Banned Questions About the Bible

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 Introduction: Why a Book about Banned Questions?
 Questions:
 1. Can I be a Christian if I don't believe the Bible is perfect, handed down directly from God to humanity without error?
 2. If Adam and Eve were the first (and only) people on Earth, where did their kids' spouses come from? Did they marry each other? And if everyone on Earth but Noah's family was killed in a great flood, did Noah's kids sleep with each other? Isn't this a sin? 3. Aren't women treated poorly throughout the Bible? Why would any intelligent modern woman today even want to read the Bible?4. How can a God be all-loving yet allow people to be thrown into hell?
 5. What does "apocalypse" mean, and does the Bible predict one?
 6. What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?
 7. What are the Apocrypha, the Gnostic Gospels, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and why are they considered holy or sacred by some and not by others?
 8. Doesn't the Bible condone slavery? 9. Was the book of Revelation written in code? Or had the author gone crazy? Was he hallucinating? Were the images portrayed to be taken literally?10. Why haven't any new books been added to the Bible in almost two thousand years? Is there a chance that any new books will ever be added? Why or why not?
 11. Is it true that the Ten Commandments found in the Bible are almost a copy of the Code of Hammurabi, which has been around longer? Why not just include the Code of Hammurabi instead of having a whole new set of rules? 12. Did God write the Bible? If so, why didn't God simply create it miraculously, rather than using so many people over thousands of years to write it down?13. Do Christians need to read the Old Testament? Why?
 14. Does the Bible ever refer to itself as "the Bible"? If not, where did the name "Bible" come from?
 15. How do we reconcile the Old Testament command for vengeance (eye for an eye) with Jesus' command to turn the other cheek and love our enemies?
 16. Is there a right or wrong way to read the Bible? 17. How do we reconcile the two different "creation stories" presented in Genesis chapters one and two?18. Since the Bible isn't in alphabetical or chronological order, how did it get in its current order?
 19. Is there a scriptural basis for God changing God's mind? Why?
 20. Does God justify violence in scripture? What about genocide?
 21. Why is the gospel of John so different from the other three gospels?