If a creator and an anti-creator do exist then we should not follow the teachings of the bible.

I am referring to your previous debate that ended in a forfeit. I will start with arguing the points you presented. "1. Everything outside of the kingdom of god is within the kingdom of darkness, commonly belonging to Satan. (This point might prove to be irrelevant but I like it anyways.)" Honestly, I do find this point to be irrelevant, but if you would like to show me its relevance, then I would be happy to argue it with you. I just don't see where it is leading at this current time. "2. God occasionally tests man's faith. There are a great many ways that god tests man's faith. We have things ranging all the way from false idols to sin." My first argument here comes from the Bible. The reason I present the Bible as a legitimate source, is because you are saying it should not be followed. So therefore I am using it to show you why it should be followed. Hopefully that makes sense. First I would like you to look to the example of Job. He is probably the biggest example of God testing man's faith. I am not telling what the story is because I'm sure you can read it, but if you would like me to expound, then I will. Another is Abraham and his son Isaac. Now as far as your argument goes, I would first like you to present me specific examples of where God has used idols or sin to test man's faith. Now here is where I ask you to leave Jesus out of this specific argument as He will be addressed later. God does not use sin to test man's faith. Rather, He gave man the ability to choose. We see this with the fall of man in Genesis. This is where sin entered into the world. With the introductin of sin, idols were created and worshipped. God did not introduce idols. The reason we know this, is because the Bible says God is holy and cannot have anything to do with sin. So if He tests man with sin or with idols, this would not make Him the God of the Bible, and therefore does not fit under the category you have provided. So if the God of the Bible is who the God of the Bible says He is, then that God does not in fact test man's faith with sin or idols. So this argument falls. "3. God allows Satan to act as a test of man's faith. For example look to all of the religions of the past and some in our current time. Satanism is a pretty sweet example, Hinduism, Judaism, Roman mythology, Greek mythology, Buddhism, Chinese universalism, Muslim, Taoism etc...." Once again, you are not talking about specific tests to man's faith. The way I see it, and I could be wrong so if I am please correct me, you are starting with the presumption that all people begin with faith and everything in the world is just used to pull them away from it. This is not true. The Bible says that man is born into sin, and that we must choose to accept God. This means that other religions are not in fact tests of faith, but rather shiny objects to distract us from getting faith, and believing in the one true God. Also, Satan isn't used as a test, rather he is used to test man's faith. This only applies to those who already have faith, not those who don't. So I believe this argument falls as well. "Many of these religions reportedly have had representations of their gods that descended to earth and walked among the people. Considering that, if the christian god's existence is true then none of these other religions would be true. Thus many of those false religions would have to have been representations from Satan. Many of those false idols of Satan or parts of his fallen angel army." What you say here is true. "if the christian god's existence is true then none of these other religions would be true." That makes sense seeing as the Bible says that Jesus is the only way to heaven and no other way is possible. So all the other religions are in fact of Satan. "4. God allows false religions to exist on earth, they function as a test to man's faith." I addressed this earlier by saying they don't act as a test to faith, rather as a sidetrack to faith. One must have faith before it is tested, therefore the use of other religions is used as a preemptive attack towards one having faith. "5. Satan sends himself to earth more often than God does. Considering that most religions cannot co-exist without obvious contradictions this means that Satan is responsible for every religion not true. This also means that the divine beings in those religions were of Satan." First off, the God of the Bible is omnipresent which means that He is always everywhere, a little hard to comprehend but He isn't limited to human laws. But this isn't the place for that argument. And I already agreed that other religions are in fact of Satan. "6. The best way for Satan to lead people away from God would be to send a representation of himself to the earth disguised as a representation of God. From their Satan could preform miracles in order to gain followers and convince people of his divine being. From their all Satan would have to do would be to preach an acceptable religion." My first point here is that Satan is not able to send a representation of God. Since God, the creator, and Satan, the anti-creator, are exact opposites and hate each other, they cannot do anything like the other. Satan cannot do good, and God cannot do evil. If they could, then they aren't in fact the creator and anti-creator. They would be creator and unlike-creator. Anti implies opposite. So Satan cannot perform good miracles. In fact, the religious leaders of the time said that Jesus was from Satan, and He said "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Meaning that Satan would not work against himself. Casting out demons, a good thing, cannot be done by satan who is completely evil. So because you provide Satan as the anti-creator, he is not able to do the thing you say here. And now I am beginning to run out of room, so I will answer your general argument here. First and foremost, the fact that Satan cannot do anthing good since the Creator is perfect, the anti-creator must be the exact opposite. Jesus for the most part, has the same teachings as that of the old testament. This is where it is strictly God vs. Satan. So if Jesus portrays the same characteristics as the God of the Old Testament, He cannot be of the devil. The OT (old testament) says that the people need a sacrifice for the forgiveness of their sins. It needed to be a blood sacrifice. Jesus died and paid that blood sacrifice. In the OT it was symbolic of them overcoming death. Jesus' death solved it forever because He rose again on the third day, thus overcoming death entirely. Also, throughout the OT, it prophesies about who the messiah would be. Jesus met all of them. Satan would not be able to do that even in disguise, as this would contradict who he is. The OT talks about people following God and choosing Him. Jesus says that we must follow God. He rebukes the religious leaders because they are only doing things on the outside and not meaning it in their heart. Jesus says that God looks for us to follow Him with all of our heart. Just as the creator of the OT says. The fact that there preachings are the same prove that Jesus could not in fact be of the anti-creator, as it is against his very nature. So in conclusion, if a creator and anti-creator do exist then we should follow the teachings of the Bible because it shows exactly what needs to be done in order to reach the Creator. I hope that you accept this challenge, which I'm sure you will since you aren't the one to shirk from a challenge, and I wish you luck. I would also like to point out, that I have stepped on many people's toes here today. I know that people are always going to vote based on what they feel, and not what they see or read. But I make the urge anyways, please vote on argumentation, not just on the fact that I pissed off about 2/3 of the world in one little debate round.