Fifty Questions That Christians Can't Answer

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I may be sixteen, as I stated in my opening post, but I am far from dim.

It's not a question of 'dim,' Lad. It's a question of you being unable or unwilling to question the bullshit that has been poured into your ears since birth.


Try to understand that had you been born in Iraq you would be wrapping yourself in dynamite to kill those lousy jesus lovers who invaded your country. Religion is a factor of culture. Nothing more.

I believe I stated, quite clearly in another topic, that I have questioned my faith and been atheist at one time in my life. Had I been born in Iraq I would not be me, thus the claim is irrelevant. What I believe has not been poured into my ears at all; I came to the conclusions on my own, and therefore the thought and belief is my own. Nothing to do with church, which I rarely paid attention to as a child, btw.

So you came to the conclusion that Jesus dies on the cross for the sins of all mankind all by yourself? Have you researched every other religion to make sure that their God claim wasn't more correct?

At this point in your life belonging is a top priority for psychological development. You need to assume an identity in order for your personality to develop fully. Religion does well in youth because it gives them an identity and a group in which they feel they can belong.

The Iraq analogy wasn't irrelevant, because the majority of people born in the Middle East are Muslim, and their views conflict with yours. God didn't put them there to challenge your faith, it was chance and through the laws of nature working that they even got a chance at life, and their religious views differ greatly from yours. This should put things into perspective, I hope.