The Christian God exists

Thanks for your arguments.I'd like to remind Pro that this is his last round to introduce any new ideas or arguments. With that being said, I'll start my rebuttal.REBUTTAL"The New Testament of the bible is mainly composed of four Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John who were four of Jesus' closest followers. These books were written decades after the death of Jesus Christ by four different men who wrote them at different times and on different continents of the Earth. The fact that all of their contents of the retelling of the life of Jesus match up is incredible and disproves any theory that the story of Jesus is fictional."I agree that these books were written by different people, but this does not disprove my argument that these books were not written as a recording of historical fact. All these people, if they truly witnessed the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, should be dead. If we know that Jesus lived for 33 years before he was crucified, even if the gospel writers were born on the same date as Jesus, they would have been dead within a decade after his crucifixion, as the average life expectancy in the Iron age was around 37.[1] All of the contents of these gospels do anything but match up, with contradictions everywhere such as the differing genealogies of Joseph, the missing mention of the virgin birth, and who found the open tomb.[2] The basics of most of Jesus' story are there, but the major contradictions and impossibility of the authors witnessing all of Jesus' life show that these writings were either made up after Jesus' existence, invalidating their use as historical documents, or that Jesus never existed and these writings were not historical recordings."2. The teachings of Jesus and how they lived on.Claiming to be the son of God and the saviour of all mankind is an aggresive move for anyone and brings many to the conclusion that Jesus must have been insane. Why then, would an insane man claim to be the son of God himself and then proceed to live the most humble life imaginable, never once proclaiming the greatness of his power or demanding respect? There have obviously been many men insane or otherwise that have claimed to be God or the Messiah or something of similar grandeur, but none have lived on with humility that Jesus has. Why Jesus has been worshipped since his death and all others have not is another major proof that he is who he claimed to be."If this is true, then I assume you would also say that the prophet Allah must have been who he claimed to be, and that Valmiki is who he claimed to be, and so on and so forth. Basically, there are countless religions out there, and most claim a different deity or historical figure to be divine, much like Christianity does. Just because there are people who worship someone does not mean that they were who they claimed to be. If Obama claimed today that he was the son of God and everyone believed it and worshiped him for the rest of eternity, that is still not proof that Obama is the son of God."3. The Shroud of TurinThe Shroud of Turin is, as you most likely know, believed to be the cloth that Jesus Christ was wrapped in when he was laid in the tomb. The negative image of this cloth shows an image of a man that bears all the physical features of Jesus as described in the Bible, including the holes in his hands and feet and the hole poked in he side of his abdomen. It has been dated several times by several different methods and has been found by some means to be about 600 years old and by others around 2000. Either way, the way that the image is burned into the fabric is what has baffled critics and scientists. It is burned into the fibers in such a way that could only be replicated in the 21st century with laser technology and there is no current explanation as to how in this time period an image such as this could have been obtained. The only explanation is that Jesus Christ was really laid in this cloth and that it was He who created this image."I agree that the shroud of Turin's negatives produce an image of a crucified man who beard the same general characteristics of Jesus. However, many, many people bear the same characteristics of Jesus even in modern times, and many, people were crucified. It is possible that this is just another person who happens to resemble Jesus. This is further supported by the lack of a reliable date for the cloth, which shows that this could be any crucified person that looks like Jesus throughout history. The "impossible" image is clearly possible, as it happened, and just because science does not, at the moment, know what caused this image, does not mean that Jesus did it. At one point scientists didn't know what was causing illnesses, but that does not mean that the only explanation for illnesses was god.With this I believe that I have cast enough doubt on Pro's arguments to make knowing for a fact that Jesus existed through these arguments and evidence an impossibility.I agree that proving Jesus existed be a big step in proving the existence of god, however you would also have to prove his divinity, which is an entirely separate matter. I also remind Pro that this is his last chance to change his strategy in proving God's existence, as he cannot make any additional arguments or draw any additional conclusions from his arguments during round 4.Sources1. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk...2. http://infidels.org...