The Christian/Jewish God (Yahweh) most likely exists outside of peoples imagination.

As I noted previously, I did not have time to address a second argument for why Yahweh is the best candidate for a transcendent being. Here I will present that argument, specifically about the bodily resurrection of Christ. Jesus, himself claimed to be a member of the Godhead. There are many reasons why this helps us understand God. If God were Unitarian, as Islam and Judaism believes, then I find it difficult to believe God could be all loving. In the time before the creation, God could only be all loving if there were other members of the Godhead with whom perfect love was exchanged. The relationship whereby Jesus and the Father were both God, and shared a relationship helps me understand how God could be all loving, even during the times when there was no creation to love. Regardless, Jesus claimed in the Bible, that under the authority of God, he would take the death sentence that the sins of every person required, so that he could offer forgiveness. And by that authority he would rise again after three days. Now whether or not you believe these claims, I think it's unmistakable that if Jesus really did rise from the dead, it would be the source of divine power, and furthermore, divine validation that the Jewish God is the God of the universe. So here are three points universally accepted by most New Testament historians: 1) Jesus' tomb was discovered empty by a group of his women followers. The late Austrian resurrection specialist Jacob Kremer wrote that "By far most exegetes hold firmly to the reliability of the biblical statements concerning the empty tomb." 2) Many individuals and groups of people saw Jesus alive, after his crucifixion. Some of whom were not followers of his teachings. German critic of the resurrection Gert L,demann (sic) believes "It may be taken as historically certain that Peter and the disciples had experiences after Jesus" death in which Jesus appeared to them as the risen Christ." 3) Many apostles believed in the resurrection of Jesus despite having no reason to. Jewish people, historically in the time of Christ, believed Messiah to be a political revolutionary, not a humble, slain victim. They believed he would be King over Israel and not lying in a tomb. Not to mention that Jewish tradition does not substantiate the idea of someone raising from the dead after just 3 days, before the end of time. In spite of these issues, many Jewish disciples believed that Jesus was God, and died for that belief. N. T. Wright, an eminent British scholar, concludes, "that is why, as a historian, I cannot explain the rise of early Christianity unless Jesus rose again, leaving an empty tomb behind him." I also present this link as an excellent source on the issue of prophecy you raised in regards to Tyre. This is yet another example for the supremacy of Biblical prophecy and Yahweh: "Ezekiel began his prophecy by stating that "many nations" would come against Tyre (26:3). Then he proceeded to name Nebuchadnezzar, and stated that "he" would build a siege mound, "he" would slay with the sword, and "he" would do numerous other things (26:7-11). However, in 26:12, the pronoun shifts from the singular "he" to the plural "they." It is in verse 12 and following that Ezekiel predicts that "they" will lay the stones and building material of Tyre in the "midst of the waters." The shift in pronouns is of vast significance, since it shifts the subject of the action from Nebuchadnezzar (he) back to the many nations (they). Till and others fail to see this shift and mistakenly apply the utter destruction of Tyre to the efforts of Nebuchadnezzar." https://www.apologeticspress.org... Likewise, concerning the Nile, it is a prophecy that is slated for the future during the period known as the "millennial reign of Christ." Literary indications from the bible help us interpret this prophecy in this way. I will drop another reference link here. http://www.apostolicrevelation.info... As I expected, those phrases you bring up to argue that the earth is flat are Hebraisms, or Jewish expressions of the day. We have expressions in our day so we should be understanding of the language gap. That being said, the bible does teach the earth is round! The bible says the earth is a circle, which is the same word for sphere in Hebrew. (Isaiah 40:22) It also says when Jesus returns, some will be sleeping at night, while others are working during the day. This is fully in line with the spherical concept. (Luke 17:34-36) http://www.creationtips.com... In the year 1806, the French institute of science listed 80 historical, archaeological, geographical inaccuracies of the bible. By 1940, not a single inaccuracy remained substantiated. At this point, I would like to discuss how historically, throughout the late 1800s and 1900s, archaeologists thought the Bible was wrong about Quirinius, Pontius Pilate, and the Hittite culture. In instances like this, we now know that Pilate is in fact a historical figure as the "Pilate stone" carvings were uncovered in 1941. Same with the Hittites, in 1876 George Smith discovered they were a real people. Now not only do we know that the Hittites were real, there is an entire chair of the university of Chicago dedicated to studying their culture. Concerning Quirinius, many argued that the biblical dates did not coincide with his time as Governor, but we know now he served two separate terms and that the Biblical account is correct. We have good reasons to believe the Bible is at the forefront of historical records. Once skeptic, Sir William Ramsay, "a late-nineteenth-century archaeologist, started out his career convinced that the Acts of the Apostles had been produced in the middle of the second century, a hundred years after the events it purported to describe. On the basis of his archaeological discoveries, however, he was gradually compelled to reverse his views. 'Luke's history,' he wrote, 'is unsurpassed in respect to its trustworthiness," and "Luke is an historian of the first rank" who "should be placed along with the very greatest.'" I understand the importance of a contradiction with a religious text, I just use this space to be wary that we don't go out of our way to try and discredit scripture. If we examine it honestly, it has proved this far to be quite reliable. It's unfortunate my opponent didn't have the opportunity to respond this round, but I still had plenty to respond to in this round without any new content to assess. I did however enjoy researching some of his claims about biblical prophecy, and believe they actually work in favor of Yahweh as the true God of the universe. As always, thank you for reading. 4SCOREand7