The Christian God exists

Rebuttal"However, this did not address my other point about bible contradictions, and I believe that alone is enough to cast doubt upon the notion that these people each witnessed the same events. Even if these people were "remembering it wrong", you'd expect things like the virgin birth to be present in all accounts, which is not the case. "Remember that not only were the writers of the gospels recalling events from decades earlier (an incredible feat in itself), but not all of them were present at all of the events of Jesus' life and through oral retellings facts can get muddled. The shear fact that the most important events (crucifixtion, ressurection. .. ) all line up and that these writers were no where near eachother when they wrote the gospels is clear evidence itself. "There are many others who have claimed to be God. Although none have gained as much popularity or were as "humble as Jesus", that is irrelevant, as Jesus, as you said, may very well have been insane. He may have really thought he was the son of God, but that does not mean he was. " This is exactly my point. Out of all the men that claimed to be God, why would one end up changing the lives of millions and living on for millennia when all the others became nothing? (This is not a new argument, I mentioned essentially the same thing earlier). "There is no evidence that these things, or any miracles, really happened besides the bible, which can be taken as historical fiction. "No evidence besides all the evidence I've already named such as the Shroud of Turin and the fact the New Testament's historical facts all are correct. "Yes. As I said, there were many other people crucified who looked like Jesus. It is highly possible that one of these people had a hole in his side in the same area as Jesus. "This is just blatant burying of one's head in the sand. I can hand you all the evidence you want and anyone can simply shoot it down with "I don't think so. ""These are Job's final words to his friends, so he could just be rambling and he is nowhere near specific enough to conclude that this is what he means. he could mean that God didn't connect Earth to heaven because there was sky. There are too many different ways you could interpret this. "It seems to me that the fact that at the time they had no idea the Earth even was a sphere, this can only be taken one way. "Many religions have stories similar to Jesus, so it's not impossible they were talking about those. There will always be prophets, and these prophets will all preach different things. These passages can also be interpreted differently. " You fail to give me specific examples of what you are saying. What religions? What specific stories? These are dead on predictions that all happened in Jesus' life that aren't very interpretable (rising from the dead? ). "My main point is that there are many problems with the bible, including its many contradictions and the lack of evidence surrounding it. "Of course. There are many problems with almost every historical document in terms of adding up, but we can mainly trust sources because of their ability to mostly add up, especially when they are written by many, many people. This concludes my rebuttlals. I am a bit disappointed that the Con did not really provide any evidence that God or Jesus Christ don't and didn't exist, but rather sat back on his heels and pushed aside my arguments with things like "That's debatable" and "I don't think so. " Evidence can slap you in the face but if you simply refuse to accept it, it will never mean anything to you. I'm not going to ask you to vote for me; vote for who you honestly believe won the debate. I won't be disappointed if I don't win because at the end of the day the atheists will probably end up voting Con and the christians Pro.