How can a loving God send anyone to Hell?
“That’s a great question, a potentially explosive question. If God is so loving—and the Bible says that he is—then surely he wouldn’t send anyone to hell, would he?” – Abi Styles Keep reading →
Surely its arrogant to say your religion is the only one?
“I think this is quite a popular view, and one that’s particularly popular in multi-faith, multi-cultural societies. There’s a story which is quite old, which I find quite helpful just to think through some of the issues. It’s about some blind men and an elephant…” – Nate Morgan-Locke
If there is a God why does he allow suffering?
“It’s a huge question, isn’t it? Hardly a day goes by when we don’t come across some sort of suffering. Devastation caused by earthquakes and tsunamis, millions living in poverty, a loved one battling with cancer, family breakdown, bullying. People suffer!” – Dawn Evans
I’m a decent person – surely I’ll be fine?
“…most of us are pretty decent, reasonable and respectable people. But is that enough? Does that mean that God will welcome us into his perfect kingdom, and everything’s going to be fine? Well worryingly, only if we judge by appearances.” – Jon Cawsey
Hasn’t science shown that Christianity is wrong?
“If I begin with the assumption that it’s only by evolution, over time, by random chance that all things came into being, am I actually loading the dice? Does my starting assumption end up blinding me to results that I may not necessarily like?” – Gavin McGrath
You can’t trust the Bible can you?
“Many people assume that the Bible simply can’t be trusted and if you can’t trust the Bible then you can’t trust Christianity, because the whole of the Christian message comes from the teaching of the Bible. And that was my view—I thought the Bible was just full of myths” – Vaughan Roberts
Seriously Hard Questions
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