The Generic: There is no God

Thank you.1. Rebuttal"Saying that a being with unlimited power created the Universe, it the same as saying that the Big Bang (thing with unlimited power) created the Universe."False. A being with unlimited power and the Big Bang are clearly not the same. It is entirely possible that the Big Bang is the mechanism through which a greater being created the universe, but to say that the two are the same is blatantly incorrect. "Therefore you must agree in both for one to be true..."I'm not really sure what you're referring to here."Stephen Hawking makes it abundantly clear that there can be no God since time did not exist for a God..."I do not believe that God exists within time. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever met anyone who believes such a thing. By His very nature God must necessarily transcend time. As such, time presents no issue to God's existence."What about people that truly believe that something that is bad, is good? Like rapists."What about them? If you ran into someone one day who said that the world is two-dimensional, would that make you doubt what you know to be true (through physical senses) about the world? Of course not. In the very same way, those who have an erred sense of morality ought not present an issue for those who can "see" just fine."They don't rape unless they think it is good (at least based on your argument)."This is false. My argument does not in any way suggest that if an individual thinks a given act is good, then it follows that the act truly is good. This is a simple misunderstanding of objective morality. The argument says that certain acts are objectively right or objectively wrong, independent of human opinion or feelings toward them."If God created the Universe (which he didn't), don't you think he would have better control over the the world's problems?"This seems like an honest enough question. One answer would be that God has given each of us free will, and what we do with that free will is our decision, not His. It's entirely possible that the only way to take away the world's problems would be to take away our free will, which would leave us as nothing more than puppets."Wouldn't there be more miracles?"One could argue that there are plenty miracles in the world today, but that they are simply ignored. Also, this verse from the New Testament may be relevant to this question:"Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." He said to them in reply, "An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it." -Matthew 12:38-39"it shows math that the Universe had a starting point, it doesn't say that God was there."Exactly. The universe had a starting point. Thus, there must be a cause that brought the universe into existence. That cause must transcend both time and space (as time and space came into being at the moment the universe began), have immense power (in order to bring about a universe), and be personal (otherwise the dilemma of why anything at all exists rather than nothing could not be overcome). The being that holds these properties is the being I call God. I'd be interested in seeing your rational as to what it was that caused the universe."Thus, your arguments for round one has no source. You have just violated your own rules... LOL"You seemed to agree with my source when you acknowledged that the universe had a beginning, so I'm not sure why it is you think that my source ought to not count. Also, in what way did I violate my own rules? I'm not sure I set up any "rules" to begin with.2. ArgumentsRecall that in the opening round, I presented three arguments in favor of the position that there is a God. My opponent has thus far failed to knock down any of these arguments. On the contrary, he has seemingly agreed with both premises (and therefore the conclusion) of the first argument. I will continue to address any objections that my opponent brings forward regarding the arguments I've presented, but as for now it seems to me that each argument remains standing, giving us good reason to think that there is a God.3. Summary At the beginning of the debate, I challenged my opponent to refute each of my arguments and in their place put forward arguments of his own in order to win the debate. My opponent has yet to refute any of the arguments I've presented and has failed to produce a single argument of his own in defense of his contention that there is no God. This is surprising, as there must be at least some sort of reason that my opponent holds the belief that he has. I invite my opponent to share this reasoning so that we might discuss it and arrive at a reasonable conclusion. For now, we are faced with 3 sound arguments in favor of God and 0 sound arguments against God.4. Sources http://www.usccb.org...