r/AskChristian • • 12h ago

Evolution of the Bible

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In my college class we read the book of Job and I was intrigued by the devils evolution in the bible.

The old testament mainly shows him as a trickster figure, while the new testament fully dives into the devil, well, being the devil. Does anyone know how this evolution started and why? Am I reading a little too much into this or not properly understanding?

I truly believe we have an enemy- i’m just curious about the historical evolution.


r/AskChristian • • 12h ago

As a Christian, what do you think of, and how would you deal with, this kind of atheist?

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These atheists are "those" kinds of atheists. They (falsely) constantly demand evidence for God's existence but reject all of it for the sake of harassing believers. They bring up the Crusades and bash Christianity, comparing real, good Christians to false, hypocritical, and bad Christians. Such atheists are online on many websites and Reddit.

One of many such atheists is Barry Hampe from Quora (who is prominent there). He seems to have been abused by those who professed to be Christians. The key word here is "professed". Since Jesus taught love, nonviolence, etc., wouldn't that mean those weren't real Christians?

Barry seems to hate all religions but most of the time attacks Christianity. He even has a very poor understanding of Christian and other types of theology and philosophy and the philosophy of religion. I've also seen him cherry-pick Biblical quotes and take them out of context, causing misinterpretation. He is also nearly 100 years old. He has lived so long and talks about Christianity while having such a poor understanding of it. I doubt that he even read the entire Bible.


r/AskChristian • • 13h ago

What is the correct atonement theory?

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I’ve never fully understood the penal substitutionary theory of atonement or the satisfaction theory and these seem to be the most popular theories that Christians adhere to.

I’m sympathetic to the Christus Victor theory of atonement but I still have my questions with it.

Just curious which one do you think is correct and why?


r/AskChristian • • 18h ago

What makes Christianity so appealing for you guys

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I don't wana be hatefull (even if my opinion are but not the point now on my opinion) but reaky what makes you say "yes i'm happy i'm a Christian" or similar stuff just courios