The Big Questions

No, going to church doesn’t make you a Christian. And yes, going to church can definitely be boring and irrelevant, if you think that walking into a church building will magically turn you into one. That’s like thinking you’ll become a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk when you walk into a grocery…

Christians are always talking about how much God loves us and how good he is. So, where was he when my three year old was dying of cancer? If he’s so good why didn’t he answer me when I asked him to stop my pain? If God cares for this world why does he allow…

Say the word “Bible” and you get a bunch of different reactions as varied as the people who respond. “I hate it when people say, ‘The Bible says.’” “You know, I’ve heard people quote stuff from there as if it’s the magic solution or answer to really serious problems or hard questions. It just comes…

Did Jesus really die on a cross and then rise from the dead? Isn’t that some kind of spiritual metaphor? Maybe the church made it up to make Jesus look like some super-human teacher? Look, even if we say this really did happen…well, there’s even more problems. Why would God do such a thing to…

Christianity is full of itself and Christians are arrogant because they claim to know everything about God. Really? I mean this is crazy. How can any one group not only claim to know God but also insist that everyone else is wrong. I mean there’s plenty of really good people who are Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus,…