if you could ask God one question ... ? The Results!
By aloquifique | Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:59
Christ Church in Balham recently featured on this site and posted the question to Balhamites 'If you could ask God one question .....?' And coined it 'Balham's Big Survey'.
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Balham's Big Survey. The Results.
The results have now been published ahead of two planned debates on Sunday 22 May. They were rather delighted with the response. A total of 609 people posted their query, with questions ranging from "where is Balham library?" to "What is the meaning of life?"
Itemised below is a full list of the 'type' of responses by numbers.
Suffering 89
Purpose of life 66
Nature of god 64
Existence of god 53
Other 43
Creation 29
Heaven 27
Eternal life 26
War 26
Judgement day 16
Freedom & soverginty 16
Death 15
Make world better 13
Humans hurting each other 11
Christians 9
Only some chosen 8
God's plan 7
Uniqueness of Jesus 7
Loving god 3
Terror 3
Suicide 2
The fall 2
Abortion 1
The top 2 questions are being answered on Sunday. The venue being Chestnut Grove sports hall. At 10:30 am, they propose to 'answer' the second most popular question "What is the purpose of life?". On Sunday evening at 6:30pm, they will 'answer' the most popular question "Why is their so much suffering?". On both occasions you will have an opportunity to submit further questions and they invited you to email one of the ministers at Christ Church Balham if you would like a specific, personal reply to your question. I guess that even means if you need to find your way to Balham Library!
Comments
Totally pathetic and typical of God-botherers' attitude to everything. It all goes on way above their tiny little heads while the realists amongst us manage existence on their behalf. I really do wish they'd just go away and leave those of us with a tad more sense to get on with life. *sigh*
By ianfreeman at 11:26 on 21/05/11
ReportOh, this is all so predictable. The answers they will give are pretty obvious. "What is the purpose of life?" - "To worship god". "Why is there so much suffering?" - "God moves in mysterious ways". The rational answers are somewhat different. "What is the purpose of life?" - "There isn't one. "Why is there so much suffering?" - "That's just the way the universe works."
By davorgdavorg at 16:55 on 20/05/11
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