Questions

As I read through the Holy Bible (again) for the Tao Bible series, I’m often struck by information provided by the text that doesn’t add up or make a lick of sense to me.  So, from time to time, I will pose questions to my Christian readers as a way of seeing if they can explain it to me.

• Who Is the Guilty Party? (Genesis, Chapter 12)
• What Light? (Genesis, Chapter 1)
• Why that Smell? (Genesis & Exodus)
• The Antichrist? (Exodus, Chapter 22)
• Why Do Christians Get Sick? (Exodus, Chapter 23)
• Why So Doggone Picky? (Exodus, Chapter 25)
• What Does God Have Against the Poor? (Exodus, Chapter 30)
• Is God Really Perfect? (Exodus, Chapter 32)
• Why Gold, Silver and Brass? (Exodus, Chapter 35)
• Is This Really a Problem? (Leviticus, Chapter 18)
• Is God a Misogynist? (Leviticus, Chapter 19)
• Why Isn’t There Christian Outrage Over GM Crops? (Leviticus, Chapter 19)
• Is God into Witchcraft? (Numbers, Chapter 5)
• Which Is It? (Deuteronomy, Chapter 10)
• What Gives? (Deuteronomy, in general)
• Is God Really Miss Manners? (Deuteronomy, Chapter 23)
• Is Stealing Wrong? (Deuteronomy, Chapter 23)
• Shall We Hail the Whores? (Joshua, Chapter 2)
• What’s Up with Ai? (Joshua, Chapter 8)
• Is God Hopelessly Dense? (Genesis – Judges)
• Does God Value Males Above Females? (Judges, Chapter 11)
• Why Are Female Lives So Devalued? (Judges, Chapter 19)
• Does God Abhor Mercy? (1 Samuel, Chapter 15)
• Does God Sanction Evil? (1 Samuel, Chapter 19)
• What’s Up with Jonathan? (2 Samuel, Chapter 2)
• What Sort of Weird Justice Is This? (2 Samuel, Chapter 12)
• Why No Justice Nor Compassion for Tamar? (2 Samuel, Chapter 13)
• Which Is Worse? (1 Kings, Chapter 13)
• Is God Not Thorough? (1 Chronicles, Chapter 5)
• Is God Two-Faced? (1 Chronicles, Chapter 17)
• Why Punish the Multitude? (1 Chronicles, Chapter 21)
• Why Does God Allow These Things to Happen? (2 Chronicles, Chapter 32)
• How Can an 8 Year Old Do “Evil”? (2 Chronicles, Chapter 36)
• How Many Gods Are There? (Psalm 82)
• Can God Be Lobbied? (Psalm 106)
• How Can One Hate Evil? (Proverbs 8)
• Can Humans Spoil Life for Everything Else? (Isaiah, Chapter 24)
• Why All These Ornate Churches? (Isaiah, Chapter 44)
• Why Does God Want to Hurt Some Beings? (Isaiah, Chapter 53)
• Why the Preoccupation with Harlots? (Jeremiah, Chapter 3)
• Which Is Worse Than the Other? (Jeremiah, Chapter 3)
• Does God Suffer from Chronic Constipation? (Jeremiah, Chapter 4)
• Is It Possible for God to Repent? (Jeremiah, Chapter 15)
• How Are Believers to Know Good Prophets from Bad? (Jeremiah, Chapter 23)
• Was Ezekiel Stoned? (Ezekiel, Chapter 1)
• Was Ezekiel a Run-of-the-Mill Murderer? (Ezekiel, Chapter 9)
• Isn’t This a No-Win Situation? (Daniel, Chapter 6)
• Why the Emphasis on Lineage? (Matthew, Chapter 1)
• So, What’s His Name? (Matthew, Chapter 1)
• Why Did It Take King Herod Two Years? (Matthew, Chapter 2)
• Why Do Christians Get Divorced? (Matthew, Chapter 5)
• Why Do Christians Swear? (Matthew, Chapter 5)
• One But Not the Other? (Matthew, Chapter 12)