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NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Hebrew Bible makes no mention of an afterlife. When did this belief...

THE QUESTION: In the accounts of Jesus' Nativity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke,...

PAULA'S QUESTION: When people say their loved one went to heaven, why doesn't the preacher...

THE QUESTION: If the Bible is a revered guide to morality, why didn't it abolish...

RACHAEL'S QUESTION: I've heard of Yazidis but don't know much about them. What are some...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Bible is the most-purchased and least-read book of any. What can we...

MARK'S QUESTION: Liberal biblical scholars say Abraham never lived and was a literary invention of...

NORMAN'S QUESTION (summarized and paraphrased): The New Testament letter of 1st Thessalonians regards the coming...

AN ANONYMOUS READER ASKS: In the U.S. there is a strong tendency among certain segments...

THE QUESTION: What does Islam's holy book, the Quran, say about husbands beating their wives?...

GAIL'S QUESTION: Why don't the Orthodox and Roman Catholics cross themselves the same way? THE...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: Given that many religious groups have some very socially undesirable beliefs and, even...

SID'S QUERY: I am looking for information on Jainism. Any help you can give me...

THE QUESTION: What are the reasons the Catholic Church might, or might not, ordain women...

GORDON'S QUESTION: Why do some Christians use (unfermented) grape juice or leavened bread in Communion...

JOHN'S QUESTION: It has always been my understanding from Proverbs (condemning the "sluggard"), and Paul's...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: How can we get people informed about the results of academic biblical scholarship,...

CLAUDE'S QUESTION: How did you come to the conclusion that Junia / Junias in Romans...

DAVID'S QUESTION: Why don't mainstream Muslims acknowledge that the Quran orders them to do just...

JACK'S QUESTION: What do we know about Joseph of Arimathea? Have scholars learned anything more...

NORMAN'S QUESTION: Why do an overwhelming number of Christians believe (or say they believe) things...

DAVID ASKS: Most of us in the U.S. are aware of Orthodox Christians but don't...

JIM ASKS: Muslims in the U.S.: Sunni or Shi'a? And a second reader asks about...

PATRICIA'S QUESTION: Who do you think authored the Fourth Gospel? THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: This...

JOSH'S QUERY: [Referring to "Time" magazine's 1971 cover story on the youthful "Jesus Revolution"]  A...

HEATHER'S QUESTION: I don't see the New Revised Standard Version in my biblegateway.com app. Do...

TERRY'S QUESTION: What is it with Muslims and beheadings? Where does that come from? THE...

RACHAEL'S  QUESTION:   Luke addressed the books of Luke and Acts to Theophilus, but who...

MARY'S QUESTION: Is a belief in God essential to morality? THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Many...

JOHN (the perfect name for this question) ASKS: I thought the John of Revelation was...