The Promise of Heaven

Most Christians are familiar with only a few selected verses of the Bible that are repeated endlessly without much understanding. <I>The Promise of Heaven</I> points out the lesser-known dark and morbid aspects of the Bible that congregations never hear from religious leaders. <B>Alexander Bless</B> asks controversial questions for believers as well as non-believers to consider.</P><P>-What was God doing before creation?</P><P>If God created everything out of nothing (Gen.1:1) did he exist in the middle of nothing?</P><P>Was He the only 'something in nothing?</P><P>-In the flood story God destroyed humans as punishment for their sins. Why did He also destroy animals?</P><P>-Why did God create humans with all their human failings and then punish them for it?</P><P>-Why do you have to fear God?</P><P>How can you love God if you fear Him?</P><P>Curiosity is a natural instinct of mankind that drives it to learn and to progress. Paul says in I.Corin.13: 11(DRB) 'When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child. But when I became a man I put away the things of a child.</P>