Atheism is more rational than Christianity

Thank you, unitedandy, for posting your chalenge; I am honored to be able to debate it with you. Since you did not specify who was to present the first case and you did not take the liberty of presenting the first case yourself, I naturally assume that I am at liberty to present the first case myself. Firstly, I would like to assert that the purpose of this debate is to determine the rationality of Christianity as opposed to Atheism, or vice versa, and NOT to debate the existence of God. Therefore, please be aware that I am not remarking upon the fact of whether God exists or not. I would also like to define Christianity as the belief in The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Since you did not define any terms, I would like to define Atheism as the belief in no God. Keep in mind that this is a debate between the rationality of Christianity as opposed to Atheism, and NOT the rationality of Christianity as opposed to Science. Next, I would like to assert that evolution is a TRUE principle. The Bible supports the theory of evolution. This can be seen in Laban's Flocks in Genesis 30 (1). Christianity is a very rational religion. In fact, the Holy Bible is one of the only religious texts that makes absolute historical sense (I will explain this momentarily). We must remember that the Holy Bible was originally written in Hebrew, and that while the Hebrew text retains its meaning in its entirety, official English versions of the Hebrew Bible like the King James Version have become slightly distorted through translation. Let's start with the first few verses of Genesis, and in doing so, I would like to draw a distinction between the Hebrew word, "Bara," the Hebrew word, "asah," and the Hebrew word, "Shamayim." "Bara" is a verb reserved to God; it means "to create (2)," as if through a miracle. The verb "asah," on the other hand, is a verb that humans can use as well. "Asah" means something along the lines of "to make (3)." In fact, "asah" takes the connotation that when we "asah" something, we are using materials already in existence to make something else. We can "asah" a pancake. We can "asah" war. We cannot "asah" the heavens and the earth. The word "shamayim" means NOT ONLY "heaven," but "shamayim" also means "everything in the sky." I take this to include the sun, moon, planets, and other celestial bodies, as well as our entire universe. Next, I would like to define "yom." The Hebrew word "Yom" does not only mean "day." More often than not, the word "yom" can mean a set period of time. So, let's define some stuff. Bara: To create with a miracle. Asah: To make using stuff already there. Shamayim (4): Everything in the sky. All that is above the Earth. I take this to include the sun, moon, and planets, and the entire universe. Yom (5): A set period of time. Indeed, in the first verse of Genesis, God didn't simply create the Heavens and Earth. Literally, in Hebrew, he "baraed" the "shamayim" and the Earth. Let's translate this LITERALLY into English. We'll have none of that inaccurate translation in the King James version and other versions of the Bible. We're gonna translate the Bible literally from Hebrew. Ergo, in verse 1 of Genesis, God created "everything in the sky including the celestial bodies like the sun and moon" and the Earth "with a miracle." However, in the next verse of the Bible, God "asahed" light. This is rational because He used the celestial bodies that he created in verse 1 to "asah" the light. Next, God "asahed" three expanses. These expanses can refer to basic levels of the atmosphere, namely the Tratosphere, Stratosphere, and Mesosphere. It is interesting to notice that God didn't "asah" the "lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years" until after verse 13 of Genesis. Let me put this another way. Verse 13 is when God "asahed" the plants and vegetation. The "lights in the expanse of the sky" came AFTER God "asahed" the vegetation. This makes perfect sense. Have you ever been in a desert and see rain fall, only to evaporate before hitting the ground? Same concept. The Earth must have been very hot before God "asahed" plants and vegetation, and therefore, it makes sense that not much rain would have fallen. Where do you think all that water would end up? Water would doubtlessly end up in Earth's atmosphere, thus obfuscating the sun, moon, and other celestial bodies and preventing them from being seen. The sun, moon, and other celestial bodies were already there. They just couldn't have been seen. It was only after God "asahed" plants and vegetation that he could "asah" lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. Next, God started his "week of creation," made not out of seven DAYS necessarily, but of seven "YOMS." God also "asahed" human beings. Now imagine that God used evolution as a tool, and each "yom" was approximately 6.5 million years. The Book of Genesis in the Holy Bible is scientifically compatible, and I would like to remark that the two even complement each other in a beautiful way. Sources 1) Book of Genesis, Chapter 30 2) and 3): http://www.answersingenesis.org... 4) http://www.mainemediaresources.com... 5) http://www.godandscience.org...