Some Questions For The Christian God

I have a few questions about the god of the Bible.
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[@alexhirsch5738]

Answer: God works in mysterious ways

[@GamingPenis]

damn you got us all

[@alexhirsch5738]

Of course, God works in mysterious ways that man can't possibly hope to understand. The only things that we know for sure about Him are that he hates gays and loves it when we substitute medicine with prayer, so we should all just do those two things blindly!

[@DannyMaas]

That's not an answer, that's an assumption. But if it were, Why would god need to work in an inefficiënt way like that?

[@alexhirsch5738]

+Danny Maas Because you can't know why, because God works in mysterious ways (I don't believe, I'm just giving the stereotypical believers argument)

[@SSmotzer]

God is all powerful and all knowing, God knows what choice everyone is going to make ever. Like he said, what's the point it creating the first man and woman, then killing them and their decedents, all except for one of their grand sons and grand daughters?

[@CosmicSkeptic]

Just wanted to say how honoured I am to have reached my first ever 200 dislikes on a video - I couldn't have done it without you guys

[@AboveAllBeOriginal]

came here to ask why all the hate on this video? the others were nicely received.

[@CosmicSkeptic]

As far as I'm aware, this video happened to appear on the newsfeed of people who aren't subscribed, so more people who aren't subscribed and disagree with me saw the video, which is a good thing if you ask me!

[@tnorthrup1986]

this kind of video will do that. to be fair, I think you overgeneralize a lot here, and I'd wonder if you'd be interested in someone taking this video point for point and answering each question from the other perspective. then again, you'd have to have confidence that that person is an actual thinker and not just a blind believer. in any case, as someone who has been in your shoes, and no longer is, for various reasons, and who has a BA in Philosophy and an MA in history both broadly studying the three great monotheistic faiths, I'd be happy to answer honestly. not that I think I'd ever convince you, but we all need hear from critics who aren't nutjobs once in a while.

[@mauriciozuniga5565]

I'm sure you'll soon be winning friends and influencing people

[@RaoulRamsaran]

lmao, ikr XD never thought it would happen

[@isabellacasas6080]

Why does God not agree with abortion but hands out miscarriages like candy

[@mralexhernandez]

My life In A Nutshell It’s people that don’t agree with abortion, not God. Remember, religion is run by mankind

[@daryla7825]

Redgie Fonzarelli, sorry no, abortion is murder of the innocent and God doesn't support that in any form or manner and has clearly stated many times in the Bible that murderers will not enter heaven.

[@mralexhernandez]

Daryl A You pro-lifers me make laugh. You think you’re in the right but you’re dead wrong. Let me ask you a question: When does a potential life take precedence over an actual life? If you say yes/always, then you clearly not a true pro-lifer but a pro-sadist. You condone the suffering of billions of actual men, women and children in this world whether they suffer from starvation, disease, poverty, war, abuse, murder, rape, and incest and you insist that they are nothing and that a mere fetus is more valuable than they are! Apparently the 10th Commandment doesn’t apply to you (Even though in Matthew 22 36-39, Jesus says you must follow it.) You are a sick man, Daryl. You’re the one who’s going to Hell for being such a sadistic prick and deceiving others with your false teachings and ideologies

[@wells686]

My life In A Nutshell oh fuck off you piece of shit

[@margaretbarrett7469]

Bas 14ST That was a brilliant comment - god is the ultimate mass murderer

[@SteveSkiano]

Why would God make the path to himself "narrow", and the path to eternal damnation "wide"?

[@anluu7105]

That's figurative language.

[@SteveSkiano]

+An Luu I realize that, and the illustration means most people go down the wide path to damnation. So my question is why would God make the system such that most of his beloved creatures end up eternally separated from him, instead of eternally enjoying the beatific vision and basking in his love? It's pretty messed up.

[@adslkjfalkjdsfl]

when you are choosing a partner in life do you just accept any one? or do you try to find the best for you?

[@jordanpaulee]

Casey just put it perfectly. Life is like a test. if you, yourself, a tiny incapable tiny human aren't able to believe in a power larger than yourself there's no point.

[@adslkjfalkjdsfl]

he created you, gives you life, happiness, makes you able to love. He isnt a partner, he is a god. I was using a metaphor to put it in simple terms. If you havent read the bible and put in the time to understand it then dont try to. You're as ignorant as people who try to write islam off as a violent religion. If you dont want to believe in god then dont. Why waste your time hating on what others believe in? Must be a very boring life.

[@wynchesster]

This video could have easily been 2-3 hours long ;)

[@aidanmco]

More like 2-3 months ;)

[@landonsmith348]

Have any questions you'd like answered yourself?? I'd be glad to answer anything \:D/ (or maybe youll get me and I won't have an answer lol ;) )

[@aidanmco]

+chess osu First: I am Atheist, but I won't try to offend or "convert" anyone. How is the Virgin Mary a Virgin if she gave birth to Jesus?

[@landonsmith348]

+aidan c. I guess that's why you would call the Virgin berth a mericale and not something normal XD. How did jesus walk on water how did he turn water into wine its a mericale because it's not something that is possible for the world as it is without God intervening into the world and how science (the discovery of the things that make our world work all of the forces and atoms and natural laws that were created by God to keep the universe running) tells us it runs

[@landonsmith348]

If you dont believe there is a God that has control over his creation obviously there would never be a virgin birth but asking the question to someone who's world view revolves around God's divinity and being all powerful means I will answer the questions as my world view answers. However without such a being yes you are right a virgin birth wouldn't be possible :)

[@CosmicSkeptic]

Is there anything else about God that doesn't make sense to you?

[@tabularasa0606]

Is there anything about gods that does make sense?

[@SeraphinaAizen1]

The fact that he's indistinguishable from unicorns, Santa, the tooth fairy and pixies, but people still treat the notion seriously?

[@Etothe2iPi]

Wouldn't it be incredibly boring for an omniscient god to create a universe, when he'd know everything that would happen down to the minutest detail?

[@Chew1964]

Why did an omnipotent God command the Israelites to murder innocent men, women, children, and babies so his chosen people could live in their promised land? Why didn't this omnipotent God just snap his fingers and teleport all those innocent people somewhere else? Deuteronomy 20- 10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. 13 When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. 14 As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies. 15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you and do not belong to the nations nearby. 16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.17 Completely destroy them-the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites-as the Lord your God has commanded you.

[@ziggystardust1973]

+Chew Bird Savage! What a dick

[@Sondergirl1610]

Why would god sacrifice god to god to make god happy to forgive gods creation

[@soupgear9796]

Because he loves us.

[@montrealstewart8148]

Well because if a normal men give his life for us then god would not accept the sacrifice because men have fall physically and spiritually. That why Jesus Christ, aka the embodiment of god must do it because he is holy, spiritually and physically. Why you think in church that we pray the blood of Jesus Christ when we pray.😇

[@joshuakohlmann9731]

@bible Reader It's actually $200 to avoid going to jail. Unless you get a Community Chest card.

[@JessCArtist]

@@montrealstewart8148 Alternatively, he could just forgive us and skip the whole sacrificing himself thing. You'd think an omnipotent and all-knowing god would know how to do that.

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@Fnatic JW What an intelligent answer. You've totally disproven Christianity. Try again ;)

[@Yich11]

I thoroughly enjoyed this porn music in the background

[@ixlnxs]

Yes, I was waiting for the lesbian scene too.

[@hooligan7574]

"HEY RELIGION TEACHER! i've got some questions for you!!"

[@rewrose2838]

Why did Jesus have nipples? Did he use them to breastfeed even though he can't since he is a man?

[@liam6550]

Rew Rose why would God give sexual characteristics in the first place if lust is a sin? And for that matter, why did he give guys foreskins? And then tell them to chop it off?

[@rewrose2838]

Liam Burr-Knight it must be one of his infamous _mysterious ways~_

[@jaydenkesan871]

Rew Rose first of all, g spot is for the vagina. Look up the definition before you start asking dumb questions that can easily be answered. Second of all, you don't know if Jesus had nipples. But assuming he did, which I think he does because Mary gave birth to him and since Mary was sinless and pure, and so was God, Jesus's physical form inherited some physical genetics of Mary because it's a fact that Mary is the mother of the HUMAN Jesus. Nipples are just another physical part because as males we have one Y and one X chromosomes. While females are two X chromosomes. We still have one X indicating female aspect apart of us.

[@miladjabali4382]

@@rewrose2838 nipples are for mild to childern

[@geetanjalisharma194]

god works in mysterious ways...if this statement is true then next time my teachers catch me for being a jerk, all I have to say is "I'm just acting in God's image...just being mysterious like him"

[@mrjustinrubin]

"I'll see you in hell" -this kid is awesome

[@montrealstewart8148]

You will regret being there my friend ☹️

[@joshuakohlmann9731]

@@montrealstewart8148 We've all been there at one time or another.

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

@@montrealstewart8148 The lobster rolls, though, because apparently God hates both shellfish and yeast.

[@jacobside2656]

Because 4 billion years is just an afternoon nap for god

[@Yich11]

If that's true, then his "1 day's rest" from the 7 days of creation was what, a blink of an eye?

[@xSociety]

Says who? How do you know?

[@DannyMaas]

From an old joke: a man Asus God how he experiences a minute? God answer "like a million years". Then the man asks God for a million dollars. God answers "sure, do you have a minute ?"

[@Mystic.ape.]

+Jeremy Bitton No, his day of rest was most likely million or hundreds of thousand earth years. It was one day to God not people

[@landonsmith348]

+Enoch Hart well as we know God is omnipotent meaning in all places and all times so he is not bound by time such as years or days. So I think the purpose of God saying he rested for one day would be for him to say he rested for one day, there would be no reason to tell us it was 1 day if he himself isn't constrained by time!

[@TylerDurdentyler2020]

I'd rather be in hell with Einstein that in heavens with Hitler, rapist priests, etc. But, since there's no evidence of such place, I might just enjoy a beer or two.

