Questions on Religion

(Assuming that a god exists,)

1. How can religion claim to represent a god when it has not been endorsed by any higher power?

2. If god is omniscient and knows everything about a person’s nature, why would he put anyone through tests/trials of suffering?

3. If god created the universe, what is its purpose?

4. If god created everything, who created god?

5. Why are humans the only religious species?

6. If an omnipotent god created the universe, why is it imperfect/irregular?

7. Why is god considered human-like?

8. If one’s destiny is pre-ordained, what meaning is there to life?

9. Why would god need human worship?

10. If god gave people free will, why does religion try to control them?

11. Why doesn’t god try to give people a perfect world if he is omnipotent?

12. If god causes people to suffer, is he worth following?

13. How does religion know about god?

14. If god gave people freedom to do as they wish, why does religion preach morals?

15. Why does god have to be ‘good’ and not evil?

16. Why do people propagate their religion if all religions are paths to god?

17. Why does religion assume human supremacy in such a vast universe?

18. How can god be a matter of belief/faith if it has a definite existence?

19. Does religion have any proof that god’s nature is the same as what religion states?

20. How does being religious make a person morally better?

21. Even if god exists why should one follow religion?

22. If god wanted people to be faithful and religious believers, why didn’t he make them so?

23. If god wanted people to choose for themselves, why does religion preach the idea of god?

24. Why would god need humans to make themselves suffer in his name?

25. Why would god need material offerings from humans?

26. If all humans are tools to execute god’s will, why this illusion of consciousness?

27. Where is god physically located?

28. If god is in everything, why hasn’t it been found yet?

29. If god is in everything, why are only some objects divine symbols?

30. Why does religion consider god dogmatic truth?

31. Why does religion have to be bifurcated into its good and bad sides to be justified?

32. Why does religion assume that its cost-benefit analysis is necessarily positive?

33. How can religion be a justification to violate individual rights?

34. Why does religion have to force itself on those who do not follow it?

35. Did god create everything and leave it, or does he actively manage it?

36. If the former, what’s the point of praying to him?

37. If the latter, isn’t he doing a not-so-good job of it?

38. Or is he not interested in the welfare of his creations?

39. Why doesn’t god prove his own existence beyond doubt?

40. Is there a single god or different gods for each religion?

41. How can such vastly different religions deal with the same god?

42. Does religion exist to fulfil human needs of spirituality etc. or for god?

43. Does an omnipotent god care about what humans believe about him?

44. How can monotheistic and polytheistic religions be reconciled?

45. Is there any evidence that god receives prayers at all, or grants them?

46. Is god a sadist, because there is so much suffering and everything is his will?

47. Why does religion contain exaggerated myths and stories?

48. Why is god credited for events that are not supernatural and have clear causes?

49. What does praising god accomplish for anything/anyone?

50. Would people raised neutrally choose religion over non-belief?

51. Is religion universal because of acceptance or indoctrination?

52. If the former, why aren’t people given a choice to start with?

53. If the latter, isn’t that a violation of fundamental freedom?

54. Why shouldn’t religion be criticized for its faults?

55. Why has god granted religious enlightenment only to some people?

56. Can the resources spent on religion be put to better use?

57. Why does religion engage in wasteful practices?

58. What proves that religion is speaking the truth?

59. How can religion have divine authority when it is run by mere mortals?

60. Why does religion create a false illusion of a just world?

61. Is it justified/right to give solace through falsehood?

62. If there turns out to be no god, won’t humanity have wasted a great deal?

63. If there turns out to be a god, won’t he forgive ignorant people?

64. So isn’t it better not to follow religion?

65. If there is promise of heaven after death, why should humans live?

66. Is it not possible to have morality without religious belief?

67. So religion is just a preacher, not a source, of morals?

68. Isn’t religion beneficial only for its believers?

69. Aren’t there people who have suffered or lost a lot because of religion?

70. Why is it then assumed that religion is universally positive for society?

71. Did god ever tell humans to worship him?

72. Shouldn’t the burden of proof lie on religion to prove the existence of god?

73. Is god above, or restricted by, the laws of science?

74. Does having a majority mean that religion has to be accepted as truth?

75. What proves that religious prophets are connected to god?

76. Why isn’t god corrupted by his unlimited power?

77. Is everything that happens god’s will?

78. If yes, shouldn’t we abdicate responsibility for our actions?

79. If yes, shouldn’t we all resign ourselves to fate?

80. If yes, why does religion tell people what to do?

81. If no, then isn’t there some other force at work besides god?

82. If there exists another force/power besides god, how can god be omnipotent?

83. What is god’s great plan for the universe and everything?

84. Is there an evil power/force besides god?

85. If yes, what makes god good and the devil evil?

86. If no, what explains the evil in the world?

87. Doesn’t the concept of a ‘humanoid creator god’ sound far-fetched compared to other origin theories?

88. Why would god help people out of problems when the situation itself is of his making?

89. How did god gain his supreme power?

90. What of religion’s doctrines that are inconsistent with science and reality?

91. Why would god be specifically a male human being?

92. Why does religion place unnecessary restrictions on what people can do?

93. How can the nature of god be explained in scientific terms?

94. What justifies the moral values that religion preaches?

95. Why would god expect us to do something when he can just make us do it?

96. Isn’t religion responsible for wasting so much productive time in unnecessary rituals?

97. Does god do justice to people based on their actions?

98. If yes, why do humans attempt to do justice through their own institutions?

99. If all the problems in the world are of god’s making, why should we try to fix them?

100. Why should faith/belief not be questioned if it has logical inconsistencies?

Originally published at https://www.theextraterrestrial.blog on January 18, 2022.