Biblical Creationism is Incorrect

This was supposed to be a summaries only round; not a rebuttal round. So, I will offer some rebuttals to major topics and conclude with a summary. --- 4C1A: 1. It is circular reasoning to LITERALLY test whether or not something is intelligently designed with a product of intelligent design (a computer); Proving intelligent design using a product of it (a human being) as evidence is not. 4C1B: 1. To answer your question once and for all: "What would constitute objective proof of God? Well, consider the following self-evident and universally recognized truth: Concept and design necessitate an intelligent designer. The presence of intelligent design proves the existence of an intelligent designer. It's simply cause and effect. In our search for proof of God's existence, we could examine the various claims of supernatural occurrences, determine whether or not these are legitimate experiences, and build a case for the existence of the supernatural, which would be a step towards identifying a supernatural Creator God. Or we can just apply what we already know and search for signs of intelligent design within creation itself. We know that design necessitates a designer. In fact, in accordance with this fundamental axiom, design detection methodology is a prerequisite in many fields of human endeavor, including archaeology, anthropology, forensics, criminal jurisprudence, copyright law, patent law, reverse engineering, crypto analysis, random number generation, and SETI. And how do we recognize intelligent design? In general, we find "specified complexity" to be a reliable indicator of the presence of intelligent design. Chance can explain complexity alone but not specification -- a random sequence of letters is complex but not specified (it's meaningless). A Shakespearean sonnet is both complex and specified (it's meaningful). We can't have a Shakespearean sonnet without Shakespeare. " [1] 2. More Evidence for a Creator: "Through the microscope, we observe the E. coli bacterial flagellum. The bacterial flagellum is what propels E. coli bacteria through its microscopic world. It consists of about 40 individual protein parts including a stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, and propeller. It's a microscopic outboard motor! The individual parts come into focus when magnified 50,000 times (using electron micrographs). And even though these microscopic outboard motors run at an incredible 100,000 rpm, they can stop on a microscopic dime. It takes only a quarter turn for them to stop, shift directions and start spinning 100,000 rpm in the opposite direction! The flagella motor has two gears (forward and reverse), is water-cooled, and is hardwired into a signal transduction (sensory mechanism) so that it receives feedback from its environment. " [2] 4C1C: "If intelligent design is true, then there should be no errors in the universe" 1. If you assume that intelligent design demands utter perfection, then this claim is true. However, the Bible states that the universe is not perfect and contains error because of the sin of man; therefore, the evidence is consistent with Biblical Creationism. 4C1E: 1. "Design proves design. Wow. " No, design proves Designer. 4C1F: 1. "Mutations often add "information" in the form of increased amounts of genetic material (through gene duplication error) [4], new genetic material and thus new phenotypes [4][5][6], and increased genetic variability in a population [4], as well as in other ways. " So says the secularists who presuppose this with no evidence; "Think about it this way: if I give someone a copy of a book they already own, then they don"t have any new information, just a copy of information they already had. If I subsequently take a marker and mark out some of the letters or words in the copy of the book I gave them, they still don"t have any new information"just a messed up copy of one of the books. " [3] "Duplications are the result of duplicating existing genetic information, and mutations alter existing genetic information (whether original or duplicated). Neither of them adds new information. " [4] 4C1J: 1. "But seeing as a chance of habitability of 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,003 would make life probable, and given that life is pretty spunky (see 2C1B.8), this make it pretty likely that life and potentially conscious life could evolve. " To quote my opponent, "could you objectively prove this? " 4C1L: 1. "These organs once had a full function, that since has been lost. Why wouldn't an intelligent designer just make a better organ to do these minor functions without any of the problems? " Not so. As I have noted, these organs still have very significant functions. Answer to the question: I do not know because I am not Him. This is not, in any way, evidence against Him. 2. "Why not fix this and give the immune-helping job to another organ? " He promises His followers to give them new life in perfect heaven without illness or disease. We live in a sin-fallen world and therefore have illness and disease; once again, Biblical Creationism stands consistent with the evidence. 4C1M: 1. "Why put a bunch of potentially apocalypse-level objects next to the planet of the only race you care about? " Once again, I do not know. What I do know is that His plans are greater than ours, whether we like it or not. They DO NOT disprove intelligent design. All they do is confirm that we live in an imperfect universe, as the Bible states. 4C3: 1. "It's quite evolutionarily useful for humans to act morally and not screw each other over. So why is God necessary? " Evolution only works on the natural world, the visible. We have an innate sense of morals ingrained in us by a conscience which is in the realm of thought, which is not part of the natural world. God, specifically the Moral God of the Bible, is necessary because blind nature does not have morals and therefore cannot ingrain in us a sense of them. 4C4A: 1. " Only 1 proof substantially requires the fossil record, making it quite possible to prove evolution via, say, the nested hierarchies present in Earthly taxa. (Apparently not so for Jesus. )" Very interesting. So, despite there being few if any transitional fossils, you continue to exercise blind faith in the words of fallible men. 4C4C: 1. It is 2014 In the Year of Our Lord. Before Jesus' birth it was based on B. C, before Christ. 4C4G: 1. "Jesus was a living god". Yes He was, but with a capital G. --- References: [1] . http://www.allaboutcreation.org... [2] . http://www.allaboutcreation.org... [3] . https://answersingenesis.org... [4] . https://answersingenesis.org... --- Summary: This debate ultimately has been a clash of the Secular and Christian worldviews. Pro has placed his faith in the fallible theories of humans and I have placed my faith in Almighty God. Let me close with a passage of Scripture: Romans 1:20-22: "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools. " God offers Salvation to all those who seek after Him. He changed my life and He will change anyone else's, if they soften their heart and humble themselves.