[@lilyoyo77]

Tyler Durden einstein believed in god

[@TylerDurdentyler2020]

Untrue. He even left a written letter to undo this fallacy.

[@leeroy265]

yoyo youcef ...... He didn't , he used the word God purely as a metaphor.

[@TylerDurdentyler2020]

The man was a genious.

[@TylerDurdentyler2020]

Plus, as christians say, you just have to "accept jc" to enter heavens, then anyone is entitled. Just repent in the last sec and you are good, no matter how massive the trail of destruction you left behind is.

[@roxwar6514]

Why would God say that adultery is a sin, but Adam and Eve committing incest is not a sin?

[@Logan_Baron]

The real first commandment of Christianity is "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS!"

[@blairthomastoews]

Hey Larry, I think that's a valid statement and an unfortunate one. I am a Christian and I absolutely think that people should ask questions. I will also say that many of the questions asked and responses given are genuinely good ones. I will say personally that I have a lot of questions on why God operates the way he does and I just don't get it sometimes. I have trouble with that.

[@Shijaru64]

The real question is, how can you still be religious if you are acknowledging that questions are important, when you're saying you yourself sometimes can't understand why something happens. Sounds like you might become an atheist after all.

[@matthewthemilkbender8095]

Illyasviel von Einzbern because no one can understand what God does after all God is infinitely more wise than us human comprehension isn’t possible. God just wants us to have faith in him

[@DekoDeroman]

More like Islam I have been Christian all my life and have never been told that soo stop assuming stuff

[@yoma9021]

@@DekoDeroman You're a particular case, in most religion if not all they tell you to not ask questions.

[@rkr1813]

Praise Ra, the one true god.

[@mikeparm5054]

Yaweh or Jehovah buddy, you can even google it

[@arefallout]

Mike PARM Just as likely as zues or thor.

[@glutinousmaximus]

All hail the Great Jelly Mold in the sky! _Hallefuckingleujah!_

[@nathanbovee36]

Kess Rogers Nah, but a dug Rhiza from Wutang

[@Rozwarty]

Let's start a new religion, where we worship Bacon or something. I'd much rather have something great as my creator rather than an egotistical homocidal maniac.

[@brutalfister2203]

this is stupid... everyone knows there's only one true god... the flying spaghetti monster god...

[@liam6550]

Brutal fister not pastafarian, but it's one of the 2 religions I fully support. the other being Buddhism. ramen?

[@peachbun]

The phenomenon of your existence is fun to belittle I guess...? Why should God reveal himself to someone who doesn't care to learn anything? You reject people telling you that you are worth more, and don't want to find out more about that possibility? God doesn't force anyone against their will. You're loved, but if you want to keep thinking you're nothing, it is your freedom. But I hope you look to every good example in life , to see that it's worth living for, and worth finding out more about why you are here... If you truly would want to know the truth, and not have your heart and mind twisted in the opposite direction. There are spiritual implications to our choices, even if you aren't aware God exists.

[@aanshipatel3433]

All hail flying spaghetti monster!

[@peachbun]

lol, that is the saddest comment ever... I guess you don't live on an orb in an amazing universe, nothing phenomenal to be seen, move right along. Too incredible for there be an intelligent creator, especially with such ungrateful creations. Oh wait, freewill. You are free to believe in the flying spaghetti monster and remain ignorant :D Have fun with that.

[@glebeboi]

and even it's getting pasta its use by date.

[@defaultdan9765]

You're not supposed to ask questions. You need to just blindly worship the non-existent god.

[@starx8775]

Yeah, but you don’t do that by believing in a god written by satanists. Make becoming a better person your goal and you’ll understand the real “god”, not the twisted one written by dark forces.

[@Jambuc829]

Pav RS I’ll give you one the demonology book written by King James.

[@steveesquibel7535]

I am a zombie, I am a zombie I will believe in anything that I'm told.

[@sarahsmile616]

God wants us to have reasons for our faith, not believe blindly. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man who asketh you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

[@C6723]

Sarah Smile why do you have “faith” in God then?

[@HeWentThattaway]

Why would God demand we worship him yet fail to provide contemporary evidence that he even exists?

[@andypalencia9054]

That’s faith

[@andypalencia9054]

🤦‍♂️

[@zk2741]

@@andypalencia9054 so true.. I have faith that the earth is flat and soon all non-flat earthers will be proven wrong!

[@justincognito6114]

vestigial organs; why do whales have hip bones.

[@IsomerMashups]

Some snakes, too.

[@Jambuc829]

Pav RS Tails help animals with balance

[@davidroosa4561]

because hips dont lie

[@Just_an_alien1]

Why would god Let Harambe die? hmm mmm that's right CHECKMATE

[@thetemporarychannelttc8681]

lol so true XD

[@charliechan6892]

he didn't, he said fuck this place harambe, you deserve better, come up here with me in eternal paradise.

[@ZealousWins]

This thread lmao

[@jandewitt7178]

Why are we still talking about god instead of psychiatric well-fair?

[@whifflingtit9240]

Why not both?

[@jandewitt7178]

The Whiffling Tit Good point

[@YY4Me133]

welfare

[@jandewitt7178]

YY4Me133 Welfare, thank you. missed that one. Any thoughts on my question?

[@arminsayyah161]

eggs

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Dear God: Please use your infinite power to end the suffering of your creations. Thank You.

[@mktherapper6506]

The devil is king of earth. What I mean by this is that he is on earth making people suffer. God is also making you suffer because of the things u do. So if u dont want to suffer just live life God

[@k7450]

@@mktherapper6506 I'm speechless that you think your answer is logical.

[@montrealstewart8148]

Don't worry, it coming soon. Very soon.😇

[@VoidDweller86]

@@mktherapper6506 What I wonder to The full most is Why couldn't The God of The Bible have just programmed His creation so to speak with Perpetual Perfect Nature plus Free Will from The Start??? So That There wouldn't even have to be a such Thing as Sin or A Judgement Day for That Matter??? For an example if tech designers can make and design computerized phones Then The God of The Bible SHOULD have The Power to do infinitely better. I am 36 years old by the way, Black American male.

[@neonz2712]

I have a few questions of my own regardless of whether it is the Christian God or not. Why did you create this universe? How did you create this universe? Why don't we get to choose if we want to be born in this life or not? Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why must we die? What, if anything, lies beyond death? Are we our whole body? Are we just our brain? Are we the energy that moves, contracts, and expands the muscles? Are we a soul? If that is the case, what is a soul? What are we. Are we this body or is it just a shell for something completely separate that we just so happen to have bodily control of? If reincarnation exists, do our personalities carry over from past lives? I could literally write an entire freaking 500 page book if I could only do a ~20 minute interview with him/her/it.

[@alexroche5982]

"In the kindest and most respectful manner possible: I'll see you in Hell." That made me chuckle. See ya there!

[@teamkenny120]

Being a free thinking Catholic I appreciate this video! We should ask these questions! And open our minds to these ideas! Good to change your views!

[@liveonce2102]

Why do catholics do the opposite to what the bible says? E.g. not to worship idols, not to call anyone father but him, no insence, only God can forgive. Yet catholics worship idols, and even worship another human (Mary), they have a man in the church they call Father and he thinks he can forgive sin (he is not God), they have lots of incense etc etc.

[@katherinegriffith3340]

@@liveonce2102 former Catholic atheist here- Catholics don’t worship Mary or the saints. They ask for their intercession to God. They also don’t believe priests forgive sins. They believe that God works through the priests to forgive sin. The priest isn’t doing the forgiving, he’s there as a listener. Even Catholic priests are supposed to go to confession.

[@nataliaborys1554]

@@liveonce2102 Ex-catholic here, ni, saints are not worshipped. If you're invoking saints in your prayer, you're basically asking them to ask God to listen yo your prayer. The priest does not forgive your sins, Jesus does. It's as if you wrote a letter and the priest was the postal service

[@dejanmilic352]

1. Maybe you have decorations in the house, that's why 2. The idea had to come to him that, God needs an idea too 3. In the beginning, God made heaven and earth, first Heaven and then Earth. in this range the Earth and the matter on it still exists, who knows how much time could pass God worked six days but on seventh day it is never said it was finished. 4. I don't understand the question very well so I don't wabt to give wrong answer 5. Just like a hundred things like shoes get old and thrown away, so does this 6. I don't believe in evolution as a Christian 7. Just as parents have children and children cause problems, it is not the parents' fault 8. He appears through the saints 9. Sin is serious therefore this law needed to be serious 10. Today's world has the biggest mistake in history, children have become very rude, otherwise respect should be returned with respect 11. Same as 7. However, if he were to destroy it now, he would destroy us all because we are also evil. 12. Pharaoh said no and God thought I can see where this is going and just hardened his heart even more. (he gave him what he wanted) 13. Imagine it like this, someone broke your car and you forgive him, everything is fine, but someone still has to pay for the car damage. 14. I'm so sorry

[@solsystem1342]

@@dejanmilic352 Yea, I'm going to need a source for the earth being made on the 6th day (earth day) after the big bang. Before the first atoms formed.

[@jusfugly]

Why doesn't god have a KZbin account?

[@user-sl7vl9ox1c]

I know right?

[@jaydenkesan871]

jusfugly he's a spirit

[@thegodofclowns7494]

Jayden Kesan so? He is an all powerful spirit

[@hitman5782]

I always had only one question for Christians: Why is nobody able to present any proof, any convincing arguments or even a single rational argument for this or that god to be more real than all the countless other gods?

[@TheNemanja20]

We Christians "walk by faith not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7

[@Alex-yr8iy]

Christianity isn't the only religion

[@jay8068]

BeCaUsE gOd wOrKs iN mYsTeRiOuS wAyS dUh!

