The Christian God exists (6)

Although Pro's arguments are off-topic, I will respond to them."people have the right to believe in whatever they want and you shouldn't be the downer to oppose to other peoples belief."Yes, people have the freedom of religion. If you don't want your beliefs to be opposed, don't flaunt them in public, put them on billboards, indoctrinate your children, or use your beliefs to oppose LGBT rights, start wars, or oppress atheists. If you are a Christian or person of faith who does not do these things and chooses to keep your religious views to yourself and out of your political standpoint, then good. I applaud you, continue living life the way you are now and I respect your beliefs, even if I find them somewhat misguided. However, as soon as your religion starts to try to recruit others or starts infringing upon other peoples' rights to marry or get contraceptives, that's when I'll call you out and start cutting down your beliefs. You also say who cares if the Christian god exists? I do, and I'm sure many others do. I like debates about religion, and many Christians do, too, so as an add-on to my previous statement, I can say that even if there were no Christians who were infringing upon rights etc. I would still make these debates (if I still even knew as much about the subject) because I like to put my ideas out there and have them weighted against others', and I like to see what other people are thinking and use those ideas to go out and learn something new. That's why I debate.Yes, I do have respect for some Christians. In fact, I'd say I have respect for most Christians. I believe that some of what the Bible teaches is amazing and I give my full support behind teachings like the good Samaritan and "thou shalt not kill." However, I cherry-pick moral values that I agree with from the Bible and treat it as a fictional work, much as I do with Aesop's Fables. When people start to bring this book into reality, that's when I start disagreeing with them, and when people say the Bible is infallible then I really start to call them out, as the Bible is not a perfect book.I hope I gave you and everyone else a bit of a good insight as to why I do these debates and as to why I am an anti-theist. I am not against all religious people. I have many religious friends. However, in the words of Malcolm X, "Though Islam is my religious philosophy, my political, economic, and social philosophy is Black Nationalism. You and I -- As I say, if we bring up religion we’ll have differences; we’ll have arguments; and we’ll never be able to get together. But if we keep our religion at home, keep our religion in the closet, keep our religion between ourselves and our God, but when we come out here, we have a fight that’s common to all of us against a [sic] enemy who is common to all of us." I believe people should have the ability to set one or two differing beliefs of others aside, and to bond and discuss with people who hold different religious beliefs while still remaining good friends. This is why I can come away from debates happy and satisfied, because I know that two more people have gotten their opinion out there and I may have even made a new friend.Of course there are times when I come away from debates feeling frustrated or unsatisfied, but there are always two sides to the coin and we have to deal with the bad times to get to the good times. There are a lot of skilled debaters and good people on this site, and I believe we should all get the chance to know each other.Stay good, DDO.