Be Ready to Give an Answer

I am a part of an online community of moms. I like it a lot because I can get advice from other moms as well as the feeling that I'm not alone at this stage of life.

Today, in a group I'm not a part of, someone posted this:

"Who else believes that although Jesus was a real person, good kind loving and caring, that Mary didn't lie through her teeth because she was unmarried when she got pregnant? I mean back than, YOU COULD BE KILLED for less than that. I think she and Joseph did the naughty.  And she LIED about it to protect the two of them.  I think the star that was seen on the night of his birth was probably a comet or other celestial event and since the big guys had heard Mary's explanation, (Hey I never had sex, I simply woke up one morning and was pregnant and by the way, an angel told me its god's kiddo) They took that celestial event as a sign. Sorry thats what I believe"

*sigh*

I took the bait.

There were a few women bashing Christianity in every way, shape or form and I took my time to answer a few of the statements with the Bible as my background. Some of you reading this may think that that was probably unwise, but most likely in "real life" no one comes up to a Christian and says, "please tell me- why do you believe what you believe?" And, again, in real life, you can't give them "church answers". At least not anymore.

On Wednesday, my Pastor mentioned that the current generation of youth is not satisfied with just accepting Christ and Christianity as easily as previous generations have. I acknowledge that this is my generation - we need answers, mostly because we realize we're allowed to ask the questions!  50 years ago, a person couldn't grow up to be anyone they wanted. Money, birth right, family, and status determined who a person could become.  In general, women were homemakers and stay-at-home-moms, and now that is a position that needs to be defended. People took information at face value, and there wasn't google, ipads, smart phones or anything else to instantly disprove that information. Now we have literally the answers to everything we need to know at our fingertips instantly - why shouldn't my generation have all the answers to all the questions we're inevitably going to ask?  "Jesus loves me, this I know" just doesn't cut it anymore - even though I sure wish it did!

Later on in the conversation, she asked me, "Why don't you believe in Zeus?" I replied, "Zeus is dead. Zeus didn't die for me. Jesus did".

She says, "prove it (without the Bible)".

I drew a blank! I don't know how to answer her question without the Bible. The Bible is good enough for me, but it is not for her. However, I believe I should have an answer for her. I privately messaged her trying to answer a few of her questions, but the whole situation stumped me for sure. I realize that I need to be better about knowing the historical part of Christianity (not my strong point for sure) so I can answer these tough questions.

It is life or death, after all.