine anyway, isn't that an extra-biblical "rule of faith and practice", or an extra-biblical doctrine?
A) yes
B) no

11) Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book?
A) The Gospels
B) The Epistles
C) Revelation
D) nowhere

12. True or False: Jesus told all His apostles to write things down.

13. Where in the New Testament do the apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based on a book?
A) The Gospels
B) The Epistles
C) Revelation
D) nowhere

14. If the authors of the New Testament believed in Sola Scriptura, why did they sometimes draw on oral Tradition as authoritative and as God's Word (Matt 2:23; 23:2; 1 Cor 10:4; 1 Pet 3:19; Jude 9, 14;15)?
A) once its written, its no longer tradition
B) oral Tradition is part of Divine Revelation and just as authoritive

15. A few Christians claim that Jesus categorically condemned all oral tradition (Matt 15:3, 6; Mark 7:813). If so, why does He bind His listeners to oral tradition by telling them that to obey the scribes and Pharisees when they "sit on Moses' seat" (Matt 23:2)? which is not found in the Old Testament?

A) Jesus could not have condemned all oral tradition, just the ones (He said "your traditions") that violated God's word, not the Sacred Traditions that the Jews properly followed
B) the scribes and Pharisees were pure, true Christians, and Jesus was telling his listeners to follow their example.
C) Jesus was saying that the corruption of people with authority had no bearing on the necessity of obedience to them, which is pleasing to God.

16. True or False: God's Word is restricted only to what is written down. (see the last verse in John's Gospel)

17. How do we know who wrote the books that we call Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Hebrews, and 1, 2, and 3 John? (What verse claims the name of the author?)
A) it's written on the top of the page
B) oral Tradition
C) bible scholars can prove it

18. On what authority, or on what principle, would we accept as Scripture, books that we know were not written by one of the twelve apostles?
A) on the authority of the publisher
B) on the authority of the Church who set strict principles for the canonization of scripture
C) Luke was a clone of Paul

19. How do we know, from the Bible alone, that the individual books of the New Testament are inspired, even when they make no claim to be inspired?
A) we know by faith they are God breathed, and that's all I need to know.
B) Paul says "All scripture is profitable…2Tim3:16;17"
C) The Church proved they were inspired, the bible is not self authenticating

20. How do we know, from the Bible alone, that the letters of St. Paul, who wrote to first century congregations and individuals, are meant to be read by us 2000 years later as Scripture?
A) we don't, the bible doesn't tell us that
B) Paul was inspired so he must have seen the future
C) The bible shows Paul's primary mission was to write books of the bible, preaching to the Gentiles was secondary.
D) Jesus commissioned the Apostles to read the Gospel to all nations…

21. Most of the books of the New Testament were written to address very specific problems in the early Church, and none of them are a systematic presentation of Christian faith and theology. On what biblical basis do you think that everything that the apostles taught is captured in the New Testament writings?
A)..there is no biblical basis.
B)..the Holy Spirit will remind ministers and bible scholars all things, since we no longer need bishops.
C..Everything the Apostles taught is found in the transfer of authority. Christ is the foundation, and in Eph 2:20, the Apostles and their successors are not excluded in this foundation
D)..A and C

22) If the books of the New Testament are "self-authenticating" through the ministry of the Holy Spirit to each individual then why was there confusion in the early Church over which books were inspired, with some books being rejected by the majority?
A) there was no confusion, the Holy Spirit told each individual believer what was true scripture
B) self-authentication of scripture is found in each book of the
New Testament, so the bible did not need the Church to canonize it.
C) The majority could not read, so the question is irrelevant
D) There is no logical or scriptural basis for self-authentication of scripture

23) If the meaning of the Bible is so clear, so easily interpreted, and if the Holy Spirit leads every Christian to interpret it rightly, then why are there over 23,000 Protestant denominations, and millions of individual Protestants, all interpreting the Bible differently?
A) the one historic, consistent, and authoritative interpretation protected by the Holy Spirit is rejected
B) every doctrine must be "measured against" the individuals interpretation of Scripture, making it a variable, relativistic rule.
C) the testimony of the Apostolic community which was promised the assistance of the Holy Spirit in coming "to all truth" has been cut off and rejected
D) all of the above

24) Who may authoritatively arbitrate between Christians who claim to be led by the Holy Spirit into mutually contradictory interpretations of the Bible?
A) no one, just the bible
B) There is no authoritive arbritrator in this situation
C) The Bible Answer Man on the radio
D) Christians led by the Holy Spirit have the correct interpretation when they agree on the important things, and don't need anybody else's' authority

25) Since each “bible-only” Christian must admit that his or her interpretation is fallible, how can they in good conscience call anything heresy or bind another Christian to a particular belief?
A) they can't
B) the Holy Spirit tells each individual Protestant what
doctrines measure up against the bible
C) infallible doctrines that measure up to any individual(s)
interpretation of scripture gives you a good feeling.
D) B and C

