God is an Interventionist in Modern Times.

I was hesitant when I saw you were a deist as well, but your sole argument thus far has been a fantastic one. Thank you for really making an effort despite your beliefs. Now, back to the topic at hand.Matthew 6:26 - It is suggested that the "heavenly Father feeds them." Birds, and all other animals, know how to find food for themselves. Fowl do have their equivalences for sowing and reaping. To suggest that animals do nothing and just get fed is ridiculous; all animals, humans included, think and work for themselves. For animals, it's instinct. For humans, it's free will. Some animals/humans don't get food, and they die. Does God test every animal on Earth's faith? This seems a stretch.Exodus 20:24 - Merely makes the case that animals are lesser beings.Genesis 3:16 - As you said, "this is Old Testament and therefore God's original wording of his own morality through the mouths of the prophets that spoke it." I don't deny that God had a hand early on. He made it so women suffer more, then either moved or hasn't intervened since about 2000 years ago, give or take. This debate's about today, and specific events about God's intervention anywhere in the Bible does not matter here.Matthew 10:24 - Social and economic equality has little to do with actual worth as a human being. This verse in no way implies that God "actively supports inequality" more than states that, no, life isn't fair. With that, it actually kind of gives evidence that God doesn't intervene, because it isn't fair. Which leads to..."(God) actually favours this over a world where everyone is equal and following the same code of morality and considering each other of equal value and status... it can be assumed the God actually himself enforces and adores the existence of poverty for, to him, this does not contradict any of the original morals he expressed in his bible."Okay, let's pretend for a second that God's idea of a perfect society is a vainly inequal one. We don't understand his motives, but he does. That does not account for the numerous times the Bible states equality as one of God's virtues. To be fair, I'll use your same source (http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org...):2 Thessalonians 1:6 - "Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you..."Colossians 3:25 - "But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons."Deuteronomy 10:17 - "For the LORD... regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward..."Romans 2:11 - "For there is no respect of persons with God."Romans 9:14 - "Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid."There's gotta be at least a dozen of these. The word of God clearly states, numerous times, that God is just. ("But God's definition of "just" could be vastly different than ours.") That's the only word that got lost in translation? That means God failed to pass that information on to the various writers of the Bible. If God meant "just" as, "Except x, y, and z get special treatment," He would have translated that."God... doesn't test to find the answer (he's omniscient and already knows if you will fail or pass the tests of faith he throws at you)..." You glaringly contradicted yourself in a matter of one sentence. God doesn't test, because he knows how you'll do on the test he's going to test you on anyways. This doesn't make sense. If you meant the former (God doesn't test)... http://www.acts17-11.com...;... try again."...the argument that the way he is intervening doesn't make sense by human means of reasoning isn't, in itself a sufficient rebuttal by the Con against this resolution... He is operating a level far above our intellect so to try to make sense of it would be ultimately futile... "But God did make us in his own image- and we are rational beings who must have some sort of understanding of why we are here. Of course, no man can say for sure what God has done/is doing/will do; the idea is far beyond us. But he did make us rationally thinking creatures (again, in His own image) who can look at the world and say, "This isn't fair." The focus of your point, "He is operating a level far above our intellect so [why] try to make sense of it(?)" is equally valid as me wondering why "the way he is intervening doesn't make sense". While mine works towards an answer, the response merely tries to brush it off as literally, "Why try?" Frankly, that's lazy."To successfully oppose the resolution would require Con to sufficiently prove that the way the world is working actually contradicts the philosophies that God has verbally expressed in the ideas of the Bible."I'm glad you proposed the idea. Again, I'll use the same source: http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org...Matthew 7:7 - "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you..."Matthew 18:19 - "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." (Note: The Book of Matthew says many similar phrases)Psalm 37:4 - "Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."Mark 11:24 - "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."And many, many more. Of course, I'm not stupid, God isn't just going to answer all of our prayers. There are many requirements that need to be met before God will hear them out: http://bible-truth.org.... I'll list a few here, sans verses (they can all be found at the link I provided): You must have faith, come boldly and in Jesus' name, and without sin and in peace. Let's be heavily, heavily generous and say that a mere one percent of all people who pray meet this criteria. What are the odds that their faith will literally move mountains? That they'll part seas? That their husband won't die from Stage IV cancer? Despite the Bible's promises, these things are probably not going to happen. I don't think that makes me a cynic. I am, however, a realist. Whereas the Bible can kind of meander around meanings and is sometimes ambiguous or blatantly contradictory, these verses are never refuted. "Trust in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart." These are either the empty promises from a God who has a will (and even though he promised He would, still won't because it's His will), or a God who just does not intervene.I think I refuted all points, but I might've missed one. I'm human, it's late, and I'm tired. Hopefully I've made some further points to the effect that the Bible itself states God's justness and willingness to answer prayers, but the utter lack of both in this society. I'm looking forward to the rest of our debate.