The One True God as Described in the Christian Bible Exists

I look forward to it being a good one. And with that, I will go over my affirmative case and then move on to refute my opponent’s negative case. AFFIRMATIVE CASE CONTENTION 1: THE UNIFORMITY OF NATURE CAN ONLY BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW. My opponent has completely dropped this contention and thus conceded it. I am of course aware that he said he would address it in the next round, but the very first prestandard of today’s debate is “Drops count as concessions. ” It was not “Drops count as concessions…unless you say you’ll address the argument sometime maybe later. ” I understand that it is hard to fit everything into 8,000 characters, but sometimes you just have to cut things out to make it fit. I was originally going to have 3 contentions but had to cut the third one out because of the character limit. My opponent should have done the same instead of dropping half my case. My opponent has indeed conceded this argument, and it should be known, that, unless my opponent is willing to contend that science is irrelevant, this alone is enough for me to win the round. To prove this point, I offer the following syllogism: If God does not exist, Science cannot exist. Science does exist. Therefore God does exist. I could leave the debate at that and still legitimately expect to win, as my opponent has literally handed me victory on a silver platter by conceding one of my most important arguments. However, since I believe my opponent is due more respect than that, I will go on to address his case. But first, a quick note on Contention 2. Although my opponent has contested the fact that the atheistic worldview can provide no legitimate basis for the laws of logic, he has conceded that the Biblical worldview can provide such a basis. And so the only possible means of argumentation for my opponent is to win that the atheistic worldview can provide a basis for logic. Otherwise, he will have lost or conceded literally every argument in the round. NEGATIVE CASE As far as I can tell, the theme of his argument here is that since humans can arbitrarily construct valid systems of logic without belief in or reference to any deity, logic is not dependent on God. However, my opponent misses the point. My opponent has demonstrated that logic does work, but not why logic works. I never claimed that you had to be a Christian to practice logic, only that you cannot explain why logic exists or why it works if you deny the existence of God. To demonstrate this point, imagine to people engaged in a heated debate over the existence of air. The negative side would by no means need to believe in air as he issued passionate arguments for its nonexistence. However, in order to be making those arguments, air has to exist despite his beliefs. In conclusion, just as God’s existence is entirely independent of anyone’s belief in Him, the dependence of Logic on God is entirely independent of the beliefs of those who practice or codify it. In short, Logic doesn’t care whether or not you believe in God. And now, since it didn’t take very long to refute my opponent’s arguments, I now offer the third constructive contention I was earlier forced to omit due to character restraints. CONTENTION 3: MORALITY CAN ONLY BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW To a certain extent, we all know whether or not something is wrong. For instance, tell even a small child that someone has been murdered and he’ll tell you it was wrong. However, we must look past these mere impulses and ask: Why is it wrong? What makes it wrong? Obviously, under the Biblical worldview, the answer is clear; moral laws are presented time after time in the Bible. “You shall have no other gods before me. ” -Exodus 20:3 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image-you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. ” -Exodus 20:4-5 "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. ” -Exodus 20:7 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. ” -Exodus 20:8 “Honor your father and your mother. ” -Exodus 20:12 "You shall not murder. ” -Exodus 20:13 “You shall not commit adultery. ” -Exodus 20:14 "You shall not steal. ” -Exodus 20:15 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. ” -Exodus 20:16 "You shall not covet. ” -Exodus 20:17 I could go on for much longer, as the Bible is simply stuffed full of moral commands, but for our purposes, the Ten Commandments will suffice. From these verses it is clear that the Christian obviously has a legitimate basis for morality. However, the atheistic worldview can provide no such basis. In fact, it sometimes would encourage blatantly immoral actions. If you deny that God exists, He could not possibly have created you, which leaves only one(as far as I know) explanation for our existence: evolution. If you assume this theory of origins, there absolutely no basis for objective morality, or, for that matter, any morality of any kind whatsoever. Assuming evolution is true, the only meaningful goal in life is to further your existence. Under this framework, there is absolutely nothing wrong with murdering a man who is trying to get you fired. In fact, to do so would be admirable and to refrain from doing so would be utterly foolish. After all, killing him is the only way to keep your job, and doing so would certainly further your success in life, which, assuming the atheistic worldview, is the sole purpose of life. In summary, my opponent has conceded my entire first contention, and utterly failed to refute my second one, as well as completely neglecting to offer a constructive case of any kind. Faced with these facts, the logical conclusion could not be clearer: The One True God as described in the Christian Bible does in fact exist. There is no other rational alternative.