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*denial of [[annihilationism]] – Got Questions claims that those who fall short of repentance and salvation will be tormented in hell for an infinite amount of time, incorrectly interpreting several terms as meaning an non-finite, unending period of time;<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/annihilationism.html Is annihilationism biblical?] ''Got Questions''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> however, the mention in Revelation of hellfire being inextinguishable refers to the ''inability'' to stop them rather than the notion that the fires themselves burn infinitely<ref>3ABN (September 4, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqu0sig5eO8 22 - "Is Hell a Place of Unending Torture?" – Doug Batchelor - SCM 2017]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref>
 
*denial of [[annihilationism]] – Got Questions claims that those who fall short of repentance and salvation will be tormented in hell for an infinite amount of time, incorrectly interpreting several terms as meaning an non-finite, unending period of time;<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/annihilationism.html Is annihilationism biblical?] ''Got Questions''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> however, the mention in Revelation of hellfire being inextinguishable refers to the ''inability'' to stop them rather than the notion that the fires themselves burn infinitely<ref>3ABN (September 4, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqu0sig5eO8 22 - "Is Hell a Place of Unending Torture?" – Doug Batchelor - SCM 2017]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref>
 
*denial of soul sleep – Got Questions points to Luke 16:19–31 about [[Lazarus and the Rich Man]] to argue that judgment occurs for individuals immediately upon death,<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/soul-sleep.html What does the Bible say about soul sleep?] ''Got Questions''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> despite the parable's message being a warning against Pharisees and irrelevant to the timing between death and judgment;<ref>[http://wordonly.net/CI06.html Biblical Case for Soul Sleep]. ''Wordonly.net''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> the parable furthermore uses the term "Hades" rather than "Gehenna" or "hell," and therefore serves as an illustration
 
*denial of soul sleep – Got Questions points to Luke 16:19–31 about [[Lazarus and the Rich Man]] to argue that judgment occurs for individuals immediately upon death,<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/soul-sleep.html What does the Bible say about soul sleep?] ''Got Questions''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> despite the parable's message being a warning against Pharisees and irrelevant to the timing between death and judgment;<ref>[http://wordonly.net/CI06.html Biblical Case for Soul Sleep]. ''Wordonly.net''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> the parable furthermore uses the term "Hades" rather than "Gehenna" or "hell," and therefore serves as an illustration
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*promoting the claim that the Nephilim were offspring of humans and fallen angels;<ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/Nephilim.html Who / what were the Nephilim?] ''Got Questions''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref> angels in reality have no ability to procreate with people<ref>Doug Batchelor (December 17, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBaeZZcxMiw DID ANGELS MARRY HUMANS? "The Mysterious World of Angels" With Doug Batchelor (Amazing Facts)] ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 6, 2022.</ref>
  
 
== Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic ==
 
== Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic ==

Revision as of 04:15, December 7, 2022

Got Questions Ministries, whose website is GotQuestions.org, is an American Christian ministry run by S. Michael Houdmann to answer people's Bible questions.

Got Questions Ministries is theologically Christian, Protestant, fundamentalist, evangelical, conservative, and non-denominational.[1] GotQuestions features over 6,300 answers as of May 2019.[2] Specifically it does not agree with Pentecostal or Charismatic Christian teachings, though it considers adherents of those groups to be Christian. In addition, the website is mostly Calvinistic in its theology (it adheres to 4 point Calvinism).[3][4][5]

As of February 11, 2020, the web traffic tracking company Alexa, ranks the website Gotquestions.org as being the 10,401th most popular website in the world.[6] The website Gotquestions.org is the 5th most popular Christian website in the world if one looks at the Alexa data.[7]

Questionable/false doctrines

Due to Got Questions' adherence to Calvinist doctrines, some of their articles contain interpretations of Scripture which are questionable in nature or incorrect:

  • insistence of "once saved, always saved" – Got Questions insists upon the Calvinist doctrine that salvation cannot be lost,[8] even none of their cited "evidence" in their article proves that individuals who repent are incapable of losing salvation while still alive in the flesh
  • denial of annihilationism – Got Questions claims that those who fall short of repentance and salvation will be tormented in hell for an infinite amount of time, incorrectly interpreting several terms as meaning an non-finite, unending period of time;[9] however, the mention in Revelation of hellfire being inextinguishable refers to the inability to stop them rather than the notion that the fires themselves burn infinitely[10]
  • denial of soul sleep – Got Questions points to Luke 16:19–31 about Lazarus and the Rich Man to argue that judgment occurs for individuals immediately upon death,[11] despite the parable's message being a warning against Pharisees and irrelevant to the timing between death and judgment;[12] the parable furthermore uses the term "Hades" rather than "Gehenna" or "hell," and therefore serves as an illustration
  • promoting the claim that the Nephilim were offspring of humans and fallen angels;[13] angels in reality have no ability to procreate with people[14]

Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic

See also: Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists

In December of 2020, the Christian internet ministry Got Questions Ministries saw a very large increase in its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.

According to the article 1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update the website Gotquestions.org saw the 7th biggest increase in Google referral traffic as far as the 50 domains that saw the greatest percent gain in Google visibility.[15]

Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.
File:Gotquestions.org Ahrefs.com 7-30-2022.jpg
Large multilingual websites with a lot of Google referral traffic from around the world such as Gotquestions.org have a large amount of relevant inbound links from around the world.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "About," GotQuestions.org
  2. ↑ [1], retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ What is Amyraldism / Four-Point Calvinism?
  4. ↑ What is Calvinism and is it biblical?, Gotquestions.org
  5. ↑ What are the 5 Points of Calvinism? | What is Calvinism and is it Biblical?
  6. ↑ Alexa - Gotquestions.org
  7. ↑ Alexa rankings of Christian websites, Alexa ranks Christian websites by global market share (Alexa includes Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormon websites as being Christian, but those religious sects are not Christian)
  8. ↑ Is once saved, always saved biblical? Got Questions. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ Is annihilationism biblical? Got Questions. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ 3ABN (September 4, 2017). 22 - "Is Hell a Place of Unending Torture?" – Doug Batchelor - SCM 2017. YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ What does the Bible say about soul sleep? Got Questions. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ Biblical Case for Soul Sleep. Wordonly.net. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  13. ↑ Who / what were the Nephilim? Got Questions. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  14. ↑ Doug Batchelor (December 17, 2019). DID ANGELS MARRY HUMANS? "The Mysterious World of Angels" With Doug Batchelor (Amazing Facts) YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  15. ↑ 1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update
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