Deism

Thank you for accepting. I am looking forward to debating with you. If you would like, for the simplicity of this debate, we may assume that the Christian God has created the universe and continues to exist. I am not arguing for a specific time in which the creator has left his creation, I am simply arguing that he has. My first argument: Biblical irrelevance. The Bible was written as a guide to mankind many many years ago. The Bible was written for an ancient culture and contains information written in a way that they would understand. The Bible is, in modern days, out of context and confusing. We are forced to try to imagine the appropriate context for the separate Bible writings while reading them. The Bible requires a lot of effort to extract relevant instruction from. Wouldn't a caring, all-knowing, absolutely powerful god provide relevant, easy-to-understand instruction? The Bible can be taken as little more than a history book. Such a God would know how hard it is for us to understand the Bible and how many conflicting interpretations there would be. Knowing this, why wouldn't he create us new and obvious instruction? My second argument: lack of modern 'acts of God.' The God of the Bible has done many miracles. He has also communicated with man on a number of occasions. Neither miracles nor communications from God are easily noticeable. Things often considered to be miracles could easily be coincidences. Coincidences will happen. If you don't notice coincidences, but see a lot of miracles and favors from God, you should re-examine the way you look at things. It seems reasonable to expect any God actively involved in the world to make himself known and to assure that he gets credit for his works. People claim to have been spoken to by God in some way. These occasions are always obscure in some way, such as a radio, written text, or gut feeling. A God would want people to know when he's talking to them. As said by Eric Erickson: "at some point, some human had to communicate with God. Whether through meditation, inspiration, or direct conversation, every religious founder claims to have touched God mentally and communicated his thoughts to you." You are relying on their testimony that God spoke to them and wants you to follow them." These revealed religions are often cloaked with the mists of time, making it hard to get real evidence for their claims." My third argument: God regretted making mankind. Genesis 6:6 says that God regretted making man. If this is so, it makes sense that he would have left mankind on our own. My fourth argument: struggle and decay. The universe is in a constant state of decay. The existence of life both physically and socially becomes more difficult every moment. Every generation has a harder time living than the past one did. If a god was caring for the world, wouldn't he at least make it stay the same for the sake of fairness? My fifth argument: human creation and modification of life. The god of the Bible stopped mankind when we created the tower of Babel. He is "jealous" (Duet 4:24). This god likes to maintain superiority over mankind. We have created life. We have made clones. We have made living organs. We have changed the fundamental operations of some plant life. According to the nature of God, it seems that he would not have let us do these things if he was watching us. I admit, any argument on the nature of God is a weak one, because the nature of God cannot be fully known in this world. I look forward to your opening argument. sources: http://www.goddiscussion.com... https://www.quora.com... http://www.biblegateway.com...