ten questions to a missionary

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cross post - mail by Raju Kumar

Ten Questions to a MissionaryI have put together ten questions to ask a

missionary.Perhaps others can add to the list. I sent before but it did not get

through so apologies if you receive twice. 1) Jesus is indicated as a baby and

then an adult over thirty years later. What was Jesus doing for the intervening

thirty years and why is the Bible quiet on the issue? If a Son of God was

miraculously born, why is there no history for thirty years? What happened

tohis father and mother, they disappear after his birth? What happened to his

brothers and sisters?2) Jesus is always shown as white. That is one colour he

definitely would not have been in Israel, people who had moved from Egypt. He

would probably have been brown, possibly black, but definitely not white. Why

is his true colour never indicated? How many people would follow Jesus in the

West if he was shown as brown?3) Why when Jesus was a practising Jew who never

intended to start a religion, the Christiansthroughout history have persecuted

the Jews? 4) Why when Jesus said ‘Love thy neighbour’, the Christians have

never been able to practise it? Historically more people have been killed in

the name of Jesus than for any other one reason (shortly followed by the name

of Mohamed, of course). The followers of Jesus destroyed great civilisations in

Latin America. Tens of thousands of ‘witches’ were killed in the west. They even

killed each other (Catholics versus Protestants). Where was neighbourly

tolerance then? Most of the killings happened when the Church controlled or

guided the government. 5) The Bible states that the world started some 6000

years ago. History has often been manipulated to fit this date. Now science can

date civilisations and events thousands of years beyond that date, would they

accept that the Bible is wrong on this issue? Peoplehave been killed for

proclaiming that the earth is neither round nor centre of the universe by the

followers of Jesus. Why this entrenchment against scientific facts, what do

they have to hide? 6) How can one imagine a God to love if he is willing to

send people to hell forever? A loving father would be forgiving and not

threatening. Why do the followers of Jesus always threaten damnation rather

than win by discussion and conviction? 7) Why when the early ‘Christians’

believed in reincarnation, the Church decided 600 years later to ban the

belief? Was this change to do with control of people by threatening hell for

just one chance in having a life? Why when there is no belief in reincarnation,

do they have ‘born-again’ Christians? 8) Why is the Bible so wishy washy that it

always needs experts to interpret the meaning? Why is it not clear to read and

understand? Again, is it for control of people as interpretation so open?9) Why

when people in the west are leaving the church such that less than 10% of

‘Christians’ go to church in the UK that the missionaries concentrate on

uneducated or poor parts of the world rather than those that have abandoned the

Church in the west? Why have the ‘ex-Christians’ been abandoned, is it too late

to change their mind or too difficult or coercioncannot be easily applied?

10) Why do the followers of Jesus carry out charity with a view to conversion?

Why not have pure charities without strings attached? The Christians do

anything for conversion, but almost nothing if conversion is not possible. One

point that missionaries make is thatJesus died on the cross, as if this is

unique. But tens of thousands of people died on the cross, as this was a common

means of execution. Dozens of men died on their own cross at the same time as

Jesus was executed. Did they all die on the cross to save us?

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