Comments on: Questions are GOOD http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/ a church for the rest of us Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:49:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rich http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-20 rich Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:49:33 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-20 Just so everyone knows, we received about 50 more questions on Sunday the 17th. Obviously we won't be able to address them all in this series... but just because you don't see your question listed in the sidebar doesn't mean we're not addressing it! Some of these questions are getting discussed along with related questions, while others will have to wait for future messages. And don't forget that you can discuss each week's questions by clicking those links! Just so everyone knows, we received about 50 more questions on Sunday the 17th. Obviously we won’t be able to address them all in this series… but just because you don’t see your question listed in the sidebar doesn’t mean we’re not addressing it! Some of these questions are getting discussed along with related questions, while others will have to wait for future messages.

And don’t forget that you can discuss each week’s questions by clicking those links!

]]> By: Nate http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Nate Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:01:33 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-13 What reason - which is proportional to rationalism, logic, and evidence - does anyone have to believe in a God? If there exists no reason, shouldn't we all not believe? What reason – which is proportional to rationalism, logic, and evidence – does anyone have to believe in a God? If there exists no reason, shouldn’t we all not believe?

]]> By: Nate http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Nate Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:57:58 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-12 What is faith? Given a theological problem, how is "It's my faith," a reasonable explanation or solution? Is not faith simply the substitution of reason with that of emotion? When is faith ever called in a moment of certainty? Why should we respect faith? How is faith, if in any way, a sufficient epistemological tool. What does faith do for us, and why does it do it? How is that all forms of people (remember nearly every spiritual body claims faith as a reason to believe) can - while using the same tool of faith - come to entirely different spiritual conclusions? What is faith? Given a theological problem, how is “It’s my faith,” a reasonable explanation or solution? Is not faith simply the substitution of reason with that of emotion? When is faith ever called in a moment of certainty? Why should we respect faith? How is faith, if in any way, a sufficient epistemological tool. What does faith do for us, and why does it do it? How is that all forms of people (remember nearly every spiritual body claims faith as a reason to believe) can – while using the same tool of faith – come to entirely different spiritual conclusions?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:09:10 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-11 When does it end? When does it end?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:08:05 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-10 How do I get to physically live forever? How do I get to physically live forever?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:07:24 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-9 If Jesus suffered for us, why are all the Jews, who suffered as much or more than Christ, burning in hell??? If Jesus suffered for us, why are all the Jews, who suffered as much or more than Christ, burning in hell???

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:06:26 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-8 How do you reconcile the violence and intolerance the Christian God exhibits in the Old Testament (i.e., Levitical law) with the compassion, love, and tolerance of Jesus in the New Testament? How does a perfect, omniscient God go from a stance of violent war against sinners to forgiveness and understanding? How do you reconcile the violence and intolerance the Christian God exhibits in the Old Testament (i.e., Levitical law) with the compassion, love, and tolerance of Jesus in the New Testament? How does a perfect, omniscient God go from a stance of violent war against sinners to forgiveness and understanding?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:03:26 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-7 Why does my Christian life not get better? It seems to always stay the same. Why does my Christian life not get better? It seems to always stay the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-6 If God is perfect, how could he create imperfection? And if Adam and Eve were created perfect, how did they make the mistake of taking the fruit from the garden? Perfection does not make mistakes! If God is perfect, how could he create imperfection? And if Adam and Eve were created perfect, how did they make the mistake of taking the fruit from the garden? Perfection does not make mistakes!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-5 Why, oh why, does God hate gay people? Why? Why, oh why, does God hate gay people? Why?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:50:30 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-4 When we go to heaven, will we see other people as how we remember them last? Or remember them in their youth, or will we know it's them without visually seeing them? Will there be grass, like earth? When we go to heaven, will we see other people as how we remember them last? Or remember them in their youth, or will we know it’s them without visually seeing them? Will there be grass, like earth?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:48:18 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-3 Why can't the Bible explain the dinosaurs? Why can’t the Bible explain the dinosaurs?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Anonymous Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:47:30 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-2 How can it be possible that Hitler can get into heaven? How can it be possible that Hitler can get into heaven?

]]> By: Submitted on Sunday http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Submitted on Sunday Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:49:23 +0000 http://www.livinghope.info/2006/questions-are-good/#comment-1 If accepting Jesus is the way to Heaven, then what happens to infants that die? and pets? If accepting Jesus is the way to Heaven, then what happens to infants that die? and pets?

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