An omnipotent metaphysical god cannot exist

Interesting attempt to a rebuttal. I will address your point one at a time. But first let me point out that you accepted to debate after I have offered definitions for "physical world", "metaphysical world" and "metaphysical god". Since you did not object to these, it must mean that you agreed to them. I will argue against the following points: 1. the mind is metaphysical and we can reason about it so we can reason about the metaphysical 2. circular reasoning in attributing "virtual particles" to the physical world 3. evidence/proof for the metaphysical does not necessarily have to be physical 4. perception itself is a correlation between the physical (body) and the metaphysical (mind) 5. the Theory of Evolution can be discredited as being simply a result of a vast conspiracy to deceive laymen 6. if you decide that there can be no evidence of God before you even look at the evidence, then of course you won't be convinced. 7. anything and everything can speculated. I can speculate that you're a unicorn. This hardly proves your resolution. 8. it's possible for one to demand proof by asking to know every winning lottery number for every lottery for the rest of your life. God would be proven over and over again every time you won the lottery without fail. To question this proof would be irrational. 1. I will argue that the mind is not metaphysical in the sense of my definitions. Information is an attribute of the physical world. Information exists as configurations of physical particles. Information is what drives the existence and evolution of life forms. Besides reacting to the physical and chemical attributes of our environment, we also react to the informational attribute. When I see a car coming towards me, I do not react because of the photons that allow me to see the car, I react to the information that these physical particle carry. Our brains are simply a sensory organ for detecting detecting the information of the physical world. Con argues that "[t]he mind is metaphysical, despite having a close relationship with the body" as if the mind could exist without the body on some separate plane of existence and that it just so happens that it does have a relationship with the body. What humans call "mind" is actually a series of thoughts. There is no evidence of thought outside a physical brain. However, we have evidence that thoughts are stored as memories in our brains. When a brain is damaged it can happen that stored thoughts are lost and new thoughts are generated incorrectly. We can even create technology that interfaces with our brain and read (to some extent) our mind [1]. At this stage we can only decode simple thoughts because we cannot interface to the totality of the brain, but this is proof that some thoughts can be interact with physical technology. Con could argue that the meaning of our thoughts is metaphysical. But meaning is achieved when the physical brain reaches a state when particular memories are activated in the same time so that there is a correlation between them. Even the concept of meaningfulness is stored is the informational attribute of a particular configuration of physical particles, thus an attribute of the physical world. So to conclude this point I will say that all evidence points to the fact that information is an attribute of the physical world, the brain is a sensory organ that detects information and the mind is a physical phenomenon generated when matted (brain cells) and energy (electrical impulses) are reaching a particular configuration. 2. I have stated that "Contrary to what L. Krauss states, that these "virtual particles" are "nothing" from which "something" comes, they interact with the physical world so they are part of the physical world." and Con pointed out that "this is circular reasoning". He was correct so let me rephrase in order to clarify what I mean: "Contrary to what L. Krauss states, that these "virtual particles" are "nothing" from which "something" comes, they interact with things that we know for a fact that are part of the physical world so these "virtual particles" are themselves part of the physical world." 3. Con says that "evidence/proof for the metaphysical does not necessarily have to be physical". I have shown in point 1 how all evidence indicates that the mind is a physical phenomenon in the sense of the definitions I provided in the opening. Con has yet to show evidence/proof for the existence of anything metaphysical. 4. Con says that "perception itself is a correlation between the physical (body) and the metaphysical (mind)". Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses [2]. First, perception is a physical phenomenon where information is transferred from an physical emitter to a physical receptor. We cannot perceive what does not exist in our senses' spectrum. If an electro-magnetic wave is not within the visible spectrum, we cannot perceive it with our eyes. If a pattern of information in our environment is not within the capacity of our brain to process it, then we do not perceive it. The brain, like any other sensory organ we have is more or less sensible to the input it receives. Additionally I have shown in point 1 that the mind is a physical phenomenon. 5. Con says that "the Theory of Evolution can be discredited as being simply a result of a vast conspiracy to deceive laymen". I agree, but the burden of proof for the Theory of Evolution has been assumed by humans. My claim is that an omnipotent metaphysical god should be able to prove it's own existence. Thus it should be able to provide the evidence and the logical argument to convince anyone that it is indeed an omnipotent metaphysical god. Since this god is omnipotent, it should be able to do whatever it wants so the evidence and the argument should be impossible to discredit. 6. Con says that "if you decide that there can be no evidence of God before you even look at the evidence, then of course you won't be convinced". It is rare that people have such strong convictions such that their ideas cannot be changed even by an omnipotent god. 7. Con says that "anything and everything can [be] speculated. I can speculate that you're a unicorn. This hardly proves your resolution". Again, Con is correct. But I am only human, not an omnipotent god. If I were omnipotent, I could prove to him that I am not an unicorn... Or could I? 8. Con says that "it's possible for one to demand proof by asking to know every winning lottery number for every lottery for the rest of your life. God would be proven over and over again every time you won the lottery without fail. To question this proof would be irrational." I know that you could ask the god, but what if the answer comes from some entity with the powers of telepathy and a good influence over the lottery number generator? What if it is a lesser god-like entity that heard and helped you? All that you can assert in your example is that the numbers just popped into your head. Unless you can correlate this with some other evidence, the source of the numbers could be anything. It could be pure chance, for all we know. So my initial claim still holds: a metaphysical god cannot provide physical evidence of its metaphysical nature, thus an omnipotent metaphysical god cannot exist. [1] http://www.psfk.com... [2] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... P.S.: Just jumped over 7600 characters. Closing in to 10.000 and we may need several rounds for this. We'll see if we can stick to 4 as you stipulated.