[@Alex-yr8iy]

To answer your question The proof you demand must conform to your worldview which inconveniently makes it impossible for God to exist so no arguement can ever satisfy you There's 100+ arguments and many other religions why don't you debunk them all for me and convince me religion makes no sense Atheism in general cannot justify morality

[@hitman5782]

@@Alex-yr8iy If you can prove something, worldviews are irrelevant, because you could demonstrate that what you believe is correct. I think it´s more than obvious that nobody can prove the existence of a god or even anything supernatural at all. It would be in all the news and people like James Randie would pay you millions of dollars. So forget about proof, the same goes for convincing evidence. After 30 years of asking theists for convincing evidence and none ever presented i am also fairly sure that no such thing exists, that leaves you theists with nothing but arguments for your gods to be real, and you still fail to even come up with a single rational one. Can you really not see how unreal ridiculous you sound when you keep claiming that there are even hundreds but you are not able to present one, not even a single one? Ok, you mentioned morality, so let´s debunk that. We evolved as a social species, like most species have, that haven´t gotten extinct, because it is beneficial for survival. And we are intelligent, so we understand that when we do not like to get punched in the face, other people don´t like that as well, so we do not run around punching other people and they do the same and we can all live in peace. Not so complicated and not even you need an ancient book or a god to tell you that. But on the other hand, you tell me what is moral? Is it moral to kill people for working on the sabbath? Killing girls for having sex before marriage? Killing gays? Having slaves? Killing children for calling a bold man bold (2.kings2)?

[@pseudohuman2645]

The ultimate question: Why would God create some of us with brains that would doubt his existence and then torture us for eternity for the brain that he gave us?

[@kadensmith2935]

He didn't create you like this, you chose to be an aethist, remember, free will. You chose to disobey God, and therefore deserve the consequences.

[@Vanny1980]

@@kadensmith2935we cannot chose a path that has already been preconceived. We are merely following a script that his mind already created. Secondly god created us in his own image, which means that all of this, everything is him. Because of him.

[@zk2741]

@@kadensmith2935 fym deserve the consequences? I am an agnostic (neither a believer nor disbeliever), and what is morally wrong about not believing something with no evidence? It's simple fucking logic how is it a sin?

[@samuel-anthony6716]

so Alex... can you make a video of some top something books you've read?

[@CosmicSkeptic]

I'm planning on making some semi-regular videos talking about books I've been reading and a brief summary of what they cover, as long as it's something that people would want to see :)

[@cosmicslice7267]

Absolutely....I am always fascinated by what people read. :)

[@stonecoldsbottlebin]

I picked up a copy of 'Letter To A Christian Nation' after you suggested it. I am surprised I haven't read it before. Received it yesterday, half way through. You are right, it's very good.

[@machine1685]

I would be down for some book recommendations.

[@jrlion15]

Great idea.

[@anicetuscaesar9817]

I am an atheist myself but I know the answer to the "send Jesus" question. An answer a smart christian would give: Jesus is the archetypal hero. Jesus is the one figure we can all look up to. Jesus is the man every Christian should be like. He is ideal, he is the ultimate model. At least in the christian doctrine anyway. So sending Jesus would make perfect sense. Not only can god forgive the people through sending his son but he also provides an archetypal story, an archetypal hero for the people to look up to and to strive to be like. What do you think? Does this make sense?

[@vonheltonisdeadinside8060]

Actually, the answer an intelligent Christian would give is, "You're right. This religion makes no sense after at all." It's an entertaining little story and all, but we don't live in a story. We live in reality, and in reality, it makes absolutely no sense for a god to punish or reward a species for being exactly the way he designed it to be.

[@jimmytheclinicallydepresse1007]

Anicetus Caesar That is spot on, humans do look to other humans as inspirations (easy examples would be good parents) and having a person who made a sacrifice for the sake of the species that caused him harm gives inspiration to people. There are other aspects to it but you explained the brunt of it rather well, great job. Since you gave your religious stance I'll give mine, I'm a devout Catholic and I do commend you for representing a good Christian perspective as well as you did.

[@valeriedocherty8988]

Anicetus Caesar yes your answer does make sense but only if attributable to a real person, not a mythical figure. I'm sure you'll agree.

[@dolnick7]

Ultimate model who said slaves obey your masters and defended all that Old Testament nonsense? Nice try, but we've clearly evolved better role models since then. You'd think a supreme being would have known that.

[@hitman5782]

Funny fact: If you have a Christian video with questions for atheists, you find all the questions answered countless times in the comment section. Never the other way around.

[@pseudohuman2645]

"Why do men have nipples?" Asking the real questions

[@calebspencer2485]

I do not have responses to all of the answers, however as a Christian I have asked many of these myself and some I had not heard. I would like to start by saying that if we had all of the answers. There would be no need for faith. So I’m order for the Bible to be true, you can neither disprove God, nor prove him. And these are the conclusions I have come to for the questions I have asked: 1.) why would God create the rest of the universe. To showcase his size and power, so that we might understand that he could love something so small and that he is so much bigger. 2.) why would God create all of the animals out of the same building blocks as if they evolved from one another? I hadn’t heard this question before, but I have thought about evolution, and how we can prove adaptation and not direct evolution from species to species, I think that if all dogs came from one type of dog it makes it more plausible that Noah could fit the animals on the arch 3.) male nipples…. Yeah I don’t know man. 4.)Why did God not begin with Noah and his family? This one is a complicated question, but if it began with Noah and his family, and sin hadn’t entered into the world, and no corruption had happened, Noah would just replace Adam, and I believe the cycle would just repeat 5.) why has God appeared to so few people and why not again today? Well for starters we don’t know that he hasn’t appeared today, certainly he hasn’t to me, but in the Bible when he appeared it was only to few people. He appeared to those who were faithful to him and who he called to do work. And I think that this again would defeat the purpose of faith if he showed himself to everyone. 6.)why is the command to have no other God before him first? If you are truly worshiping God, and no other “gods” (a biblical idol is anything coming before God) then you would follow his commands, it’s very cyclical, but this command is first because the more you come to know God the more you want to obey. 7.) why satan? This one is a difficult question and it’s one that I don’t have a certain answer to. The Bible isn’t clear on the origin of evil, maybe it’s a faith thing, maybe it’s because the Bible isn’t about evil. It’s clear where humans fell, it’s clear that the world is impure now. But it never gives a clear origin for satan, some say that he fell from heaven, some say that he too has always existed and that in order for God to be good evil has to exist too. But I don’t have an answer. 8.)why did God harden pharaohs heart and then punish him for it? This one is tough too, I have an answer but I’m not a fan of it. God created pharaoh, and Paul sort of answers this in Roman’s when he said “does not the potter have the right over the clay” on this very topic. God created pharaoh, and it may seem sick to think that he just used him like that, however, if the end goal is to provide a lineage that would allow salvation and allow people to enter heaven and to come to Christ, and also to form the Bible exactly how it is, then it makes sense. I think the Bible has a number of questions like this to test faith. 9.) why Jesus? This one is my favorite I think because I enjoy conversations that are deep and this question is. So the Old Testament is a clear picture of what humans are capable of on their own. They are constantly messing up and sinning, Gods chosen people who some of which have seen God or directly lived through miracles. They were not enough on their own, and they have a sinful nature and they could not earn their own forgiveness nor pay for their sins. Which your argument is “why didn’t he just forgive them” which is fair until you realize that they kept sinning and sinning and without correction or divine intervention forgot about God entirely and his own people at times even sunk into things like sacrificing children. So God sent his son and paid a price proving his love and showcasing who He is. Jesus was not only the payment for our sins but a picture of what Gods people should look like. Showing us that you should care for others and that you should be loving and forgiving and kind and patient. He walked a perfect life and also cleared up a lot of Old Testament misunderstandings when people had mixed tradition with the commands of God which is still done today This is super long and probably nobody will read it but I hope it helped anyone who was wondering what a Christian perspective of these questions was.

[@wawuglio]

1. God made the stars also as a display of his power. David said "When I consider the heavens, the works of thy fingers, What is man that you are mindful of him." Asking why God created the rest of the universe is like asking DaVinci why he painted the Mona Lisa. What purpose does the Mona Lisa serve? 2. God did not wait a billion years to create anything. Time constraints are a human problem. To God, who exists outside of time. a thousand years is no different than a day. 3. Asking why God created animals with the same fundamental building blocks is like asking DaVinci why are the brush strokes in his paintings so similar. Any detriments to humans and animals occurred after man fell into sin and allowed the devil to corrupt creation. 4.So you want God to only create people who will do what he wants. That defeats the purpose of creating free thinking creatures. If people cannot choose to serve God then they are not free thinking. 5. The dwindling of faith across the globe is all in your head. There are 54 million Christians in China alone and it is estimated that by the 2030's there will be more Christians in China than in the rest of the world combined. The manifestations of God to people like Moses and Abraham just that, manifestations. No man can look on God in his fullness and live. The manifestations of God continue even today. People who seek him, find him. 6. If you are not going to worship God then you may as well steal and kill and commit adultery. The only way to eternal life is through a relationship with God. Instructions on how to have a relationship with him are not ego, they are life saving.7. The commandments are fulfilled in Christ. Paul instructs father's in Ephesians 6 v 4 to not provoke their children to anger and resentment. Rather train them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.8. God created the angels to be free thinking individuals. Free thinking comes with the understanding that individuals might make bad choices. If God only made angels that would be obedient to him that would be ego. The time of the Devil's elimination is already set. For humans it may seem like a long time away but to God, who exists outside of time, it may as well be tomorrow. 9. Still harping on the Pharaoh? Read how many time Pharaoh agreed to let the people go only to renege on the deal when the plague was removed. His on actions pointed to the fact that he had no intention of letting the people go.10. God did not create a son The Son was God in the flesh. Why did God die to pay for the sin of humanity? Because that's how much he loved the world. Jesus didn't HAVE to be tortured and crucified, he CHOSE to suffer and die so that humanity wouldn't have to. And finally, I'm not subscribed because I'm not an atheist. (Look at that, all your questions were already answered in the bible.)

[@riolopez4079]

wawuglio In ancient times, the Pharaoh was viewed as a god and was worshipped as such. God hardening Pharaoh’s heart was basically to show that this “god (pharaoh)” that was worshipped couldn’t even protect his own heart. God was showing the Hebrews and the Egyptians that He was greater than Pharaoh.

