god is categorically, unconditionally and undeniably evil and is filled with hate

Critical Fact of the Debate " the "God" described in the bible. Intro In man"s pursuit of absolute knowledge and control we often see major intersections of conflict when the attempt to quantify one of man"s most primal concepts " "Who/What/How/Why/When is this?" Even after our countless years of evolution and understanding we have yet to begin to understand the realm of existence. Though the dialect and language of mankind changes through time, there are also constants that remain for "life" to experience just as the life before this life could experience. When an important experience or thought impact the reality of a living human there are gestures and information passed on to the next generation to better the probabilities of survival. Even with modern man not being any closer than primitive man in understanding existence, we have created symbols and sounds to continually grow on what was learned to better understand and answer our ineffable question. What was created was a concept of a being(s) that constructed everything that is anything. The sound we use to identify our current popular opinion on this topic is "God." In the here and now we are exposed to a reality in which this concept has been tailored to justify authoritative interpretations of a collection of stories which describe the purpose and function of man. Along with answering and explaining deep questions that compel man to be curious about, this "guideline of behaviors" has been understood to be approved from the very same Creator and is treated as some form of "divine legislation" for all those who claim to subscribe to this belief. Through our institutions we created an "autonomous-esque" structure in handling this distribution of information to other people. For our most recent understanding we have created a concept of a singular being that is solely responsible for everything and at all times knows everything while being everywhere at the same time ("omnipresent", "omnipotent", etc") After the council of Niacine we have stopped adding to the collection of stories/teachings and have used only this final draft as the absolute explanation on this topic and have now come to call this book the "bible." Pro"s R1 Argument My opponent is claiming that this being described in this book can only be interpreted as an energy that only operates on two settings: Evil and Hate (Topic). The first question my opponent proposes in this Rd. 1 argument is "why should anyone believe in him?" (Q1) Further along the question is rephrased to, ""why would anyone want to believe in him?" (Q2) As I read further a third question is asked, "why stoop so low to believe in this evil?" (Q3) With a fourth question after his argument stating, "why stoop so low to believe in this evil? (Q4) Pro"s conclusion and secondary challenge to this topic is, "prove God is not flawlessly evil and give reasons why this is true." (Job) While stating as (Arg1) that, "without question"God as pure hate with his countless genocides, wars, bloodshed, needless deaths, needless violence, greed"admit to having"Jealously"is disguised as fear"so man could learn to hate." Pro"s (Arg2) reads, "God could have easily brought in an era of peace, kindness, love, care for each other"he chose other BS which proves he"s not worth worshipping and required to be ousted from power." The evidence (Evd) used by Pro are 13 verses taken from the bible. Con"s Case R1 The identity of this being that is the central focus of this debate is understood to be named "God." This God is introduced and described to be the absolute creator of EVERYTHING. Let this sink in"e v e r y t h I n g. Before any personal/prophetic accounts are talked about in the bible, the infinite "is" that we call God is populating the "nothing" into "something." The steps that are said to be the information in which life became life are that God: creates the heavens and the earth in six days, starting with light on the first day and ending with mankind on the sixth (creating man and woman independently and at the same time), then rests on, blesses and sanctifies the seventh. Days 2-5 are used to create everything else in between. This is critical to remember when attempting to describe the bible"s God " this being is literally the everything of everything The missing items that elude Pro from holding a valid stance are that of additional concepts which must be included into the context of claiming God as a type of entity. First is "relative perception." Man is only able to understand through the interpretation of Man. With this said, it can only be assured that any interpretation of a concept created by Man is limited to the maximum potential of Man. God is a being that is infinitely greater than Man can ever be. The God in the bible is described (through allegory, metaphors and similes) as the absolute "King" to Man as well as Man"s "Father" all while being particularly focused that Man occupies his time in existence by serving, worshipping, and loving God. Everything that Man is capable of understanding about God only exists within the boundaries of Man"s relation to "God"s authority." Second is that of the principles of Duality and the Trinity. The moral concept of "good" and "evil" can only exist if they both exist. Without one there cannot be the other. This mutual relationship exists because these are polar concepts. It is equal to the head and tail of a coin, crest and trough of a wave, inhale and exhale of be a breath, and so forth. I mention the Trinity because the bible specifically describes the triune relationship of the Nature of God being a: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. My central argument is: It is impossible to categorize God, or the Nature of God, by the interactions God has with human life on earth. God is not a servant to Man nor is God limited to only existing for Man. To only consider a small handful amount of interactions God has with Man (according to the Bible) as the complete analysis of God"s identity wouldn"t even measure to .00000000000001 x 10^-999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of God"s overall "work to be judged" by. To claim God as anything within Man"s symbol/language system would be like drinking the ocean with a fork one sip at a time. R1 Rebuttal (Topic) The God described in the bible is NOT evil and filled with hate. Nor can God be interpreted through the texts of the bible as ONLY evil and FILLED with hate. God is not "categorically" evil due to the limit of anything Man can "categorized" by his symbols and language " both are surpassed by God so an accurate category to place God cannot exist. God is also not unconditionally evil and filled with hate simply by understanding that there are massively more expansive writings in the bible speaking to the glory, love, and mercy of God. It is also inaccurate of Pro to say that God is only evil and has no room for anything other than hate as undeniable " I am denying it at this moment, and there exists no book in the bible dedicated to the denouncement of God and exposure to a complete lesson in which the moral takeaway is interpreted as "God hates you." It is the exact opposite. Pro is naively set on defining God