Questions about you and God

This is an index of all Questions in Tweeting with GOD (#TwGOD), Your neighbour is GOD (#YniGOD), and Online with Saints (#OnlineSaints). If the list is too long for you, or if you are looking for a specific question, try filtering the list by typing a word in the search box.

Creation or coincidence?

1.1 Doesn’t the Big Bang rule out faith in God?
1.2 But seriously, did all that Adam and Eve business really happen?
1.3 Evolution or creation?
1.4 What are original sin and the fall of man anyway?
1.5 Do science and faith contradict each other?
1.6 Can I recognise God in nature and in the world?
1.7 Why should I believe in God?
1.8 Could there be only one truth?
1.9 Is it logical to believe? Can I ask questions?

The Bible: true or false?

1.10 Why is the Bible so important?
1.11 Does God speak to us only through the Bible? Or does he speak in other ways as well?
1.12 Did God write the Bible himself?
1.13 In what language was the Bible written?
1.14 What is the difference between the Bible and the Qur’an?
1.15 What is the structure of the Old Testament?
1.16 What is the difference between the Catholic Old Testament and the Jewish Tanakh?
1.17 How and when did the New Testament come into being?
1.18 What are the parts of the New Testament?

Reading the Bible

1.19 Should I follow all the rules in the Bible?
1.20 How can you know what is literally true in the Bible, and what is not?
1.21 Aren’t those incredible Bible stories just fairy tales?

Chief events of the Old Testament

1.22 Why did the Great Flood take place in the time of Noah?
1.23 Why is Abraham so important?
1.24 Why did the people of Israel wander in the desert for 40 years?
1.25 What is the moral of the story of Job?

What has Jesus done for us?

1.26 Why did Jesus die for us?
1.27 What is the covenant? And what is God’s plan of salvation?
1.28 Why did Jesus have to die such a horrific death?
1.29 Wasn’t Jesus really just a good person and a wise guru?
1.30 Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?

What does the Holy Spirit do?

1.31 Who is the Holy Spirit?
1.32 What does the Holy Spirit do? Do I need him?
1.33 God is one, and at the same time he is three. Isn’t that nonsense?

Evil and suffering

1.34 Did God create evil? What does it have to do with my sins?
1.35 If God is all-powerful, why do disasters happen? Why is there evil?
1.36 Is it the Will of God that people die?
1.37 Can suffering help us to come closer to God?

Mary and the angels

1.38 Why is Mary so important?
1.39 Mary is not God – so, why all this devotion to her?
1.40 Did Mary always remain a virgin and never sin?
1.41 Are there really angels in heaven?
1.42 What’s this business about fallen angels?

Heaven, hell, or purgatory?

1.43 What happens when we die?
1.44 Will we be judged immediately after we die?
1.45 Heavens! What on earth would eternal life be like?
1.46 What is hell like?
1.47 Should I be afraid of purgatory?
1.48 Will I meet my pet in heaven?
1.49 When will the end of time come about?
1.50 How important is the Resurrection?

The Church today

2.1 What is the Church? Who is part of the Church?
2.2 How is the Church governed?
2.3 Who 'sits' on this Chair of St. Peter, the Holy See?
2.4 How does someone get to be pope?
2.5 What is the Roman Curia?
2.6 Is the Vatican a real state?
2.7 Isn’t it unchristian for the Church to be so rich?
2.8 What is a nuncio?
2.9 What kinds of monks, nuns, and friars are there?
2.10 What do all the colours mean? Who’s who?

The origin of the Church

2.11 What are the origins of the Church? How did it all start?
2.12 One Church − then why all the division among Christians?
2.13 How can I be sure that the Church is telling the truth?
2.14 Can I be a good Christian without the Church?

Jesus, the Apostles, and the pope

2.15 Who are the Apostles? Who are their successors?
2.16 Was Jesus against women?
2.17 Is the pope a successor of St. Peter?

Romans, Councils, and Church Fathers

2.18 How did things proceed after Pentecost?
2.19 Why were Christians persecuted by the Romans?
2.20 What changed with Emperor Constantine?
2.21 How was the early Church organised?
2.22 What is a Church Council?
2.23 What were the main Church Councils?
2.24 What are Church Fathers?
2.25 How did monastic life begin?

