Answers to Skeptic’s Questions

All content has been taken from Josh McDowell’s Answers to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask About the Christian Faith.  This book provides clear and persuasive answers to 65 difficult questions skeptics often ask of the Christian faith. “How do we know God exists?” “Why does a good God allow evil to exist?” “Is Jesus the only way?”

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• What makes the Bible so special?
• Hasn’t the New Testament changed?
• How can anyone believe the New Testament?
• Was Mark the first Gospel?
• Why should I believe your interpretation of the Bible?
• Isn’t the Bible full of contradictions?
• Did Moses write the first five books?
• How could Moses have written the Book of Deuteronomy when it contains the account of his death?
• Does archaeological evidence prove the Bible? How do archaeological discoveries relate to events in Scripture?
• What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
• How many Isaiahs were there?
• Existence of the Jewish people today is objective evidence that the Bible is true. Why?
• Why do Christians appeal to fulfilled prophecy to prove the Bible is God’s word?
• What is the Apocrypha? Why aren’t these books found in Protestant Bibles?
• Why should I become a Christian? The worst hypocrites are in church.
• How do you know God exists?
• How can miracles be possible?
• Why does a good God allow evil to exist?
• Don’t all religions basically teach the same thing?
• Where do dinosaurs fit into the biblical story?
• What hope does Christianity offer the world?
• Where did God come from?
• How do you explain contradictions in the resurrection story?
• What are some differences between Christianity & Eastern religions?
• Is Christianity a crutch?
• Where did Cain get his wife?
• If Christianity is so great, why are there so few Christians?
• Don’t Genesis 1 and 2 contain contradictory accounts of creation?
• What about alternatives to Christianity – agnosticism, atheism & humanism?
• Can Christianity be proved?
• Did Jesus claim to be God? Even if He did make the claim, why should I believe?
• What are the Origins of Islam?
• What is the Trinity? Do Christians worship three gods?
• Are there legitimate objections to the virgin birth?
• Aren’t the genealogies of Jesus given in Matthew and Luke contradictory?
• Don’t my good works count for anything?
• What are the beliefs of Islam?
• Doesn’t Mark disagree with the other 3 Gospels about Peter’s denial of Jesus?
• Is Islam compatible with Christianity?
• What about those who have never heard about Jesus?
• Why is Jesus the only way to get to God?
• Were the biblical miracles magic tricks which fooled the simple, primitive people?
• Are the two accounts of the death of Judas contradictory?
• What makes Christian conversion valid?
• Does it really matter what I believe?
• Don’t the Gospels give contradictory reports as to the time Christ was crucified?
• Isn’t the Old Testament a God of hate and the New Testament a God of love?
• How do I become a Christian?