Goeie Vrae
Iemand sê iets in die klas, of onder ‘n video, of by die braai, en skielik weet jy nie wat om te sê nie. Dit gebeur met almal.
‘n Vraag is nie ‘n aanval nie. Die meeste van hierdie vrae is goeie vrae, en die geloof is oud genoeg om hulle al baie keer gehoor te hê. Hier is kort, eerlike antwoorde. Elkeen neem vyf minute om te lees, en elkeen wys jou waar om verder te lees as jy wil.
Good Questions
Someone says something in class, or under a video, or round the braai, and suddenly you don’t know what to say. It happens to everyone.
A question is not an attack. Most of these are good questions, and the faith is old enough to have heard them many times. Here are short, honest answers. Each takes five minutes to read, and each shows you where to go further if you want to.
GodGod
“As alles 'n oorsaak het, wie het God gemaak?”“If everything has a cause, who made God?”
Niemand het God gemaak nie, en dis nie 'n ontwyking nieNobody made God, and that isn't a dodge →
“Geloof is 'n kruk vir swak mense.”“Faith is a crutch for weak people.”
Of geloof jou troos, sê niks oor of dit waar is nieWhether faith comforts you says nothing about whether it is true →
“Daar is geen bewys vir God nie.”“There is no proof for God.”
Daar is nie 'n bewys vir God nie, maar daar is goeie redesThere is no proof for God, but there are good reasons →
“As God bestaan, hoekom wys Hy Homself nie?”“If God exists, why doesn't he show himself?”
God het Homself gewys, net nie soos ons dit vra nieGod has shown himself, just not the way we ask →
“Ek glo net in een god minder as jy.”“I just believe in one god fewer than you.”
God is nie die laaste naam op 'n lys gode nieGod is not the last name on a list of gods →
“Die vlieënde spaghettimonster is net so waarskynlik soos God.”“The Flying Spaghetti Monster is just as likely as God.”
Die spaghettimonster lyk soos Zeus, nie soos God nieThe Spaghetti Monster resembles Zeus, not God →
“Kan God 'n klip maak wat te swaar is vir Hom om op te tel?”“Can God make a stone too heavy for him to lift?”
Die klip-raaisel is 'n woordspeletjie, nie 'n grens aan God se mag nieThe stone riddle is a word game, not a limit on God's power →
“Die heelal het homself geskep. Hawking het gesê ons het nie God nodig nie.”“The universe created itself. Hawking said we don't need God.”
Wette skep nie heelalle nie, ook nie Hawking s'n nieLaws don't create universes, not even Hawking's →
“Godsdiens is net vir mense wat bang is vir die dood.”“Religion is just for people who are afraid of death.”
Vrees vir die dood is nie 'n Christelike swakheid nie, dis 'n menslike eenFear of death is not a Christian weakness but a human one →
WetenskapScience
“Die wetenskap kan alles verklaar. Waarvoor het ons God nog nodig?”“Science can explain everything. What do we still need God for?”
Die wetenskap het God nie oorbodig gemaak nieScience has not made God redundant →
“Die heelal het uit niks gekom.”“The universe came from nothing.”
Die fisika se 'niks' is nie niks niePhysics' 'nothing' is not nothing →
“Evolusie bewys daar is nie 'n God nie.”“Evolution proves there is no God.”
Evolusie bewys nie dat daar geen God is nieEvolution does not prove there is no God →
“Die kerk het Galileo vervolg. Geloof is teen wetenskap.”“The church persecuted Galileo. Faith is against science.”
Die Galileo-saak was werklik, maar die oorlog is 'n miteThe Galileo affair was real, but the war is a myth →
“Jou brein is net chemie. Daar is nie 'n siel nie.”“Your brain is just chemistry. There is no soul.”
Breinchemie verklaar nie die een wat dink nieBrain chemistry does not explain the one who thinks →
“Die multiversum verklaar die fyninstelling. Daar is triljoene heelalle, en ons is net in die een wat werk.”“The multiverse explains the fine-tuning. There are trillions of universes, and we just happen to be in the one that works.”
