god does not exist.

My friend, the evidence is all around you. I will gladly accept this debate. The burden of proof is certainly not on the theist. Just because you can only see evidence for no God does not mean that evidence of the contrary exists. The way I see it, the two positions are equal. Neither Christianity nor Atheism can ultimately be proved or disproved. 1. The problem of supreme qualities You do not fully understand what omnipotence means when applied to God. Omnipotence entails that God can do whatever He wills. He would never will or do anything contrary to His nature. This excludes sinning and committing absurdities. He cannot do something retarded such as create a bolder that he cannot lift, something that in definition makes no sense. 2. The problem of evil First of all, evil is the absence of good. God is good itself so you could say that evil is the absence of God. Now, God created a universe with the possibility of sin. Why? Because this was necessary for his creation to have free will in order that they might love Him. This creation is also temporary. Another point is evil can positive affects as well as negative. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." (James 1:2-4) Another point is, "...God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) Don't forget, there are many cases where we don't understand evil, however, this does not mean God does not exist or is manevolent. [1] 3. Who created God? This is the simplest argument to make and the simplest to explain. God has existed infinitely, even before time. In fact, He created time. If he is not constrained by time, which is finite, then God can logically exist forever and needs not to be created. 4. Parsomony There is no argument here. Reverse statement: Christianity supplies adequate explanations of the creation of naturalism and the idea of no God. ex.) atheism arose from the idea that all we see and feel is all that exists. 5. Problem of omniscience Invalid argument since God is not constrained by time. He does not "foresee" he knows. Ontological arguments: 1. The Lewis Argument If there was no God to create the universe, then the universe must have been an accident. If the universe is an accident, so is our thinking. If our thinking is an accident, we have no reason to believe it. This is absurd because it contradicts the premise that the universe exists. The only "way out" is to modify the first premise. Tertium non datur. Therefore there was a God to create the universe. Invented by philosopher and writer C.S. Lewis. [2] 2. Time is Finite If a series of past infinite events is infinite, then an infinite number of events would have to elapse before the present moment could arrive. But it is impossible for an infinite number of events to elapse. Therefore, if the series of past events is infinite, the present moment could not arrive. But the present moment has arrived. Therefore, the series of past events cannot be infinite. Given the additional premiss that whatever begins to exist must have a cause, one concludes to the uncaused first cause of the temporal series of events. [3] This means time must have a cause. God is the only logical cause for time. 3. Anslem's Argument The concept of God is "a being than which no greater can be conceived." Since existence is possible, and to exist is greater than to not exist, then God must exist (if God did not exist, then a greater being could be conceived, but that is self defeating—you can't have something greater than that which no greater can be conceived). Therefore, God must exist. [4] [1] http://www.godandscience.org... [2] Thanks to larztheloser for this argument. I really want to know where you found this. [3] Julian Wolfe and infinite time; William L. Craig [4] http://www.gotquestions.org...