All Awkward Questions articles – Page 2
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IssuesHow can I hear from God?
“What do people mean when they say God talks to them? It’s not like he says: “Hello, Phoebe. How are you?”
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IssuesCan I believe in the Bible and evolution?
Does believing in evolution mean Adam and Eve didn’t exist and the Bible is wrong?
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IssuesWill my pet go to heaven?
“What happens when Susan my sausage dog dies?” “Will my guinea pig, Karl, go to heaven?” In the story of Noah in Genesis (the first book of the Bible) chapters 6-10, the animals’ safety is a huge priority for God. They are also included in the promise ...
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IssuesIf God forgives, can I do whatever I want?
“If Easter tells us that God forgives everything, can I just do whatever I want and then say sorry?”
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IssuesWhat happens when you die?
What Marvel movie Doctor Strange teaches about this life and the next
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IssuesWas Jesus white?
To some, ‘was Jesus white?’ is a stupid question, right up there with ‘do birds fly?’ and ‘is grass green?’ But to others it is vitally important.
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IssuesDo miracles happen?
Miracles are hard to get our heads around, but if we believe in God it shouldn’t be too difficult to also believe in miracles.
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IssuesDid Jesus really rise from the dead?
It’s hard to scientifically prove whether Jesus rose from the dead. But, like in a law court, eyewitnesses play an important part in helping us figure out what actually happened.
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IssuesAnswering your child’s questions: What does the Bible say about dinosaurs?
Mentions of God’s creation appear at various points thoughout the Bible but the main place where we read about this is in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Genesis doesn’t talk about dinosaurs roaming the earth. But then neither does it mention cats, penguins or squirrels!
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IssuesDo questions always need answers?
I take my hat off to the young people of today. Everyone is telling them who to be and what to think. Meanwhile, their education encourages them to reason, rationalise and evaluate texts, equations and hypotheses.
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IssuesDoes God need suntan lotion?
This question asks if God is like us. Does God struggle with the things we struggle with?
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IssuesWas Mary really a virgin?
This time of year is full of magic and mystery. Alongside guiding stars, angels and divine dreams, the virgin birth tops the list of hard-to-believe Christmas stuff.
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IssuesIf ‘God is love’, why are there so many natural disasters?
Recently, we’ve seen hurricanes annihilate towns, earthquakes devastate communities and floods kill thousands across the world. Even for hardcore believers, these heartbreaking circumstances raise questions about the goodness of God. Surely someone so ‘loving’ wouldn’t allow such awful things to happen?
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IssuesBig Question: Do ghosts exist?
Even the most ancient stories contain accounts of ghosts, and interest in the supernatural doesn’t seem to be waning. A 2016 YouGov survey reported that more Brits believe in ghosts than a creator God. A 2006 Barna group study of 4,000 teenagers found that 73 per cent had engaged in at least one type of psychic or witch-related activity.
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IssuesHow could a good God send people to hell?
Some people don’t believe in God. Others think that that if God is real, he’s not nice. One reason for this is the idea of hell. How can someone nice send people to hell?
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BlogCan you prove God exists?
Can you prove that God exists? Well, that depends what you mean by ‘prove’. True proof only exists in maths. I can prove 2 + 2 = 4, but even scientists need a certain amount of ‘faith’. In order to ‘do’ science, they have to believe there is order to the world - that things will react in a certain way because forces, such as gravity, are at work.
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BlogWill my pets be in heaven?
The Bible is full of passages which show us how much God cares about animals. In the story of Noah, the animals’ safety is a huge priority for God. They are also included in the promise and special relationship (covenant) which God makes with Noah and his family after the flood. Does this mean that when the end of the world comes, animals will be saved again?
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BlogWhat about dinosaurs?
Some Christians think that the Earth isn’t old enough to support the existence of dinosaurs. Using various Biblical family trees, they trace the start of the world to around 6,000 - 12,000 years ago. Dinosaur fossils however suggest they existed billions of years ago, making the world and its inhabitants much older. Christians who believe in this ‘young’ Earth may either argue that dinosaurs never existed or that they existed more recently and the dating of fossils is unreliable.
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