Apologetics
Explore the arguments for Christian faith, evidence for God and the resurrection, biblical reliability, science, ethics and debate.
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If God gave me critical thinking, honest unbelief honors God more than belief out of fear
Thesis: If a creator God exists and deliberately made me a critical thinker, then refusing to believe without evidence is not rebellion against God but fidelity to how I was made. Belief motivated by fear of punishment or hope of reward is not love, and a just God would value honest doubt over fearful or transactional belief.
If God is omniscient, He has created countless souls to be damned eternally without their say in it
It doesn't make much sense to me and demeans free will in a pretty big way. Free will is a whole different discussion, but the point still stands. We don't choose to go to Hell with an all-powerful God. The universe is exactly as He wanted it to be. He created our souls, mapped out our desires and actions. So why would he create souls he knew would be sent to Hell?
The Contradictory Genealogies of Jesus: A Problem Christians Have Never Convincingly Solved
Matthew and Luke give conflicting genealogies for Joseph. - Matthew 1:16 says Joseph's father was Jacob. - Luke 3:23 says Joseph's father was Heli. - Matthew traces Joseph through Solomon, while Luke traces him through Nathan, both sons of David. A common Christian explanation is that Luke actually records Mary's genealogy. But where is the evidence? Neither Gospel says this. Both explicitly name Joseph. There is also no established independent early tradition identifying Jacob or Heli as Mary's father.
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