Hostage to fear

[Spacetime]

I did not close any options they are there for your taking. I was not going to make a post and then cut you off, so I was leaving it up to you to come back and ask questions if you had them, so we might have a decent discussion if you had a question. You see if someone comes here it's okay that the atheist do all they can to influence someone, when Christians try to do the same we get bombarded from all sides to distract use from trying to help. So if you came here for a one sided help session you'll get it unless you ask questions of the Christians here. You see I understand how this place works and I was only offering help if you wanted it, nothing more, nothing less. If you have made more to my post than that I'm sorry you misunderstood what I meant, anyhow I've explained and if you have questions for me I will be around.

GC

Cool. An unbiased theist. In that case, I have loads of sincere questions.

1) The bible mentions belief as though it were a choice. I've found that my Christian identity is wholly wrapped up in trying (desperately) to believe, when I simply have not been convinced. A positive affirmation of belief "on" Christ Jesus would be a lie in my case... something that very doctrine prohibits. What I do believe is that I've made tremendous effort in trying to believe, by investigating the faith. Without deconstructing this paragraph, please address this over all point; If belief is a choice and there is evidence that this belief is convincing and rational, why hasn't this evidence rationally convinced me to believe? Especially when I'm not ignorant to it... down to its most specific points.

2) If scripture says that I can know the difference between good and evil, and I believe that the god of scripture is evil... why should I worship this god?

3) If scripture is god-breathed and right for teaching, why does it conclude that the Earth is 6,000 years old, which would put the creation of man in the middle of the height of Egyptian pyramid-building?

4) Why does god let thousands of toddlers die every day of starvation?

5) How do you square the holocaust? If god is all good and powerful, and was everywhere during the holocaust, why did he not intervene?

6) I prayed that my boss's niece (6 years old) would not die of cancer... but she did. Was it god that destroyed her family's lives by not answering their prayers or was it because Eve did an evil thing before she knew what evil was?

7) How can the Christian church deny marriage to someone with klinefelter syndrome? Who decides what gender he or she is? Does god hate people with klinefelter syndrome who marry? Will they go to hell for marrying despite having two genders?

8) Who is Enoch and what made him good in god's eyes?

9) What made rahab righteous?

10) What is your answer to the euthyphro dilemma?

I know that's a lot, but any effort is appreciated!