Creation Ministries International | 20 Criticisms of Christianity and Creation ANSWERED @creationministriesintl | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Does Christianity lack logic, reason, and evidence? Worse, is it “the cancer of humanity”?
Is the Bible “just fairy stories and ancient scribblings”? Is the God of the Bible a moral monster?
Are Christians hypocrites who brainwash their children? Are they just driven by fear of punishment?
Are creationists science deniers who “tell lies for Jesus”?
These, and many more, are criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation that we hear regularly. If even _half_ of these claims were true, Christianity would be a wretched religion indeed!
But they're _not_ true! In fact, many of these criticisms don’t even withstand _low-level_ scrutiny, much less serious appraisal!
Join Dr Don Batten for rapid answers to 20 common criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation.
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Teaser
00:37 Introduction: Answering criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation
01:03 #1: Are Christians hypocrites?
01:51 #2: The Bible: “Just fairy stories and ancient scribblings”?
02:53 #3: Are creationists science deniers?
03:43 #4: Is God a moral monster?
04:45 #5: Is God tolerant of evil?
05:35 #6: “Couldn’t there have been millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?”
06:18 #7: 2 Peter 3:8 says “a day is like a thousand years”. So, creation took a long time???
06:59 #8: Are Christians driven by fear of punishment?
07:55 #9: Is Christianity “the cancer of humanity”?
08:53 #10: “Typical creationists: Lying for Jesus”
09:42 #11: “Christians are indoctrinating their children”
10:29 #12: Why is it wrong to believe creation days were not 24-hour days?
11:10 #13: Can the Hebrew word for ‘day’ (yom) mean a long period of time?
12:05 #14: “Dead people stay dead; the resurrection of Jesus is just a Christian story”
12:58 #15: “Religion lacks logic and reason”
13:59 #16: “I can’t believe in a magical man in the sky”
14:55 #17: Is there evidence for God and the Bible, outside of the Bible itself?
15:40 #18: “Christians have been brainwashed”
16:19 #19: “Calling the Bible a reliable historical record is utter nonsense”
16:53 #20: How can humans live forever?
17:44: Conclusion: There are answers!
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
General: Countering the Critics Q&A – creation.com/critics
Question #1 – ‘Christianity must be wrong because of all the hypocrites in the church!’ – creation.com/haggard
Question #2 – Archaeology Q&A – creation.com/archaeology
Question #3 – ‘It’s not science’ – creation.com/its-not-science
Question #4 – Is God a ‘moral monster’? – creation.com/god-moral-monster
Question #5 – Why did God allow sin at all? creation.com/why-did-god-allow-sin
Question #6 – What about gap theories? creation.com/cab-3
Question #7 – 2 Peter 3:8—‘one day is like a thousand years’ – creation.com/thousand
Question #8 – How to have a right relationship with God – creation.com/right-relationship
Question #9 – Book review: ‘The Air We Breathe: How we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, and equality’ – creation.com/scrivener
Question #10 – Professing Christian claims creation.com is ‘full of lies’ – creation.com/professing-christian-claims-cmi-site-is-full-of-lies
Question #11 – Indoctrinating children – creation.com/indoctrinating-children
Question #12 – Biblical reasons to affirm the creation days were 24 hour periods – creation.com/justin-taylor-response
Question #13 – Genesis 1: YÔM ≠ eon – creation.com/yom-not-an-eon
Question #14 – The resurrection and Genesis – creation.com/res-gen
Question #15 – Loving God with all your mind: Logic and creation – creation.com/logic
Question #16 – God, miracles, and logic – creation.com/god-miracles-and-logic
Question #17 – The Bible: Is it guilty until proven innocent? – creation.com/doubt-default
Question #18 – Faith and facts – creation.com/faith-and-facts
Question #19 – Archaeology Q&A – creation.com/archaeology
Question #20 – The new Earth – creation.com/new-earth
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• The Air We Breathe book – creation.com/s/10-2-682
• Christianity for Skeptics book – creation.com/s/10-2-585
• The Creation Answers Book – creation.com/s/10-2-505
• How Christianity Transformed the World book – creation.com/s/10-2-685
• Refuting the New Atheists (streaming video) – creation.com/s/35-8-676
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Does Christianity lack logic, reason, and evidence? Worse, is it “the cancer of humanity”?
Is the Bible “just fairy stories and ancient scribblings”? Is the God of the Bible a moral monster?
