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Ralph answers Bible questions

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:43 am
by 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

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:22 pm
by 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".