God, as portrayed in the Bible, is unworthy of worship.

Thank you, phantom, for accepting. As he said, the version of the Bible we'll be using in this debate is the New American Standard Bible.1) Undeserved punishing1a) Adam and EveWhen God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He had only rule for them to adhere to: Do not eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Predictably, of course, they did anyway. And when God found out, He banished Adam and Eve from the garden, and cursed all of mankind for this sin (meaning their children, their children's children, their children's children's children, and so on until the rapture).There are two things wrong with this scenario (well, technically three):1. Adam and Eve committed a "wrong" act by eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, but they did so BEFORE they had knowledge of good and evil. Eating the fruit is what gave them knowledge of right from wrong (illustrated when they suddenly realized they were naked and had to cover their private parts), so they had no idea what they were doing was wrong until they had already done it. It is completely unfair and sadistic to create humans without knowledge of good and evil, except them to be good, and when they inevitably fail, punish them for it.2. Adam and Eve's children had nothing to do with their parents' "crime". They hadn't even been born yet. But they, too, were punished for this act, something they didn't even do.3. The crime most certainly did not fit the punishment, even if everyone DID play a role in the stealing and eating of the fruit knowing full well that it was wrong. It was just a piece of fruit. God could just make another one. It was utterly pointless of Him to ban the fruit (or even make it in the first place), let alone to punish them for eating it.1b) The Plagues of EgyptIn Biblical history, God inflicted ten horrible calamities upon Egypt to persuade the Pharaoh to release his Jewish slaves. The tenth and final calamity was the murder of every first-born male in Egypt. After this, the Pharaoh finally conceded and freed the slaves. A lot can be said about God from this story:1. God was either unable or unwilling (or both) to persuade the Pharaoh to free his slaves peacefully. Instead of diplomatic means, He chose to bestow ten horrible calamities.2. God is like the mafia, only much more malevolent. Instead of hurting the guilty party (the Pharaoh), He aims His wrath at innocent babies and children.1c) Tower of BabelIn Biblical history, when mankind was close to reaching its first great achievement through cooperation and determination (building a tower that would stand tall enough to reach Heaven), God turned their one language into several so they could no longer communicate, and scattered the people to different continents.Supposedly, this is meant to be a history lesson on the origins of different languages and cultures. Personally, I take it as a moral lesson: God discourages human achievement and cooperation.2) Natural Evil2a) Natural disastersAccording to Christianity, God created everything in the universe. In fact, He created the universe itself. Therefore, He also created tornados, earthquakes, floods (I'm sure we've all heard the story), tsunamis, et al. What possible reason would God have in creating these phenomena, whose purpose is only to cause disaster and harm to human beings?2b) Bedbugs and Praying MantisesI warn those with a weak constitution to skip this sub-point. The female praying mantis will devour its mate while simultaneously having sex with it. Bedbugs, on the other hand, are incapable of becoming pregnant or even having sex, unless of course the male does one thing: penetrates the female's abdomen with its penis and injects semen into the womb. That's right. That is the only way bedbugs can possibly reproduce, by violently raping each other, a process known officially as "traumatic insemination".Tell me, phantom: what kind of a deity would create creatures like this? I can think of a few descriptive words: sadistic, cruel, and barbaric come to mind.2c) HellGod created Hell, a realm which serves no other purpose than to infinitely torment its residents. Some arguments stand for themselves, and I think this is one of them.3) Backwards morality3a) Jesus the scapegoatCharacterized by almost as poor judgment as punishing the innocent is letting the guilty go free, and that's exactly what Jesus was sent to do. Jesus died on the cross so that everyone could be forgiven for their sins. This bloody human sacrifice entirely alleviates any burden of moral responsibility from us humans.Embezzled money? Raped children? Shot a stranger in the face? Doesn't matter; whatever you did, you are forgiven, because Jesus died for you.God doing this, sending a sinless soul to his execution in order for the rest of us to be forgiven of the evils we've committed is appalling. It's comparable to a father, in response to his four rotten, trouble-making children, brutally beating and killing his fifth child, who had never done anything wrong at all. Then the four rotten children are for some reason forgiven. Shall I call social services or you?3b) Salvation by belief, not actionLet us take a moment to be thankful for the fact that America (nor any other first-world country for that matter) was not founded upon Christian theology. Because if it had been, I can only imagine how many known criminals would be strolling the sidewalks and how many innocent people would be rotting in prisons.According to Christianity, the way in which one goes to Heaven in the afterlife is not by being a good, moral person on Earth, but merely by believing in and accepting Jesus Christ. This means a person who committed his mortal life to promoting the betterment of mankind, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, educating children, and donating to the poor could be sent to suffer the torments of Hell for the rest of eternity if he failed to believe in Jesus Christ.Conversely, a man who committed his life to hurting as many people as he possibly could as much as he possibly could could go to Heaven if he accepts Jesus in his final moments.Theoretically, Heaven could be filled with sinners and Hell saints, because in the end, nothing you actually did mattered. What matters is what you believe. Your overall moral worth as a human being is judged by your thoughts, not your actions, and the grandest punishment imaginable (Hell) is reserved for the victimless sin of thought crime.In conclusion, I have provided an in-depth analysis on why the Christian God is completely undeserving of reverence. I look forward to my opponent's response, where he will have to prove the wrong-doings I've mentioned were not actually morally wrong.