QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS

1. Why did the Christian god wait millennia to send a savior?
2. Why was your god born Hebrew instead of "unaffiliated"?
3. Why the need for a virgin mom? Does your god think sex is that "dirty"?
4. Your god evidently can only forgive by requiring a human sacrifice, and of his own son at that! Why's that?
5. What's with the "three-in-one bit"? And did you know there's a household oil with that name?
6. Why would a 33 year old Jewish guy be still unmarried and hanging almost exclusively with twelve young men? Just asking?
7. Why do you think god had his "word" written down in Biblical Hebrew, with some portions written in Biblical Aramaic? Wouldn't a god publish his "word" in all languages (present and future) in order to avoid confusion and human modifications during subsequent translations?
8. Is Jesus a big copycat . . . seeing that, for millennia before he came on the scene, gods created by humans were also said to be born of virgins, were parts of trinities, had a star announce their arrivals, were born on December 25th, and were miraculously resurrected on the third day following their deaths?
9. Was Jesus a cannibal? What's with the"this is my body, this is my blood . . . so eat me stuff"? This is great question for Catholics who are supposed to believe the communion host is the actual body and blood of Jesus!
10. If the devil is so powerful, why isn't he proclaimed a god, too? Why did your god get top billing?
11. If multiply married humans end up in heaven, which earthly spouse do they hang out with for eternity . . . or do they all become part of a celestial menage? Herbie, am I with you or Joe today?
12. Are you bothered by the fact that the old term for the "holy spirit" used to be the "holy ghost"? Boo! Who you gonna call?

These inane questions could go on and on. I've tried a few on Christian acquaintances, and the answers I received are the ones they obviously learned by rote at their pastor's knee. The usual answers make no sense, of course, just like the whole Christian story itself.