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10 Questions with Mike Winger SKEPTICS EDITION (Episode 21)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:1. 0:40 {Discussing Biblical “Contradictions”!} Can you please discuss some different Bible passages that appear to be contradictory?2. 41:10 {Unnecessary Body Parts = Evolution?} I have a coworker that is an atheist. He said that there are parts of our bodies that are not necessary and that might prove evolution rather than a Creator. Any thoughts?3. 48:11 {Is Salvation Sometimes Unfair?} One of my biggest issues is that you NEED to believe in Jesus to be saved. If someone is born in a Muslim country, they would have to sacrifice way more than the average westerner. How is that fair?4. 53:53 {Historical Jesus & Manuscripts} How can we believe in a historical Jesus if the oldest manuscripts we have are from the second or third century?5. 1:00:40 {Is Christianity the True Religion?} How do I know Christianity is right/true compared to other world religions?6. 1:09:20 {Does God Make Mistakes?} I often hear the argument, “If God doesn't make mistakes when it comes to gender, then what about people with disabilities?" How would you respond?7. 1:15:08 {Applying PSA on Earth?} If the doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement is just, would it be just for an earthly judge to impute the guilt of a murderer to an innocent volunteer and sentence the volunteer to death instead of the murderer? If not, why?8. 1:18:30 {Joseph in Jesus’ Lineage?} Any idea why Matthew and Luke list Joseph’s genealogy when he’s not Jesus’ birth father? Does that mean Jesus’ lineage isn’t what it needs to be to fulfill prophecy?9. 1:20:27 {Is there Really an Afterlife?} Why do Christians think there is an afterlife? Why not just look at death as a return to the quantum state, like before we were born?10. 1:24:26 {Did God Create Cancer?} If God created everything, why did He create cancer? As a Christian mother, I still struggle with these sorts of questions.11. 1:27:54 {The Best Argument for God} What do you think is the best evidence/argument there is for God?12. 1:30:21 {Does Trusting First Invalidate our Faith?} If you have to believe first in order to experience the reality of Christianity, if the "proof" only comes alive when one chooses to trust it, isn't that "truth" make-believe?13. 1:33:54 {Would a Good God make a Terrible Hell?} When Jesus said that for the person who would betray Him it would be better not to be born, I assume Hell is worse than non-existence. How does this match with a good God?14. 1:35:58 {Unrepentant Heart – Still Saved by Faith?} If I believe in my heart that Jesus rose from the dead and trust in Him alone for salvation, why would God then send me to Hell for being actively gay? Am I not saved by my faith instead of my works?15. 1:42:16 {Salvation in the OT} How were people saved in the Old Testament before Jesus? And if they were saved without believing in Jesus, then why did it change?16. 1:46:11 {Why do Christians Ask for Forgiveness?} My question from a skeptic is, if you are already saved, why do you still ask for forgiveness for your sins?17. 1:47:26 {Hypostatic Union – Contradictory?} Is Jesus being God and Man a contradiction? The Bible says that the Son doesn’t know the day or the hour of His coming. Can Jesus know (as God) and not know (as Man) at the same time?18. 1:49:32 {Bible = Pure Fiction?} As a Christian, what is an appropriate answer to an atheist claiming that the Bible is pure fiction? 19. 1:55:48 {Mixed Messages in Scripture?} I lost my faith due to all the mixed messages in the Bible. For example, is salvation by faith alone like John 5:24, or faith plus works like James 2? Why doesn’t this cause you to doubt?20. 1:58:39 {Does the Concept of Sin Apply to God?} Is God holy and sinless? Can God do things which, if we did them, would be considered sin? One exa

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0:00.0

Skeptics and Doubtics and Douters, you are so very welcome here. You'll be treated with respect and dignity and your

0:15.0

and dignity and your questions will be taken seriously and starting off we're digging in as you guys are loading your questions in the live chat and this just might be by the way this might be kind of a mega edition maybe we'll see how it goes if I have the stamina to keep going. And if we get enough questions of the

0:26.8

Q&A, because I really want to answer a lot of skeptic questions. It's just on my heart to do that today.

0:31.6

Hopefully that's the Lord leading me in that and I really

0:34.6

wanted to kick off with something I thought would be very interesting and helpful educational for people

0:39.5

which is the topic of Bible contradictions. So on Facebook someone had sent me this this thing by the American

0:46.6

Atheists group. This is a website that has been around for a very long time and let me show you guys what I'm talking about here is the

0:55.5

American atheist list of Bible contradictions this is the website and the

0:59.8

organization started by Madeline Murray O'Hare.

1:03.0

Remember like getting the Bible out of schools and prayer out of schools kind of stuff?

1:06.0

That was her.

1:08.0

And the article that we're about to read was written by a well-known atheist guy, Frank Zendler, who's written books about like how Jesus didn't exist he's debated William Lane Craig

1:17.0

this isn't just a hack website although I'm seeing that for reason not not because atheists, skeptics are all hacks or something,

1:24.7

but because we're going to cover things that are supposedly Bible contradictions.

1:27.9

They give a list of 15 Bible contradictions.

1:30.4

I'm going to go through the first seven of them today. I took them right in order, just the first seven because 15 was too much for a Q&A. Even seven is too much probably, but we're going to do like kind of a mega edition today. So here's question number one. Does the Bible have contradictions more specifically do does this

1:45.4

atheist website by well known Madeline Murray O'Hare as her organization as well as Frank

1:51.4

Zindler who wrote the article and it was a well known and respected

1:54.4

at least in some circles atheist edited a book on how Jesus never existed.

1:59.9

That's a whole other topic, but does it give you real Bible contradiction so here's the

2:04.6

first supposed contradiction it's about the Sabbath day and it's got an old

2:08.4

testament verse and a new testament verse the old testament verse says

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