“My wife and I never did get along very well, and to be honest, when she died last year I wasn't all that sad (although I tried to act like I was). But now I miss her very, very much, and I'm miserable without her. Why do I feel this way?”
“My uncle has had a lot of problems in his life but I've never heard him admit even once that they might have been his fault (which they usually are). Instead, he always blames someone else for his problems. Why is this? Is he just stubborn?”
“If you could change just one thing about human nature, what would it be? And how would you go about doing it? The human race has so many problems that I think we need to give a lot of thought to this.”
“My boyfriend and I have been living together for several years. Recently, I've been pressuring him to get married because I think it'll bring us closer together but he refuses to even talk about it. What's wrong with him? Should I just back off?”
“I've hurt a lot of people in my life, especially my ex-wives and our children. I feel bad about it now, and I guess I ought to tell them I'm sorry, but for some reason I just can't bring myself to do it. Please pray I'll do the right thing.”
“I suppose you've heard the old expression that “there aren't any atheists in foxholes.” Well, I'm on my second tour of duty in Afghanistan, and I don't think it's necessarily true. Some people in my unit have a strong faith in God but others don't want anything to do with Him, even when facing death. Why are they so resistant?”
“I think we all have a little bit of God living within us, and that it's wrong to say we're sinful or bad. We're basically good, because we are part of God, and what we need to do is get in contact with the God who is within us.”
“What makes Jesus different from any other great man who ever lived? In my opinion, you could even say He was a failure because He never did anything important while He was on earth, did He?”
“Is God opposed to people trying to get rich and be successful? I sometimes get that idea, but what's wrong with trying to make as much money as you can, as long as you aren't dishonest? That's my goal in life, frankly.”
“Where did the idea of hell come from? I don’t believe there is such a thing because God is for life and for love, not destruction and hate, like some people seem to think.”
“A friend of mine says you can prove anything from the Bible, and therefore it doesn't make any sense to believe it. To prove her point, she claimed the Bible even says in one place that there is no God. I don't agree with her, but I didn't know what to say.”
“I've always been a fairly independent person, and for that reason I've never bothered getting connected to a church. It always seemed like too much hassle. And anyway, I can watch a church service on TV if I want to. I know you probably wouldn't agree, but why?”