A Challence To Consider

Questions for Theists: A Challenge to Consider
Here are a few important questions for theists, whether they are part of the general public, scientists, clergy, or philosophers, that must be addressed:

1. Where did God (or any gods) come from?
2. Why isn’t there a uniform, universal religion if a god exists?
3. Why did God wait hundreds of thousands of years to reveal its existence to humanity?
4. Why does God need humans to write texts to disclose its presence, and why are those texts so diverse and often contradictory?
5. Why are the major world religions relatively young, only a few thousand years old, while religious beliefs and practices existed long before writing?
6. Why did God create diseases and only provide humanity with the knowledge to fight them in the last few hundred years?
   
7. Why does God allow the existence of so many conflicting religions, often resulting in hatred and violence?
8. Why do natural disasters—typhoons, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, meteor impacts—occur if a benevolent deity is in control?
9. Why has 99% of all life forms on Earth gone extinct?
10. Why is there no verifiable evidence of a supernatural realm, and why must we die to allegedly experience eternal happiness or suffering?

These are just a few of the logical and legitimate questions that challenge the coherence of religious beliefs. I invite thoughtful responses that provide clear, logical explanations. Please avoid vague, dismissive answers like "we can never understand God's will" or other unsubstantiated claims. If you cannot answer these questions, I encourage you to reconsider your beliefs.