Quick Answers to Quick Questions 1/4 – TEP105

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When talking to others about Jesus, we’re often asked tough questions we don’t know how to answer.
For the sake of giving them at least some answer, Glen has come up with 16 response that can help get the conversation going. They are not meant to be ‘silver bullets’ to end all arguments, rather, they seek to draw out deeper depth from the questions.

Here are the 16 (click to tweet them too!)
“Atheism isn’t a belief, it’s the absence of belief.”
Really? And I suppose anarchism is the absence of political convictions?

“If God made the world, who made God?”
That’s like asking “If the sun enlightens the earth, what enlightens the sun?”

“I don’t believe in God.”
I probably don’t believe in the god you’re imagining either. Let’s talk about Jesus…

“I could never be religious.”
Many say ‘I could never be married’ but then they meet The One. That’s who Jesus is to me…

The following complete the list, but are covered in the next episodes:

“How can u believe in the virgin birth of Jesus?”
How can u believe in the virgin birth of the cosmos? Talk about miraculous

“Theres no need for God, science explains it all.”
I can explain that sentence. No need for you?

“If you grew up in 12th century Nepal you wouldn’t be a Christian.”
If you grew up there you wouldn’t be a sceptic.

“U believe we’re born sick & commanded 2b well.”
No we’re born hungry & offered Bread. As with the physical so the spiritual.

“Suffering rules out God.”
Which God? To be sure many gods are incompatible with suffering but what about the crucified God?

“To say Jesus is The One Way is narrow.”
But u insist on One Way to consider religions. That’s narrow. The cosmic Christ isn’t

“To say sex/marriage is for 1 man and 1 woman is homophobic.”
Think of a Buddhist. Is their vegetarianism carnivore-phobic?