God exists.

The affirmative has regarded all of my arguments as 'fallacious'. He stated that they did not stand for the non-existence of God. Clearly the opposition did not understand my intentions of refuting his own original point that objective morality cannot exist without the presence of God. When the opposition stated this, I proved the point incorrect via my rebuttal which the affirmative later regarded as invalid towards my point. This disregard for my points remained the basis for the affirmative's arguments but in clarity was fallacious itself. To reinstate validity into this debate I bring forward 8 reasons of my own as to why God does not exist starting with the point discussed earlier. 1. Morality does not require any religious belief. Many people believe that without religion, the planet will descend into immoral chaos. The reality is that the majority of heinous crimes committed against people on this planet across all of recorded history have their roots in religious beliefs. However, the ability to distinguish right from wrong does not require any religious beliefs. In addition, animals who are incapable of understanding our human concept of religion show clear evidence of instinctual understanding of moral behaviour and distinguishing between right and wrong. 2. The belief that there is science in religion is incorrect. Scientists can understand 4% of the universe and this statement explains the difference between science and religion. The former is willing to reconsider ideas, theories, laws and rules put forward as long as there is evidence to disprove them. Is the opposition capable of reconsidering their opinions or did they enter this debate with a fixed opinion in mind? 3. "The mortal enemy of faith is knowledge." This is a scientific fact that has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The basis of any religion is that you must believe something someone else tells you is true, even though your mind tells you it is false and it makes no sense to you. There is name for that: fideism. Without fideism -- "exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy." -- the concept of religion would not exist. 4. The roots of religion can be easily challenged. e.g: the "devil" was not present in religious texts until the nomadic monotheists ran into polytheists and borrowed the idea. 5. Religion, throughout history, has been used to control the masses, rather than enlighten them. An example of this includes the Christian crusades, and the present day suicide bombings by Muslims. If this is the purpose of religion, religion itself seems to be morally incorrect. 6. In the case of the Bible, entire verses, stories and anecdotes were falsified for the sake of making a point. Even the concept of the "holy trinity" is a fabrication created not by any god, but for political reasons by a zealot named Theophilus of of Antioch in 412 AD. Plot holes, inconsistencies and illogical, impossible things can all be exploited by atheists. 7. Religion has often been used to explain the unexplainable. The Greeks used Poseidon to explain how earthquakes happen, which we now know is due to the movement of tectonic plates to relieve pressure. What happens when you can prove, and others can't deny, the Big Bang theory and the sequence of Evolution, which both have such large amounts of logic behind them that it's hard to deny that they are true. This can be referred as the "The God of the gaps" factor. 8. Christians believe that God is omniscient and knows everything has happened and will happen. They also believe that God knows every thought our mind will create before we think it. In this case, is there indeed free will? They also believe that God is omnipotent and can do anything. If God can do anything but doesn't lift a finger to stop all the disasters, massacres and wars that have happened, are happening now and will happen in the future- does that make him a psychopath who enjoys watching our misery. The bible states that God gives us free will and allows the outcomes of evil choices until you die. This makes him neither omniscient nor omnipotent and in that case... not a 'god' and therefore non-existent.