Fifty Questions That Christians Can't Answer

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I'm not even a Christian, and a number of them simply don't make sense.

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1 - If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?

This assumes that omnipotence means hastiness. He probably enjoyed creating things "slowly", and I can't see why he wouldn't have.

2 - Why won't God heal amputees?

This is never actually stated in the bible... only that he had not healed amputees. In which case, it isn't that "God" won't heal amputees, but that it wasn't noted in the bible.

3 - If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?

Whyever not? Can you imagine how dull a world without pain, suffering, and "daily atrocities" would be? My personality, like the personality of many others, is largely formed from my pain and depression. Why would a perfect god make a world without pain?

4 - Why did the little old lady that God healed one Sunday need her walker to get around again next Sunday? Was she only temporarily worthy of a healing?

I know of no such instance. But if there was a "God", then there was probably a reason for it. But again, i don't remember this instance of healing.

5 - How did Noah fit the millions and millions of species of animals on this planet into his ark? It doesn't take a mathematical genius to realize the physical impossibility of this.

Could be answered any number of ways... from "God" shrunk them all, to "God" made the ark much larger so everything would fit. If we are already assuming that it is possible to bring 2 of every specie and 7 of some onto the ark... then surely doing more would not be difficult for "God"?

6 - If Noah did fit all of these species on the ark for forty days and forty nights, how did the penguins make it from Mt. Ararat to the Antarctic? How did the koala bears make it to Australia with no eucalyptus to eat along the way?

With a little help from an omnipotent god?

7 - Why do innocent children have to suffer with terminal diseases such as cancer? What part of 'God's plan' is this exactly?

This, unlike the last 6, is a good question. But i know of a number of ways a Christian can make excuses for this sort of thing (not to suggest they are valid).

8 - How is it that the bible explains the earth to be 6,000 to 8,000 years old when we know that dinosaur bones are at least 65 million years old? This isn't the only example of our planet's age by any means, either.

Because the Bible was written about 2 millennia before modern science?

9 - Why can't the all-powerful God forgive someone of their sins after they die?

Here we go again with assuming omnipotence means anything but simply omnipotence. Why would he?

10 - God wants everyone to worship and follow him and, if they don't, they burn in hell for all eternity. What does this type of attitude say about his character? By definition, he would be described as a tyrant.

Actually... "by definition?" he would be selfish/self-centered/egotistical. He is a tyrant... but not because he wants to be worshiped by everyone else.

11 - If Jesus died on the cross and spent three days in hell to pay for the sins of the world, then why would we have to go to hell ourselves and pay for them again? God is then, in essence, being paid for our sins twice. With that said, was Jesus' sacrifice not worthy enough? If that is the case, why should we care that he died for our sins if his sacrifice means nothing at all?

Good question.

12 - If God wants us all to follow and worship him, why didn't he create us as such? *Your expected answer will be addressed in the next question.

Because 'he' enjoys our eternal screams? Joking aside, 'he' probably does.

13 - What good is it for us to have free will if the intention is for us not to use it? Sure, we can use our free will, but we will burn in hell for eternity if we do. Russian roulette, anybody? It sounds like a set-up to me.

Well... if he enjoys our eternal screams...

14 - In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, why would God kill Lot's wife, Sarah, by turning her into a pillar of salt for simply looking in the wrong direction? *Warning of impending sarcasm.* God is a merciful God........... right.

Because he told them to not look back, and she looked back? For all we know... everyone who looked at the twin cities would be turned to salt (probably including those in the city). Is it so wrong of God to have known this and to have warned them prior to having them leave?

15 - What purpose does hell serve? If it is punishment for sinful actions, shouldn't it be used for correctional purposes? Seeing as though you burn forever, you will never get out of hell to show that you have learned your lesson. Would it make since to live a faithful Christian life glorifying the Lord and to accidentally sin by saying a curse word the instant you smash your car into the back of a tractor-trailer, thereby being condemned to burn in hell forever?

I already said... he probably enjoys our screams.

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And Christians can "answer" those ones I can't "really" answer. In any case though... it is far from a list of 50 things that Christians can't answer. If you already believe in a "God", then it is very easy to answer most/all of those things.