The Skeptics Annotated Bible (1023 page)
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Authors: Steve Wells
- Did God create evil?
Yes.
Is 45.7,
Lam 3.38,
Amos 3.6
No.
Ps 5.4,
1 Jn 4.7 - Is it good to be foolish?
Yes.
1 Cor 1.21,
3.18-20,
4.10
No.
Ps 5.5,
Eph 5.15-17 - Where does God dwell?
In Zion.
Ps 9.11,
76.2;
Joel 3.17,
3.21
In the heavens.
Ps 123.1,
Ec 5.2 - Is it OK to call someone a fool?
Yes.
Ps 14.1,
53.1;
Pr 28.26,
Mt 23.17,
19;
Lk 11.40,
24.25;
Rom 1.21-22;
1 Cor 15.36;
Gal 3.1
No.
Mt 5.22 - Does anyone ever do anything good?
No.
Ps 14.3,
53.3;
Ec 7.20;
Is 64.6;
Rom 3.12
Yes.
Jn 5.29,
2 Cor 5.10,
3 Jn 11 - Is the law of God perfect?
Yes.
Ps 18.30,
19.7
No.
Heb 8.6-7 - Can God be found?
Yes.
Pr 2.3-5,
8.17;
Mt 7.7-8;
Lk 11.9-10,
13.23-28
No.
Ps 18.41;
Pr 1.28;
Lam 3.8,
44;
Amos 8.12;
Lk 13.23-28 - Is wealth a sign of righteousness or of wickedness?
Righteousness.
Ps 37.25,
112.3;
Pr 13.22,
15.6
Wickedness.
Mt 19.23-24,
Lk 6.24-26,
Jas 5.1 - Does God sleep?
No, God never sleeps.
Ps 121.3-4
God sometimes sleeps.
Ps 44.23 - Should we rejoice when our enemies suffer?
Yes.
Ps 58.10
No.
Pr 24.17 - Is salvation by faith alone?
Yes.
Mk 16.16;
Jn 3.18,
36;
Acts 16.31;
Rom 1.16,
3.20,
28,
4.2,
5.6,
13,
5.1,
10.9;
Gal 2.16,
3.11-12;
Eph 2.8-9;
Tit 3.5
No.
Ps 62.12;
Pr 10.16,
28.18;
Ec 12.14;
Jer 17.10;
Ezek 18.27;
Mt 5.20,
12.37,
16.27,
19.17,
25.41;
Lk 10.25-28;
Jn 5.29;
Rom 2.5-6,
13;
2 Cor 5.10,
11.15;
Phil 2.12;
Jas 2.14;
1 Pet 1.17;
Rev 2.23,
20.12,
22.14 - Will the righteous flourish?
The righteous will flourish.
Ps 92.12-14
The righteous will perish.
Is 57.1 - Can only God work wonders?
Only God can do great wonders.
Ps 136.4
Satan can also do great wonders.
2 Th 2.9 - Is anyone justified?
Yes.
Mt 12.37
No.
Ps 143.2 - Should we believe everything?
Yes.
1 Cor 13.7
No.
Pr 14.15,
26.24-25;
1 Th 5.21;
1 Jn 4.1 - Does wisdom make people happy?
Yes.
Pr 3.13
No.
Ec 1.18 - Do bad things happen to good people?
Yes.
Hab 1.4,
13;
Heb 12.6
No.
Pr 12.21,
19.23;
1 Pet 3.13 - Does God want some to go to hell?
Yes.
Pr 16.4,
Jn 12.40,
Rom 9.18,
2 Th 2.11-12
No.
1 Tim 2.4,
2 Pet 3.9 - If God likes you, will everyone else like you too?
Yes.
Pr 16.7
No.
2 Tim 3.12 - Is it good to be happy?
Yes.
Pr 17.22,
Ec 8.15
No.
Ec 7.3-4,
Lk 6.24-26 - What’s new?
Nothing is, or ever will be, new.
Ec 1.9
Some things are new.
