Why GOD is real

You are correct in many fronts: I do not believe in God, Heaven, or Hell. That was why I accepted this debate in the first place. I do not say "oh my God" when something good happens. I make a point to instead say "oh my gosh."You are also correct in saying that not every teen is rebellious. However, many are, and even those who are not are practically guaranteed to have a disagreement with their parents at some point in their life. God and Christian practices have both influenced some of our decisions as a nation, but the original purpose of America was not to worship God. If that had been the case, then the Founding Fathers would have set a national religion, like so many countries before them. Yet, this never happened, because it was this kind of thinking that they were trying to escape from. And yes, of course, animals did have to come from somewhere. But Noah's Ark is simply not that place. That 'place' where animals were first born would be the depths of the ocean, where one celled bacteria started to join together and after hundreds of thousands of years, evolved.I am sure you and your friend are respectable people, and maybe your beliefs in God had a part to play in that. Many people use Christianity to help get their lives back in track, or feel better about their death. I had an uncle who had never believed in God before he was diagnosed with a rare illness- Only about one hundred people in the entire United States have it. He was scared, and not ready to die. He started going to church, and started to believe in God so that he could die peacefully, in high hopes of making it to Heaven. He passed away just last year, thinking he could go on to a better place. Believing in an almighty being can be healthy for some people. Drugatics and alcoholics often turn to religion as solace to help them get back on their feet. I am not encouraging for everyone to just drop what they believe in, because it is their choice and theirs alone. However, I would like to show that atheism is the logical choice, and I hope that the message gets through to not only you, but others on this site.To answer your question "who is the first person in my family tree?" I would like to begin by stating the way a devout Christian would. Adam and Eve. Seems the obvious answer, does it not? They were the first two humans, created by God Himself. They had three sons, Cain, Seth, and Abel. But...Wait a minute. How did they have children? Did they 'reproduce' with the only other woman in existence, their mother? Or did God create more women for them? If it is the former, than certainly they have broken many rules that God set in place. Not only that, but their children would probably end up having three legs and one eye, or something similarly crazy and unnatural. You say that you have taken phlebotomy courses, than surely you have also taken enough of basic biology to realize this is not a safe or sufficient way to reproduce. If it is the latter, then how come it is never mentioned in the Bible? That seems like a very important detail to leave out. A similar problem happens with Noah's arc. Only so many people were on that ship, there would have to be interbreeding between relatives. Without evolution and the Big Bang theory, we keep finding ourselves at a standstill, a brick wall that is impossible to break through. The Bible does not answer questions that it did not have an answer for, and allowed it to be to the reader's interpretation and the hope that it is ignored.Finally, it is without question that the Bible has been remade several times. The copies that circulate today have been edited and re-edited by kings who wanted to manipulate their people into following their rule. Aside from potential translation errors from Latin, to Greek, to English, and several other languages besides, crucial changes have been made so that the original Bible may never be discovered. There is proof pointing to the fact that the Bible was originally much more female oriented. However, as times changed into patriarchal society, many women were omitted from the text and the ones that remained became evil or untrustworthy. This was their way of showing that men dominated over women. We realize now that men and women are created equal, but that was certainly not the case in the time of say, Henry the VIII. The idea that the Bible was written by God himself, yet changed so many times throughout history, sort of defeats the point. We could never know exactly how much was changed, or if any of the stories held true to the original text at all.Source: http://www.greatsite.com...