Wow that are a lot of questions. Well first of all you should ask yourself why you are asking a christian such questions. I'm just saying, because most Atheists already answered them believeng their answer is the only existing possibility. So they ask those questions without a serious intention. If you're searching for truth and if you are open to admit that even an Atheist may be wrong about God, I'll be happy to answer your questions as good as I can.
Do you think evolution is true? If not why not?
Well that's a big topic. First, christians or other religious guys are not the only ones doubting the evolution theory. While it is common to be taught in schools, there is a inconsistency in the universaties. Arguments from Richard Dawkins like "all smart people who are working in the scientific community agree about the evolution theory" resulted in some uprising professors of biology, geology, physiks and other fields connected to the evolution theory, who do not support it and it is not because of their faith. I just want to make the point that the whole debate about the evolution theory is not a debate between Christians and Professors, but a debate within the scientific community. I'll still give you my personal doubts about the evolution theory.If you are talking about the evolution theory I guess you mean the complete history from the Big Bang til today. So let's start at the beginning. I just realized that people who are trying to explain the Beginning of the universe and it's further development can't explain the key turning points of their own theory.
Let's start with the Bib Bang itself. 14 billion years ago the whole universe was condensed in a sphere a thousand times smaller than a pinhead, which was spinning and became hotter until it exploded. And that's how the universe came into existence. That's how a professor of physics explained it to me. When we are talking about the universe, we are talking about time space and matter. And when we are trying to explain how time space and matter came into existence there is a major error in the previous explanation. A sphere a thousand times smaller than a pinhead (space), including the whole universe (matter) which is spinning (time) and heating up, already exists in the rules of time space and matter. Therefore is hasn't explained anything.
Another key element of the evolution theory is that at one point in time dead matter became somehow alive. "Somehow" is the only explanation I've got so far and it's not a really satisfying one. There is also a major debate going on about how morality came into existence. You may want to check out a few Debates with William Lane Craig. He also wrote a book called "Reasonable Faith". There's a website with the same name as well. He is debating a lot about the existence of God and other topics that may interest you.
Last comes the theory about macro evolution. It's one kind of animal evolving to a different kind of animal. While micro evolution is proven to exist, macro evolution isn't. Also micro evolution is not proving macro evolution. At this point scientists are relying on the fossil record and with it the C14 method. The C14 method is doubted and rarely proven to work. And why on earth would a serious scientist trust in a method that doesn't seem to work as it should. Here's an article on the C14 method.
http://www.icr.org/article/doesnt-carbon-dating-prove-earth-old/
Without C14 we still have the stone layers, where the fossils are found, right? Well, the age of these layers were randomly defined and I give you another hint here. There are petrified trees found going vertical through various layers. You don't want to tell me that the bottom of the tree is 200 Million years older than the top of the tree, do you? Well I can be sceptic aboud God and there are reasons for that. But I can be sceptic about the evolution theory as well (not because I'm a christian).
Before I'll answer your following questions I'll give you a brief overview about what christians actually believe.
Every human being is a sinner. I'm sinful and do bad things that I should not do, and so are you. Well, God created me with a free will, so that I can choose to believe in him or not. I can choose to kill the most righteous human alive or I can choose not to hurt myself and others. Unfortunately everybody is tempted to choose what he thinks is best for him, even if that means damaging someone else. It doesn't matter if you're a killer or a just a liar, you need forgiveness. And that is exactly what God is offering you. Now it's your turn to say: "yes I'll take the forgiveness and be without sin and at the same time turn away from sin" or I can say: "no, I don't want God's forgiveness" Well, it's that easy to go to heaven.
Should a killer who truthfully repents be allowed into heaven?
Should a kindhearted atheist or person of another faith be allowed into heaven?
Guess what. Everybody is allowed into heaven, because God is offering everybody the same: FORGIVENESS ... The question is: Do you accept it? There is a theological debate going on wether you can accept God's forgiveness after you died, or not. Well and one of the points in that debate is: "What about those people who never heard about God?"... The bible is not exactly clear about that but it doesn't have to be clear because God says he's just and fair and offering everyone forgiveness. How that exactly works is indeed debatable.
If a person you care about is ill (and I hope that never happens) would you just pray for them or would you take them to a doctor? If you say you'd do both, then which do you think would have more effect?
When I pray, I pray that God's will be done and not mine. My heart and my desires can be wicked, but If there is a God who knows everything, he probably also knows what's best for me and others. I'd take a sick person to the doctor, but if God decides that this person shall die I don't think there's anything the doctor could do about it.
Would you be happy in heaven, if somebody you loved was in hell?
Would I personaly cry or feel happy when I'm in heaven and someone I loved was in hell? I honestly don't know, because I haven't been in that situation yet.
God himself is crying about everyone who's turning away from him. Salvation is so simple as I've already mentioned, but still not everybody realises that. God is accepting your desicion. He is not forcing you to accept forgiveness.
Who's prayers does god answer? And if it's ultimately his will what happens anyway, then why bother praying?
Well, I certanly want to know what God's will is. He has a plan for my life. The alternative is following what I think is best for me. I tried that figuring out that it hurts me and others more than just trusting in God. He's been guiding me miraculously and sor far I've only benefited. So yes, praying is less about my will but God's will. It is not ultimately what happens in my life. God knows what happens in my life. But I still decide if I want to follow God or not.
If god spoke to you and told you to kill somebody, would you do it?
Well if God spoke to me about killing someone I would immediately know that it's not God speaking to me. There's also a difference between the old and the new testament. In the old testament God did give such commands. You have to read the context carefully. God loves his people and he is even calling Israel his Bride in the old testament. Now here a picture for you. If a really bad guy would hold a gun to the head of a person you really love, and you have a gun in your hand pointing at the bad guy, would you kill the bad guy in order to save the person you love. Well God did pull the trigger in the old testament a few times to save his "Bride". Now in the new testament he promised to never give such commands again.
Is god always watching you? How about when you're on the toilet?
Well I don't think God is sexually attracted by watching me sitting on the toilett. But yeah, He is!
If Christianity was proven wrong, what would you're reaction be?
It has to be proven wrong before I can answer this question.
Why has so much of the bible been proven wrong, like the flat Earth theory?
Even if the church at some point believed that the earth is flat, this nowhere to be found in the bible. You got to come up with something else. Also please check where this theory came from. You'll be suprised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth
Is the bible literally true, or just morally.
Both! One does not exclude the other. I can teach you morality by giving you a parable and I can teach you about morality with a true story. Now your question probably contains the miracles written in the bible, like God parting the red Sea or Jesus turing water into wine etc. If God is almighty and not restricted to time space and matter why should he not be able to do such things. Who decides what is to be taken literally? Well, the bible does! The bible makes it quite clear about that.
It is not at all my intention to offend anyone, and I apologise if I did. I simply wondered what your answers would be. Thanks again and have a nice day
No offence taken. Again if you are really interested in the topic you should look up William Lane Craig, visit his homepage http://www.reasonablefaith.org/ and maybe get hands on his book "Reasonable Faith". English is not my native Language, so I'm sorry for spelling mistakes or bad grammar. If you want more material, feel free to contact me. I'm not the smartest kid on the planet but I may be able to give you a couple more links to check out.
Have a nice day!