Die multiversum skuif die vraag net een verdieping opThe multiverse only moves the question up one floor →
“Wetenskaplikes glo nie in God nie.”“Scientists don't believe in God.”
Baie wetenskaplikes glo in God, en het nog altydMany scientists believe in God, and always have →
“Wonderwerke breek die natuurwette, so hulle is onmoontlik.”“Miracles break the laws of nature, so they are impossible.”
Wonderwerke breek nie die natuurwette nieMiracles do not break the laws of nature →
“Die Bybel sê die aarde is 6 000 jaar oud.”“The Bible says the earth is 6,000 years old.”
Die Bybel sê nêrens hoe oud die aarde is nieThe Bible nowhere says how old the earth is →
“Liefde is net chemie.”“Love is just chemistry.”
Liefde gebruik chemie, maar is nie chemie nieLove uses chemistry, but is not chemistry →
“Vrye wil is 'n illusie. Jou brein besluit voor jy dit weet.”“Free will is an illusion. Your brain decides before you know it.”
Libet het nie bewys dat jy nie kies nieLibet did not prove that you don't choose →
WaarheidTruth
“Dis jou waarheid, nie myne nie.”“That's your truth, not mine.”
Waarheid behoort nie aan jou of aan my nieTruth doesn't belong to you or to me →
“Alle godsdienste sê basies dieselfde. Wees net 'n goeie mens.”“All religions basically say the same thing. Just be a good person.”
Die godsdienste sê nie dieselfde nie, en hulle weet dit selfThe religions don't say the same thing, and they know it themselves →
“Jy glo net omdat jy in 'n Christelike huis grootgeword het.”“You only believe because you grew up in a Christian home.”
Waar jy jou geloof gekry het, besluit nie of dit waar is nieWhere you got your faith doesn't decide whether it is true →
“Geloof is om te glo sonder bewyse.”“Faith is believing without evidence.”
Geloof is nie om te glo sonder bewyse nieFaith is not believing without evidence →
“Jy kan van niks seker wees nie.”“You can't be sure of anything.”
Jy kan werklik dinge weet, al is jy nie van alles seker nieYou can really know things, even if you are not certain of everything →
“Wie is jy om te sê iemand anders is verkeerd?”“Who are you to say someone else is wrong?”
Om te sê iets is verkeerd, is nie dieselfde as om iemand te veroordeel nieSaying something is wrong is not the same as condemning someone →
“Dis arrogant om te sê Jesus is die enigste weg.”“It's arrogant to say Jesus is the only way.”
Om te sê Jesus is die enigste weg, is nie arrogant nieSaying Jesus is the only way is not arrogant →
MensHumanity
“Ons is maar net slim ape. Hoekom sou ons spesiaal wees?”“We're just clever apes. Why would we be special?”
Jy is meer as 'n slim aapYou are more than a clever ape →
“Ek kan goed wees sonder God.”“I can be good without God.”
Jy kan goed wees sonder om in God te glo, maar nie sonder God nieYou can be good without believing in God, but not without God →
“Ons is 'n spikkel stof in 'n reuse heelal. Ons beteken niks.”“We're a speck of dust in a huge universe. We mean nothing.”
Jy is klein, maar grootte is nie dieselfde as waarde nieYou are small, but size is not the same as worth →
“Moraliteit is net evolusie, 'n oorlewingstrategie.”“Morality is just evolution, a survival strategy.”
Evolusie kan verklaar hoe ons 'n gewete gekry het, nie of dit die waarheid praat nieEvolution may explain how we got a conscience, not whether it tells the truth →
“Reg en verkeerd is net wat jou kultuur sê.”“Right and wrong are just what your culture says.”
Reg en verkeerd is nie net wat jou kultuur sê nieRight and wrong are not just what your culture says →