What are some questions religion tries to answer?
What are some questions religion tries to answer?
One of the fundamental questions that religions seek to answer is that of origin. How was man put on earth? Why and from what was he created? Who created him?
What is it called when you believe in God but you dont go to church?
Many describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious,” or “SBNR,” as researchers refer to them. As a professor of theology at a Unitarian Universalist and multireligious seminary, I encounter many students who fit within the SBNR mold.
What questions Cannot be answered?
What happens to us after we die? How did so much life appear on our planet when others seem devoid of any species at all? Who, if anyone, pulls the strings of our universe? Is it some all-powerful god in control or are there physical and mathematical principles driving the engine of our existence?
Is it okay to go to church if you’re not religious?
Most certainly. Church services exist not only for people to worship God but to provide a place where people can discover more about his teaching. In the Bible, you will read that Jesus mixed with all kinds of people—the religious and non-religious; the most powerful in society and those without a ‘voice’.
How do atheist believe in God?
They do not question that God exists; they deny him in other ways. An atheist denies the existence of God. As it is frequently said, atheists believe that it is false that God exists, or that God’s existence is a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.
Do you swear on the Bible if you’re an atheist?
An atheist considers the art of the Bible as a magnificent work of fiction. By raising their right hand and swearing “to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, under penalty of law for perjury”, an atheist can make a solemn declaration instead of taking an oath.
What is the hardest question that no one can answer?
Tough Questions
- At what time did time begin?
- Which came first: the sun or the earth?
- Is the opposite of opposite the same or opposite?
- Why is there a fridge light but no freezer light?
- Does a staircase go up or down?
- How far east can you travel before you are travelling west?
- Is there another word for “thesaurus”?
What is the hardest question to answer in the world?
The hardest question ever asked: What is truth?
- Science is based on the correspondence theory of truth, which claims that truth corresponds with facts and reality.
- Various philosophers have put forth substantive challenges to the truth claims made by science.
Do atheists have answers to the key questions in this piece?
Atheists have no answers for the key questions posed in the piece. Your comment on Question #3 does not really answer the question. The point of it was to ask why the laws of nature exist as they do. Some great Mind must have designed them as they are so that the universe acts as it does.
Do you have to read hundreds of books to answer atheists?
You don’t have to read hundreds of books before you can discuss your faith with an atheist. Sometimes claims and questions that are just short soundbites can be answered just as quickly. At the London Evangelists’ Conference yesterday, Professor John Lennox offered some quick responses to some common claims from atheists.
Do atheists take the Bible literally?
Some atheists (and a few Christians) have a very black and white idea of how to interpret the Bible. You either have to take it ‘literally’ or chuck it away, they think. That ignores the reality of language and how it reflects truth.
Do atheists need to study logic and theology?
His questions are illustrative of the lack of understanding by atheists of both logic and Christian theology. My recommendation is that atheists study both if they want to be a serious intellectual challenge to the Christian faith.