Stump a Christian #43

Why are there gay people?

Stump a Christian (or a Jew) #42

If God is all-knowing, why did God ask the Hebrews to rub lamb’s blood on their door posts to prevent their first born from being killed? Does God require helpful hints, or is He just a sick individual who likes having blood strewn about?

Stump a Christian #41

Why do Christians accuse gay people of being promiscuous? I mean… they do realize that Christians are the reason gay people can’t get married, right? It’s not like gay people are screaming to prevent gay marriage because they hate monogamy so much.

Stump a Christian #40

Where in the Bible does it say you cannot have sex before marriage? Please remember that “adultery” is the breaking of marriage vows, not pre-marital sex. And don’t get me started on “abstinence education,” because of all the people in the world, Christians are ironically the only ones on the planet who believe remaining a virgin has ever resulted in pregnancy. And are you honestly telling me Adam and Eve went through a wedding ceremony? I get that God could have presided over the ceremony, but everyone knows you at least need a witness.

Stump a Christian (or a Jew) #39

Why is there no historical or archaeological evidence for the Jewish enslavement in Egypt or the subsequent exodus?

Stump a Christian #38

Is there any kind of evidence that could exist that would prove the God of the Bible is fictional?

Stump a Christian #37

Day four of creation is a confusing one, so I am including the text for it below (Genesis 14-19) in order to make it easier to reference the multitude of questions I have:

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

First of all… I already asked, but what is a firmament? Why does it not exist, even though God supposedly created it before this, on day three?

Next… you’re telling me that the sun, moon and stars are there so that people can… mark time? God couldn’t have handed Adam a calendar? It was easier to create trillions of galaxies, each with trillions of stars, spread out over vast, mind-boggling distances? Really?

I’ll ignore that it is apparent that the sun is not seen as being just another star, but is something special (which it really isn’t… it’s one countless others like it). However, I can’t get over that the moon is called a “great light,” because the moon gives off no light at all. The moon merely reflects light from the sun, being itself completely dark. Why, then, is the moon called “a great light” when it’s just a “great reflector?”

Why does the sun and moon “rule over the day and over the night?” I thought only alone God rules in heaven, and here we have two big circles in the sky that supposedly rule over their portion of the 24 hour cycle. And how does a new moon rule over the night when it’s completely black?

Finally… how on Earth (literally) did we have three days of creation prior to day four… without the presence of a sun? Supposedly this is the day God divides the light from the darkness… even though He already did that on day one, when He said, “Let there be light.” How can you honestly take a fairy tale seriously if the writers of it can’t even stay consistent in the very first chapter?

Stump a Christian #36

The Yankees and Boston Red Sox are about to play a baseball game. If an Episcopalian prays for the Yankees and a Catholic prays for the Red Sox, who will win?

Special thanks to Tris at My Godless Life for the inspiration for this one.

Stump a Christian #35

Why would God flood the world, killing all people except Noah and his family… if the end result was a world full of people who still did wicked things? For that matter, why does the all-knowing God change tactics when dealing with us (from smiting to forgiveness) between the Old and New Testament?

Stump a Christian #34

If God can do anything, why is church so boring?

Stump a Christian #33

Why is slavery acceptable to God, but shellfish are not? Honestly, how does the Bible have more condemnation of shrimp than of treating other human beings like property?

Stump a Christian #32

Are Adam and/or Eve in heaven? If you don’t know, could they be?

Stump a Christian #31

Why do only Matthew and Luke mention the virgin birth? Was this detail not important enough for Mark and John to note? Come to think of it, why do Matthew and Luke bother going to great lengths to list (two contradictory) genealogies for Jesus through Joseph?

Stump a Christian #30

If AIDS proves that God punishes homosexuality, does Mad Cow Disease prove that Hindus are right about not eating beef?

Stump a Christian #29

If you are castrated as a young child, die as a much older adult, get into heaven, and you are then reunited with your genitals, are they child sized or have they gone through puberty?

Stump a Christian #28

Do animals have souls? If yes, how can an animal get into heaven? If no, how is an animal alive and able to show intelligence and affection?

Stump a Christian #27

Is there a polite way to tell someone their religion is ruining the world? I’m asking for a friend, because I don’t give a shit about people’s feelings (why mince words?), but some people do, so… how does one convey the idea that these organizations called “churches” are ruining the world while hiding behind a thin veneer of soup kitchens?

Stump a Christian #26

Where is heaven?

Stump a Christian #25

How do you decide which parts of the Bible to follow, and which parts to ignore as obsolete?

Stump a Christian #24

Can someone who has never heard of Jesus get into heaven?