Why Did God Allow Evil And Suffering To Come Into Existence? They Are Bad! [Discussion: Any thoughts on why God allowed evil and suffering to come into existence?] Even though we can understand that evil and suffering are not created things, but rather a corruption or lack of something perfect,...

Evil And Suffering: A Valid Concern From A Theistic Perspective. As we have just seen, it’s difficult to make evil and suffering a concern from an atheistic perspective, but it is a more straightforward concern from a theistic perspective. Evil and suffering can’t disprove the evidence of physical and biological...

[NOTE: Through-out the text you will bracketed purple text insertions that begin with the word “Discussion”. These are suggested discussion questions for small group leaders, who would like to go through these topics in an interactive group setting.] The Problem: How Can An All-Good And All-Powerful God Allow Pointless Evil...

“Religion Causes Wars And Is Therefore Bad” This is a common assertion, but, as we discovered in the first part of this series (Everyone, Atheists included, is religious), the statement, “Religion causes wars and therefore religion is bad,” has a fundamental problem. We discovered that anyone who wants to make...

Character Flaws Second, it is true that even people who are Christians have deeply flawed characters and behavior, often even more so than non-Christians. Unlike almost every other religion in the world, in Christianity you don’t have to make yourself acceptable to God to gain his favor. You don’t have...

Many who have positive views on Christianity have often had previous encounters with loving and caring Christians. Conversely, some who find Christianity ridiculous, bad, or as something to eradicate often have this predisposition because they have experienced or observed injustices caused by people who identify as Christians. Thus, we must...

Macroevolution However, some Christians, called “Young Earth creationists”, do not believe in macroevolution, a key component of Darwinian evolution, in which living creatures “evolve” into different creatures.50 Imagine a world filled with only worms. There are no other animals nor humans in existence in this world, just worms. Now imagine...

Origin Of God (If Everything Needs A Creator, Then Who Created God?) God, as the creator of the universe and the complex laws of physics that govern it, does not have to be subjected to the laws of his creation. Just because God created a universe and laws of physics...

Ever-Changing Science As we saw with the various issues surrounding dating methods, the science behind these methods is not infallible and can be subject to error. This is something many are ignorant about or want to purposefully minimize. Stanford University professor John Ioannidis caused shockwaves in 2005 when he famously...

The Age Of The Earth Most secularists and some Christians believe Earth to be billions of years old. This is called the Old Earth View. Other Christians believe the Bible indicates The Age Of The Earth is about 6,000 years. This is called the Young Earth View. [Discussion: Do you...