Is 43.19,
65.17;
Jer 31.22;
2 Cor 5.17;
2 Pet 3.13;
Rev 21.1 - Is money a good thing?
Yes.
Ec 10.19
No.
1 Tim 6.10 - Will everyone see the majesty of God?
Yes.
Is 40.5
No.
Is 26.10 - Does God ever get furious?
Yes.
Is 34.2;
Jer 21.5,
30.23;
Mic 5.14-15;
Nah 1.2;
Zech 8.2
No.
Is 27.4 - Is anyone good?
Yes.
Mt 5.45,
13.48,
22.8-10;
Lk 23.50
No.
Is 64.6,
Mk 10.18 - Should you pray for everyone?
Yes.
1 Tim 2.1
No.
Jer 7.16,
11.14 - Should we look for signs in the heavens?
Yes.
Lk 21.11
No.
Jer 10.2 - Will those who call on the Lord be delivered?
Yes.
Joel 2.32,
Acts 2.21,
Rom 10.13
No.
Mt 7.21,
Jer 14.12,
Ezek 8.18,
Mic 3.4 - Will Ephraim return to Egypt?
Yes.
Hosea 8.11-13,
9.3
No.
Hosea 11.3-5 - Who cast Jonah into the sea?
The sailors.
Jon 1.15
God.
Jon 2.3 - Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale?
A big fish.
Jon 1.17
A whale.
Mt 12.40 - How many leverations from Jesus to Abraham?
42:
Mt 1.17
41:
Mt 1.2-16 - The Genealogy of Jesus, Matthew vs Luke
See the contradictory lists in
Mt 1.6-16
and
Lk 3.21-31 - From which of David’s sons was Jesus descended?
Solomon.
Mt 1.6-7
Nathan.
Lk 3.31 - Who was Jesus’ paternal grandfather?
Jacob.
Mt 1.16
Heli.
Lk 3.23 - Was Joseph the father of Jesus?
Yes.
Acts 2.30,
13.23;
Rom 1.3,
Gal 3.16,
2 Tim 2.8;
Heb 2.16;
Rev 22.16
No.
Mt 1.18;
Lk 1.34,
20.44 - When was Jesus born?
Before 4 BCE.
Mt 2.1,
Lk 1.5
(Herod the Great died in 4 BCE.)
After 6 CE.
Lk 2.1
(Quirinius became governor of Syria in 6 CE, nine years after king Herod’s death.) - Where did Joseph and Mary live before the birth of Jesus?
Nazareth.
Lk 2.1-7
Bethlehem.
Mt 2.11,
22-23 - Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph go to Egypt or Nazareth?
Egypt.
Mt 2.14
Nazareth.
Lk 2.39 - Where did John baptize?
In the Jordan River.
Mt 3.6,
Mk 1.9
In Bethabara, beyond the Jordan.
Jn 1.28 - Were the Pharisees baptized by John?
Yes.
Mt 3.7-11
No.
Lk 7.30 - At his baptism, did God address Jesus directly?
Yes.
Mk 1.11,
Lk 3.22
No.
Mt 3.17 - Should you serve God alone?
Yes.
Mt 4.10,
23.10
No.
Eph 6.5;
Col 3.18,
20,
22;
1 Tim 6.1-4;
Tit 2.9-10;
1 Pet 2.18 - Which came first: the calling of Peter and Andrew or the imprisonment of John the Baptist?
The imprisonment of John the Baptist.
Mt 4.12
,
18-19;
Mk 1.14-17
The calling of Peter and Andrew.
Jn 1.40-42,
3.24 - Did Jesus preach his first sermon on a mountain or a plain?
On a mountain top.
Mt 5.1
On a plain.
Lk 6.17 - Should we let others see our good works?
Yes.
Mt 5.16,
1 Pet 2.12
No.
Mt 6.1-3,
23.3-5 - Should Christians pray in public?
Yes.
1 Tim 2.8
No.
Mt 6.5-6 - Do Christians know how to pray?
