Tag Archives: Faith

25. If the earth is 6,000 years old, how can we see stars more than 6,000 light years away?

Posted on December 3, 2011 by 500 Questions

This is a common question in youth groups across America, where about half of us still believe the Universe was created fewer than 10,000 years ago. The problem is that light waves/photons travel at a known rate of 186,282 miles per second. At that … Continue reading →

Posted in Intelligent Design?, Old Testament | Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Creation, Faith, Genesis | 59 Comments

17. Why does God allow children to suffer and die?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by 500 Questions

While I’ve previously touched on the problem of evil, I wanted to focus a bit more on what is perhaps the most heinous evil one can possibly imagine: the suffering and death of innocent children. Each year, approximately 10 million children die … Continue reading →

Posted in God's Behavior, Prayer | Tagged Atheism, Childhood suffering, Children to suffer, Christianity, Death of Children, Faith, God | 296 Comments

13. Doesn’t faith make us more susceptible to delusions? (E.g. Harold Camping)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by 500 Questions

It’s the end of the world and Harold Camping knows it… With only a few days left until the end of the world, I thought I’d honor Harold Camping by questioning if faith makes us more susceptible to delusions, like how Harold … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, Apocalypse, Atheism, Bible, End of the World, Faith, Family Radio, Harold Camping, Judgement Day, May 21, May 21st | 10 Comments

12. Why did God give His chosen people so little land?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by 500 Questions

I’ve always wondered why God, if real, would give so little land to His chosen people. Or to look at it another way, why He would give so much more to everyone else. I’m not saying Israel isn’t a nice little country, … Continue reading →

Posted in God's Behavior, Old Testament | Tagged Atheism, Atheist, Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, Israel, Jews, Moses, Promised Land | 3 Comments

11. Doesn’t the existence of many religions discredit them all?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by 500 Questions

There are several reasons why having multiple religions does a disservice to them all: It reduces the chances of anyone finding the correct religion (assuming there is one). It exposes mankind’s utter confusion over the issue, and our inability to distinguish a true religion from … Continue reading →

Posted in God's Behavior, New Testament, Old Testament | Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Bible, Christianity, Faith, Religion, Skeptic | 42 Comments

10. Why does God allow evil?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by 500 Questions

Ah yes, the infamous “Problem of Evil.” To put it simply: Why would an all-good God do bad things? The answer? He wouldn’t. Problem solved? Not really. If we want an omni-benevolent God, we must somehow find a way to exonerate Him from His own creation. Having a … Continue reading →

Posted in God's Behavior, Intelligent Design? | Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Christianity, Creation, Ex-Christian, Faith, Genocide, God, hunger, Intelligent Design, Problem of evil | 13 Comments

9. Why can’t we call down fire from heaven? Again?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by 500 Questions

With hundreds of different religions, it’s difficult to know which one is true. This wasn’t much of a problem back in Elijah’s day, when the contest was really only between God and Baal. In order to settle that debate, God established some rules for the first official, no-holds-barred, who’s-really-a-god, sacrificial smack-down (1 Kings … Continue reading →

Posted in Old Testament | Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Elijah, Faith, Fire from Heaven, Signs from God, Skeptic | 7 Comments