[@wawuglio]

@@riolopez4079 I agree with that. Pharaoh initially challenged God by asking "Who is this God that I should obey him?" Still, that doesn't change the fact that Pharaoh agreed to let the people go, multiple times and then reneged on the deal when the plague was over.

[@jrlion15]

The why would god allow the devil to exist..that Question at 10 yrs old got me to start my journey towards becoming an agnostic/Athiest. .it's immoral to punish us (assuming it's true that he exists which likely he doesn't ) for our imperfect nature, deprive us from knowledge..he created us this way..sounds like a capricious office temp with a bad attitude as George Carlin said lol.. Lastly, it seems like it's a twitter competition between god and the devil to see who has the most followers..lol .this likely is all bs..

[@paragondave5638]

or christian.

[@landonsmith348]

The one who will not use the rod hates his son, but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently. Proverbs 13:24 HCSB So if God is listing to his own wisdom discipline comes out of love, and I still don't understand why people think they can tell God what is moral and isn't moral he made me and owns me he's the Potter and im his clay if he doesn't like the jar of clay when he is done with me he can throw me out if he so chooses! But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this? ” Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction? And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory - Romans 9:20‭-‬23 HCSB This basically sums it up perfectly he has every right over us and we have no right over him. But even though he does have every right over us he still chose for some reason to come to earth and endure suffering here just FOR US TO BE FORGIVEN like the God of the intire universe decided he wanted to come down here and die so that everyone who believes might go to heaven. When you look at it in that way it starts to show how truly loving God is for even letting us live, much less giving us a chance for forgiveness, and even less than that one that I don't even have to do anything good or bad to receive its just a gift and he gave it to us all I have to do is say thanks and open the box XD hope maybe that helps \:D/

[@paragondave5638]

chess osu it helps sane people spot the loonies. Thanks for that.

[@landonsmith348]

+David Orosz loonies where :O bugs bunny and the little yellow bird are my favorites xP 😂😂

[@landonsmith348]

Oh wait its me sorry ill start playing my part better... What's up doc 😉

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's afraid I'll take over.

[@ben_zachariah]

The idea that the common structures in animals point to a common ancestor is called Structural Homology. This at one time seemed like great evidence for evolution, but if these similar anatomical structures pointed to a common ancestor, then why doesn’t it show up on the genes of these animals with similar features? Michael Denton, in the book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, says “The evolutionary basis of homology is perhaps even more severely damaged by the discovery that apparently homologous structures are specified by quite different genes in different species…With the demise of any sort of straightforward explanation for homology one of the major pillars of the evolution theory has become so weakened that its value as evidence for evolution is greatly diminished.” Just something I learned from my Biology book.

[@exmormonroverpaula2319]

I agree that it's a good idea to read books on biology, as I find books have a far higher information content. Have you ever read Aaron Yilmaz's book "Deliver Us from Evolution? A Christian Biologist's In-Depth Look at the Evidence Reveals a Surprising Harmony Between Science and God" by Aaron Yilmaz. Yilmaz is an evangelical Christian who is also trained in evolutionary biology. He has both a B.S. and an M.S. in Biology.

[@rice681]

1º Why would God make atoms so small if we can’t even see them? Why would He make quantum laws if we can’t even understand them? Why would He make mathematical physics if He could just control everything by magic? - These types of questions actually display the character of God, rather than question His existence or our place in Creation. He is a God of unfathomable detail and order and creativity. He is not like a trite artist, who frames His masterpiece as the center of the image; but a genius who gives amazing levels of attention and detail to every law that governs every atom of every galaxy. 2º The universe is not older than 6000 years, the universe was created 6000 years according to the Bible, when Adam was created, it is his first day he was a 30-year-old man, but he lived only one day. "Why would God created all animals with the same fundamental building blocks" I don't why God created all animals with the same fundamental building blocks, i believe it is the signature of God "Why would God be wiping out the majority of the human species" Because he gave us free will, free will means that we are responsible for our own actions, if God did not create people because he knew they would sin, we would not have free will. This is proof that even knowing that you will sin he still gives you the opportunity. "Why the commandment of worshiping God is above of the commandment of not to murder" Because not worshipping God is a worse sin than murder "Why would God allow satan to exist" Because he gave us free will, and how can we have free will if we only have one side to chose. "Why God had to sent his son, for us to be forgiven" He can, but he is just, and if someone commits a crime, and is not punished, how can that be just, then God sent his Son to pay for our sins. "Why dont u subscribe" Because u have horrible arguments.

[@vermilisix]

How is it just for Jesus to die for sins he didn't commit?

[@uspahle]

Using the Bible to answer questions about God? Circular much?

[@brandone.5106]

God’s commandments of worshipping him are paramount to believing that murder is wrong. As I’m sure Frank Turek told you ( possibly after this video was made) Christian morality is rooted in the trust (belief) that God exists and is the supreme authority. That must be established before behavior is established.

[@spark7217]

#1 answer- To show how great and grand He is. His creation is beautiful and infinite because he is. #2 The Bible says that to God a hundred years is like a second and a second is like a hundred years. God isn’t affected by time because he exists outside of it. #3 same as above #4 God’s creation has order and is intellectually designed. If life on earth came by chance and as a result of random explosions and reaction then you might expect to see more sporadic genetic makeups #5 vestigial traits are somewhat rare and any of them could be explained by cause other than macro evolution such as micro evolution. #6 His justice is on display when he punishes the wicked. He would have wiped it Noah and his family because they are also sinners, but he showed mercy to them. This may not be ‘fair’ but it is just. See chosen by God by RC Sproul. I could answer the rest but I don’t have the time and I also doubt anyone will see this so I’m done. If you genuinely cared about knowing the answers to any of these questions you would have done the research instead of sounding condescending when asking the questions.

[@Campbellteaching]

Q 2. All animals are related and descend from a common ancestor. This is why they appear to be related, they are. This is not inconsistent with biblical views on origins, it is of course inconsistent with the rubbish talked by young earth creationist, who force their own agenda for their own deluded reasons.

[@commonsense548]

Where did you get your Doctorate and in what subject. Don’t you mean INCONSISTENT, not INCONSTANT.

[@ZealousWins]

@@commonsense548 Okay, so what if he made a typo?

[@dennislucas8869]

@@commonsense548 bro just bcz he made a typo, you should. Where did you get your channel name?

[@tamer3397]

Didn’t expect to see dr John here

[@Leshawnmathews]

We are created with a will to chose what we want....

[@davidw1518]

Obviously. But so what?

[@Abznth]

well yes but actually no

[@1sgr1999]

Nobody ask to be born and yet we have to put up with this bull shit

[@fishg1]

18 For the [g]message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the [h]disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Jesus died for your personal sins. And now is the time to repent. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain for the sins of the world.

[@destinmoffett1593]

Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." Everything was created for God's glory!!! All praise and glory and honor to him forever and ever!

[@WyreForestBiker]

OK I'll give it a go ..... could it be that he doesn't exist ?

[@Abznth]

impossible

[@jaycahuenga6416]

NOPE. God doesn't exist. 😐

[@Campbellteaching]

Goose bumps are a very poor argument, they help with communication for example. They also have some effect at increasing the boundary layer, even in modern humans.

[@unholyatheist6445]

So the question is #whywouldgod The most probable answer is: Because he does not exist.

[@unholyatheist6445]

The video is called "Some Questions For The Christian God", I think that explains it. Some people enjoy ant farms, and children also seem to like dinosaurs, I think this god, or gods, also must have liked dinosaurs, as if they exist(ed) they played with them for millions of years. But like dinosaurs, bears are also cute and likable, unless your find then actually near you. Maybe you also wouldn't want thousands of ants crawling over you.

[@megamillion2461]

I believe god does exit can you explain this to who put us here and how are we here the universe actually started at one point and that one point is infinite. Science can’t make a baby science can’t make a eye. Science can’t explain why were here but god can. We’re here to worship him and he’s here to forgive us and watch over us. There is no evidence god exists and there no evidence he does while he’s there is actual physical Evidence next god does exist such as artifact form the time Jesus cam to earth. But my point is god is loving and god knows what he is doing

[@jesussavedrjm6818]

9. Because having a right relationship with God will teach you the right reasons for the relationships with others. If God is first in your life then mercy and grace and love for even your enemy will be a easy. When you don't put God first then your reasons for loving others is for selfish gain. Like many atheist believe you do good to others cuz you see that by being good to others it comes back to you and makes for good Society. The motivation is self-serving. For when God is first you can love just for the sake of loving with no care for any reward or any pleasure to yourself. Selflessness is the best kind of love.

[@KimdraStBiryukova]

The belief in a deity gives the deity life, but only if the belief is there. The Thalmor know this. Poor Talos.

[@alejandrosalcedo1792]

We can't know everything, because if we knew everything, we would all be God, which would mean no ones God.

[@tejay108]

When everyone's super.. no one will be...

[@alejandrosalcedo1792]

+tejay108 😂

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

so when we know everything, we wont exist

[@animore8626]

Hulian Sells Sandals, replace "God" with any other deity. For example, "We can't know everything, because if we knew everything, we would all be Thor, which means no ones Thor." Perhaps you can apply that to mythical creatures as well. "We can't know everything, because if we knew everything, we would all be the supreme unicorn, which would mean no one is the supreme unicorn." And no, this is not for disproving God. One cannot disprove God just like one cannot disprove anything that has no evidence. Unicorns, or time travel, etc. (not necessarily because of improbability, but simply because of lack of evidence.)

[@cheesi]

Hulian_Sells_ Sandals We wouldn't be God though. Knowing stuff doesn't make you able to create universes

[@PuffOfSmoke]

I remember seeing a woman with cancer being interviewed by a reporter in a hospital. She says she believes that GOD will heal her. That there's nothing impossible with HIM. Then she followed it by asking the kind-hearted people for financial help because she can't afford the chemo therapy and the hospital fees. I was told by friends that I was mean when they saw me laugh, but that was hilarious.

