QUESTIONS

On this page I hope to raise just a few of the questions that have run across my mind concerning Christianity and its competing ideologies and which I wish to present for discussion to the members of those ideologies. My intent here is not to evaluate the validity of the Christian religion. I am convinced that only the Gospel of Jesus Christ provides a satisfactory solution to problems that beset humanity.  There are frequent failings in our personal practice of Christianity. And their are certainly failings in the  alternatives to Christianity. My desire is to see if these failings have been noticed and addressed by others.

If you would like to respond to any of these questions I would be delighted to hear from you. I will be happy to enter into any sensible discussion, you can send your comments here: peter@eachnewday.com.

Answers may be posted at my discretion.

Christians ~ Churches ~ Non-Christians

Agnostics ~ Atheists ~ Evolutionists ~ Hindus ~ Humanists ~ Mormons ~ Muslims ~ Relativists

Questions For Christians

1. Why do you say that you are a Christian?

2. How would others know you to be a Christian?

3. What difference has Jesus made in your life?

Questions For Churches

1. What percentage of your budget goes toward staff and facilities? Missions? Social Welfare?

2. Are you encouraging your members or entertaining them?

Questions For Non-Christians

1. If Jesus is not God, as He claimed to be, why is His teaching so highly regarded, would not His deceit de-value His teaching?

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Questions For Agnostics

1. How can you be certain that you cannot be certain about the existence of God?

2. What proof would you need to be able to be certain about the existence of God?

Questions For Atheists

1. Aside from wishful thinking, how do you explain the continual presence of religion in human society?

Questions For Evolutionists

1. How do you explain the development of increasingly complex forms?

2. How do you explain the development of universally similar morality?

Questions For Hindus

1. How do you know re-incarnation occurs?

Questions For Humanists

1. Other than your particular involvement in that species, why humanism?

Questions For Mormons

1. Why do you believe that the teaching of the Bible is inferior to the teaching of the Book Of Mormon?

Questions For Muslims

1. How do you reconcile the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Bible to your interpretation of the position of Jesus Christ?

2. If Jesus Christ is second only to Mohammed why are you more violently offended by disrespect toward Mohammed than by disrespect toward Jesus Christ?

3. Why do you believe that the teaching of the Bible is inferior to the teaching of the Koran?

4. If your religion is truly one of peace then why is violence threatened when you are insulted?

Questions For Relativists

1. If all religions are equally valid how do you reconcile mutually exclusive claims?

2. How do you defend your position (all things are relative except this one objective statement I am making now)?