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“When you’re dead, you’re dead”

If you are right, then you won't even have the chance to say "I told you so". You will no longer exist. Everyone you have ever cared about and lost would no longer exist. But, what if you are wrong? What if God, Jesus,all of the prophets, the Jews and Christians are right and you are wrong? What if there is an afterlife, as humans have believed for millenniums. What if after countless opportunities for you to accept the existence of God and refusing, you die and end up realizing, you were wrong. If you are right, and there is nothing after death, then you have gained nothing. However, if you are wrong, and there is an afterlife, you have lost everything.


17) If nothing can convince you that you are wrong, then why your faith should be considered anything other then cult?

A Cult is defined as “a system of religious worship and ritual,” which would seem to describe every man-made religion. Christianity, on the other hand, is not a strict adherence to ritual, but a personal relationship with a living God. When a person repents of his sin and places his trust in Jesus, God fills him with his spirit—the person becomes spiritually alive. He has moved out of the realm of belief into the realm of experience. Once he knows the truth, nothing can convince him otherwise. Besides, why should adherence to the truth be a determining factor in whether a belief is valid? I believe in gravity and nothing can convince me that I am wrong -- but my belief is still true

18) If an atheist lives a decent, moral life, why should a loving, compassionate God care whether or not we believe in Him/Her/It?

No matter how decent and moral we think we are, we have all sinned by violating God’s holy laws. To see how you fare against God’s standard; review the Ten Commandments (given in Exodus chapter 20). God’s concern isn’t whether or not we believe in him; the Bible says that even the demons believe – and tremble. God commands that we repent of our sins and trust Jesus Christ alone for our salvation. If we refuse do that. We will be given justice on the Day of Judgement and we will perish

19) Should any religion that demands we elevate faith over reasons be trusted?

Never elevate faith over reason. Exercise Faith because of reason. A man who has to jump 20,000 feet out of a plane exercises faith in a parachute because he reasons that he will perish without it.

20) How can the same God who, according to the Old Testament, killed everybody on Earth except for eight people be considered as anything other than evil?

Look at the life style of those people—they deserved death because of their evil actions. That’s what happens when men reject God. We will all die because God, the Judge of the universe, has pronounced the death sentence upon us: “the soul who sins shall die.” Criminals rarely speak well of the judge. To them, he is “evil.”

21)Must we hate our families and ourselves in order to be good Christians (Luke 14:26)

No. Luke 14.26 is what is known as “hyperbole”—a statement of extremes, contrasting love with hate for the sake of emphasis. Jesus tells us that the first and greatest commandment is to love God with all of our heart, soul and mind (Matthew 22:37, 38). As much as we treasure our spouse and family, and even our own life, there should be no one whom we love and value more than God, no one who takes precedence in our life. To place love for another (including our self) above God is idolatry

22) Why isn’t the Bible written in a straightforward way that leaves no doubt about what it means?

The Bible is very clear to those who obey God. It says of itself that it is spiritually understood, and that the “natural” man cannot receive the things of God. To someone who hasn’t been born spiritually, “they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are “spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). However, we can all understand enough to realize that we have sinned against a holy God and need to repent. Once we do that, God gives us the ability to understand His Word.