God most likely does exist.

Furthermore I would like to enter the fact that we are speaking of the common idea behind a god if this is alright with my opponent. Thus I begin my case. My opponent begins by pointing out that there is no proof that a god does not exist and asks why then, do I not believe in him. My response is simple and comes in three points. a. A lack of proof against something is not evidence for its existence. b. There is also not sound proof for a god's existence. I will touch on this point later. c. With factors in mind, I find it highly highly unlikely that a god does exist. Keep in mind that this debate is about the likelihood of a god, I made this debate in full knowledge that there is little to no decisive evidence that either of us could present. However this leaves me with a question to answer. That being why I feel it is highly highly unlikely that a god does exist. A lot of this will be covered when I attack my opponents point but I will begin with a few of my own. 1. The idea, when taken from a worldly perspective, is completely and utterly ludicrous. Let me offer a scenario. I ask you, as the readers in this debate, a question: Do you believe in Santa Clause? The common answer of course will be: "no". Thus I must beg the question, "Why do you not believe in Santa Clause? " And answer my own question with, "Because he is a made up fairy tail character. Look for instance at his powers: He knows when everyone has been good or bad. He can fit into any small space. He has an army of other imaginary creatures, elves. He has flying reindeer. His home, while being based somewhere real, is imaginary. etc. .. " Which leads me to my conclusion. I ask a new question, "What if I made Santa Clause, more unbelievable than he already was by giving him more powers. For instance: Not only does he know if someone is naughty and nice but he now has the power to condemn those people to an eternity of punishment for their naughtiness or bliss for their niceness. Not only can he fit into small spaces, he can literally be anywhere at anytime as big or small as he wants. No longer does he have an army of elves that can build the best toys, but an army of winged elves that can create miracles. Not only does he have fly reindeer but he can make any creature imaginable. Not only is his home not real, but the place isn't even real now. Do you believe in Santa Clause now? " Maybe it is just me but when I realize a god is simply a more unrealistic form of Santa Clause I can't help but feel they/it/he/she may not exist. 2. Alternative solutions just as likely. As there is no proof for a god alternative causes to the existence of all things are just as likely. For instance the big bang, matrix theory, sneeze of larger universe etc. .. .. As there are millions of equally likely ways, as seen through lack of proof, that this universe could have been created, the chances that a god created it are a million to 1. My opponent even advocates this point when he states, "The idea of a supreme creator is just as logical as the idea of an atom existing forever and exploding for no apparent reason and then creating life. " Having stated my points I will move onto my opponents case. He begins by pointing out that everything has a creator and that this must have been created because it is so beautiful. Which of course begs the question, "then what created your god? " Or course my opponent preempts this by saying that his god is something that the brain cannot imagine or comprehend. I must negate such a comment by saying that it is empirically disproven. There have been a billion things we have not been able to understand throughout the years but eventually we have begun to understand them all. To say that we cannot understand a god is in turn to say that we follow something we do not understand; thus a blind following of a concept for need of an explanation. Humans have attributed things we do not understand to mystical causes for years, saying that we will never understand it. This is just another one of those examples. Next my opponent cites a quote from allaboutcreations. org which states that the existence of god is provable. Sadly the quote does not seem to actually take the time to prove the point. Thus I offer my opponent the opportunity to post the proof which the quote speaks of so that readers my vote on it. Third, my opponent offers me what he says is proof. This proof is in the form of Jesus Christ. Thus I have points. .. . 1. Whether Jesus Christ walked the earth or not does not prove a god, simply a man. I can say that I am the son of a god, this does not make me so. 2. But that aside, is there actually proof that Jesus existed? Well in the bible yes, however the bible was compiled in 300 A. D by Constantine as means to achieve the ends of him becoming emperor. (Which he did. ) As far as we know the entire bible was forgery, by Constantine. But lets not debate this point, I have a more interesting one. Jesus was supposedly a miracle worker. He fed people with 2 fish and bread. Turned water into wine, even walked on water. Furthermore there were over 30 prominent historians that lived during his lifetime. Did Jesus' miracles make it into any of the historical records? No. Pliny the Younger, Suetonius and Tacitus, all mention briefly Christ, Chrestus, and Christus respectively in their works. However Christ is not a name but rather a title meaning the anointed one. In fact, check this site for how they used the words, . http://www.holysmoke.org.... The only other historian ever credited with mentioning Jesus is Josephus, who mentions him in one passage. Not only has the passage been shown to be a forgery but for some reason only shows up in modern versions of his book, The Antiquities of the Jews. How did a man responsible for such a wealth of miracles not show up in the historical records. .. .? 3. This might be something you, my voters/readers, don't know. I'm going to begin listing gods from different religions and their attributes. Tell me if you see something weird. God: Horus (Egyptian around 3000 B. c) -Born December 25th of the virgin Isis Mary. -His birth was accompanied by a star in the east and on his birth he was adorned by three kings. -At the age of 12 he was a child teacher. -At the age of 30 he was baptized. -Had 12 disciples. -He was betrayed by typhon which led to his crucification. -He then died, was buried for 3 days, and was resurrected. God: Attis (Greece 1200 B. C) -Born of the virgin Nana on Dec. 25th. -Was crucified. -Was placed in a tomb. -Was reborn after 3 days. God: Dionysus (Greece 500 B. C) -Born of the virgin Semele on Dec. 25th. -Performed miracles like turning water into wine. -Upon his death he was ressurected. God: Krishna (India 900 B. C) -Born of the virgin Devaki to a star in the east. -Performed miracles with disciples. -Upon his death was resurrected. God: Mithra (Persia 1200 B. C) -Was born to a virgin on dec. 25th, did many miracles, died was buried for 3 days and then resurrected. In fact, here is a site that support christianity but points out the similarities anyways, . http://www.religioustolerance.org... . Though this one seems to primarily deal with Mithra. And thus I am forced to conclude through character limitations, though if my opponent does not offer much refutation in his next round I will go on to show exactly why all of these religions share the same concepts.