Are Christians hypocrites who brainwash their children? Are they just driven by fear of punishment?
Are creationists science deniers who “tell lies for Jesus”?
These, and many more, are criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation that we hear regularly. If even _half_ of these claims were true, Christianity would be a wretched religion indeed!
But they're _not_ true! In fact, many of these criticisms don’t even withstand _low-level_ scrutiny, much less serious appraisal!
Join Dr Don Batten for rapid answers to 20 common criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation.
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Teaser
00:37 Introduction: Answering criticisms of Christianity and biblical creation
01:03 #1: Are Christians hypocrites?
01:51 #2: The Bible: “Just fairy stories and ancient scribblings”?
02:53 #3: Are creationists science deniers?
03:43 #4: Is God a moral monster?
04:45 #5: Is God tolerant of evil?
05:35 #6: “Couldn’t there have been millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?”
06:18 #7: 2 Peter 3:8 says “a day is like a thousand years”. So, creation took a long time???
06:59 #8: Are Christians driven by fear of punishment?
07:55 #9: Is Christianity “the cancer of humanity”?
08:53 #10: “Typical creationists: Lying for Jesus”
09:42 #11: “Christians are indoctrinating their children”
10:29 #12: Why is it wrong to believe creation days were not 24-hour days?
11:10 #13: Can the Hebrew word for ‘day’ (yom) mean a long period of time?
12:05 #14: “Dead people stay dead; the resurrection of Jesus is just a Christian story”
12:58 #15: “Religion lacks logic and reason”
13:59 #16: “I can’t believe in a magical man in the sky”
14:55 #17: Is there evidence for God and the Bible, outside of the Bible itself?
15:40 #18: “Christians have been brainwashed”
16:19 #19: “Calling the Bible a reliable historical record is utter nonsense”
16:53 #20: How can humans live forever?
17:44: Conclusion: There are answers!
✍️ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
General: Countering the Critics Q&A – creation.com/critics
Question #1 – ‘Christianity must be wrong because of all the hypocrites in the church!’ – creation.com/haggard
Question #2 – Archaeology Q&A – creation.com/archaeology
Question #3 – ‘It’s not science’ – creation.com/its-not-science
Question #4 – Is God a ‘moral monster’? – creation.com/god-moral-monster
Question #5 – Why did God allow sin at all? creation.com/why-did-god-allow-sin
Question #6 – What about gap theories? creation.com/cab-3
Question #7 – 2 Peter 3:8—‘one day is like a thousand years’ – creation.com/thousand
Question #8 – How to have a right relationship with God – creation.com/right-relationship
Question #9 – Book review: ‘The Air We Breathe: How we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, and equality’ – creation.com/scrivener
Question #10 – Professing Christian claims creation.com is ‘full of lies’ – creation.com/professing-christian-claims-cmi-site-is-full-of-lies
Question #11 – Indoctrinating children – creation.com/indoctrinating-children
Question #12 – Biblical reasons to affirm the creation days were 24 hour periods – creation.com/justin-taylor-response
Question #13 – Genesis 1: YÔM ≠ eon – creation.com/yom-not-an-eon
Question #14 – The resurrection and Genesis – creation.com/res-gen
Question #15 – Loving God with all your mind: Logic and creation – creation.com/logic
Question #16 – God, miracles, and logic – creation.com/god-miracles-and-logic
Question #17 – The Bible: Is it guilty until proven innocent? – creation.com/doubt-default
Question #18 – Faith and facts – creation.com/faith-and-facts
Question #19 – Archaeology Q&A – creation.com/archaeology
Question #20 – The new Earth – creation.com/new-earth
📚 HELPFUL RESOURCES
• The Air We Breathe book – creation.com/s/10-2-682
• Christianity for Skeptics book – creation.com/s/10-2-585
• The Creation Answers Book – creation.com/s/10-2-505
• How Christianity Transformed the World book – creation.com/s/10-2-685
• Refuting the New Atheists (streaming video) – creation.com/s/35-8-676
💙 SOCIAL MEDIA
► Facebook: facebook.com/creationministries
► TikTok: tiktok.com/@creationministries
► Instagram: instagram.com/creationministries
► X / Twitter: twitter.com/creationnews
► eNewsletter: creation.com/infobytes
📅 EVENTS
We present at _hundreds_ of events around the world each year.
To see what events are happening near you, or to request a creation presentation in _your_ Church (or other gathering) visit:
creation.com/events
Thanks for watching!