[@I_Spaced_Out]

#WhyWouldGod make a forbidden tree which bears the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil - and therefore sin? If free will existed even before Eve ate the fruit, God simply could have allowed us free will *and* freedom of sin by never creating this tree in the first place.

[@skelskeleton]

also #WhyWouldGod punish adam and eve for disobeying him, when disobeying him is a sin, thus they werent able to know it was a sin before they ate of the tree, which god knew they would eat already.

[@jeffmccann437]

#WhyWouldGod even create us, supposedly as a "test", if he knew exactly what, why, when, where, and how everything would ever happen?

[@jeffmccann437]

Alec Joseph Actually, it's supposed to be taken 100% seriously. I guarantee that most Christians do believe in it literally. Also, grow up.

[@landonsmith348]

+Alec Joseph Sheriff is right I believe that God's word is him speaking when jesus refers to the bible had "have you not read what was spoken to you" normally read goes with written and heard with spoken, but Jesus says read what was spoken meaning this is God's word that was actually said through people carried along by the holy spirit in written form. So yes I belive the bible litteraly when that was the intention of God and metaphorically when that was his intention. What someone means by their words is up to them not me, so I don't get to interpret I have to read it how it was intended!

[@jeffmccann437]

+Alec Joseph Oh, so very Christian of you. I like that most of you theists just bury yourselves in a deeper hole the more you talk. You need to grow up because you can't speak to others without insulting and cursing towards them. That, along with your absolutely ignorant comment, have shown everyone reading this that you're an immature kid that has no idea to talk to others, and obviously can't think for themselves. Please, go and educate yourself, then come back and have a productive conversation that'll hopefully result in you learning to speak to others. I'd also like to add, Christianity is based upon a few separate things: The creation story, the life and death of Christ, and the concept of Heaven/Hell. Without believing those things literally, you aren't practicing Christianity, as defined in the Bible itself. Please, learn what you claim to be your own religion.

[@Thunderwolf666]

Regarding the point about "why did God make all animals appear to be interrelated", I assume creating an animal is like creating a computer program. He probably started off with one, and rather than start again from the ground up, He reused the code and made slight modifications, in much the same way that EA and Ubisoft do with all their games. Although I think with the platypus he got lazy and just copy/pasted from Stack Overflow.

[@billlozier5551]

Why would a loving God send unbelievers to hell for eternity when a person has a window of opportunity to accept Jesus in a rather short amount of time?

[@noahbacon6920]

Harambe is the real God here

[@hibye-hq9qi]

#whywouldgod Be so hypocritical in the Bible?

[@hibye-hq9qi]

+Kid Sheldon The Devil doesn't justify his actions either, you know...

[@jaydenkesan871]

Bianca di Angelo ok hold on, look up the definition of hypocrite. It says a "person" that indulges in hypocrisy. God isn't a person; not saying that he's hypocritical but what I'm saying is hypocrite and God don't match up because God is not a person, God is a spirit. And second of all, to the human eye and editors / rewriters of the Bible may have changed up the words or rearranged words to make it seem complicated or difficult to understand in the human aspect of it. Third of all, you're not smarter than God you have nothing backing up why you think God is a hypocrite or as a synonym says, a "deceiver". The devil is known as a deceiver proving the fact that God is not a hypocrite since he is the OPPOSITE of a deceiver

[@megamillion2461]

@Quethr god learns just like us in the Old Testament there was a city that was just full of horrible people and god reach out to them not in the form of Jesus but any way possible such as a dream and angle or so on and told them I am your god and am here to help if you worship and listen to me we can fix this problem and no body did and they all had to face smite and that not in the form of lighting or a power like that it came form him casting things such as disease and accidents which got rid of there awful people who were murders and thief’s and so on. You probably don’t even know much about god but you just think he not real but he is trust me. He will forgive many and not to mention god said he would not do things like that again just remember the devil plays a role in earth to

[@mskonicki2001]

Here's a request from an evangelical born again Christian that was once a hardcore Atheist like yourself. Try explaining "the cosmological constant" (which proves without a doubt intelligent design by odds against any other alternative in the trillion trillions). All top physicists as of yet are turning towards intelligent design. I come from a family of science (Dad is lead Stanford University laser experiments/Help build fusion reactors and accelerators, Mom works for Argonne National Lab). And you can't run to a bandaid theory to support your flawed hypothesis like multiverse. The discovered weight of the Higgs points away from that theory, which cops out with an outlandish theory stating trillion slot machines in a trillion parallel universes and our particular universe hit the zillion dollar jackpot for a balance of conditions in the universe which otherwise we'd be destroyed. The evidence is against you young British lad. Jesus is Lord.

[@stephenclamage]

Wow. Virtually none of your science claims are accurate. On the off chance that you are not just a troll (actually, I had to look twice to see whether this comment was from Ken M) ... 1. The cosmological constant is not yet well understood in physics. "I don't know" does not imply "God did it." In this case, it's still a topic of research. 2. "All top physicists" are turning toward ID? Can you name 5? 3. The multiverse concept comes primarily from string theory, which as yet can't be tested. At this point, it is by no means accepted physics. 4. The discovered mass (not weight) of the Higgs boson is quite close to the value predicted by the Standard Model. The boson was predicted in the 1960's. It took until this decade until the technology existed to detect it. 5. The "fine-tuning" argument has been widely discredited. For a thorough discussion, see the book "The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us" by Victor J. Stenger. Edit: A summary of his arguments: www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/09/09/the-problem-with-the-fine-tuning-argument-an-excerpt-from-victor-stengers-last-book-god-and-the-multiverse/ A quick web search on any of these topics will supply supporting information.

[@alec8182]

Fuck you, defiling Christianity

[@alec8182]

Evangelicals aren't real Christians

[@SSmotzer]

Lets see. Science isn't perfect and is still a lot we don't understand about our universe and what we think we know may be flawed or straight up wrong. Actually, majority of physicists are atheists, and the number of atheist physicists is ever growing, so, either you were lied to, you're lying or you're looking at a list of physicists throughout history, then yes, most believe in a God of some description, because most of them died before the theory of evolution was brought to the main stream of science. Also, a true atheist can not become a "born again" Christian. Either you were brain washed, or you were never an atheist to begin with. An atheist becoming a Christian is like saying, yeah, I read Harry Potter once, didn't like it, but after reading a few hundred more times I think I can actually get into station 9 3/4 if I find it, then I can hop on the train to Hogwarts.

[@stephenclamage]

[Also, a true atheist can not become a "born again" Christian.] Well, let's not commit the "No True Scotsman" logical fallacy. ("A Scotsman would never do that." "McTavish does it." "Och, he's nae a true Scotsman!") Consider C. S. Lewis. He was a pretty hard-core atheist. One day he had a sudden revelation (or maybe a min-stroke -- the symptoms are similar), and became a leading Christian apologist. Look him up. Of course, you often hear committed Christians saying how they used to be atheists, by which they mean only that they once had doubts, or once read a book about atheism. But for purposes of argument, I'm willing to take Skonicki at his word.

[@Table-Top]

I think a lot of these questions are addressed by Dr.John Lennox, triple PhD Chair of Mathematics at Oxford University. They are very common questions. I can tell you one though, - God's ego: worship is not all it seems. God is complete without your worship. He created you CosmicSkeptic and you're not worshiping him. Worship is in fact of more benefit to the worshiper. When we fall in love, we are frequently thinking of how wonderful the other person is, and its an amazing feeling. Its akin to worship in that we are exalting God in our minds. Being in love is not actually too far from being in worship in my experience. Give it a try.

[@pilgrimpater]

Good points and so nice to see one so young advertising the Beach Boys.

[@ericsonofjohn9384]

1. Because the entire universe is fine tuned so that it is habitable for us to live in. For God, matter, space and time are not limited, so there is no benefit to him to try and make the universe smaller. He made it as it is, and he did it how he saw fit. It's entirely ignorant and arrogant to try and suggest that you know how to create a universe better than he does. You are not an infinitely powerful being. 2. Because God exists outside of time. He's not waiting at all. 9 billion years is no time at all to him. 3. same answer 4. Because he created a working eco system on a planet. Does it not make sense for a working eco system to have common building pieces? Worked out pretty well didn't it? 5. Because evolution does occur, creationists just argue to a much lesser extent, they don't believe macro evolution is real. 6. Because he had to give man the choice of tasting knowledge and knowing right and wrong. He couldn't have started with Noah to do that. 7. He appears to who he wants to appear to, who are you to say who he should appear to? 8. Because men who glorify and worship God will not murder or steal. And because he is worthy of all possible praise, the dude created the universe and is the only purely good being in existence. 9. Because parents need to be the authority, children can respectfully disagree with a bed time, doesn't mean they don't need one. 10. God allowing satan to exist does not make God malicious, that's a huge leap. God allows satan to exist because he has given us free will. There cannot be good without the possibility of bad. He wants us to chose to be with him willingly, therefore, there is an alternative that allows you to be separated from him, and that is where Satan is. 11. He can eliminate the devil, I refer you back to my previous answer. 12. Because he was making an example of a man who refused to fear and obey God. This is just. 13. God had to send Jesus down in order to forgive us because he is just. For him to simply forgive us for our sins would be unjust, because we are not paying the price for what we deserve. God is just, so the price must be paid, but God is also loving, so he paid it for us to show us his love. 14. I am :) Well those were pretty easy I'm not going to lie, and I'm not even Christian lol. Alex you need to asses your assumptions more carefully, you make some wild claims.

