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How Would You Respond to Someone Claiming the Quran Is the True Word of God? Aug 06, 2026

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Questions about how to respond to someone claiming the Quran is the true word of God and how one can discuss the gospel with a Baháʼí.

How would you respond to someone claiming the Quran is the true word of God?
How can I discuss the gospel with a Baháʼí?

Can You Explain Verbal Plenary Inspiration When the New Testament Writers Quote the Septuagint? Aug 03, 2026

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Questions about inspiration when the New Testament writers quote the Septuagint rather than the original text, whether we could add books to the Bible if new letters from the apostles were found, and how to handle passages like John 7:53–8:11 that were added to the original biblical text.

Can you explain verbal plenary inspiration with regard to the New Testament writers quoting the Septuagint in places where it’s different from the original Hebrew text?
Would it be inappropriate to add books to the Bible if new letters from the apostles were found?
How should we handle passages like John 7:53–8:11 and Mark 16:9–20 that seem to have been added to the original biblical text?

How Are We Any Different from Christians Who Lived Near Concentration Camps and Failed to Resist Them? Jul 30, 2026

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Questions about whether Christians are complicit in abortion if they shop at companies whose health plans cover it, the claim that putting up Christmas decorations at work discriminates against other religious holidays, and an employer that won’t work around an employee’s religious obligations.

Many are appalled by Christians who lived near World War II concentration camps who failed to resist them or even profited from their evils, yet how are we any different if we invest in or use companies like Amazon that offer health care plans that cover abortion?
What is a polite response to the claim that putting up Christmas decorations at work “discriminates” against other religious holidays?
How do we navigate a hostile work culture that denies us the hours and funds we need simply because we have church obligations that limit our availability?

Where Did Jesus Go When He “Ascended into Heaven”? Jul 27, 2026

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Questions about where Jesus went when he “ascended into Heaven” in Acts 1, the idea that Jesus has already returned, whether we’ll see or hear from Jesus after we die, and whether Jesus would have ceased to exist at the cross if annihilation is the punishment required for our sins.

Where did Jesus go when he “ascended into Heaven” in Acts 1?
What do you think about the idea that Jesus has already returned?
If I won’t see or hear from Jesus while I’m alive, is it going to be like that after I die too?
If annihilationism is true, then wouldn’t Jesus have ceased to exist at the cross since he was receiving God’s judgment for us?

What Do You Make of the Book of Mormon, and Why Do You Consider It “Another Gospel”? Jul 23, 2026

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Questions about what we make of the eyewitnesses to Joseph Smith’s golden plates, our thoughts on the Book of Mormon itself, and why we consider Latter-day Saint theology to be “another gospel.”

What do you make of the eyewitnesses to the golden plates, what do you make of the Book of Mormon itself, and why do you consider it “another gospel”?

How Would You Respond to the Claim That the Bible Is Full of Contradictions? Jul 20, 2026

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Questions about how to respond to the claim that the Bible is full of contradictions, and how to answer a Jewish person who knows and speaks Hebrew and says our Bibles weren’t translated properly and the New Testament is made up.

How would you respond to the claim that the Bible is full of contradictions?
How would you answer a Jewish person who knows and speaks Hebrew and says our Bibles weren’t translated properly and the New Testament is made up?

Is “Satan” Merely the Propensity of Humankind to Commit Evil Acts? Jul 16, 2026

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Questions about the idea that “Satan” is merely the propensity of humankind to commit evil acts, why Satan and the demons would want to keep storing up wrath for themselves if they know they’ll be defeated, and whether a “spirit of divorce” can be carried from generation to generation.

What would you say to someone who believes that Satan is not a being but rather the propensity of humankind to commit evil acts?
If Satan and the demons know they’ll ultimately be defeated and tormented, why would they want to keep storing up wrath for themselves?
I’ve heard Christians talk about a “spirit of divorce," but is that biblical, could it be carried from generation to generation, and does Exodus 20:5 support that view?

How Right Do I Need to Be About Theology to Enter the Kingdom? Jul 13, 2026

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Questions about how right a person’s theology needs to be to enter the kingdom, whether it’s okay to baptize a cognitively challenged person who isn’t able to explain salvific concepts, and whether an intellectually disabled person can be saved if they can’t understand the theology of salvation.

Considering there are a lot of Christians who say they’re right that don’t agree with each other, how “right” do I need to be to enter the kingdom?
Is it okay to baptize a young man who really wants to be baptized but who has cognitive challenges and isn’t able to explain salvific concepts like God’s grace or why Jesus needed to die on the cross?
Can my intellectually disabled daughter be saved if she can’t understand the concepts involved with Jesus personally dying for her sins?

Are You About to Tell Me You Know the One and Only True Denomination on Earth? Jul 09, 2026

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Questions about claiming to know the one and only perfectly true denomination on earth and how a person can know they are going to Heaven.

Are you about to tell me you know the one and only perfectly true denomination on earth?
How can a person know they are going to Heaven?

Should Confidence in a Belief Be Informed by How Long the Belief Has Been Held? Jul 06, 2026

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Questions about whether confidence in a belief should be informed by how long the belief has been held or by how many have held it, and whether it’s irrational and illogical to believe in God and one has to go against reason to believe in him.

Should confidence in a belief be informed by how long the belief has been held or by how many have held it?
Is it irrational and illogical to believe in God, and does one have to go against reason to believe in him?

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