Bible Question:
I was witnessing to a person i knew and they asked the following questions. Some of them are a little strange but they are good questions. Can you help me answer some? Please include scriptures if you know some. 1) Why would God want to make a bunch of people and put them on earth? 2)Why does God "Love" us? 3)Why doesn't God do something a bit more fulfilling for himself than sitting in the sky all day and making sure people know right from wrong? 4) Why does God not come and walk among us so that he proves his existence and makes everyone believe and wont have to send anyone to hell? 5) Where is hell? 6) If God has been around forever wouldn't he have gotten really lonely over those billions of years before he created earth and killed himself? 7) What does God do all day? 8) God is "perfect" which implies He can do anything; so why can he not get rid of Satan completely, and stop all the evil in the world? 9)Why does God not talk to ordinary people anymore like he did in the times of the Bible? 10) Why are you not supposed to say the Lord's name in vain like I allways do? 11) Why are some christians so easily offended? 12) Why is it a blasphemy to question God? 13) What is a blasphemy? 14) Why must we capitalize pronouns that refer to Him? Thanks for all your help in advance, In Christ Dave |
Bible Answer: 1) Why would God want to make a bunch of people and put them on earth? Things about God are only known because he revealed them to us. But one standard answer is because God wants to display his glory. 2)Why does God "Love" us? Because it is his nature. 3)Why doesn't God do something a bit more fulfilling for himself than sitting in the sky all day and making sure people know right from wrong? He does. He lives inside christians and helps them know Him. 4) Why does God not come and walk among us so that he proves his existence and makes everyone believe and wont have to send anyone to hell? He's been there done that probably has the tee shirt. And he gave us free will. 5) Where is hell? I don't have the address. I don't want it either. 6) If God has been around forever wouldn't he have gotten really lonely over those billions of years before he created earth and killed himself? Silly question? Perhaps this is really an anthropormophic insight to why God made "a bunch of people" in question 1. 7) What does God do all day? Bless and Love 8) God is "perfect" which implies He can do anything; so why can he not get rid of Satan completely, and stop all the evil in the world? It ain't over till it's over. Also free will like question 4. 9)Why does God not talk to ordinary people anymore like he did in the times of the Bible? Ordinary people all over the planet claim he still does. 10) Why are you not supposed to say the Lord's name in vain like I allways do? Respect, reverence for the creator, the one we all owe our existance to. If you dis yourself you have dis'ed him. Like it or not you are made in the image of God. 11) Why are some christians so easily offended? Because some have really thin skin. 12) Why is it a blasphemy to question God? Not sure that it is, as long as it is truthful questioning. 13) What is a blasphemy? From dictionary.com: Our Lord was accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65; comp. Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luke 22:65; John 10:36). Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28, 29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. 14) Why must we capitalize pronouns that refer to Him? Must? not really. But sometimes it might help us keep our reference. ;) |