er joined in wedlock. Does it bother you that Jesus is technically a bastard? 95. The original Hebrew word for the Holy Ghost/Spirit includes the idea that the Holy Spirit/Ghost is female in gender. Isn't this rather silly when you consider the fact that the Holy Ghost/Spirit is actually the father of Jesus (Luke 1:35)? 96. Matthew 28:11-15 contains an account of a conspiracy between the Jews and the Roman soldiers to spread the story that the disciples stole the body of Christ. How could Matthew have known about this, since no Jews or Romans would have admitted to it? If it was such a transparent conspiracy that an outsider could have seen it, why didn't the other three gospels mention it? Why didn't the Roman soldiers get into trouble? 97. Jews believe that people are basically good people and can work to overcome their sinful tendencies. Most Christians,following the teaching of Psalm 51:5, 1 Kings 8:46, Ezekiel 18:4, Isaiah59:2, and Psalm 143:2, believe that people are completely debased and hopelessly lost in sin, and that only your God can lift us out of this state if He decides to bestow His gift of grace on us? Isn't this an incredibly negative view of people? Isn't Judaism a more mature faith just for this reason?93. How do you, as an individual, feel about Psalm 51:5?98. What does your denomination teach about Psalm 51:5 (and 1Kings 8:46, etc.), predestination, and similar matters? 99. Don't you think that the idea that no matter what we do, we can never be good and righteous without help from your God (Isaiah64:6) fosters an unnatural and unhealthy dependency on Him? 100. Revelation 22:16 says that Jesus is the "offspring of David." Mary was not descended from David, but Joseph was. Doesn't this mean that Jesus wasn't the son of your God at all, but the (mortal and not divine) son of Joseph? 101. What would the correct thing to do be if your God gave you a command that was harmful and/or destructive to you? A common argument,...
