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At Hope Church, we’ve been listening to our friends who prefer a long lie on Sunday mornings to find out what their honest objections are to Christianity. We've put together a series of talks to consider the eight most common difficulties. The audio from these talks are available below.
The afterlife is farfetched and irrelevant
12.04.09 - Andy Merrick
Your view of the afterlife/eternal life affects how you live now. If you think death is the end then you either live only for now...
Q&A - Andy and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
Christianity has been disproved by science
19.04.09 - Eric Cairns
Q&A - Eric and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
The Bible cannot possibly be true
26.04.09 - Andy Merrick
In this session we examined 2 issues 1) can we trust the Bible Historically and 2) Can we trust it culturally
Q&A - Andy and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
Christianity is too restrictive; I want to find my own way
03.05.09 - Phil Ford
Phil talks about how many today see Christianity’s absolute truth claims to be offensive and/or dangerous.
Q&A - Phil and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
Christianity is judgemental about gays and prejudiced about women
10.05.09 - Andy Merrick
There are plenty of examples of Christianity being judgemental and prejudice Andy talks about how Jesus was different.
Q&A - Andy and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
God Cannot be Good when the World is Full of Suffering
17.05.09 - Phil Ford
Phil Discusses The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single greatest challenge to the Christian faith
Q&A - Unfortunately the Q&A failed to record this week.
Christianity is to blame for wars and sectarianism.
24.05.09 - Andy Merrick
Andy talks about how religion can cause conflict, and how Jesus was against religion.
Q&A - Andy and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
When there are so many religions, why should I believe any of them?
31.05.09 - Andy Merrick
Andy talks about the differences between faiths, and how a "don't know" position is still faith.
Q&A - Andy and a panel hold a question & answer session after the meeting.
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