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Tables of Contents for Letters from a Skeptic
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
9
4
Invitation Can we talk about the Christian faith?
13
4
PART I: QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD
Why has Christianity done so much harm?
17
4
Why is the world so full of suffering?
21
4
Is the risk of freedom worth all the suffering?
25
4
Does God know the future?
29
3
Why does God create earthquakes and famines?
32
6
Why did God create Satan?
38
6
Is your God all-powerful?
44
5
Why believe in God in the first place?
49
4
Couldn't it all be by chance?
53
5
Why didn't God spare your mother?
58
5
Why would an all-powerful God need prayer?
63
6
Why would God care about us little humans?
69
8
PART II: QUESTIONS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST
Why trust the Gospel accounts?
77
10
Aren't the Gospels full of contradictions?
87
5
Who wrote the Gospels and when were they written?
92
7
How can you believe that a man rose from the dead?
99
11
How can you believe that a man was God?
110
9
PART III: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE
Why does God make believing in Him so difficult?
119
7
Why do you think the Bible is inspired?
126
5
Isn't the Bible full of myths and God's vengeance?
131
7
Didn't the Catholic Church put the Bible together?
138
6
Why are there so many differing interpretations of the Bible?
144
5
What about the ``holy books'' of other religions?
149
6
PART IV: QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIAN LIFE AND DOCTRINE
Do all non-Christians go to hell?
155
5
How would an all-loving God torture people in an eternal hell?
160
6
Isn't the Christian life impossible to live?
166
6
How can another man's death pardon me?
172
7
How can I be holy and sinful at the same time?
179
4
How can I be sure it's all true?
183
6
Epilogue I believe!
189