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Answers about Christianity

Q I really need to get answers to these perplexing issues about life and about Christianity and my belief or understanding on it so far. Can you help clarify these for me? If God does exist why did he make us in the first place? He knows the future so why did he make us if he knew we were going to suffer and sin anyways? To me religion always seemed like something to make you feel better about yourself and the after life since we don’t actually know what’s going to happen. If God knew people were going to end up killing, sinning, and all this bad stuff why make them? It doesn’t make sense to me. I’ve been forced into church since I was a kid and always saw adults thinking they see Jesus, angels, or hearing voices. Kids never see them though and always just follow along with the adults because they can’t understand, or they were raised to think they were meant to see or hear things. It sounds like they’re just manifesting hallucinations and voices, like they want to believe that they ca...

How to reconcile conflicting beliefs & aspects of Christianity while pursuing a relationship with God.

Q: I am on a journey to a life with God and Jesus, but I find myself grappling with certain controversial aspects of the Christian faith. These conflicting beliefs have distanced me from the church in the past, and I'm curious about how others handle similar challenges. If there's a specific issue that you find difficult to support, does it affect your relationship with God? Can you still embrace your faith if you don't agree with everything that's preached? I'm feeling lost and seeking guidance as I seek to welcome this faith into my life. A: Until someone is saved, their beliefs and worldview will be at odds with what God has revealed as truth in Scripture. Even if they accept some of it now. They can't embrace all of it until the new birth.  Once a person is saved [transformed by God; given spiritual life] all the things you had problems with will go away - since you now will understand rightly and naturally align your beliefs to Scripture (by the power of th...