[@manofgod7622]

Your answer to Question 2.) is illigical. Its impossible to be timeless just like you cant make a circle with one ending, or God cant make a stone so heavy so he couldnt lift it

[@ericsonofjohn9384]

@@manofgod7622 Right. "Its impossible to be timeless" - How do you know that? Let me be clear, when I say timeless I mean God is supposedly not affected by the time we experience. He existed before it, and created it, so he is not affected by time. You say that's impossible, how do you know? You just assert that based on what you think, you haven't given me any reasoning whatsoever. Picture a comic book, when I read the events, I can see the chronology of how they occur, but the time that occurs in the comic book does not affect me. A day passing in the comic book is not a day passing for me, and I can read the event in any order I want, there is no present because I can open any page up and read, so the entire comic book is really occurring to me simultaneously as I can read it at any point I chose. "you cant make a circle with one ending" - I don't understand what you mean by this, I also fail to see how naming something you think is impossible means God cannot exist outside time. The stone thing is a silly thing to say, God doesn't have hands like we do, so using a human metaphor like that is pointless. The challenge is simply a contradiction anyway.

[@manofgod7622]

Eric Jeffrey well you say some shit but dont answer my question. God cant be timeless because its impossible. Thats the reason, it is just illogical and it cant work, period

[@ericsonofjohn9384]

@@manofgod7622 I did answer you lol. I quoted you and refuted everything you said. "God cant be timeless because its impossible" - You don't know that. Who the fuck are you to decide what the limits on an omnipotent God are. You're an arrogant idiot. Whatever existed before time existed exists outside of time, that's logic. You calling something you have no knowledge on impossible is not logic. Lastly, you didn't ask me a question. You made a dumb statement.

[@manofgod7622]

Eric Jeffrey -___- You cant be timeless and thats not because I SAY THAT but because it just cant work, ITS ILLOGICAL. If yoi still dont get it watch a video “God of paradox”

[@bryanchu5379]

If god is omnipotent, then he has the ability to force himself to forget something, but if he is omniscient, then he can't forget something because he knows everything.

[@bryanchu5379]

If god is omnipotent, then he has the ability to force himself to not be on the sidewalk, but if he is omnipresent, then he can't not be on the sidewalk because he is always everywhere.

[@kantoros]

If god is omnipotent he can create a boulder which he can't lift... wait...

[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

Jesus Love you my son🌹

[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

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[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

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[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

I wish that I can talk to you to answer all of your questions🌹

[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

By the way, you cannot see in hell, it's totally darkness in there (please don't choose to go there)

[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

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[@setheaton9337]

I can understand skepticism about God letting things happen , but remember he knows what's already going to happen and he gave humans FREE WILL

[@paolagrando5079]

And?

[@opowiesciolgi99]

Another question, which is very interesting: 'Why would God create this and that..'. Saint Faustyna wrote Jesus's answer in her diary: that God creates everything out of love and there is no other reason.

[@brandone.5106]

Question 4: God could’ve created any version of the universe that he wanted. He chose this version (according to some) because this universe, where free beings who will mostly go their own way exist, is the best one in which to produce real love which is the supreme ethic.

[@nataliaborys1554]

But if God wanted us to choose our own way via free will, why would He punish us for not choosing the one He prefers, in the form of Hell? If you're asked to turn right or turn left and get killed, do you really have a choice at all?

[@montrealstewart8148]

Well yes, you have freewill. Just like smoking and drinking, people choose to drink and smoke even though it killing him. We are not Puppets and god will not force anyone to come to him.he just telling you the truth in right or wrong and the end result.

[@micahhenley589]

"If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36 What a wonderful verse. *Anyone* who trusts Christ will be freed from sin, death, and Hell.

[@paolagrando5079]

But he "gave you sin" right at your birth. I find that silly.

[@micahhenley589]

@@paolagrando5079 Make no mistake, we don't need help to be evil. We do evil of our own volition. The penalty for this is Hell(Revelation 21:8). Thankfully, God has a desire to save wretched sinners, like myself. That is why He sent His only Son to die on a cross to save us from our sin. You and I broke God's law but Jesus paid our fine. Then He rose from the dead, 3 days later, thus defeating death. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever rejects the Son will not see life for God's wrath remains on them." John 3:36

[@paolagrando5079]

@@micahhenley589 you wrote 3 things that point out that such god, if he exist, has some problems. 1. Every born person has an attached sin; 2. He wants to save you but he created hell. A bit of a psyco.

[@micahhenley589]

@@paolagrando5079 Indeed every human is a sinner. As Romans 3:23 says "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." The only hero in this account is God. He alone came to this earth to redeem sinners and salvation is found in Him alone. "Whoever has the Son has life. Whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life." 1 John 5:12

[@Campbellteaching]

Q 3, vestigial organs can be much debated, however it is reasonable that there are some as atavisms from ancient ancestral species.

[@randomusername2761]

Some responses: 1) You say 'why would God bother' creating an almost entirely empty universe which implies that doing so is a hinderance. But God is omnipotent and therefore not at all limited by space. If I ask a builder, why did you build a massive castle, only a tiny portion of it which will ever be used, I'm saying that he's taking up precious space and wasting his time for something unnecessary, but none of these characteristics apply to God. It is no harder for God to create an almost empty universe as it is for him to create a self-sufficient earth. 2) God is timeless, so in the same way it wasn't that God was around for a while, and then, one day, he decided to create the universe, God didn't, one day, decide to create the earth. Much like how God isn't limited by space, he's also not limited by time. He can simply actualise all time at once. That's why he can know what we're going to do even if we have free will. 3) No, I'm not a young earth creationist, so I think humans evolved, but again, I've already kind of answered this objection. If God just created everything in an instant, rather then using the naturalistic process of evolution, although he absolutely could do this, it would leave humans nothing in the world to study. Furthermore, it would give us less assurance that we are the final part of God's creation. With evolution, we can understand that, since humans have civilised such that more intelligent people will have no more or fewer children than less intelligent people, even biologists like Richard Dawkins doubt that humans will majorly evolve further. There can still be variations in human species, since Neanderthals originated in Eurasia, rather than Africa, and existed long before humans did, but they were largely of the same intellectual capacity as homo sapiens are. 4) This really does have a creationist view of God. Under my understanding, animals can still be slow to adapt to their environment, and this doesn't really do much to discredit the existence of God. 5) I hold to a regional flood view, as does Michael Jones from InspiringPhilosophy, Gavin Ortlund from Truth Unites and many others, so this doesn't really apply to me. 6) God very deliberately appeared to a small, select portion of people. God has to keep himself hidden--if he revealed himself to everyone, that would undermine our free will. However, he has given all of us evidence for his existence, and Blaise Pascal beautifully sums it up by saying, 'There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those with a contrary disposition.' God will never rape someone's mind if they're resistant to him. The dwindling of faith we're experiencing is exactly why Jesus hasn't returned yet--the prophecies from scripture say that Israel must accept Jesus before he can return, and that he desires that no-one perish but that everyone come to him in repentance. You can watch InspiringPhilosophy's video on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ubk3eYp9SgqsU. 7) The commandments not to murder or steal require less explanation--everyone knows what that means. The commandments for how we should worship God require detailed laying out. 8) The ten commandments aren't an exhaustive list of commands--they're the very broad basics of morality. 9) No, God has no malicious intent for wilfully not eliminating the devil, but he wants us to be tempted to the point where we can freely choose to do the right thing, but not without struggle. For example, if I'm constantly being told by a friend to steal something, then I'll be tempted to do so, and thus my opportunity to resist temptation from this friend is only accessed with this temptation. 10) Maximal autonomy and free will are not synonymous. His hardened heart was not inevitable to his punishment. 11) No...wrong...sad. The sin of man had to be punished, but God, out of his omnibenevolence, died for our sins. Why couldn't God just forgive them, because that is logically contradictory, like a married bachelor. God will not let anything unclean enter the kingdom of heaven, and since we all fall short of God's standard, Christ's atonement bridges the gap between humans and god and makes us clean. Much like there is no such thing as a rock too big for God to lift, because God is, by definition, omnipotent, there is no heaven which can save a human without the atonement, because heaven is, by definition, not unclean in any way. In summary, God simultaneously wants a heaven for which the boundary is perfection, all of us to remain sinners in this life, and for people to be able to get there. Some of these questions have answers and others of these might seem strange, like the size of the universe, but if we remember God is not like a human with human limitations, who does things only if he has to, but powerful enough to do things that seem ridiculous to us. Quantum mechanics is kind of strange, as is God becoming man, as is all sorts of things, under a Christian worldview. The only supposed threat of things like this is that atheism would perhaps have less trouble explaining these things than Christianity, not that these things would be particularly great problems for Christianity, but, of course, many other naturalistic things appear to be better explained under a theistic worldview, such as the fine tuning of the constants or the genetic code, or the fact that the universe we live in appears to have begun and appears, under recent research in quantum physics, to be indeterministic. In conclusion, nice video, but you haven't converted me yet.

[@ciprian2739]

If you trully want to Know God, yourself, Jesus, wright to me, I am standing for God!

[@dougvanderhoop8012]

That book is sick. It's demented. read it and think. Think. So many better things to say. Yet that book tells us that crap.

[@jessicajones3022]

If you had the capacity to "think" at all, you'd understand the deeper things of the cosmos. But no; you have to stick to the answer-less questions of the world and the narcissistic philosophies of man. Everything evolving from nothing, with no guidance and no purpose, is such a giant cop-out invented for the mushy-minded sheeple who just couldn't be bothered being accountable for their pathetic little lives and actions.

[@dougvanderhoop8012]

Jessica Jones I do have the capacity to evaluate and understand deeper things and the cosmos. It's you that have answer-less questions and a narcissistic philosophy. Flat Earth. Impossible Ark. Everything is from magic. Guidance and purpose from tales of murder, rape and incest. Killing innocent children is ok with your cult that was invented for mushy sheeple by sheep hearders. God works in mysterious ways is a good enough answer and people with pathetic little lives buy into. And back to narcissist thinking. Worship me. Give your life to me or suffer forever. That sounds pretty narcissistic to me. You worship a narcissist.

[@arnvlm]

Why would God reveal himself, to someone who is not searching?

[@Thatonedude917]

Why wouldn't he reveal himself to someone who did search?

[@IsomerMashups]

Funny... I was searching for seventeen years before I realized God was fictional. I kinda felt gullible once I accepted that.