Muslims, barbarians, and the Orthodox

2.26 What are the origins of Islam?
2.27 How did Northern Europe become Catholic?
2.28 What was the relationship between king and pope during the Middle Ages?
2.29 What was the spiritual rebirth that happened in the Middle Ages?
2.30 How did the Orthodox Churches come into being?
2.31 Why were there violent Crusades?
2.32 What was the Spanish Inquisition?

Toward the Reformation

2.33 What happened at the beginning of the Renaissance?
2.34 Why was the Church so cruel to the Native Americans?
2.35 What was the business with the Church selling indulgences as tickets to heaven?
2.36 What are the ideas that set off the Reformation?
2.37 What is the difference between Protestants and Catholics?
2.38 What were the consequences of the Reformation?
2.39 What is the Anglican Church?

The response of the Church

2.40 What was the Counter-Reformation?
2.41 What was the Council of Trent?
2.42 What role did the Church play in the Enlightenment?
2.43 What were the consequences of the French Revolution?
2.44 What was the First Vatican Council?
2.45 How did the Church respond to the developments in the nineteenth century?

The Church in the twentieth century

2.46 How did the Church enter the twentieth century?
2.47 Why didn’t the Church oppose the Nazis?
2.48 What was the Second Vatican Council?
2.49 What happened after the Second Vatican Council?
2.50 What is so important about Pope John Paul II?
2.51 How does the Swedish Lutheran Church work?
2.52 What is ’Folkekirken’?
2.53 How did the Catholic Church return to Denmark?

Personal prayer

3.1 Why should I pray and how can I do it?
3.2 Is praying the same as talking to God?
3.3 What is the best way to pray?
3.4 Can prayer help me to make the right decisions?
3.5 Why can prayer be so difficult or boring?
3.6 Why is there no answer when I pray?
3.7 How can I make time for prayer? Where is God in daily life?

Forms of prayer

3.8 How can I pray with a text from the Bible?
3.9 Do we pray to the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit? To Mary and the saints?
3.10 Why do we keep repeating the same prayers?
3.11 What kind of prayer is the Our Father?
3.12 How do I pray the Rosary?
3.13 What is the Liturgy of the Hours?
3.14 How do I pass the time during adoration?

Traditions and devotions

3.15 How is holy water made? What does a blessing do?
3.16 What are relics?
3.17 Why pilgrimages and processions? What is a retreat?
3.18 Are exorcisms to drive out devils real?
3.19 Muslims and Jews do not eat pork. What about Catholics?

Inside the church building

3.20 Why is a church the house of God?
3.21 What are the most important things in a church?
3.22 What is the baptismal font? Why are there statues in the church?
3.23 Where did different kinds of church architecture come from?

Liturgy

3.24 What is the liturgy?
3.25 What do these gestures, signs, and colours mean?
3.26 Does the Church have her own calendar?
3.27 What kinds of feasts are there throughout the year?

Great Church feasts

3.28 Is Christmas the greatest feast or holiday of the year?
3.29 Why do we fast for 40 days during Lent?
3.30 What is the Easter Triduum, which starts on Holy Thursday?
3.31 Do I really have go to church on Good Friday?
3.32 What happens during the Easter Vigil?
3.33 How important is Easter? What is the 'Urbi et Orbi'?
3.34 When do we celebrate Ascension and Pentecost?

The sacraments

3.35 What are the sacraments?
3.36 What is the effect of Baptism?
3.37 With Confirmation, does the Holy Spirit descend on us for a second time?
3.38 Why confess to a priest, instead of just to God?
3.39 How can I confess properly?
3.40 Is the Anointing of the Sick the same as extreme unction?
3.41 Why can’t women and married men become priests?
3.42 What is the common priesthood of all believers?
3.43 Why is marriage so important for Christians?

The Eucharist

3.44 Why is Mass so boring?
3.45 How is the Holy Mass arranged?
3.46 Why all this emphasis on sin instead of hope?
3.47 Who chooses the readings? Am I allowed to sleep during the homily?
3.48 Is Jesus really present in the Eucharist? What is the Consecration?
3.49 Can anyone receive Communion?
3.50 Why are we sent away at the end of Mass?