and his nature through the lenses of an adversary " The bible doesn"t position itself to question "which side of humanity is God on?" but rather, "which side of God are you on, as a human?" Nothing in the Bible poses Man being the measuring stick of God"s will " Man is the one who is challenged to choose a side. (Arg1) Pro uses exaggerations and an incomplete spectrum of judgement when accusing God to be the: reason for war. War is organized extreme violence that is created and carried out 100% Man " 0% God. If God is to be seriously taken as responsible for war then this logic demands that you ignore every technological military advancement, thus we find ourselves with drones being the ultimate war machine being created and operated by God. You must abandon politics, nationalism, natural resources, money, conquest complexes, royal family dynasties and animalistic territorial instincts having any involvement in any war. For the clich" "as long as there has been 1 God there has been killing in his name" I would comment that God gave Man free will. Straight up " Man chooses and God observes, catalogues, and will place a judgement upon you as justice for your actions. God isn"t manufacturing weapons, organizing armies, stockpiling munitions, studying military science, developing advanced warfare technology any more than he is influencing AI algorithms to manipulate computers to operate and continue to carry out war. Would you say God is building predator drones"? Needless deaths is too narrow and ignorant of an assessment of God"s purpose for every person who has died. Also it negates any interpretation that any person who died early may have already fulfilled their purpose and "earned their way out early." Who is Man to place judgement on an being that is an absolute creator and has a plan for everything that his plan is "wrong"? Are we ignoring the truth behind Man"s responsibility with all true "needless deaths""? Does the sting of knowing the world is suffering and soo many innocent people are being subject to the most horrific realities and departures"and it all could change if PEOPLE made different decisions? That we, as people on the earth, have the capability and full responsibility to bring peace/love/harmony to this world? That the only thing that has to happen is a few people that make decisions for many people to make different decisions"? Man can solve world hunger today " is God preventing us? Man can cure diseases for good " is God responsible for the medical/pharmaceutical industry and medical practices to "treat" rather than "cure" for routine visits and longer prescription periods written? Is God responsible for mass rapes, or are the people responsible for their actions? To categorize death as "needless" is assuming Man would have made a better decision if they were in charge. As far as the emotions attached to the identity Pro claims of God, I ask that we keep in mind how the Bible was written. God did not write 1 word of the bible, nor did God have anything to do with the creation, usage of the bible. The men who claim to interpret the nature and will of God I ask we refer to the relative perception argument. To attach human emotions in the telling of God is for people to relate as closely to the writer"s emotional interpretation of the event. Emotions are caused from chemical reactions through glandular secretions in the anatomical structure of organic life. God in the bible is never said to be a human " never. Thus "emotions" are not anatomically possible for God " it would be interpreted as God giving man the gift of emotions so he can feel, not the other way around. (Arg2) I believe Pro is confused with the relationship of God to Man in suggesting God is some sort of authority figure who can removed from his position. The God of the bible is omnipresent and omnipotent " it is a paradox to remove him, let alone a massive delusion to think Man could implement something to remove God, or as Pro says, "ousts from power." For the argument that God could bring in peace, love, kindness, etc" I would comment that God has already provided those to Man. It is up to Man to use them. Refer to the free will argument from earlier. Do you honestly blame God for homeless people? People whose only meal comes from a soup kitchen? Did God put them there, or did Man"? For the statement about God bs"ing around I would like to refer back to the relative perception argument and also the paradox of Man"s judgement of God"s action. (Questions) Pro"s 4 questions boil down to this " Why worship God? My response is: Hope The message of the bible is Love God " God Loves You. How the scripture is distorted for various agendas is a Man-thing, not God. The interpretation of God is a Man-thing, not a verified fact. The message claims rewards of your highest imagination and boundless love, all that is required is service. This structure isn"t a "divine creation" " it"s a Man-made institutional structure of authority and governance. Man told Man to bow and worship as the gesture to honor God. Man told Man to arrive on certain days and sacrifice certain things. Man also is arrogant enough to assume correct with interpretation of God and "his demands." If anything, the bible says God told Man to do 10 things " and not one of those 10 things can be categorically, undeniably evil and filled with hate. Man created the church " God told man to have a personal relationship with him and that a "church" isn"t a building, but just a gathering of worshippers. Man created organized religion, not God. (Evi1) All verses provided by Pro come from the Old Testament. I argue dismissal of relevance to the core question on the basis that the bible describes God as a Trinity " and the Trinity is not revealed until the New Testament. To only provide Old Testament evidence for the only proof of God"s identity is incomplete by biblical standards. You cannot have a correct assessment of God if you do not include evidence from the New Testament. Without the Trinity you do not have the God of the Bible. These verses are out of context in creating the identity of God. Also the analogies used are moral symbols that adhere to the principle of Duality. Refer to that argument for this point as each account and description is meant for Man"s interpretation to pass the story on to Man. There is no evil without good to contrast/compare. If God is everything then he is no more evil than he is good. (Job) I can"t prove any of this true " just as you can"t prove your argument as a verifiable fact. These are opinions and interpretations of concepts soo beyond Man"s potential that the answer as to why submit to God and worship in being: it brings Hope " and Hope is an immeasurably powerful GOOD thing. Worshipping God provides Hope. Thus, God gives Hope to his worshippers. Hope is not evil, so God is not "filled with hate." The people are suffering because of other people. The worship of God helps prolong survival-thinking when faced with the crazy challenges of reality. But there isn"t anything I can say to you for you to have an "answer beyond doubt with evidence and proof". It"s built on Faith " and by Faith you carry out your service. It all is a CHOICE with zero guarantees. R3 Con will Rebuttal Pro R2 and R3 along with Final Closing end