Questions to have a Christian priest answer?

Question

Were doing this thing at my Christian church tomorrow (which Im forced to go to -_-, although I'm an atheist. Anywho we put questions on a piece of paper, the pastor pull it out and answers them.

What questions should I put on there?

Some of the questions I have are...

1. How can you be sure when you 'hear' God tell you to do something, not your imagination?

2. Isn't the concept of God logically and scientifiaclly impossible?

3. Give me proof God exists, and dont say the bible.

Answer 1

"Can God do the logically impossible? Like make square circles or turn staffs into snakes?"

"Is there a difference between being moral and being obedient to God?"

[edit] I agree with something, these are good questions. Check back if you get good answers.

Answer 2

1. This is a difficult question, but the more you get to know Him, the easier this will become. But when it happens, you'll know.

2. The concept of God is not scientifically impossible. It is simply impossible to prove using the scientific theory. That does not mean it is impossible, simply unknown. And I do not know of an argument that would make Him illogical.

3. Hundreds of books have been written on this question, so it's hard to give you a quick answer. Let's try this one. If you were to find a watch, you would assume that the watch had a maker, would you not? Why would it be any different if you found the world? Look at how everything in world works together so well. If the density of water, ice, or vapor were just slightly different, our world would not exist as we know it. If gravity were slightly stronger or weaker, our world would not exist as we know it. If we didn't have a moon, life would not exist as we know it. If photosynthesis didn't occur. If the earth's spin on the axis was different. I could go on.

Answer 3

Try rewording some of these questions:

1. Psychology defines psychotic delusion as "Hearing voices that cannot be visibly defined." Do you believe that mentally insane people like this should seek professional treatment? Did the prophets hear a God that could not be visibly defined by others around them?

2. Prove the existence of God using the seven empirical laws of science.

3. Modern scholars indicated that over 6000 different ancient manuscripts have been found of New Testament texts accounting for nearly 300,000 variant words. This is more words than are in the New Testament. If the Bible is the "Word of God", please explain why God has changed his mind 300,000 times about what his word is.

I happen to believe in the Divine (definitely not a fundie, though), but these questions should make his head spin in circles trying to explain them away.

Answer 4

Your questions are hostile and will simply be tossed aside. The pastor is not obligated to read the one he pulls out, so what's the point?

You're smarter than that, and you can be more creative.

Ask your questions so that they give the pastor an opportunity to convert an atheist. He will be more likely to respond to that kind of a question and maybe even give a meaningful answer that might make people think. I'm not saying he'll convert you to "finding Jesus" -- I doubt it -- but it will at least be a question that would be of interest to the faithful or those questioning their faith.

So, instead of your obviously hostile and amateurish questions (amateur meaning typical atheist knee-jerk reactions):

1. I've never actually heard an actual "voice of God", but instead it's just thoughts that suddenly pop into my head. So I never know whether it's God making me think these thoughts or it's actually the devil. Why won't God just talk to me directly through his own voice, that I can hear with my own ears, so that I can be sure it is Him?

2. A lot of people say that we believe in God only because we don't yet understand the science that actually explains a lot of what we attribute to God, so until we can understand, we think of it as works of God. Isn't all of nature and science a part of God's greatness, and doesn't that mean we should be embracing a pursuit of the science behind the things we do not know, since that will make us closer to God?

3. The people who flew planes full of innocent people clearly had incredible faith that God exists and that they were doing that for God. But I could never kill myself for God. How can my faith, my very belief in God, be less certain for myself than it clearly was for these madmen?

See, these questions get to your point but they challenge him to explain real dilemmas in faith and the belief in God.

I still think he'll take one look at them and toss them aside. But being more inquisitive and seeming to be legitimately interested in an answer, rather than the typical atheist challenging hostility, will get you much further along in the debate.

Too many atheists approach their hostility against all religion and all possibilities as a religion unto itself. That is, they are so committed to their non-belief that it becomes a type of belief system in fact... essentially, becoming their religion.

A true atheist has an open mind and considers the possibility that, maybe, they are wrong. Otherwise, they have become just as religious as those they condemn.

