RE: Someone debate me
July 16, 2012 at 10:32 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2012 at 10:32 pm by Jeffonthenet.)
(July 16, 2012 at 10:21 pm)FemmeReasonAndLogic Wrote: Where shall I begin, basic?
Well if the Christian God is a beautiful deity of forgiveness and safety, why are there so many awful problems with the world? Why is there hunger and disease? What kind of all-powerful being could create a world and fill it with creatures if He is going to let it destroy itself and live with such terrible problems? If such a being does truly excist, then He/She has abandoned His/Her subjects and creations.
And there is no palpable or tangable evidence of a God. Nobody can say they've looked God in the face, or watched his doings other than the Bible, which I don't think is solid evidence as it was written by men.
Would you like to accept the debate challenge then? The debate would occur on the formal debate section of this site according to pre-established rules.
(July 16, 2012 at 10:28 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: This is one argument against God:
1. If there was a benevolent Creator, there would not exist unnecessary suffering or suffering that would not bring about a greater good.
2. There exists suffering that is unnecessary and doesn't bring about a greater good.
3. Therefore a benevolent Creator does not exist.
This another argument against God:
1. If there was a perfect designer, then all design in the universe would be flawless.
2. There is flaws in some designs in the universe.
3. Therefore a perfect designer doesn't exist.
I'll play Devil's advocate here for a change.
Are you accepting the debate challenge? Ditto what I said to the last responder.
"the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate" (1 Cor. 1:19)