Religious people are obsessed over God

Introduction: I, as Con, will be taking the stance that no, religious people are not obsessed with God, and lord_megatron, as Pro, will be arguing that religious people are obsessed with god. I hope that we can both treat each other with respect and maturity so that we can have the best debating experience possible. I look forward to the ideas presented in the debate. A1: One reason religious people are not obsessed with God is because many religious people don’t even believe in God. One example of this is Buddhism; followers of Buddhism (376 million) do not hold any belief in God, “There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to Enlightenment is through the practice and development of morality, meditation and wisdom.” (1) A2: The definition of obsessed provided by Merriam-Webster is, “a state in which someone thinks about someone or something constantly or frequently especially in a way that is not normal.” (2) “A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84% of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.” (3) If more than half the population believes in God, then it is rendered normal. Since more than half of the population believes in a god, then believing in god is normal. According to definition, religious people are not obsessed with God. R1: In my opponent’s two arguments about luck (I will group them together because they both basically have the same idea) says, “Anything good that happens to a believer, they give the credit to God, even if they may have achieved it with their own abilities or someone else worked hard for it. Ex. If a believer wins an award for science, he'll thank God in his mind first, even though it was his hard work. Even if he had a tutor or some other help, God gets in between first.” In a study done on black business owners (4), the owners were asked, “To what or whom do you attribute your success?” Out of all who were surveyed, only 13% attributed their success to God. This defeats my opponent’s arguments. R2: My opponent goes on to say this, “Evidence- This is just on personal experience. I had an argument with my friend who believed in God, he gave up when my questions continued but he still believes in God. Even on this site in one debate the person failed to provide evidence and just mocked me for not believing.” As a fellow atheist, I know what it feels like to be mocked for not believing, but I do not see how this relates to the topic. In the future, if you are to present something in the debate, please make it about the debate; abstract topics like this should not be included. Conclusion: In my arguments, I have successfully proven that religious people are in fact not obsessed with God. I have done so by proving it though the definition of obsession, and through examples of religions that don’t even believe in God. I have also defeated my opponent’s two arguments (really one) using evidence and statistics. I look forward to my opponent’s next response. Thank you! Citations: http://www.bbc.co.uk... http://www.merriam-webster.com... www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/ https://books.google.com...