Eastern Catholics

3.51 What are the Eastern Catholic Churches? What are 'rites'?
3.52 What is the difference between Latin and Byzantine Catholics?
3.53 What are the main parts of the Byzantine liturgy?
3.54 What is the structure of the Maronite rite?
3.55 What is the difference between Chaldean and Syro-Malabar Catholics?

Vocation

4.1 Why are we here on earth?
4.2 What should I do with my life?
4.3 What does God ask of me?
4.4 How can I follow Jesus, and what is my calling?
4.5 What are examples of real vocations?
4.6 How can I know the Will of God?

Living a Christian life

4.7 Do Christians live differently from everybody else?
4.8 What is the relationship between faith and actions?
4.9 Are the Ten Commandments still important?
4.10 Why are some Christians hypocritical?
4.11 Why does the Church have its own laws?

The call to holiness

4.12 What is grace?
4.13 What is sin anyway?
4.14 Jesus forgives, but how can I forgive myself and others?
4.15 What is a saint?
4.16 Which saint shall I pray to? There are so many!
4.17 How does one become a saint?
4.18 What’s the deal with miracles, magic, and the occult?

Sexuality

4.19 Why all this emphasis on marriage and the family?
4.20 Is 'no sex before marriage' old-fashioned?
4.21 Why choose celibacy if people are made for marriage?
4.22 Is it bad that I struggle with chastity?
4.23 If the Church wants to protect life, why is it against distributing condoms in Africa?
4.24 Why is the Church against 'same-sex marriage'?
4.25 How does Natural Family Planning work?

Human life

4.26 When does human life begin?
4.27 What is wrong with prenatal testing?
4.28 Is abortion wrong?
4.29 How is an abortion performed?
4.30 What if a woman has been raped, doesn't want to have a child, or is ill?
4.31 Do I have to accept my body the way it is?

Artificial insemination, embryos, and cloning

4.32 What if people cannot have children?
4.33 What about artificial insemination and surrogate mothers?
4.34 What is wrong with in vitro fertilisation (IVF)?
4.35 What is cloning?
4.36 What about stem cells and genetically modified crops?

The end of life

4.37 When is somebody dead?
4.38 Is euthanasia always wrong?
4.39 Do you have to keep people alive at all costs?
4.40 What about organ donations, blood transfusions, and heavy medication?
4.41 Will you go to hell if you kill yourself?
4.42 Should Christians be opposed to the death penalty?

Society and community

4.43 Are you allowed to use force to defend yourself?
4.44 May Christians enlist in the army or wage wars?
4.45 Is Catholic social teaching about caring for the poor?
4.46 Are gambling, drugs, alcohol, or excessive wealth sinful?
4.47 How can you use social media in the right way?
4.48 What about politics, economics, and the environment?
4.49 What is the New Evangelisation?
4.50 How can I help to spread the Gospel?

Living your faith in a time of crisis

5.1 Is there a Christian way to act in a crisis with an unknown outcome?
5.2 Everything is uncertain: where can I find firm ground?
5.3 How can I grow in faith now that I am forced to stay at home?
5.4 Is there a way to deal with boredom as a Christian?
5.5 How can this time of pain and suffering bring about something good?

Living the sacraments

5.6 I can’t go to Mass - Can I still receive God’s sacramental grace?
5.7 What is the difference between actual Communion and spiritual Communion?
5.8 How can I make spiritual Communion?
5.9 How can my sins be forgiven if access to a priest is impossible?
5.10 How can sacraments be distributed in an emergency?
5.11 What if someone dies without the sacraments or a funeral?

God and disaster

5.12 Is the end of the world near?
5.13 Is global suffering or crisis a punishment of God?
5.14 Is it not hypocritical to turn to God only in a crisis?
5.15 What does the Bible teach about facing a crisis?
5.16 How do Christians prepare for death?

Praying in crisis

5.17 How can I pray in a time of crisis?
5.18 Is it not better to pray instead of going to the doctor?
5.19 So many people are praying: why is there no end to disaster?
5.20 Which saints can I pray to in a crisis? Whom can I pray to in case of contagion or death?

