God can exist even though there is suffering

Fantastic news Kant, the burden of proof is with you on this one: If we lived in the Nordic areas during the time of the Vikings, you probably would have worshiped Thor In Ancient Egypt? Ra, and Anubis In ancient Greece? Zeus and Hades SO! Not only do you have to prove that Jesus existed (incredibly difficult to do) you also have to prove that a burning bush can talk. You have to prove that the laws of physics can be ignored -in your favor- if you worship Jesus of Nazareth. Good luck with that! You have hundreds of Gods you may choose from and you have to defend not only that God exists, but that your religion is the most correct. First the suffering: Isn't it interesting that ONLY in ancient Palestine does God ever have a divine intervention into human affairs? Not in the literate parts of China, but in an area of the world in which what is most likely is either lying, OR someone hallucinating. Thought experiment here: What is most likely? An immaculate conception? Or a jewish woman being unfaithful? Here is another: if theological scholars believe the human race is 100 thousand years old, you have to believe that for 90 thousand years heaven watches humans rape, kill, and torture each other. With complete indifference. Only for God to stand up and say 'enough .. we're gonna fix this by having a massive genocide via flood only in Palestine...in the middle of a desert.' This cannot be believed, in fact it seems foolish. But to further disprove the BIBLE, and subsequently that of the christian God and Jesus of Nazareth, to show you that Mosaic law was highly autocratic and benefits the people whom seek power due to their claim of God I shall pick ONE consistent view within the religion and seek to disprove it. Lets take homosexuality, something the church absolutely hates every time. Blanchard and Klassen (1997) preformed a study in which per every male baby born from the female body, the youngest male child is 33% more likely to become homosexual. Thus, as an older brother, my younger brother is 33% more likely to become gay than me. This is biology, as the female body pumps into the fetus more antibodies the more males she has (because her body does not recognize the Y antigens the fetus gives off, it pumps more antibodies to kill them) the more likely your son is to become gay. Here is the question: the bible said it's wrong, unnatural, unethical, and just plain horrible. But if it claims that every man is made in the image of God, why the HELL would he have created them only to be opposed by Christianity? That means that whomever said homosexuality was wrong within the bible, or it's interpretations, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN a GOOD representation of God as every priest claims. Thus disproving the bible, and thus disproving God. My opponent will play word games with us. But we will never falter my brothers! He may claim science can only know SO MUCH. Well maybe so but if you want to look at that record as well then look at religion in history's record for accuracy and you tell me if a God exists: (disproved) As a result of a curse upon you, a disease from a divine being will killed you. (disproved) If the Gods are angry with you, a local volcano will also kill you (disproved) The world revolves around the Earth as we were created in Gods image (disproved) Aids are bad, but will not be defeated by condoms (disproved) Homosexuality is terrible and NOT in God's wishes (disproved) Interracial marriages are terrible and NOT in God's wishes Also here is what pro wants you to believe: God knows everything and has the right to control you He has the ability to send you to hell for what you think He has the ability to have his followers in heaven to watch with pleasure all the sinners burn for eternity He has the right to control your marriage .. right down to what sexual positions you may choose He has the right to control what you eat He is a divine North Korea. Where for over 200 thousand years everyone in heaven takes pleasure in worshiping him and he never gets tired of it. That someone like Jerry Fallwell will go to heaven despite his support of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 .. but someone like Christopher Hitchens will rot in hell simply for not believing in him. This is his God. In the bible he kills over 6 million people. Satan on the other hand kills none, he simply collects those lost 'souls'. God does not want you to think (Adam and Eve anyone?) yet the devil allows you to have knowledge, to critically analyze the things around you (which any country with huge levels of education normally have less crime for example). Since we couldn't have possessed knowledge of good and evil before eating the fruit, Adam and Eve couldn't have known that eating the fruit was evil, so it seems a little harsh to punish them as severely as God did. Satan gave humans true capacity for moral judgment, unlike God, who simply expected everyone to mindlessly obey his orders. There is no biblical record of Satan engaging in the murder of torture of any human being, unlike God, who is guilty (and proudly guilty) of commiting genocide. There is no biblical record of Satan ever ordering someone to kill someone else, unlike God, who has repeatedly demanded the deaths of those who commit even the smallest of offenses. Satan will not be holding a massively dramatic ceremony full of blood and death for the return of his son to Earth. God apparently will. Tell me your God exists. If so, I'm sorry for you. As one person put it to me 'Sorry, but your God expects far too much from 15 year old boys!' I turn it over to Pro .. this shall be funny ... Joke: Buddhist walks to a hotdog vendor and says 'I'll have one with everything on it!' Vendor makes it for him and asks for '$2.75'. The buddhist hands him a 50 dollar bill and starts to eat his hotdog when he realizes he isn't getting his change. He then thought the vendor forgot and simply said 'excuse me sir. What about my change?' The vendor looks at him and replies ' AHHHHH! But sir! Change comes form within!'