[@colinreed8077]

For the record He's revealed himself to me

[@colinreed8077]

***** nice

[@hizoball252]

Arnvlm What if it's the opposite?

[@xrateduser]

Alex I love what you are doing, keep it up brother! Thank you so much!

[@farisakhtar4824]

'Why would God not just begin with Noah and his family?' If he could do something differently to what he was pre determined to do he wouldn't be all knowing, but he would be all powerful. Being omniscient and omnipotent are two contradictory traits.

[@projectocamero7502]

Just listen to the start and I'm definitely subscribed

[@Ollie-dl8fv]

Beach Boys - you have good taste in music (:

[@TranNguyenVungLay]

Thanks to the information age and science that help the young generations understandable, reasonable and clever-able. We need more young people like CosmicSkeptic to change the world and the black hole minded.

[@resaucefull444]

Atheism is growing among GenZ so yeah we getting there😂

[@pamrose1023]

I go to a school that isn't officially a religious school, but about 90% of the students worship God in some way or form, I'm going to be bringing up a few of these "Why would God" questions to some of them. I was actually bullied for 3 years because I didn't go to church. My mother was angry but, unfortunately was powerless. I started to think that if God wanted for everyone to treat everyone else good, no matter what they believe in why was I being bullied for not going? I eventually watched more atheist fact videos and decided that I was an atheist. I could never tell my family because just about everyone on my dads side is/went to a catholic church, its not helping that my aunts a nun either. I know I'm a but late but I just wanted to thank you for helping me see what's actually going on in the religious world.

[@jaydenkesan871]

Malikin Kanin you're an atheist. God is reaching out to you and you don't let him in. God cares so much for you but u don't care for him and God never said no matter what you believe in. Wrong is wrong. God said he will take up all your vengeance just have faith in him and change your life

[@dolnick7]

"Bullied for not going to church." You've missed the message here, Jayden. That is an incredibly sad yet hilarious statement on the immorality so often inherent in religious belief: terrible acts disguised as morality and "caring." Faith is a terribly unreliable path to the truth, as the faithful demonstrate every day.

[@beardan76]

1. Why would God make the rest of the universe inhabitable? We only need to live on earth. There is nowhere else we need to live. 2. Why would he make the rest of the universe? To give people (with their intelligence) things to do. Imagine if there wasnt black holes, stars, other galaxies to discover, what would the scientists who have the capacity to discover these things do? They'd be bored. 3. Why would God wait 9 billion years to create the earth? Probably time to plan each of us. 4. Why hasnt God appeared since? He has sent his mother a lot of times. Namely at Lourdes, Fatima, Garambandal and most recently Medjugorje. He has made it crystal clear of his existence, his love for all people (and animals) and his desire for every single one of his children to make it home to heaven. 5. Why would God order the commandments that way? No idea. 6. Why honour parents and not parents honour children? Parents being the older of the two should know this as it is. 7. Why doesnt God eliminate the devil? No sure on this one. God has greater power than the devil but they seem to live side by side ok. Maybe its a lesson to all of us that if good and evil can co-exist, we should be able to as well. 8. Why did God send his son to earth? I personally think having God as one of us, who endured hardships and suffering like us means he can relate to us. Wtihout Jesus God cant ask for us to be holy because he hasnt done the hard yards. He could have forgiven the sin of man but chose to do it this way which is the best way imo.

[@brasspick]

Why would God send an evil spirit to King Saul, turning him into a madman?

[@roseobsydian]

My guess is that maybe god isnt so powerful. Maybe god could just create the "big bang" the begining of everything, and then he could only just sit back and watch what happens. Maybe he is all knowing but not all doing. Kind of like a seer. Maybe my imagination it just too big. Also I am so happy with how much your profile has grown. You are truly inteligent and I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@skelskeleton]

you already know this i bet but what you described is deism. An idea that actually makes some sense, unlike christianity.

[@roseobsydian]

+Ryan “Skel” Wilson Thank you i did not know that was actually a belief.

[@skelskeleton]

No problem! ^_^

[@strattonwhipple6698]

+rose obsidian Most of the founding fathers of the United States were likely deists, if not actually atheists. Jefferson, especially, was deist at a minimum.

[@Bryan198026]

I have a former significant other who was shocked when I pointed that out to her. When I told her that the US wasn't founded on Christianity or any religion, a point which my dad and I have been arguing over the last year or so, she tried asking me where then did we get in god we trust and one nation under god. That's when I told her about Eisenhauer and 1954. Then I went on to point out that many of the Founding Fathers weren't even Christians and that even those who were didn't want the new land to be based on one religion because they were all well aware of the dangers that poses. But whereas I absolutely reject Christianity and all the other mainstream religions I could actually accept Deism as being at least reasonably possible.

[@adrenalinestairz5068]

I'm fully aware of both explanations of near death experiences. I'm open to the possibility of an afterlife being just a hallucination, but if it's just a hallucination, how can it be explained that people who have been "dead" for a while come back and explain everything with perfect detail when they haven't been to that emergency room nor met the doctors and know every detail? (Yes I'm aware that certain "drugs" can produce a similar result. And yes I injured my back years ago and I was given a strong muscle relaxer and felt like I was "lite", but I was in my place on my bed.) I'm open to all explanations of why NDEs occur. It's possible that there's an afterlife. I believe in God. Why did God send his son to go through a brutal death for the forgiveness of sins? Jesus Christ was God in the flesh and never once sinned, but loved us so much that he was willing to pay the price for human sin. Yeah God could have just forgiven everyone's sin, but there's more to it than that. Jesus became that bridge for our sin nature so we can connect with God. I respect those people who don't believe because a lack of evidence. What kind of evidence would you need to experience or see that would get you to believe? Have you checked out archeological evidence of Jesus Christ? Peace, love and respect.

[@wakeupupwake889]

Most Near Death Experiences people have don’t line up with scripture . God can give people vision during near death experiences. But who knows the people who claimed to have died outside of a hospital actually were revived? Can God give people Vision during on the brink of death. Yes. New Research suggests that scientists may have actually near-death experiences are may actually be rooted in the brain by psychedelics. Their is no physical or archaeological evidence for Jesus, but the lack of archeological or physical evidence doesn’t mean a person doesn’t exist, it means the person has never marked the archaeological record. Their are historical documents proving the existence of him. Even if the honesty of the people who had these experiences can’t be doubted. These experiences should be viewed with skepticism. Who knows if they were extremely vivid dreams, hallucination, an actual experience , or even a Vision from God? Only the father knows. Near Death Experiences should be viewed skeptically and most importantly, Biblically.

[@margaretbabaran3666]

Simple, God only cares for people that are USEFUL for his glory. Many people suffer for so long and then saves and keep other people in comfortable life just for these people in comfortable life to "fulfil" God's plan to "save" the needy. But doesn't hear the "needy's" prayers for help. He plays favorite

[@paul3441]

Noah was there to warn you that you are headed for destruction due to your sin and disobedience to God. He loved you so much, He sent a very strong warning to you. (And yes, He loved those people as much as He loves you, but they would not love Him in return.)

[@kyrothegreatest2749]

If I love someone I wish the best for them, regardless of their feelings toward me. I don't, for example, destroy them and everyone they love. If your god does this he deserves scorn not worship

[@zk2741]

as an agnostic, it's sad that believers perverse their religion and turn their god into a monster rather than using religion to do good

[@paul3441]

@@kyrothegreatest2749 He and we don't want sinners in heaven. I don't want the foul-mouthed stealing or threatening me for eternity. It is the love of God to protect His children for eternity by disposing of the wicked who have chosen their wickedness over the love of God. I pray that God would give you a love for the truth.

[@paul3441]

@@zk2741 He and we don't want sinners in heaven. I don't want the foul-mouthed stealing or threatening me for eternity. It is the love of God to protect His children for eternity by disposing of the wicked who have chosen their wickedness over the love of God. I pray that God would give you a love for the truth, lest you be destroyed as well. "God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that they would turn and live." God bless.

[@zk2741]

@@paul3441 Pal, he's god. And i have so many questions but thats for another day. 1. I made that comment because you said this on an atheistic video. Implying you believe atheists go to hell. So youre saying that not only are they sinners, but they deserve to go to hell too? How is that love? 2. Dont you believe in redemption? Can't god help sinners rather than torture them for eternity? Eternal punishment is without a doubt immoral and unjust.

[@brandone.5106]

Question 1: The universe is as large as it is to illustrate the gap between our understanding and God’s understanding. In Isaiah, God says that his understanding is as high beyond our understanding as the heavens are beyond the earth.

[@dzalbs_]

But wouldn't an omniscient God be able to fill that gap? I think it would be of great service to him. Many atheists might finnaly turn to God. But he doesn't. In that case, he is evil. Because he hides valuable knowledge that might allow people to escape from hell. But since you probably believe your God to be omnibenevolent, the conclusion is that he probably doesn't exist.

[@alistairkeithvanheerden1570]

Good day Mr. CosmicSkeptic, I am a Christian and this is the first time I am watching your channel, I rather enjoy it to be honest. I however do not know whether or not you have in the last 4 years found your answers to these questions, but I assure you we have the answers to them. I must just give you the advice to not and try asking the wrong questions to a book which isn't its purpose to answer. For example: I cannot ask a book on biology about the substructures of a atom, nor can I ask the daily mail on how to build a machine which can make me a drink perfectly adjusted to my taste buds, and neither can I ask a feel good book on how to cure meningitis. I see your problems and dilemmas through the questions you ask. I would say that by doing better research and talking to professional academics you will see that we have faced and overcome these problems, but of course in order for you to understand what they say, you must understand the level of faith which has been granted to them, you must consider and really think. I hope I helped, I will be subscribing and liking the video.

[@robertd7717]

Are you actually looking for answers or are you just asking questions out of derision and skepticism?

[@austinlincoln3414]

I reckon these are rhetorical questions to highlight the invalidity of the bible and the immorality of the monstoroys Yahweh

[@samuelthrift7282]

There's nothing wrong with a little skepticism. And we don't need to depend on ancient religious texts for the answers to all of our problems.

