God Most Likely Does Not Exist

Please provide convincing empirical evidence of God! "1) Hydrogen"-Hydrogen is the base of all matter in the cosmos. Hydrogen is a non-renewable resource. The amount of hydrogen in the universe is continuously decreasing. Thefore the universe is not eternal."2) The universe is expanding"- The evidence shows that the universe started in "a small/space time called a singularity". The continuous expansion of the universe suggests that it had a beginning."3) The second law of thermodynamics"- The cosmos are in a constant state of increasing disorder. Stars eventually reach what is called "heat death" once the disorder disrupts the heat process. An eternal universe is impossible given there would be no energy left.Another section for the points below: http://www.doesgodexist.org......;1) The argument of: "intuitive design"The natural order of the universe is incredible. The intelligence found in living organisms is masterfully made. Here is a compliation of processes where life would not be sustainable by a change in order:http://www.doesgodexist.org......2) The argument of: "Beauty"Beauty is something our mind appreciates without always having a useful function. Architecture is one he uses as an example.3) The argument of: "Mathematical design"Life is created with mathematical paramaters. The odds of every particle interacting to create the universe we live in now is astronomical. "using Jesus as a scapegoat for your actions is reprehensible and immoral." None of us deserve God's forgiveness, but He loves us more than we can imagine. If you believe that God did not create evil, human beings became evil due to free will, you must admit that God made these human beings, and knew that they would become evil because God is omniscient. In any case, a God that asks for worship and threatens anyone to eternal torment in hell if they don’t comply, is a God not worth serving. Any God, that helps you with your petty life but let’s innocent children suffer and die every day is not worth worship. Sources estimate that one child dies of hunger-related causes every five seconds (http://www.bread.org......). Evil is the absence of good, or in other words, evil the opposite of God's will. He didn't create us to be robots, He created us to make our own choices. Mankind fell by turning against God and sin entered the world. God knows what will happen, but ultimately He left it up to us how we shape our destiny - a choice God left in our hands. Human suffering is not the will of God, it is evil in the heart of mankind - the absence of God by choice. The Bible says that God works in mysterious ways. The author of doesgodexist.org adopted a child at a very young age who turned out to be blind and mentally retarded. At first he was angry with God and didn't think he was ready for something so challenging, but then later realized he had a gift of relating to other parents with the same struggles and helped show Gods love to them. "...There is no evidence that shows that God affects minds either. But let’s assume for the heck of it that he does affect people’s minds and their actions. That would mean that God causes people to commit murder and rape. Do you now see why I think your arguments are illogical?"Why do we have that little voice in our head that helps us decipher right from wrong? God says that if you ask, He will direct you. The knowledge and wisdom of God can help influence our mind, and therefore our actions if we decide to act on them. Things such as murder and rape are not from God, it's a manifestation of impulsive, sinful, and evil thoughts. It is true atheists may be raised by atheist parents but the atheist worldview is more likely and therefore more realistic. I would contend that atheists come together from different religions to find truth.You are free to believe what you will, but there is empirical evidence God has left behind for us. Science is good at answering the "how" questions. Not so good at answering the "why" questions. Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? Why would we evolve if there was no specific purpose in life? Why does evil exist? If you assume that God exists, you would also assume He created science.God has never revealed himself to me, or any other people that are secular. There is no compelling evidence for a God. Miracles are just stories that our uneducated, illiterate ancestors made up because they did not understand science. They did not know about atoms, they did not learn about DNA or evolution. They were highly susceptible to fallibility in their situation. I ask that you would say a prayer to God, without anger or bias, to humbly ask Him how He has shown himself to you. Our ancestors may not have understood science, but they did experience life and humanity. If anything, the intricate, masterful design of everything in our universe has been tailored to the human experience. semantic argument revolves around a dispute which is usually about an unconventional definition that is used for a word. Con and I have already agreed to the definitions in round 1. Therefore, this argument is a logical one which Con does not want to answer. Either way if Con answers yes or no, he will have proven that God cannot be omnipotent in a logical world. His reference to drawing a square circle is not even a valid contention against my argument. Please address my argument without scapegoating, I did not ask if God could draw a square circle I asked if God could make a rock he cannot lift. The word I am referencing is omnipotent which means "all powerful." God could not do anything that would make God non-omnipotent, because in doing so, He would not be omnipotent. I reference my example of drawing a square circle. By drawing a square circle, it is not a circle. Omnipotence cannot be limited since the definition is "all-poweful." A square cannot be a circle because it is a square. If you draw a square circle, you must change the definition of square or circle."First off, free will (if it even exists) would allow us humans to choose to reproduce, which is evolutionarily beneficial. Our mind and consciousness allows us to think of different ways of solving problems, finding food and avoiding predators, all of which allow us to reproduce more. As for your light quote, there was light when species originated and when they were evolving, that is why we have eyes. Eyes are also quite beneficial to a species as you can imagine the many reasons why. You are right that the question of Gods existence doesn’t further human evolutionary purpose, but I didn’t even argue that point."Of course free will exists, we are not controlled by anything nor are we robots. How do you separate the mind from the brain? It seems like we would not need a mind or conscious for an evolutionary purpose if our brain was able to determine the basics of danger, reproduction, and resource gathering. My point is - why would we even need to be aware of the question of whether or not God exists if it wasn't meant to be asked?"Wow must be quite the conspiracy that 99.9 percent of scientists believe in evolution. There are plenty of fossil records of missing links. Once a missing link has been found for a certain time period, the theist asks to find another think between the remaining two periods, then another link, and another. It is absurd. Mutations are inherent in each one of us, and most of us I would assume are healthy human beings. Morality is best explained from an evolutionary perspective as killing each other would be harmful to our species. At this point I am going to have to ask you to cite your sources, wherever you are getting this from, it is complete and utter nonsense."Science is good at answering "how" but not "why" questions - and if God created science to be the "how" then He is the answer to "why". Fossil records are not as reliable, but I am curious as to why missing links didn't leave any bone evidence behind since we can find dinosaur bones which pre-existed missing links. My point was not that mutations exists, but that they are harmful most of the time. This is an excerpt from a page I found on mutations: '...the probability of a beneficial mutation is more like 1/1000 or one in a million, since each change is affecting so many other parts of the organism. This would probably lead to a rate of one beneficial mutation in about 10 or 20 generations, and probably many more generations would be required..." SOURCE: http://www.cs.unc.edu.... If morality is meant solely to perpetuate our species, then problems arise such as the prior example of 5 children earlier shows."By originated, don’t you mean created? If so you still are making a logical fallacy. Again, you are not clear in what you are trying to say. "Yes matter originated (came from an instance of origin) which means it was created, because matter is not created or destroyed. By making this claim I now know that you have no idea what evolution is or what its implications are. Evolution is not a moral compass itself, but it does explain why humans use morality -to increase reproductive success and benefit the species.But earlier you said "Morality is best explained from an evolutionary perspective as killing each other would be harmful to our species. If morality is not explained through evolution, where would the explanation lie?"I have never asserted a foreign existence of substances nor implied it anywhere...""...How do you know that the universe did not exist in some other form before the big bang?..."That is where I got the implication from, my apologies if I was mistaken. My space left is limited - but our arguments have been heard on both sides. My arguments, which are taken from John Clayton of doesgodexist.org, argue that: Mathematical parameters, beauty, and intuitive design give likely evidence of a creator. Added to this, the limited time left (based on decreasing hydrogen & entropy) and beginning of our earth (expansion) begs the question: why?