Ralph answers Bible questions

[Dardedar]

DAR
My friend Ralph answers some typical questions from a Christian:

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Questions from someone in Boise ID:

I am writing you this email because of your last quote in the
> article below where it says, "It doesn't make sense that there's so
> much out there and we're stuck here." Maybe I am reading more into
> the quote than I should, but it made me think perhaps this question
> was coming from a man that has been searching for answers to this
> and other questions and maybe has not yet found satisfying
> answers. I have no idea about your personal beliefs, so I'd like
> to ask you some questions and have you respond. Perhaps through
> this process some light can be shed to your question above about
> why "we're stuck here".
>
> 1. Did God create man, all the planets/stars/space/etc.,
> and everything in existence, or do you believe that it was just
> pure chance?
> 2. What is the relationship between God and man? What are
> some of the characteristics of God?
> 3. What does God require of man/you to get to know and
> have fellowship with Him, and do you feel you have met those
> requirements?
> 4. What happens to a man's spirit when he dies? Where
> does it go?
> 5. Who do you understand Jesus Christ to be? What has He
> done that is of significance for you?
> 6. If you were to die today, do you know where your spirit
> will go? Or better yet, if you were standing before God and He
> asked you why He should let you into heaven, what would you say?
> 7. How can you be sure you will go to heaven and not hell?
> 8. What is the purpose of man/life or the reason for his
> existence? Why are we "stuck" here?
>
> I hope you don't find these questions too forward, but I have it on
> my heart to share this with you because I truly care for you, so
> please allow me a few minutes of your time to answer the
> questions. If you don't want to get into it, I understand and
> thank you for your time.

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Answers from the Holy Bible:

1. God created man out of dirt on a flat earth (Genesis 2:7; 1:6-10;
Exodus 20:4).

2. God is a jealous old man who loves to be flattered and obeyed
(Exodus 20:5b-6; Deuteronomy 28:1-68).

3. God does not want the fellowship of man (Genesis 3:22-24).

4. Man does not have a spirit. He just gets his life-breath at birth
and gives it up when he dies (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20).

5. Jesus was simply another man like the rest of us (Matthew 19:17).
He was deified by the Christian church and gospels were written about
him.

6. God has already said that he doesn't want mortals to be in heaven
with him (Genesis 3:22-24; Ecclesiastes 3:19-20).

7. Only two people in the entire Hebrew Bible/Old Testament went to
heaven. But they went up alive (Genesis 5:4; 2 Kings 2:1-12). The
dead all go back into the earth.

8. We are products of this earth and when we die we return to the
dust from which we were made (Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 3:19-20).

There are plenty more similar verses in the Bible.

Read the Bible---carefully!

Ralph Nielsen

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

Yes, the Christian mythology has much more in common with some of the "pagan" traditions than with anything coming out of the bible. What it mostly speaks of is a fear of death and a desire for an afterlife. I'd love an afterlife, too. Love to see my folks and various friends "who have gone before" - and if there is and I do, great. It really won't matter, if there isn't - at least not to me when I "go".