Poverty & Solidarity - #YniGOD

6.1 Should I give money to a beggar? How can I respect the dignity of the needy? Should I give without questioning? Why does God not act?
6.2 I cannot help everyone; where is the limit? What is charity? How much should I give? Why is the Church so rich? Is my money used well? What if I am poor?
6.3 We cannot welcome all migrants, can we? Is it not better to send them back and help there? Shouldn't we rather search for long-term solutions?
6.4 How far should migrants integrate in society? How can we react to 'religious invasion' and 'migrant violence'? Can we turn away economic migrants?

Environment & Animal rights - #YniGOD

6.5 Why should I care about the environment? Must I believe in climate change? How is this linked to solidarity? Should we look for a new planet?
6.6 Why is wasting food and water such a great sin? How important is recycling and renewable energy? What if I cannot afford an eco-friendly lifestyle?
6.7 Was Jesus vegan? Should Christians be vegetarian? Does care for creation include a vegetarian diet? Why were animals sacrificed in the Bible?
6.8 Is it so bad if pandas go extinct? What if wild beasts are attacking civilisation? Are there limits to animal rights? Should indigenous people continue to hunt?
6.9 Is population growth wrong? What is this 'integral ecology' really? Is true sustainability possible? Should I ditch my phone?

Justice & Peace - #YniGOD

6.10 Is modern justice different from biblical justice? Why doesn't the good guy always win? Are charity and justice related? Is reporting a crime betrayal?
6.11 Do we have a right to punish as Christians? How could the saints say they were free while imprisoned? Does the Bible condone modern slavery?
6.12 What does the Bible say about discrimination? What is social justice? Can I be self-sufficient? Does God want us to be weak?
6.13 What are fundamental human rights? Should everyone have the right to practise any religion? How far should I adapt to minorities?
6.14 Is it at all possible to have peace everywhere? Can I contribute? How should we react to genocide, dictatorship, annexation or arms trade?
6.15 'Love your enemies', can it be done? Are there parallels between Catholicism and the military? How can I choose between serving myself or the common good?

Economy & Work - #YniGOD

6.16 How can my job serve God? Do I have a right to work? Is unemployment unchristian? What if I have to choose between church and work?
6.17 Does the Church support workers or employers? Is the right to property Christian? Can I move work to ‘cheap countries’? Does the Church discriminate against women?
6.18 Is there a Christian business model? What if my boss tells me to act unethically? Is the assembly line real work? Is corporate social responsibility good?
6.19 Is a sustainable economy possible? Can we limit state intervention? Are capitalism, consumerism and technology advancement diabolic? Why should I pay taxes?

Politics & State - #YniGOD

6.20 How are family, society and state related? Does social media disrupt families? Why should I care about world news if I already care for my neighbour?
6.21 Can I join politics? Must I vote? How can I decide whom to vote for? Are Christians better politicians?
6.22 Are state and Church not separate? So why does the Church join the political debate? Should priests tell us how to vote? Can I disagree with the government?
6.23 Can public officials wear religious symbols? May the state limit (religious) freedom? Could a Christian be a nationalist, defect or support another state?

Technology & Faith sharing - #YniGOD

6.24 Can human embryos be used to save lives? What is bioethics? Is artificial intelligence a blessing or a danger? What do you think about transhumanism?
6.25 Why do some have everything and others nothing? How can I live happily when they suffer? Can faith help to make sense of it all? Do I really need to convert?
6.26 Can we solve hunger by evangelisation? Why does God want me to give witness of my faith? Can I evangelise through my profession?

Saints - #OnlineSaints

7.1 What common celebrations are related to Catholic saints?
7.2 What is the difference between angels and saints? Do we become angels when we die?
7.3 What does it mean that I should become a saint? How can I do this?
7.4 Do saints never sin? What if I am too human and flawed to be a saint?

God’s Will - #OnlineSaints

7.5 What does having a relationship with God really mean?
7.6 What is the secret of happiness?
7.7 I am a good person; why do I need God and religion?
7.8 Why should anyone wish to give up their career and live only for God?
7.9 How can I know what God wants me to do with my life?
7.10 How can I find help in my search for God and his Will for me?