Yes.
Mt 6.9
No.
Rom 8.26 - Is God’s will always done in heaven?
Yes.
Mt 6.10
No.
Rev 12.7-11 - Should Christians be concerned with material things?
Yes.
1 Tim 5.8
No.
Mt 6.31-34 - Who can cast out devils in the name of Jesus?
Only the followers of Jesus.
Mk 16.17
Others can do it, too.
Mk 9.38,
Lk 9.49 - Did the Centurion ask Jesus directly to help his slave?
Yes.
Mt 8.5-6
No.
Lk 7.2-10 - Did Jesus know everything?
Yes.
Jn 16.30,
21.17;
Col 2.2-3
No.
Mk 5.30,
13.32;
Mt 8.10;
Lk 7.9 - What will happen to Jews when they die?
They will go to hell.
Mt 8.12
They will be saved.
Rom 11.26 - How many men were possessed with devils?
One.
Mk 5.2,
Lk 8.27-37
Two.
Mt 8.28 - Is Jesus God?
Yes.
Mt 9.2-6;
Mk 2.3-12;
Jn 1.1,
14,
5.18,
8.58,
10.30,
38,
14.9,
20.28;
Acts 20.28;
Col 1.16,
2.9;
1 Tim 3.16;
Tit 2.13;
Phil 2.6;
Heb 1.8;
Rev 1.17,
22.13
No.
Mt 19.17;
27.46;
Mk 10.18,
15.34,
16.19;
Lk 18.19;
Jn 8.40,
14.28,
20.17;
Acts 17.31;
1 Cor 11.3,
15.28;
Col 3.1;
1 Tim 2.5;
1 Pet 3.21-22 - Was Jairus’ daughter alive when Jesus was approached?
Yes.
Mk 5.23,
Lk 8.41-42
No.
Mt 9.18 - What were the names of the apostles?
See the conflicting lists in
Mt 10.2-3,
Mk 3.16-19,
Lk 6.13-16,
Acts 1.13 - Should the gospel be preached to everyone?
Yes.
Mt 28.19;
Mk 16.15;
Acts 1.8,
8.25,
15.3,
22.21,
28.28;
Gal 2.2
No.
Mt 10.5-6,
15.22-26;
Acts 16.6 - Did Jesus tell his apostles to go barefoot and without a staff?
Yes.
Mt 10.10;
Lk 9.3,
10.4
No.
Mk 6.8-9 - When will the end of the world come?
Before the gospel is preached to all the cities of Israel.
Mt 10.23
After the gospel is preached to all the nations of the earth.
Mt 24.14 - Is Jesus peaceful?
Yes.
Mt 26.51-52,
Lk 2.14;
Jn 14.27,
16.33;
Acts 10.36
No.
Mt 10.34;
Lk 12.51,
22.36;
Rev 19.11 - Was John the Baptist Elijah?
Yes.
Mt 11.11-13,
17.12-13;
Mk 9.13
No.
Jn 1.21 - Who is for or against Jesus?
Those who are not with him are against him.
Mt 12.30,
Lk 11.23
Those who are not against him are for him.
Mk 9.40,
Lk 9.50 - Is there an unforgivable sin?
Yes.
Mt 12.31-32,
Mk 3.29,
Lk 12.10
No.
Acts 13.29 - How are people judged by God?
By their words and deeds.
Mt 12.37,
Lk 10.25-28,
Jn 5.29
By their belief in Jesus.
Mk 16.16;
Jn 3.3,
5,
18,
36 - Did Jesus perform many signs and wonders?
Yes.
Mk 16.20;
Jn 3.2,
20.30;
Acts 2.22
No.
Mt 12.39,
16.4;
Mk 8.11-12;
Lk 11.29 - Did Jesus have secret teachings?
Yes.
Mt 13.10-11
No.
Mt 16.4,
Jn 18.20 - Did Herod think Jesus was John the Baptist?
Yes.
Mt 14.1-2,
Mk 6.16
No.
Lk 9.9
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