3.  Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the Bible? God doesn't.  The secular definition of innocent is in contrast to God's definition and if you look closely the people being sentenced to death are not innocent, they have violated a rule/law of God.  Lawbreakers get punished, even in God's kingdom and it is unrealistic to demand of God what they themselves would not grant to others. To the secular world, such violations may seem trivial but in God's eyes they are not as He knows who He is and what He requires for someone to be with Him for eternity.  The world has thephysical world in its sites while God has eternity in His. 4. Why does the Bible contain so much anti-scientific knowledge? It doesn't.  It is the lack of faith of those who look to secular science for their answers and explanations which dictate such thought.  By making secular science the final authority of what took place, the unbeliever, and sometimes believer, has replaced God with a god.  Science is very limited and cannot see back into the past.  What information it gathers is so sparse that it is ludicrous to think that science could even attempt to decide what did or didn't take place in the past. Fopr example, let's look at noah's flood. We can use any significant event but this one will suffice.  Scientists look at the flood evidence that we have from the past and because water damage is the same through out the ages they have no way of telling which came from a local flood and which came from Noah's deluge.  Thus they could be looking at the results of Noah's time but credit the evidence to some later local flood. Or scientists look at the physical evidence and compose some wild, fantastic theory which has no hope of ever being proven true.  Conclusions are being made by the secular scientific community based upon imcomplete evidence, data and information while any gaps are filled in with conjecture and wishful thinking.  It isn't the Bible that contains anti-scientific knowledge, it is the secular scientific world that lacks Biblical knowledge and faith. 5. Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery? God isn't, this idea comes from the mis-understanding and mis-interpretating what God has spoken about in the Bible. We do know that the word translated as 'slave' in the old testament can be translated in other ways and cannot be construed as refering to the modern definition of the word 'slavery' as exampled by the american people of the 17th to 19th centuries. Too often non-believers put their own definitions to certain Biblical words and refuse to accept the proper meanings, labeling them as rationalizations or excuses to get God off 'the hook'. 6. Why do bad things happen to good people? Again we see a state of denial concerning the devil and his minions.  All people are subject to his evil deeds and though believers have Christ to protect them, it doesn't mean they can't be lured away from that protection and be hurt. Being good does not make one immune to the natural events of life, the results of people's gift of free choice and others evil desires.  Also, God has lessons for His followers to learn thus He allows certain events to take place in a person's life  for their benefit and His glory.  As we read in the gospels where Jesus disciples asked Him what was the reason for the man's blindness and the response they got was--For the Glory of God.  There are events in people's lives which are expressly done so that all will see God at work and from the result of that involvement praise God for what He has done.  People need to see that God is God alone and that there is none above Him and that He alone is in charge. 7. Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles leave behind any evidence? They did.  Though the questioner is looking for more longer lasting physical evidence, what was left behind was the testimony of others who witnessed the miracles.  If one looks at the miracles themselves, you would see allfit into the context of  how God made the world.  When Jesus calmed the seas, it was not for all time but for the immediate need at hand--safe crossing of the sea.  Even the people that Jesus raised from the deadwere not granted eternal physical life, but eventually died a second time. Plus, given the example of Lazerus and the rich man, we can see that unbelievers would not be swayed form 2,000 year old remnants of the past workings of Christ but would be demanding modern miracles to cause them to believe.  We know from the field of archaeology that people do not believe simply because of an artifact they have dug up which proves an event true, so 2,000 year old evidence from Jesus' healing ministry would be dismissed and discarded as well.  People see the evidence of modern miracles today and still do not believe so there was no need to have evidence remain from Jesus' life. 8. How do we explain the fact Jesus never appeared to you? Very simple, faith.  Jesus appearing to anyone in person would destroy any faith and undermine what Jesus told Thomas after His ressurrection, 'blessed are they who have not seen and believed.' We go to Jesus as our Savior by faith, by faith we are healed, by faith we receive things and so on.  Jesus works within the limits set forth by God. 9. Why would Jesus want you to eat his body & his blood? He doesn't, He wants us to remember His work and sacrifice when He was on earth.  The idea that it is the real body and blood of Jesus comes from false doctrine and teaching.  At no time does Jesus want us to be cannibals or cannabalistic.  10. Why do christians get divorced at the same rate as non-christians? This is a sad trend in the church as we see people who claim to be christians, follow the world's thinking in these matters. Christians have long placed the Bible, God's word, under the interpretation of culture which opens the door for sinful thinking to enter and destroy God's teaching on marriage.  Christians also have not experienced the saving work of Christ in their lives thus they think along different lines and follow what they desire instead of humbly following after God.  God's way is not easy and people want the easy route thus they look for alternatives to what scripture teaches despite what their actions say to the world. Divorce is easy, a real marriage is not and that difficultness wears people down.  Also the devil tempts many christians and being fallible people who err and make mistakes, marriages crumble and divorce takes place. It is not the will of God but people have the ability to freely choose in all situations and this is one of those situations where people can choose to follow God's ways or their own.   That is why we have grace, so that we can repent from such errors, not make the same mistake again and be redeemed back to normal inspite of our unfaithfulness to God's directions and commands.