plain the following words of Christ, as presented in the New Testament: "Many are called but few are chosen," and "Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto salvation, and few there be that find it." If your god loves all of us, couldn't he find a better way? 9. Explain what type of offense could possibly justify eternal, unbearable torture in Hell; if you do not believe in Hell,then refute every passage in the Old and New Testaments which describes Hell (such as 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 and Revelation 20:15). 10. Explain how your god can be both just and merciful,when these terms apparently contradict each other. 11. Explain why possession by demons and/or other evil spirits was common during the time of Jesus, but hardly mentioned in the Old Testament, and apparently has been explained completely away today by things such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. 12. If Heaven is a place where everyone is perfectly happy,then explain how I could be happy in Heaven if I had loved ones in Hell.13. What is Heaven like? 14. What is Hell like? 15. Explain why original sin exists. Why should I be eternally tortured for something that a pair of naked fruit-munching simpletons did in a garden over six thousand years ago? If you believe that children are born stained because they were conceived sexually, explain why I would be punished for something my parents did by your merciful and just God. If this does not apply to you, explain why. 16. Explain why getting dunked in or sprinkled with water will prevent me from being eternally tortured for the actions of the nakedfruit-munching simpletons mentioned in #15. 17a. If your God did not want Adam and Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, why did he put the tree in the garden of Eden (and at the center, no less)? Was it for shade? If the purpose of the tree was to tempt Adam and Eve, explain why the temptation was necessary. If God knows all, then He already knew they woul...