[@robertd7717]

@@samuelthrift7282 you missed my point.

[@samuelthrift7282]

@@robertd7717 I suppose he does both, as we all should. Everyone of us ought to seek answers and stay skeptical of what we've been taught.

[@exmormonroverpaula2319]

@@robertd7717, Cosmic Skeptic is trying to get people to think. Is that bad?

[@grubhubguy9629]

Religion is the greatest lie ever told.

[@glebeboi]

It is also responsible for all that is wrong in this world.

[@Dev-zd3rx]

glebeboi someone was shot and killed....blame in on christianity. Ok Mr. 2% lol

[@ゴーストヒューマン]

@@Dev-zd3rx someone over comes struggles and become successful "the works of God!" Tries to take kid for chemotherapy "nO don't try these home medicine I made Instead" Women talks in church "stone the bitch" Also have you heard of the "holy wars"

[@gloryofthemessiah8771]

Who said that??? Show us the verses to back up your questions please🌹

[@meredith3267]

I really love your dry humor. It comes at unexpected moments.

[@mindaugasvalentinavicius7518]

I don't know why did Satan damaged my brain so badly, That I can't read the Bible at all, I read a Bible but I keep forgetting every time I read one Sentence Of The Bible verse, I read the Bible verse and then I go to another verse and already forgot you the first verse that I read, my brain is so damaged and I don't know how to fix it every time I try to read it. I forget every time, I tried reading it I tried to, I Read Matthew and Mark and all different kinds of things, I even my ears are damaged so badly, when I listen to a video of Bible being read to my ears I can't identify and convert the the words that are said to my ears, and convert them to my brain that says that it's god speaking to you. but I can't hear it at all my ears are damaged my brain is damaged and I forgot everything about how to read, how to surrender, how to fully surrender , I don't understand how to surrender fully how how do people do it I try doing it myself but my brain is damaged so so badly, that my brain in incapable of getting getting faith, I even I tried to fix my brain, but my brain is like 1% broken, I can't fix it, 100% fixed it's, 100% damaged, Jesus Christ can't fix it, that's the reason why I can't fix my mistakes, I want my brain to be fixed back to normal, then I would understand how to fully surrender my life, when I was a kid my brain was 100% working and I would I was able to connect to God's voice but now that I'm 19 my voice in my head and my brain is broken and now I can't think how to surrender myself, I understand how to surrender in the flesh, but not the spirit. to believe in Jesus Christ. My "brain" tries to convert the words "fully surrender" my brains tries to convert it, but it's keeps misfiring. and I losing the ability to to know how to do it, that's the reason why I can't be saved by Jesus Christ, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try, but still nothing works I don't know what to do now I don't want to go to hell but my brain is so damaged I just want my brain to be back to normal and fixed so I can be able to fully surrender to God and live a holy life but with my adhd and my brain damage, everything is impossible for me right now, I can't fix this please help me, I don't know what to do I will die in and go to hell because of my brain is so damaged in me but I will I will be tortured 10,000 infinity years I don't know what to do at all what will I do I tried everything, I tried even this into 100% brain fixing meditation but still my brain is zero percent working it not working at all when it my mind is broken, the bible words are not working, please help me it's not working for me, I'm sorry please forgive amen Like this God jesus ≠ convert ≠ damaged brain Fully surrender ≠ convert ≠ my fully damaged brain

[@corvax8644]

You go off and become the next Chris Hitchens okay? Good.

[@robertplank6284]

He does these things to confound the wise. It always works. His ways are not our ways His ways are higher.

[@DrullTheDestroyer1]

Why would God give us free will, and when we use it, he then damns us to hell?

[@landonsmith348]

+Jake Holroyd Hey Jake sorry if this turns into a long winded answer but I'll try and keep it short as possible :) 1 we have to know why choice would exist in the first place, lets give an example of you loving a girlfriend/wife and loved them but they only loved you back because they have a button on the back if there head that makes them love you and you press it ever day its not the same kind of relationship as if she also has the choice herself to love you in return, the relationship wouldn't be nearly as special if you knew that whoever it was had no option but to love you, what makes it special is when you see that you love her and she loves you herself out of her own choice knowing that she actually cares because she chose herself to be with you! I think that's similar to how it works with God without him giving us choice he and us will never have as strong a relationship. On the flip side that also means we have the choice to reject sadly :/ and because of the fact we are not equals with God he has the right to give punishment for the things he calls wrong. Another great attribute of God however Is his forgiveness of our rejection when we rely on his sons death for our forgiveness, and if God is a forgiving God and wants to show us how cool that is there has to be something for him to forgive aswell XD. Hope that helps \:D/

[@DrullTheDestroyer1]

chess osu I just don't understand why such a God would give us science through which we learn new things everyday, but when contradictory evidence comes along against the bible; what are we supposed to do?

[@landonsmith348]

+Jake Holroyd I think the best way I have to explain creation of the earth is that when you look at the creation of man you don't see Adam as an infant, im not sure if it mentions his exact age but he is definitely old enough to comprehend and have intelligent thought to name the animals and realize he messed up after he ate the fruit etc. So there is no reason to assume God created earth ad an 0 years and 0 days old earth so even If it has only existed 6000 years that doesn't mean it's "age" was 0 the day it was created!! hope that helps a bit

[@charliechan6892]

because Jake, some people use that free will to try and kill their creator, god himself, and to hurt the good people of this earth, you should be asking yourself why youre such a piece of shit and quit blaming your lord for it. also science has never debunked god and if you wanna say otherwise then give me an example, because both evolution and the big band does no such act to try and debunk god, only in your head it does.

[@Mystic.ape.]

1. Why not 2. Why not 3. Maybe making the universe was tiring and wanted to rest a minute. 4. Humans weren't to be made until after the animals and it took time for them to evolve 5. I got nothing, maybe because he wanted all life to be connected somehow 6. It can be explained through evolution. We have those traits because of our past ancestors. 7. To teach the world a lesson about what happens when faith is lost 8. There are people today who've followed for a while and has been given proof of existence (including me), but whenever they tell someone about their experience no one believes them. Why would he reveal himself to some snobby a hole who won't even bother to death for him? 9. Why would he not put himself over everything? That's like putting a friends needs over yours 10. Because disrespecting your kid isn't always a bad thing. Intervening in relationships, purposely embarrassing them. Those are disrespectful but not technically wrong. Even in today's laws kids don't have much rights so until that is changed you can't really complain 11. If malicious intent is how you see it than so be it. Satan is mostly used to test who is loyal and who isn't. Or maybe he doesn't have the power, I mean, he's never been know to kill off anything spiritual, just physical things. 12. Because he wanted us to learn a lesson 13. Because God doesn't change but people can so he made a person with a part of him in order to change but also to give a means of physical proof to man who doubted. 14. Because I'm not an atheist, bye

[@DrullTheDestroyer1]

Giving presumed explanation for all of these questions do not mean they are true answers.

[@PatrickBoy412]

"Maybe making the universe was tiring and wanted to rest a minute" Lol Okay? XD

[@Mystic.ape.]

itsPatrickBoi He rested after making just earth so I don't understand how him resting after creating the universe seems far fetched

[@Mystic.ape.]

Jake Holroyd I'm aware, I'm just throwing out reasonable assumptions, kinda like a theory

[@charliechan6892]

yes patrick, and we dont even know if god tends to other planets and aliens, so whats your point? Sunday is his day of rest, he is god, that doesnt mean you put expectations on god that don't exist, he made this planet in six days, he needed a rest, he did a damn good job.

[@Major_Mason]

Here is a question for all the athiests: Why wouldn't you openly accept the gift of God and Jesus Christ the son of God, eternal life? What do you have to lose? Is it: -Reputation? -The way friends treat and see you? -Job? -Think you are too good and that you do not need help in you life at all?

[@blakon621]

same reason you dont throw virgins in a volcano.

[@SSmotzer]

Because we don't believe characters from books are real, and trying to interact with Harry Potter or Spider-Man doesn't seem sane.

[@Thatonedude917]

The same reason you don't accept Krishna, Zeus, Osiris, etc. We don't think it's real

[@IsomerMashups]

Reputation? No. In most theistic countries atheists are looked down upon. The way friends treat and see me? No. Half my friends are theists. Job? No. My coworkers are mostly theists. Think I'm too good? No. I simply will not accept claims without evidence. I also don't believe in Santa Claus.

[@landonsmith348]

+The Evil Taco actually it's only believing thats required that's it nothing else \:D/ its pretty sweet actually because if it was based off being nice that also means it's based of not being nice or being mean/evil, and with the way all justice works (and God is a just God) it doesn't matter how much you have given to charity in your life if you rob a bank or murder or break the law you have to go to jail for the required amount of time doesn't matter how good you were Dx so that would be scary if it were based on being nice because Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So if God sees everyone as a sinner or evil then that means if we are following how justice works it doesn't matter how nice you have been you get he'll because you are a sinner, but like I said christ died and already payed that punishment so all we have to do now is believe \:D/ which is pretty awesome if you ask me

[@jessewhite2879]

So-oo, so you think you can tell, heaven from heee-eeelll? Blue skies from pain… do you think you can tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

[@jeffreyballinger133]

Right now I couldn't understand if you would be my perfect Atheist brother, and given the severity of our age difference, my perfect son.

[@jesussavedrjm6818]

3. Answer Because all things were formed out of the earth. Maybe when humans understand that they will truly appreciate their home where they will no longer destroy their neighbor

[@laravioliiii2832]

Here's one big question: Why did god make it a sin? Not why is it a sin, but why did he make it a sin?

[@paul3441]

Jesus probably "appeared" to a million people, not exactly a small, select group. But even they did not follow Him. That's why the Bible says that faith comes from hearing the word of God (not from seeing Him).

[@guerlainkaki4470]

Dude you can't argue the truth of the Bible by using the Bible as proof

[@paul3441]

@@guerlainkaki4470 Oh look up the historical writings of Josephus Flavius. Or do you reject all history books in your little world?