ARC Wiki

This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong.
<title>Christian Debate</title>
This page contains topics which usually come up when debating Christians or talking to Missionaries. Some are simply statements or claims which will often be made casually by Christians, or which assume Christian theology is true in general. If you are interested in the basic beliefs of Christianity instead please see [[Basic Christian Doctrine]] -- An overview of the common doctrines in Christianity.

== Missionary Response
How to respond to missionary tactics.
* [[Unanswered Questions]]
* [[Matthew's Fulfillment Citations]] -- A look at the fulfillment citations of Matthew.
* [[Jesus was the Messiah?]] -- Testing the claim that Jesus is the messiah.
* [[Jesus and God]] -- Examining the claim that Jesus is equivalent with God.
* [[Replacement Theology]] -- Do you have to follow the law if you are a Christian? Do you have to accept Jesus or can you just be a Jew or Noachide (or just be a good person)?
* [[Does God Require a Sacrifice]]? -- Does God require blood/a sacrifice for atonement? Sin and Atonement in the OT Contradicts the NT.
* [[Original Sin]] -- A detailed look at the Christian concept of original sin.
* [[Hermeneutics|#The Hypocritical Missionary]] -- Christian double standards in interpreting scripture
* [[Kiss the Son]] -- A response to Psalms 2:12
* [[You cannot keep the law]] -- How to respond to the missionary's claim that you cannot keep the law.
* [[Why is Elohim Plural]] -- also featuring duals vs. plurals.
* [[Fake Jews]] -- Those who call themselves Jews, but are not.

== Theological Issues
Problems with the new testament

* [[Jesus and the Jubilee Year]] -- Did Jesus break the law by heralding a Jubilee year?
* [[Special Concessions of Christianity]] -- The idea that //if// Christianity was wrong, a Christian would stop being a Christian ("... but it's not wrong.")
* [[Did Paul Lie?]] -- Did Paul Lie? Also see: [[A Second Look at Paul]] and [[The Problem with Paul]].
* [[The Prophecies of Jesus]] -- A look at some of the prophecies Jesus made.
* [[Lucifer and Satan]] -- The Star that fell from Heaven.
* [[Veils and Scales|Spiritual Blindness]] -- Spiritual blindness among both Jews and Gentiles; the helper; the spirit of truth.
* [[The End of Prophecy]] -- An article on the end of the prophetic age.
* [[John the Baptizer was Elijah the Prophet]] -- Because it has to happen before the messiah comes.
* [[Who is Satan|Who is Satan?]] -- Who, or what, is Satan?
* [[What Early Christians Believed]]
* [[Isaiah 53 Messianic Prophecy]] -- Christians Claim this passage is about Jesus.
* [[Faith and Works|The Jewish Law is predicated upon Works]] (versus faith) -- Faith is required for salvation, not "empty works". Therefore the Jewish Law is only to teach us about Sin and lead us to Jesus.
* [[Anointed Messiah]] -- Jesus was not anointed and therefore could not have been the messiah.
* [[Presuppositionalism]] -- Didn't even get it's own section.
* [[Isaiah 65 is about Judah]] -- the notion that Isaiah 65:15 is about the Jewish people and the Christians.
* [[Refuting Christianity by Refuting Calvinism]]
* [[Jesus the Mediator]] -- A disproof
* [[Rabbis admit the messiah will not have a father]]
* [[Did Rabbis add to the Torah?]] -- Why do Christians claim that Rabbis made the teachings of the Torah too difficult to keep?
* [[Did Jacob Pray to an Angel?]] -- Genesis 48:16
* [[Is the Angel of the lord an uncreated being?]] -- Genesis 48:16 ("bless is singular")
* [[Did Moses see the form of the Lord?]] -- Numbers 12:8
* [[The Oven of Akhnai]] -- Did the Rabbis twist God's word?
* [[Is there a hell]] -- Is hell eternal?
* [[Who died on the cross]]? -- How does Trinitatian theology work in practice?
* [[did_jesus_ask_for_forgiveness|Was Jesus born with a sin nature?]] -- Was Jesus born with a sin nature?

== Other (Statements)
This section will slowly be moved in the direction of containing faith-based arguments such as '[[secret bible theory]]'.
* [[The Festival of the Tabernacles points to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ]] -- I have a feeling we are going to disagree on this one.
* [[Herod's Temple was the Third Temple]] -- An interesting claim made by-the-way, apparently with scriptural support.
* [[Who are the Real Jews|Black Jews are the 'real Jews']] -- the idea that 'European Jews' are not really Jews
* [[Did God Divorce the Jews|God divorced the Jews as his 'Chosen People']] -- based on Jeremiah 3:8
* [[Did Jews Edit the Bible?|Jews Edited the Bible]] -- The idea that Jews edited the bible in order to distinguish Judaism from Chrisitainity.
* [[Veils and Scales|Jews (and other Non-Christians) can not understand the Bible.]] Only Christians can understand the bible -- they have had the 'veil lifted from their eyes'. A response to charges of 'spiritual blindness'.
* [[Priests and Kings|Jesus could not be both a priest and a king.]]
* [[Faith and Works|Jesus is absolutely required for Salvation]] -- The old covenant is no longer available to you. You can't turn back the clock! Or can you?
* [[Secret Bible Theory]] -- the idea that God has hidden a message secretly in the bible beyond the reading and/or hearing of the words in the bible.
* [[Why don't the Jews accept Jesus]]?
* [[Historical Issues with the New Testament]] -- various
* [[The Resurrection is Unique]]

== Other (Q&A)
* [[Ten Hard Questions (for Christians)]] -- Some trivial, some massive. What is the answer?
* [[Ten Questions Christians Can't Answer]] -- Strong defeaters for christianity (version 3).
* [[Herod's Temple was the Third Temple|Was Herod's Temple the Third Temple?]] -- Examining if the prophecies in Ezekiel have come to pass yet, or not, among other issues.
* [[Who are the Real Jews?]] -- issues surrounding Black Jews / Fake Jews / 13th tribe / The Real Israel / Those-who-claim-to-be-Jews-but-are-not, etc.
* [[Did God Divorce the Jews?]] -- based on Jeremiah 3:8
* [[Did Jews Edit the Bible?]] -- Did Jews edit the Torah or other scriptures to remove references to Jesus and other Christian teachings?
* [[Priests and Kings|Did Christianity Change the Meaning of Priest?]]
* [[Faith and Works|Can you still be saved under the law?]] -- Is the old covenant still valid? If so, then why do we need Jesus?
* [[Was Abraham justified by Faith]]? -- Answering a common Christian claim.

== CARM Articles
There are apparently over 6,000 CARM articles, and as such CARM has gained some traction in circles of Christian apologetics. Here we take a look at some of the articles on CARM and rate their theological accuracy.

* [[CARM Articles]]

== Talking Points
Over-arching issues which can't be easily indexed in another format
* The [[Principle of Sufficient Reason]]