Existence of God

Yes, all religions lead to a higher being. Yet, their traditions, customs, way of life, are all different. This has only caused the deaths of millions of people in the world, a fight over small things like that. In addition, what you said about science providing the "How" and religion "Why" is false and baseless. Religion "answers" HOW the Earth was created, HOW the universe started, and HOW other things happened. I could say the opposite for science. Science provides WHY evolution happens as well as HOW. (WHY, as in, the cell makes a beneficial mistake in the DNA, which gets passed down to ancestors, and eventually becomes evolution). Either way, what religion says about WHY or HOW is complete speculation, almost pulled completely at random. This is why there are different religions saying different things, because ANYTHING any of them say can be equally correct! In this way, none of the religions that base their "teachings" off old books written in a MAN MADE language, or on MAN MADE material, or using MAN MADE knowledge are completely false. How is saying "all religions are wrong and science is correct" ignorant? Science is the DEFINITION of correct. The only way to say anything is 'correct' is to prove it scientifically. If you saw a person run, it is proved by the fact that you SAW it run. You can prove this to a higher extent by asking other people if they saw that person run, and even asking the person who ran if they ran. Religion, while I can't say for sure it is wrong, there is a 99.9 percent chance it is... There are possibly MILLIONS of explanations of how the Earth was made, or how the universe started, and people picked the idea that a "god" completely unknown to them "made" the Earth using... his hands? Magic? The difference between thinking the world is flat a long time ago and thinking whatever we think nowadays that may be proved incorrect in the future is that previously, there were no scientific claims, just estimates. Now that we have circumnavigated the globe many times over, reviewed photos from outer space rovers, and sent humans into space to see the shape of the Earth with their OWN EYES, it is clear and MUCH closer to being correct than the Earth is round than flat. Finally, I'd like to state my overall opinion on religion and its effect on today's world. I honestly am disappointed in how people are constantly being spoon-fed the words of some long dead man who had no idea what he was talking about, at least once a week. I've personally argued with some people who were so deep into religious thought that they had trouble believing animals similar to monkeys were our ancestors. They COMPLETELY neglected science, as well as the all the studies and proven facts, and chose to put their "faith" into a book. It is really disturbing to know that religious people have likely NEVER doubted the existence of a god, or had their own individual thoughts on religion that weren't influenced by what some pope told them. I feel like the only man in the cave who has gone outside and seen the light. The answer is clear and obvious. The only true point(s) my opponent has provided is that "we shouldn't be negative, or we are missing the point of life", or that "we should lives our as good people and hope to be rewarded". The other things they have said have already been disputed. Tell me, then, why is the world full of horrible people? Everyone forgets about being "nice" or "kind" and just acts on impulse their whole life. Also, I have some questions for you, if you still think religion is superior to atheism. Who/What made god? In other words, how was he (assuming such a being has a gender) created? And please, don't say "he made himself." That's simply BS. It doesn't make any more sense than saying the Earth created itself. Why would god have a son(Jesus, or whoever else is given that position)? Does he need to reproduce? I think it's assumed that he has an infinite lifespan, and therefore doesn't need to have offspring. Why does god stand by on the completely atrocious events in history? For example, why were millions of very religious Jews persecuted in the Holocaust? Why did god allow the killing of Native Americans for the greedy Europeans? To my opponent, I apologize if I came off strongly or insulting, I just feel very passionate about this topic. Also, thank you for debating with me on this subject. One last note: Think about all the effort that has been put into religious affairs. There have easily been 10s of BILLIONS of prayers said in the history of the world. What if it all came to nothing? What if? Yes, there is no perfect answer for the things we don't know. Yes, atheism has its flaws as well as other religions. But, fact is, religious beliefs are very vague, and easy to attach to an unknown phenomenon. That is probably why it is so accepted by people, its an "easy way out" of the hard to answer questions. However, in the coming centuries, we will have the answers.