You cannot prove the existence of God.

Greetings, all. I will address all of my opponent's arguments, and present some of my own if need be later in the debate. Good luck! ======== Definitions ======== I accept my opponent's definitions. ========= Argument 1 ========= "You cannot define or imagine a thing into existence." Well, exist is such a relative word. Something may exist in my mind, but not in yours. However, I agree that I cannot always persuade someone else that something that I imagined exists easily. "Our existence precedes our essence, just as how God must exist in order to be necessary and sufficient." Untrue. Water is necessary for life on Jupiter, yet it does not exist there. (To the best of our knowledge) I really don't see how this argument is relevant anyways. ========= Argument 2 ========= "The problem of evil: why do good things happen to bad people yet bad things happen to good people?" Ah, the age old question. You see, there really is no such thing as evil. Evil is just what we tag as the absence of goodness. There is no such thing as a negative in nature. Cold does not exist, just an absence of heat. We can reach extremely low levels of heat, but we can never reach negative heat. Likewise, evil is simply a voidness of goodness. On top of this, there is no such thing as a good person. Many people have attributes that can show goodness, but there is no truly good person. Everyone has committed something "bad" (or lack of good) in their lifetime. Therefore, whatever "bad" thing happens to someone is justified because they have fallen short of the standard of "good." ========= Argument 3 ========= "There is no Designer, as there is also no reason for intelligent design." That is quite the unsubstantiated statement. Proof please? How do you disprove God? "The principles of self-organization and evolution provide complete explanations for apparent design." I disagree wholeheartedly. I have a feeling that this will become a huge issue later in the debate. Opponent, please provide said logic on how apparent design is accounted for. ========= Argument 4 ========= This is simply a straw man argument. I am not advocating for God because my uncle's friend had a hallucination once. ========= Argument 5 ========= As per my opponent's earlier definitions, we are not debating about each religion's definition of God. However, I would like to point out that several religions have very similar views on God. For example, both Christians of no denomination and Latter-Day Saints believe that God is omnipotent. The same goes for Muslims and Jews. ========= Argument 6 ========= "Since God is invisible," Not always. Many people have seen God. However, this is not the basis for my arguments. "and the universe would hypothetically be no different than if he did not exist, it is simpler to assume he does not exist" Hypothetically, the universe would not exist if God didn't exist. Believers in God say that He created the universe, so then hypothetically the universe would not exist if its creator did not exist either. "Forgive me the long-winded speech." Not at all. Please keep the arguments coming. I will give my own arguments later on if need be, but for now my opponent;s case has been dismantled. The negative rests.