10 Questions Every Christian Needs To Answer.

[Whateverist]

Nothing like honest answers.--- no sarcasm intended

Props that you're actually addressing the Christian responder. Seems others would rather just set up and knock down straw men.

I would question you about number one though. I think you have rather more to go on with marriage, career, and kids.

Whether a god exists has never been a question for me. There's not the slightest part of me that believes that universes or life just happen.

I'm glad for you that you got a respectful response, AM. And, like Jenny, I too appreciate honest answers.

I must confess the questions are more farcical than anything else. I modeled them after this similarly titled thread on the Atheist sub-forum.

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http://todaychristian.net/10-questions-every-atheist/

This is literally the ENTIRE post:

Some Questions Atheist Cannot Truly and Honestly REALLY Answer! Which leads to some interesting conclusions…

1. How Did You Become an Atheist?

2. What happens when we die?

3. What if you’re wrong? And there is a Heaven? And there is a HELL!

4. Without God, where do you get your morality from?

5. If there is no God, can we do what we want? Are we free to murder and rape? While good deeds are unrewarded?

6. If there is no god, how does your life have any meaning?

7. Where did the universe come from?

8. What about miracles? What all the people who claim to have a connection with Jesus? What about those who claim to have seen saints or angels?

9. What’s your view of Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris?

10. If there is no God, then why does every society have a religion?

Apparently, none of us can "Truly and Honestly REALLY Answer" the question how we became atheists. Like, oh, I don't know, "I stopped believing in a god" isn't a true, honest answer to how it happened...

I'm also wondering why they allude to these "interesting conclusions" and then never talk about what these conclusions are supposed to be, because I'm pretty sure just about every atheist in these forums has an honest answer to every single question they're asking.

It's a cryin' shame this article doesn't have a comments section.

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But all laughing aside, I'd also like to follow up on your answer to #10. You had said:

There's not the slightest part of me that believes that universes or life just happen.

I just want to say that I am even more incredulous that you could think gods could just happen. I know, I know. That's the way you've defined Him. But I really think you may be over estimating the power of definition.

Be that as it may, I'm not offended that you are a Christian. I would just encourage you to be the best one you can. Don't assume too much. Don't mix what you choose to believe with what you have reason to believe. But by all means carry on with your faith. There is no reason I know of to drop it.