TRICKY QUESTIONS
The Outreach Group needs your help. We are often encouraged to ‘share our faith’ and to be ready to talk about Christianity when the occasion arises, but often when an occasion does arise we don’t recognise it, or we are tongue-tied and don’t know what to say. We would therefore like you to tell us what your first response would be if someone said the following to you. We are not looking for perfect and comprehensive answers – just suggestions as to how to respond and move the conversation forward. We will collect and publish those we think most helpful. All responses should be anonymous.
Christianity is just wishful thinking.
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If God created us, why does he make us do wrong?
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Why should people get married in church?
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Live and let live – that’s my philosophy.
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I believe in God, but I don’t think he intervenes in the world.
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I just don’t believe in God.
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Religion’s the root of all evil.
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Christians should practise what they preach.
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All religions worship the same God, don’t they?
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Everyone has their own God – all are equally valid.
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Religion’s not really my thing.
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I think the church has perverted the original message of Jesus.
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I don’t believe in life after death - we only have one life.
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How can you believe in God after the Holocaust?
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I’m an atheist.
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I think Jesus was a good man, but he wasn’t God.
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