Answer 5

You're missing the whole concept of faith. That's just it: there's no way to prove that god exists. Also, when you say don't say the bible, what does that mean? The bible is half a historical record; the miracles it records actually happened. Also, god hears you all the time, it's just when you pray, he hears how much you want him to know. When you hear god, it's coming from yourself because he's telling you what to do, but not in a way that you can tell it's not you. If any, I would say the second question, because it's like the only one you can answer. It is scientifically impossible, but logically... think about it. Do you really think the human race would have gotten smarter instead of stronger or faster ( like the other species of the world) if god hadn't made it happen?

Answer 6

hmmm...again it looks to me like you are not interested in finding real answers...are you?

You are an admitted atheist..ergo there is no God..ergo no answer will convince you otherwise..

However..here goes..

#1...the same way you know when your mom tells you to do something...it is not your imagination.

#2..absolutely not...the 'concept' of God's existence is not scientifically impossible at all..if it were, then obviously God could NOT exist. God does not exist in our time and space, as we understand it. If he did, he could not be everywhere...at once..in every past present and future location.

God is as far beyond our understanding, as we are to a caterpillar..the idea that we cannot grasp this concept does not disprove it...it only proves that we are not yet smart enough.

Leeches on sick people, a flat earth, impossibility of flight...these were all the logical scientific positions of the best minds of our world at one point..they are not anymore, because we have gotten smarter.

#3 The best proof of God is in our nature. The world and universe around us exists as is..that is it does what it does..without regard to morality and ethics...asteroids plow into a planet, can't blame the asteroids...can't blame the waters for a flood...can't blame a cat for killing the weakest of her litter, or a termite from eating your house..nature does what it does without regard to right or wrong and good or evil. It just does what it does..

We however have free will, we know the difference between good and evil and right and wrong. Where did those distinctions come from? If we live and come from the same stuff that created an amoral world, universe and nature, why are we moral?

Because God gave it to us...he breathed into us his image, and taught us good and evil.

In a 'naturalistic world', good and evil do not exist, they in fact cannot exist....we as humans apply our impressions of that concept to nature...but nature does not itself have it.

Yet we do....we are therefore above nature, as God said.

You cannot have free will, and the understanding of good and evil if you are of nature...you must be of God.

Free will is after all, nothing more than making choices between varying degrees of right and wrong. Study or play, eat or starve, sleep or watch TV....animals play, animals eat, animals sleep...humans make choices.

Free will, human discernment and God...where one exists...all exist.

There are far more 'proofs'..but I believe this is the most basic and simplest to grasp.

I hope you really are searching for answers...and not confirmations of your current position...

Good Luck to you.

Answer 7

Okay, well, I'm not a priest... but I am a Christian. I can't help you with what questions you should ask, but I have some answers to the questions you listed.

1.) It's called listening to your heart. If you have this uncontrollable gut feeling... that's usually God guiding you in the right direction.

2.) No, it's called faith. And from someone who's experienced miricles in her life. There is NO Question! God does exist. How do you think we got here any ways? Did we just appear one day out to the blue? No... we were created. And by whom? God!

3.) Once again it's called FAITH! Just because you can't physically see him or touch him, doesn't mean he doesn't exist. If so ... love, pain, sadness.. those things would not exist either. Prior to space technology.. no body would have believed there were other planets out there either, because no one could see or touch them. You just have to believe. You have to know he's there. He has saved my life on more than one instance and I am eternally thankful. Because of my faith... I am a truely happy person.

I hope this helps....

Answer 8

I think that those are all good questions.

#1 Is a great question to ask and have an in depth discussion with others.

#2 It is not logically or scientifically impossible - I could go into detail but it would take a very long time. Feel free to message me if you want me to go into detail

However, #3 is in all honesty impossible to prove - you can use logic, and personal experience, but you can't prove or disprove His existence.

Answer 9

Well to be forced to go to church is terrible. The faith is a freely given gift, not something to be forced.
1. It must be a good thing. God will not tell you to do evil. God will never tempt you.
2. God is an abstract reality larger tahn our understanding of ime and space.
3. St. Thomas Aquinas gave several "proofs" or reasonable thoughts of why God exist in his Summary of Theology. Among them was: Who made everything in the universe? Who started everything in motion?
Its unfortunate that God, the most beautiful of all beings and realities is forced upon you. He wants you to come to him freely without coercion.

Answer 10

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