Open Letter to Christians

[Drich]

Please do not think I want to argue with you just because I am asking questions. I am really interested in YOUR answers to these questions. Please refrain from your sarcasm, judgement, belittling or anything like it.

we'll see.

1. How do you know if god is a) teaching you a lesson b)disciplining you or c) satan is attacking you?

perhaphs it is all three, or nothing is spiritual is happiness at all. It's a matter of circumstance.

2. Why are there so many religions? (free will not accepted)

non-christ centered religions: because we all have a need to follow a God of some sort programmed in us.
Christ centered religions: because of our greatest command. To love our lord God with all of our being. Because we are all different this love will manifest itself differently from person to person region to region and generation to generation. This manifested love eventually solidifies into different religions.

3. Why is christianity the correct religion?

correct how?

4. Why do christians fight each other about stuff like baptism, communion or free will v predestiny?

so do so because thier passion for their faith exceeds their personal level of grace. Other believe that there is only one way to look at God through christianity.

5. Will jews go to hell?

like every other group, they will be subject to God judgement based on their exposure to the gospel.

6. Why did jesus never write anything down for us?

how do you know He didn't? Unless you can accurately account for everything ever written while He was alive, you can't say He didn't write anything down.
The other Arguement that can be made is that He lived in a oral culture and passed the lions share of His information in a way consistant with the culture.

7. Why did paul write the majority of the nt when he never knew jesus?

what makes you say Paul never knew Jesus? The book of Acts records that Paul indeed meet Jesus.

8. Why did the people who assembled the bible leave out so many known letters?

what was compiled could be authenticated. What was left out could not be for one reason or another.

9. if god created EVERYTHING, why did he create sin?

sin is choice.
Without sin there is only the expressed will of God. Anything out of the expressed will of God is sin, subsequently anything outside of the expressed will of God can be identified as option 'B' to God's will. In order to have a choice you must have more than one option to choose from.

or better put satan?

why did God create Satan? Satan is not an equal to God in anyway. Satan is a servant, he manages 'the choice' we have been given over to.

10. The creator of the universe created everything. For millions of years, there were no humans. All of a sudden humans just appear not evolve. Does a being capable of all this really desire a relationship with me?

God does not want a relationship with everyone.. Just those who would choose Him.

11. If he does want a relationship with me, why does he not want one with the millions of other people who are not mainly european and american?

You do know the jews are not northamerican or European in orgin right? God extends his covenant to the jew first, then the gentile.. The word gentile also includes the Chinese. http://www.billionbibles.org/china/how-m...china.html
And the Mexicans and Brazilians
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country
All of which are of Mongolian decent... Which far exceed 'white' christians where ever they may live. So it would seem that God likes the olive and yellow skinned people a little more than the pale skin variety. It only seems that God likes white people more, because white people think the sun moon and stars (and appearently now God) revolve around them.
But, if you take a honest look at the world, [/quote]God is represented to the whole world through christianity, and whether or not it is accepted has more to do with one's heart than skin color or geography.

There are many more questions but these are at the front of my brain right now.

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@ polorbear,
You did not want true answers, just look where you gave kudos, your actions have spoken the truth about you.

GC

Come on man, just think about how difficult it must have been for him to write that post up without a dextrous extremity or opposable thumbs.

Give the bear some love, he just wants some company.

Looks like mama bear was into the brown Bears from across tundra.