some doubts...
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:38 am
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I used to be a free thinker and was converted not long ago. However I developed some doubts about Christianity over time...
1, Scientists: Dinosaurs appeared earlier than humans.
2, Why Jesus would tell the person he helped not to tell others about him? Jesus came to earth to become known right?
3, there are mainly three religions in the world and many more, how can you be sure that Christianity is the ultimate truth?
4, Humans have succeeded creating new species through merely several thousand years, say, dogs and new flowers, plants and fruits like bananas, how can you be so sure that species haven't change throughout the time?
5, why there are no implications in the bible that the earth is round or all the other scientific facts that humans found out today?
6, why there is religion in the first place? Can you deny that it is there for psychological comforts?
7, yes, there have been cases that lives were changed after being converted to the Christian faith, but is it the power of the Christ, or it is that they've grown up, or it is that they have found this psychological support?
8, all humans are created by God right? So why he made some of them do not believe in him?
9, if God is all-powerful, why can't he totally destroy Satan?
10, can you be absolutely sure that all the faithful Christians have not suffered a lot in their lives? That all of them have found “peace and joy” in their lives?
11, then all the other humans have no “peace and joy” in lives? Is it not possible to live a happy life without Jesus?
12, if God want all of us to be saved, why can't he just reveal himself to us?
13, according to you, only humans have souls and all those stuff, but there have been cases where animals show the thing that is called “humanity”. Haven't you heard of one of those stories? Say, the monkey show sympathy part? And God say it's okay to kill them and eat them?
14, Christians will follow God? Then what about the Christians in Shakespeare's time? Almost all of them discriminated against Jews. So all of them are fake Christians?
15, how can you say that all the ones who do not believe in Christ are partly driven by the Devil? I feel it is just not a very good thing to say.
16, “All humans are sinful.” Why? Is it Adam and his wife's fault? Every one of us is born innocent, why do we have to be labeled “sinful” because of our ancestors whom we even never got a chance to talk to? So sons are guilty because their fathers are criminals?
17, the first two humans are of the same race. So by right, there should be only one race in the world. If you say the other races were developed over time, then: 1) animals and plants can also change? 2)the human history of civilization should be much longer than the several thousand years that we know of, because it would have took millions of years for humans to divide into three races.
18, I read of something on the internet: the Bible we know today itself has changed a lot compared to one that was dug up several thousand years ago, not the language, but the storyline…
19, I tell you something similar to Jesus' story, you must have heard of it in the Humanities lesson: Hong xiuquan---“God's Chinese son”. He claimed that he is the son of God and he gained the support of millions of people who fought for him for at least 20 or 30 years… How can you be sure that Jesus is not someone like Hong xiuquan?
20, yes, I know there were many miracles being performed by the Christ, but it was really a long time ago. Stories change from generation to generation. Give you an example, the Chinese history says that Liubang, an emperor later than the Christ, was born after when a green dragon went into her mum's belly and whenever he went there was colorful clouds over his head. "Many people saw this too", so this is true also?
21, if God is real and he loves us even if we are not Christians, he wouldn't have make all the earthquakes and storms happen which caused so much pain.
22, if I am God, I love humans, I wouldn't have cared whether they love me or not. I will love them and make them happy and hide myself. I would not have ask them to praise me or worship me…
23, I see tremendous similarities between Christianity and Islam and Buddhism and other religions. The three religions grew by themselves without knowing each other (especially Christianity and Buddhism), but how come they ended up so alike? Is it because of the similarities between human minds?
24, why do we have to say or sing out loud if we love God? Wouldn't he know if we say it in our hearts?
that's all...
I used to be a free thinker and was converted not long ago. However I developed some doubts about Christianity over time...
1, Scientists: Dinosaurs appeared earlier than humans.
2, Why Jesus would tell the person he helped not to tell others about him? Jesus came to earth to become known right?
3, there are mainly three religions in the world and many more, how can you be sure that Christianity is the ultimate truth?
4, Humans have succeeded creating new species through merely several thousand years, say, dogs and new flowers, plants and fruits like bananas, how can you be so sure that species haven't change throughout the time?
5, why there are no implications in the bible that the earth is round or all the other scientific facts that humans found out today?
6, why there is religion in the first place? Can you deny that it is there for psychological comforts?
7, yes, there have been cases that lives were changed after being converted to the Christian faith, but is it the power of the Christ, or it is that they've grown up, or it is that they have found this psychological support?
8, all humans are created by God right? So why he made some of them do not believe in him?
9, if God is all-powerful, why can't he totally destroy Satan?
10, can you be absolutely sure that all the faithful Christians have not suffered a lot in their lives? That all of them have found “peace and joy” in their lives?
11, then all the other humans have no “peace and joy” in lives? Is it not possible to live a happy life without Jesus?
12, if God want all of us to be saved, why can't he just reveal himself to us?
13, according to you, only humans have souls and all those stuff, but there have been cases where animals show the thing that is called “humanity”. Haven't you heard of one of those stories? Say, the monkey show sympathy part? And God say it's okay to kill them and eat them?
14, Christians will follow God? Then what about the Christians in Shakespeare's time? Almost all of them discriminated against Jews. So all of them are fake Christians?
15, how can you say that all the ones who do not believe in Christ are partly driven by the Devil? I feel it is just not a very good thing to say.
16, “All humans are sinful.” Why? Is it Adam and his wife's fault? Every one of us is born innocent, why do we have to be labeled “sinful” because of our ancestors whom we even never got a chance to talk to? So sons are guilty because their fathers are criminals?
17, the first two humans are of the same race. So by right, there should be only one race in the world. If you say the other races were developed over time, then: 1) animals and plants can also change? 2)the human history of civilization should be much longer than the several thousand years that we know of, because it would have took millions of years for humans to divide into three races.
18, I read of something on the internet: the Bible we know today itself has changed a lot compared to one that was dug up several thousand years ago, not the language, but the storyline…
19, I tell you something similar to Jesus' story, you must have heard of it in the Humanities lesson: Hong xiuquan---“God's Chinese son”. He claimed that he is the son of God and he gained the support of millions of people who fought for him for at least 20 or 30 years… How can you be sure that Jesus is not someone like Hong xiuquan?
20, yes, I know there were many miracles being performed by the Christ, but it was really a long time ago. Stories change from generation to generation. Give you an example, the Chinese history says that Liubang, an emperor later than the Christ, was born after when a green dragon went into her mum's belly and whenever he went there was colorful clouds over his head. "Many people saw this too", so this is true also?
21, if God is real and he loves us even if we are not Christians, he wouldn't have make all the earthquakes and storms happen which caused so much pain.
22, if I am God, I love humans, I wouldn't have cared whether they love me or not. I will love them and make them happy and hide myself. I would not have ask them to praise me or worship me…
23, I see tremendous similarities between Christianity and Islam and Buddhism and other religions. The three religions grew by themselves without knowing each other (especially Christianity and Buddhism), but how come they ended up so alike? Is it because of the similarities between human minds?
24, why do we have to say or sing out loud if we love God? Wouldn't he know if we say it in our hearts?
that's all...