Vocation - #OnlineSaints

7.11 Can you ever become holy in the armed forces?
7.12 Could sports be a vocation too? How do I not idolise sports?
7.13 Is it wrong that I am ambitious?
7.14 How to say ‘no’ without shunning your duty? How do you help without letting others take advantage of you?

Mission - #OnlineSaints

7.15 Would it not be better to leave people with the religion they were born into? What about religious freedom?
7.16 What are some great examples of missionaries preaching to native peoples?
7.17 How can I be a witness to my friends and still be accepted? Do I really have to preach to them?
7.18 Why would I want to share my faith? What is the difference between apologetics and pointlessly arguing?
7.19 How do I stand up for my faith with friends or family? At school or at work?
7.20 How to pass on my faith to my (future) children? How can God be part of my parenthood?

Multimedia - #OnlineSaints

7.21 Is there a Christian way of communicating online? Should we be involved in social media?
7.22 How do you avoid an addiction to social media? I am more of a geek; can I serve God on my computer?
7.23 Is modern music evil? Is there such a thing as truly Christian music?
7.24 Why is church music so boring? What makes lyrics suitable for Christians?
7.25 Can I be a faithful Catholic and love video-gaming?
7.26 Is there something bad about horror movies or books on magic and telepathy?

Life & Faith - #OnlineSaints

7.27 Is dancing appropriate for Christians?
7.28 If we cannot live in peace among religions, isn’t it better to have no religion at all?
7.29 Can Christians do yoga or zen meditation?
7.30 Can faith help to overcome an addiction like alcohol, smoking, or drugs?

Fashion - #OnlineSaints

7.31 Is there a Catholic way of dressing? What about fashion?
7.32 How should I dress for church?
7.33 Is it okay for a Catholic to use makeup, perfume, and jewellery?
7.34 Can a Catholic wear tattoos or piercings?

Creation - #OnlineSaints

7.35 Does love for creation mean care for animals?
7.36 Is it Catholic to care about the environment and climate change?
7.37 How is global sharing related to waste? Is wasting food or water really so bad?
7.38 Why all this fuss about the unborn life? What about abortion?
7.39 Can there be a sense to my suffering? Is euthanasia a solution?

Society - #OnlineSaints

7.40 Can I be a Catholic and a successful businesswoman or businessman?
7.41 Is it possible to be a great leader and a devout Christian at the same time?
7.42 Why should Christians care about politics? Can politicians live holy lives?
7.43 How can you be patriotic without idolising your country? What is the difference between radicalism and fundamentalism?
7.44 Should Christians always follow the laws of their countries
7.45 Do money and power corrupt? Can a rich person go to heaven?

Church - #OnlineSaints

7.46 Why should I give money to the Church? Is God interested in money?
7.47 Are women considered inferior to men in Christianity?
7.48 Why is the Church such a men’s world?
7.49 Is the Church against feminism? What about “gender theory”?
7.50 Is it possible to make a career in the Church?

More - #OnlineSaints

7.51 Do I need to become a priest or nun to become a saint?
7.52 How can I help people in need? Do I need to leave my country?
7.53 How can I become a success in life?
7.54 I am trying to do God’s Will; why does so much seem to go wrong?
7.55 How can sacrificing my own wellbeing advance the sake of others?
7.56 Do I need to be intelligent or study much to become a saint?
7.57 What does it mean for priests to be a good shepherd?
7.58 How can I persevere when I am facing setbacks?
7.59 What if people turn against me because of my beliefs?
7.60 How can I recognise God in every human being?
7.61 What should I do when I am persecuted for my faith?
7.62 How do I know I am praying to the right patron saint?

Prayer - #OnlineSaints

8.1 How did the saints pray? How can I learn to pray like them?
8.2 Is prayer a waste of time? How can I find time for God when life won’t slow down?
8.3 What if I do not know how to pray? What is the best way to pray?
8.4 Can I ever learn to pray? Do I pray to get a good feeling?
8.5 Are there Catholic techniques for meditation, breathing, calming my mind, becoming quiet, and dealing with distractions?
8.6 Is it really possible to withdraw from the world for a life with God in prayer and humility?

