God Exists

Thank you GMDebater, I look forward to debating you in further rounds. First, I would like to start off by making a crucial point; my reasons I offer for God's existence can always be brushed aside with the stubborn persistence of non-acceptance. Think of it this way. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to change their thinking. Photographs of astronauts walking on the moon, interviews with the astronauts, moon rocks...all the evidence would be worthless, because the person has already concluded that people cannot go to the moon. Now I would like to begin my actual argument by focusing on a couple of main reasons for the existence of God. The complexity of our planet and it's humans, the supreme accuracy delivered by the bible in reference to God, and the unexplained phenomenon which is our universe. 1. The complexity of our planet and humans The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter. Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life. The Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to 120 degrees. If the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled every day. Gravity is an invisible force which makes sense of why objects fall to the ground whereas God is an invisible force which makes sense of why the universe exists, why living things exist, and why organisms survive, grow, and reproduce. Does labeling something as "natural" obviate the need for God? Explore the mystery of consciousness. How likely is it that matter gave rise to mind all on its own? Many physicists are of the view that any theory of everything would be incomplete if it does not in some way account for the existence of consciousness. And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are restrained from spilling over across the continents. The human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles in your hands. The human brain processes more than a million messages a second. Your brain weighs the importance of all this data, filtering out the relatively unimportant. This screening function is what allows you to focus and operate effectively in your world. The brain functions differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people. The eye...can distinguish among seven million colors. It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages -- simultaneously. Evolution focuses on mutations and changes from and within existing organisms. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter. The complexity of all these factors in on the thought of a creator; saying it's evolution or coincidence doesn't cut it for planet Earth and it's astoundingly perfect placement in our solar system. 2. The supreme accuracy delivered by the bible in reference to God The bible makes claims that create substantial evidence of explaining our universe, far "in advance of humanity having theories/developed or technology" to try to form such concepts and verify scientific assertions. For instance, the Bible says, ï¿½€œHe stretches out the north [a direction] over 'empty' space, and hangs the earth on 'nothing'.ï¿½€ï¿½ (Job 26:7) How would the writer a few thousand years in the past have known that the Earth is "suspended in space"? In addition, the bible claims things that have happened, and will happen. Time and again, it states in great detail past events, and elaborates on names and specific locations. According to historical records, when Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon in 535 BC, Daniel the prophet asked him to release the Jews who had been captive there for 70 years. ï¿½€œWhy should I?ï¿½€ï¿½ asked Cyrus. In response Daniel read him a passage from Isaiah written nearly 250 years earlier. In the passage Cyrus was mentioned by name, and the method by which he had just conquered Babylon was described in detail (Isaiah 45:1-7). This fulfilled prophecy persuaded Cyrus and he freed the Jews. When Alexander the Great read Daniels vision of the Ram and the Goat (Daniel 8:1-8), he became convinced that the vision spoke of the way Greece had conquered Persia under his leadership, and from that time forward afforded the Jews special treatment. Upon entering Jerusalem, Alexander bowed before the High Priest and spared the city. He appointed Jewish administrators over much of his kingdom, and it was in the city of Alexandria that a grandson of Alexander's had the Old Testament translated into Greek so the world could read it. By the way Daniel had his vision over 200 years before Alexander was born. The first 35 verses of Daniel 11 document in advance the history of the Middle East from the death of Alexander to the arrival of the Romans in such great detail that unbelievers have spent hundreds of years trying to prove that it was written after the fact. As a result Daniel is the most historically documented book in the entire Old Testament. The validity of the bible therefore shows the validity in God; if the Bible can be proven to be correct, it directly links to God, which gives him validity as well. All these passages bring us all to a point of acceptance; acceptance in the fact that these events were predicted, and that this book is the book of God. This alone blatantly shows the evidence of God. 3. The unexplained phenomenon which is our universe A Supernatural Act Occurred When God Created The Universe. Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described agnostic, stated, "The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen." The opening statement of the Bible declares that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) It makes no logical sense for anyone to assert that "absolutely nothing" could have produced that initiating bang or anything else: "something existed" and "caused that", producing those things that we know of as having a beginning. The universe has not always existed. Scientists have no explanation for the sudden explosion of light and matter.