For the curious, the doubtful, and the unconvinced
Not Sure You Believe?
You do not have to begin with prophecy, denominations, or religious assumptions.
Start with the biggest questions.
- Does God exist?
- Why is there suffering?
- Can we trust the Bible?
- Did Jesus really live?
- Did Jesus rise from the dead?
- Why Christianity instead of another religion?
- What happens when we die?
Explore the evidence. Ask difficult questions. Examine the Bible for yourself.
Core questions
Examine the evidence
Each study states the question, gives a short answer, weighs the evidence and the strongest objections, and separates what can reasonably be concluded from what Christianity claims.
Does God Exist?
No argument proves God the way a theorem is proved. But several independent lines of evidence — that anything exists at all, that the universe had a beginning, that its laws permit…
Study this questionWhy Does God Allow Suffering?
The Bible does not say that everything happens for a reason or that God enjoys suffering. It says God created beings with real freedom, that evil began in rebellion against Him, that…
Study this questionCan We Trust the Bible?
The Bible has been copied by hand for centuries, and copies contain variants. But the number and age of the surviving manuscripts allow scholars to reconstruct the original wording…
Study this questionDid Jesus Really Exist?
Yes. The great majority of historians, including non-Christian scholars, agree that Jesus of Nazareth was a real Jewish teacher who gathered followers and was crucified under Pontius…
Study this questionDid Jesus Really Rise From the Dead?
The resurrection is a historical claim, and it can be examined. Several facts are widely accepted by historians: Jesus died by crucifixion; very soon afterward His disciples sincerely…
Study this questionWhy Christianity?
Religions make different and often incompatible claims about God, Jesus, salvation and the afterlife, so they cannot all be true in the same sense. Christianity's case is centered on…
Study this questionWhy Is God Hidden?
The Bible does not describe faith as believing without evidence. It describes trust grounded in what God has shown — in creation, conscience, history and above all in Jesus. God seems…
Study this questionDoes Science Disprove God?
No. Science is an extraordinarily powerful way of learning how the natural world works, but it does not by itself answer whether anything exists beyond nature. Many founders of modern…
Study this questionHow Can a Loving God Allow Hell?
The Bible presents judgment as the ending of evil, not God's delight in suffering. Romans 6:23 contrasts death with eternal life through Christ; Matthew 10:28 speaks of destroying body…
Study this questionIf Christianity Is True, Why Have Christians Done So Much Harm?
Christians, churches and institutions claiming Christ have committed serious wrongs — coercion, religious wars, slavery and racism, abuse, corruption and cover-ups. Evil done in…
Study this questionCan Atheists Be Moral?
Yes. Atheists can be honest, compassionate, generous and sacrificial — often more so than religious people. The Bible itself says people without Scripture can know and do what is right…
Study this questionWhat Is the Meaning of Life?
Christianity says human life has meaning because we were created on purpose by a personal God, in His image, for relationship with Him and with one another, and for caring for His…
Study this questionA path to follow
From first questions to the whole story
- 1Does God Exist?
- 2Why Does God Allow Suffering?
- 3Can We Trust the Bible?
- 4Did Jesus Really Exist?
- 5Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead?
- 6Why Christianity?
- 7What Happens When You Die?
- 8The Second Coming
- 9Why Bible Prophecy Matters
- 10Daniel and Revelation
From there, explore Daniel, Revelation, the Three Angels’ Messages, the Sabbath, and the Sanctuary.
Real questions people ask
More questions
- Who created God?
- Why can’t we see God?
- Why should I believe in something supernatural?
- Are miracles possible?
- Why doesn’t God answer my prayers?
- Why do bad things happen to good people?
- Why do good things happen to bad people?
- Why did God create Satan?
- Why did God create people if He knew they would sin?
- Does free will explain evil?
- Why did God allow the Holocaust?
- Why does God allow children to die?
- Does God cause natural disasters?
- Why does God seem cruel in the Old Testament?
- Did God command genocide?
- Why did God send the flood?
- Why did God destroy Sodom?
- Does the Bible support slavery?
- Why did God allow slavery?
- Is God jealous?
- Why does God demand worship?
- Is God narcissistic?
- Why punish unbelief?
- Why is Jesus the only way?
- What happens to people who never hear about Jesus?
- Are all religions paths to God?
- Was Jesus copied from pagan myths?
- Did Paul invent Christianity?
- Are the resurrection accounts contradictory?
- Could Jesus’ resurrection have been hallucination?
- Was the tomb really empty?
- How do we know the disciples did not lie?
- Why trust the Gospels?
- How do we know Bible manuscripts are accurate?
- Who chose the biblical canon?
- Why are books missing from some Bibles?
- Was the Bible corrupted?
- Are there contradictions in the Bible?
- Does archaeology prove the Bible?
- Does evolution disprove Genesis?
- Can Christianity and science coexist?
- Is faith irrational?
- Can atheists have meaning?
- Can morality exist without God?
- Why are Christians hypocrites?
- Why has Christianity been used for oppression?
- Why trust a church after religious abuse?
- What happens when we die?
- Is there really a heaven?
- Is hell real?
- Would a loving God destroy anyone?
- Why does God judge people?
- Is there evidence for life after death?
This site’s wider studies come from a historicist, Seventh-day Adventist reading of Scripture. These foundational questions start earlier — with evidence, history, and the Bible itself. Every conclusion is open to examination. Read about our approach.