is a Christian God great.

let us take a look at how my opponent defines great. Great: adjective: remarkable in degree, magnitude, or effectiveness. *So we must first establish what great means to counter this argument. Hitler could have been thought of as great, the same could be said for Allah, or another larger than life being or deity. As I made clear in the comments before this debate started, how remarkably(by the definition my opponent uses) good Christ is. If we were to debate this any other way, with the terms that the bible are true, I would have lost before this debate started. As my opponent states " A being that can convince a father to kill his son", would be great in that context. However since we are debating that the actions of the God in the bible are good or moral, this point would be a fallacy. Since we then are also debating how what we perceive is good, any argument that my opponent may offer saying that God has a different view of what is good or moral is invalid as well. Most certainly we can agree that a being that would make a father kill his son, is not a good being. In fact that is morally unacceptable. I will address his remark on charity next, where he makes a critical error and mistake. He states "The Bible never even insinuates that it is a commandment to be charitable ". With us going under the assumption that the bible is true, we are saying the scriptures within it are true. Hebrews 13:16 English Standard Version (ESV)16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 1 John 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV)17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Deuteronomy 15 :11 ESV / 39 helpful votes “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lordagainst you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’He is right it does not insinuate it, it flat tells you to do so. In the next part of his argument he says " I do not think that we can blame God for the evils of men that hide behind His name. As to the intolerance that He brings into today's society, I must point out that a "true believer" would closely follow the word of his Son. That word is about loving thy neighbor and peace." I will first start by saying the end of this statement is flawed. We are arguing for God, not Christ. Christ in some ways did teach peace, but we are also agreeing that the entire bible is true, including the old testament. Christians would have a much easier time arguing this point, if they would have removed the old testament when they option was available. So unless we want to get into a debate about the holy trinity, I will debate as if Christ is not God. To address his point that we can not blame the entire tree for one bad apple, if this was true I would agree. However if half the fruit that tree is bearing is bad, we must assume that there is something wrong with the tree itself. Let us focus on some of the acts that God committed in the old testament once more. So now we know that a Great/good/moral God would never commit the atrocities that are within the Old testament. In the very first book of the bible God creates a flood that wipes out everyone but his chosen people. He slaughtered infants and women alike. He brought down cities in his name. So debating under the framework that this is by the good God has done for the world, my competitor can not argue that God has a different perspective of right and wrongThus we can only assume the most logical thing. God is not as good as most Christians tend to thinkI offer the floor back to my adversary.