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       Tough Questions for Christianity
       By: ClassicalLiberal.Theist Date: December 10, 2020, 10:27 am
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       My friend has started a bible study that he holds every week or
       so; however, it isn't really a "bible study." We discuss
       philosophical difficulties about Christianity or theism in
       general. Seeing as I am a recent near-reconvert of Christianity,
       I am not well informed about all of these issues so I figured I
       could take his questions here. Pointing me to more indepth
       resources would be beneficial, if not preferable.:
       1. If God knew man would sin, why did He create man?
       1a. Why did He make man in general?
       1b. If free will doesn't exist, how does that affect your
       answers to the previous questions (if at all)?
       2. If God is so loving, why did he kill so many people in the OT
       (He is still the same God!)?
       2a. Can we reconcile these actions morally?
       3. Is it possible to morally justify the harsh and prima facie
       immoral laws in the OT?
       3a. Could you demonstrate that?
       4. How do we reconcile the existence of evil and God from a
       logical and evidential standpoint?
       5. How do we reconcile the existnece of hell and God morally
       from an evidential and/logical standpoint?
       5a. Is there biblical support for things like annihilationism or
       universalism?
       That is all for now. Sorry if these are elementary questions, I
       just don't have solid answers.
       Thanks :)
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