26) Some Protestants usually claim that they all agree "on the important things." Who is able to decide authoritatively what is important in the Christian faith and what is not?
A) no one, they have no centralized authority
B) Pat Robertson
C) Bible college professors
D) The Bible Answer Man on the radio
E) Christians led by the Holy Spirit all agree on the important things, and don't need anybody else's' authority

27) How did the early Church evangelize and overthrow the Roman Empire, survive and prosper almost 350 years, without knowing for sure which books belong in the canon of Scripture?
A) the question is false, the bible fell from the sky in 33 AD in the KJV.
B) the Catholics collaborated with the Romans to kill the true believers and burn the scriptures
C) the Catholics wrote false scriptures and forgeries to confuse the true believers
D) Paul was a tent-maker which proves they had tent revivals
E) Jesus founded a living, teaching Church, not a book club
F) B and C

28) Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books belonged in the New Testament canon and to make this decision binding on all Christians?
A) the Holy Spirit who guided the bishops in the early Church councils
B) each individual believer was literate, and knew which were the right books from the wrong books

29) If 20 is B, then can I remove or add books to the canon on my own authority?
A) yes
B) no

30) Why do Protestant scholars recognize the early Church councils at Hippo and Carthage as the first instances in which the New Testament canon was officially ratified, but ignore the fact that those same councils ratified the Old Testament canon used by the Catholic Church today but abandoned by Protestants at the Reformation?
A) they have no solid grounds for ignoring the facts of the councils ratifying the Old Testament.
B) Marin Luther was inspired to remove 7 books, and add the word “alone” in Romans 3:28
C) the reformers had more authority than the Church councils who proved the inspiration of all scriptures the Catholic Church uses today.
D) The early Church councils were in error, but not in error about the New Testament books


31) Why do Protestants follow post-apostolic Jewish decisions on the boundaries of the Old Testament canon (who rejected Christ and the message of the New Testament), rather than the decision of the Church founded by Jesus Christ?
A) the Deuterocanonical books were added to the bible in the Council of Trent
B) the Deuterocanonical books were confirmed as canonical, in reference to previous councils, in the Council of Trent, which affirmed what had always been there.
C) The books Baruch, Tobit, Maccabees, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom were all included in the Septuagint that Jesus and the apostles used.
D) Martin Luther removed them because they didn't suit his doctrines
E) All but A

32) How were the bishops at Hippo and Carthage able to determine the correct canon of Scripture, in spite of the fact that they believed all the distinctively Catholic doctrines such as the apostolic succession of bishops, the sacrifice of the Mass, Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, baptismal regeneration, etc?
A) the Whore of Babylon compiled the bible as a means of deception
B) writings of the Early Church Fathers of the 1st and 2nd and 3rd centuries, many which still exist, confirm these doctrines as originally from the Apostles
C) an inspired book can come from a false church
E) B and C

33) If Christianity is a "book religion," how did it flourish during the first 1500 years of Church history when the vast majority of people were illiterate?
A) was taught orally
B) tv and internet
C) was read publicly in every Mass
D) statues and paintings were used as teaching tools, like the pictures in a children's bible
E) all but B

34) How could the Apostle Thomas establish the church in India that survives to this day (and is now in communion with the Catholic Church) without leaving them with one word of New Testament Scripture?
A) I doubt that he did
B) The Church, represented by Thomas, existed before any New Testament scripture.
C) You can have a meal without the recipe book, if someone knows the recipes.(analogy)
D) B and C

35) If the Bible is as clear as Martin Luther claimed, why was he the first one to interpret it the way he did?
A) he thought the Catholic Church had discredited itself with corruption, thus had no authority.
B) he thought all the previous saints, scholars, theologians, bishops and Councils for 1500 years were in error, except for him
C) Martin Luther's interpretations were infallible, proven by unanimous agreement among the reformers
D) God told him to add the word "alone" to Romans 3:28
E) A and B

PROVIDE SHORT ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING:
36) The time interval between the Resurrection and the establishment of the New Testament canon in A.D. 382 is roughly the same as the interval between the arrival of the Mayflower in America and the present day.

Therefore, since the early Christians had no defined New Testament for almost four hundred years, how did they practice sola Scriptura?

37) Some say the Bible is the only foundation and basis of Christian truth. Why does the Bible itself say that the Church is the foundation and basis of Christian truth (1 Tim. 3:15)?

38) Jesus said that the unity of Christians would be objective evidence to the world that He had been sent by God (John 17:20-23). How can the world see an invisible "unity" that exists only in the hearts of believers?

39) If the unity of Christians was meant to convince the world that Jesus was sent by God, what does the ever-increasing fragmentation of Protestantism say to the world?

40) Hebrews 13:17 says, "Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you."
what is the expiration date of this verse?

How do Fundamental Christian churches, which have their own distinct theology, and often boast that they are “separated,” obey God’s command that Christians “all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10)?

Hebrews 13:17 says, "Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you."
What is the expiration date of this verse?

Name one doctrinal dispute that has been resolved or heresy that has been addressed using bible-alone theology that resulted in the greater unity of Christians.