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Victor Books; 1994.
This book contains a record of approximately thirty questioning letters by a skeptic father and the replies by the college professor son. This dialogue was initiated by the son in a letter. Read that invitation in the excerpt of the book below. |
Preface
Invitation: Can we talk about the Christian faith?
Part I: Questions about God
C1: Why has Christianity done so much harm?
C2: Why is the world so full of suffering?
C3: Is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering?
C4: Does God know the future?
C5: Why does God create earthquakes and famines?
C6: Why did God create Satan?
C7: Is your God all-powerful?
C8: Why believe in God in the first place?
C9: Couldn't it all be by chance?
C10: Why didn't God spare your mother?
C11: Why would an all-powerful God need prayer?
C12: Why would God care about us little humans?
Part II: Questions about Jesus Christ
C13: Why trust the Gospel accounts?
C14: Aren't the Gospels full of contradictions?
C15: Who wrote the Gospels and when were they written?
C16: How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?
C17: How can you believe that a man was God?
Part III: Questions about the Bible
C18: Why does God make believing in Him so difficult?
C19: Why do you think the Bible is inspired?
C20: Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance?
C21: Didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together?
C22: Why are there so many interpretations of the Bible?
C23: What about the "holy books" of other religions?
Part IV: Questions about Christian Life and Doctrine
C24: Do all non-Christians go to hell?
C25: How would an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell?
C26: Isn't the Christian life impossible to live?
C27: How can another man's death pardon me?
C28: How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?
C29: How can I be sure it's all true?
Epilogue: I believe!