I believe God exists, So the story of the Christ is un-necessary

Before I begin, I want to remind readers that PRO and CON are reversed in this debate, and that I am arguing that "a figure LIKE Christ is necessary to stand alongside God. " To make it less confusing I will address my opponent as "my opponent" instead of CON.1) I want to clear up a gross misconception made by my opponent. Not once have I mixed religions. The Bhagavad Gita DOES NOT DEFINE CHRISTIANITY IN ANY MEANINGFUL SENSE. Only Christian doctrine defines God and Christ within the confines of Christianity. Other documents from other religions are wholly invalid in discussing the Christian God in ANY MANNER (with few exceptions such as Judaism, as they share many texts). They are only relevant to their own distinctive religions. Therefore, to the extent that "God exists with infinite attributes," each religion defines what those attributes of God may be WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELIGIONS. When my opponent quotes the Bhagavad Gita, he is discussing the Hindu version of God. This has no relevance in defining the Christian God. Along these same lines, what Plato thinks of the Christian God is also wholly irrelevant in defining the Christian concept of God. Plato may have an idea of what he would consider a God-like entity, but this entity has no relevance or relation to the Christian God, other than that they both "exist[] with infinite attributes. "If my opponent wants to describe Plato's beliefs and the Hindu concept of God, he is welcome to do so as long as he does not mix religions.2) My opponent's use of the word "Supreme" is wholly irrelevant to this debate. Even if he insists there is only one God in the Christian canon, I have already agreed to such an assertion. I have already stated that "such distinctions [like the Trinity] are less an actual separation of divinity than they are for people to be able to comprehend divinity in our limited fashion. " I have already argued that such distinctions are "absolutely necessary to establish God's existence. "3) My opponent asks: "Why should a human being be elevated and be made to be equal to God's status. " My answer is simple. Jesus is the Son of God. He IS God, as demonstrated through scripture that cite the existence of the Trinity (see Isaiah 43:10-11 below). 4) My opponent brings up that in the Buddhist belief, "Buddhists do not concern themselves wit [sic] ideas of God and Buddha. " However, they do believe in an entity with infinite attributes, this entity being Nirvana:"Nirvana is eternal because it is beyond space, there is no causation, no boundary, no concept of self and not-self and thus Nirvana is infinite. " [1] Nirvana fits the definition of "God" as proffered by my opponent in Round #1 - Nirvana "exists with infinite attributes. " Is it the Christian God? Absolutely not. But it does indeed fit the definition of what God may be outside of Christianity. I remind my opponent and voters that Nirvana has no relevance whatsoever to the Christian version of God. To reiterate, within the confines of the Buddhist religion, Buddha does indeed provide the link between man and Nirvana - without Buddha's enlightenment, this link would not exist, and thus "God" would not exist to Buddhists. They would be unable to comprehend the concept of "God" to any degree without the Buddha.5) To rebut my opponent's rebuttals, a) I found rebuttal #1 to be irrelevant to the debate topic, other than to say that he considers the Trinity to not be a valid concept. I will cite Scripture to rebut his rebuttal presently. b) Rebuttal #2: my opponent states: "God alone is infinite, that is a characteristic of God, First you have to prove Jesus was also infinite. This is what my whole argument rests on, God has certain attributes that make God, God. "I have no idea why my opponent thinks that "God alone is infinite," or why "that is a characteristic of God. " or specifically that he thinks the Trinity is invalid. I can cite plenty of Scripture however that indeed makes the distinction between the Father, the Son, and the Spirit (thereby validating the concept of Trinity): Matthew 28:18-20 "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. ’"Luke 3:21-22 "Now it came about when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, ‘You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased. ’"1 Corinthians 2:10-11 "For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. " (The Holy Spirit knows all things)Acts 5:3-4 "But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back some of the price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God. ’" (The Holy Spirit is God)John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God [qeo;" h\\n oJ logo"]. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. " (Jesus is God)Isaiah 43:10-11 "‘You are My witnesses,’ declares Yehovah, ‘And My servant whom I have chosen, in order that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no El formed, and there will be none after Me. I, even I, am Yehovah; and there is no Savior besides Me. ’" (The Father Claims to be Savior alone) [2]Keep in mind that for the purposes of defining the Christian God, Biblical Scripture is THE AUTHORITY. NOTHING TRUMPS SCRIPTURE, AND IN SCRIPTURE, IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE DISTINCTIONS - THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THAT ALL OF THESE DISTINCTIONS ARE GOD. I can keep going with Scripture, but I am running out of room. Outside of these statements, my opponent made irrelevant comparisons with Hinduism and Platonic philosophy, and attempted to use them to define the Christian God, which is totally unacceptable given the confines of Christianity. He also did not establish them as their own separate creed or religion. Therefore, I will simply reiterate my conclusions from the prior round as I have found them to be uncontested:In Christianity, God manifests through Christ to demonstrate love. As God IS love, to not have the Christ would be akin to not having God. Therefore, to have God, one MUST have the Christ. In other religions, in order for man to perceive God's existence, God must somehow manifest in the form of a man in order to display His divinity. Without this display, mankind would be ignorant of God's existence. Therefore, such a man is absolutely necessary in order to prove God's existence. Given this logic, it is impossible to believe in God without a Christ-like figure, be it Christ or a similar figure in another religion or belief system. The Christ figure is absolutely necessary to establish God's existence. [1] . http://www.buddhanet.net...[2] . http://www.layevangelism.com...; (not a source, just a reference for Trinity Bible verses)