Supplication - #OnlineSaints

8.7 What about prayer formulas that guarantee a request will be granted?
8.8 Why does God not answer our prayers and help the sick?
8.9 Can I ever do enough penance, fasting and mortification? What if I have anorexia or tend to self-harm?
8.10 Can I pray more than once for something? What is intercessory prayer? What are ways to pray for other people?

Sacraments - #OnlineSaints

8.11 Why should parents baptise their children? Is it not better to let them decide for themselves later?
8.12 Why do I even have to be confirmed?
8.13 Many saints prayed in front of the tabernacle: how is that different from other ways of praying?
8.14 Why are Christians so gloomy? Am I allowed to laugh in church?
8.15 Is my confession really secret? Do priests only work Sundays? Why are they called Father and dress in black?
8.16 In the Byzantine Rite, why do you make the sign of the cross so often? Are you Orthodox or Catholic? Do your priests really marry?

Doubt - #OnlineSaints

8.17 What if I doubt? How can I know that God is real?
8.18 What if faith is just a myth, invented out of fear or desire?
8.19 If God is real, why doesn’t he help poor, hungry, and thirsty people?
8.20 How can I trust in God? And how can I trust the Church with all those scandals?
8.21 Is superstition really that bad?

Bible - #OnlineSaints

8.22 Why is God so violent in the Old Testament?
8.23 What to think of miraculous events in the Bible? Can a modern person believe in miracles?
8.24 Why do bad things happen to good people? Where is God then?
8.25 Can ghosts and evil spirits get me? What about possessed people?
8.26 Is God’s love really stronger than any evil?
8.27 Can I be angry with God? How can I trust him despite tragedy?

Desolation - #OnlineSaints

8.28 What if I am insecure, shy, or have a low self-esteem? How can I be more myself?
8.29 How can I deal with grief? If God is love, where is he when people are in pain?
8.30 I am worried and desperate; is life always going to be such a challenge? How to stay motivated and avoid burnout?
8.31 Will God punish me for feeling miserable and alone?
8.32 Is there a Christian way to deal with depression?
8.33 What if someone thinks about suicide?
8.34 How to deal with stress as a Christian?

Relationship - #OnlineSaints

8.35 How do you get over a broken relationship? What to do with a broken heart?
8.36 How can I ever find the right partner?
8.37 Why is chastity such a Christian thing, anyway?
8.38 As a Catholic, should I ignore gay people? Was Saint Paul homophobic?
8.39 Is sex for pleasure bad? Don’t love and sex go together?
8.40 Why is lust wrong? What about masturbation?
8.41 How can I break away from an addiction to pornography or sex?

Forgiving - #OnlineSaints

8.42 Why would God want to hang out with a bad person like me?
8.43 How can I overcome my anger or hatred?
8.44 What if I cannot forgive? How can I forgive my enemies?
8.45 I am so bad; how can I ever forgive myself?
8.46 Are evil people like Mao, Hitler, Stalin and Saddam Hussein in hell?
8.47 Are there sins that even God cannot forgive? What is divine mercy?

Mary - #OnlineSaints

8.48 Why does the Virgin Mary have so many names and titles?
8.49 Why are there so many different images of Mary? What is the use of all these sanctuaries?
8.50 What is the secret to Mary’s total trust in God?

Believing & Soldiery

M.1 I am not much of a believer… how can I find a foundation for my military life? Is it worth believing?
M.2 How can I be a Christian in the armed forces? Is a Catholic a better soldier?
M.3 What does the Bible say about soldiers?
M.4 What could a military chaplain do for me?

Faith & Action

M.5 How can I live my faith in action / on deployment? How can I help non-believers? Can I cry in danger or grief?
M.6 Why should I sacrifice myself for couch potatoes at home – who may even insult or attack me?
M.7 What if I am told to do something as a soldier that doesn’t feel right?

Enemy & War

M.8 Should I hate my enemy? Can I pray for victory?
M.9 Why should I stick to the Rules of Engagement if the enemy does not?
M.10 Does religion start wars? What about religious terrorism?

Society & Community

M.4.43 Are you allowed to use force to defend yourself?
M.4.44 May Christians enlist in the army or wage wars?

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