Here are a dozen easy to understand contradictions that indicate the impossibility of the god story

First of all, Thanks for opening this debate topic. I"ve never done one of these before, But a friend sent me this topic and it interested me enough to re-find my password. I"d like to clarify a couple things about my position. I am a Christian, And I believe wholeheartedly that the God of the Bible is the sole true God, The Bible is infallible, That every human is sinful, And that the only way to be saved from our sins and consequently go to heaven is through believing that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead. Consequently, All my arguments will be filtered through that worldview, As my opponent"s will be through his. Thus " just like any Creationist vs. Evolutionist debate " we"re seeing the same facts, But we read into them differently because of what we believe. No one is ever convinced to become a Christian through facts of nature or logical wordplay " God changes their hearts. (In the comments, Someone asked me to clarify my position of Christianity " I go to a Presbyterian church, And I don"t consider Catholics or Jews to be Christians, Btw. ) So I think debating this topic is a bit of a futile exercise. Let"s make one thing clear, Though: The only way to debate this is to accept the Bible as fact " since you"ve challenged it and pointed out supposed internal traditions. But I"m not going to convince my opponent (most likely) and he"s not going to convince me, So for the fun of it, Let"s get down to it. I fully expect to lose this debate, Because I doubt I"m going to offend less people then you are, But who cares? So. I just have to destroy all your arguments? Let"s rock and roll. In point one, You state that God is believed to be "perfect, Omniscient and omnibenevolent. " Back up a minute here, Because while God is perfect and all-powerful, Benevolence is never part of the language of the Bible. He is "benevolent, " in some sense of the word, In that he is eternally merciful to humans; however, There is no expectation that He should be endlessly kind and a giver of good gifts. We have to back up a little more, To explain the reason he is merciful and not kind. Humans are sinful. That"s just gonna have to be a given. Even without any corroboration from the Bible " which wouldn"t really be "evidence" to a nonbeliever anyway " no one is perfect. Even if you go down the list of the Ten Commandments and tick "em off until you get to the murder one " which looks pretty solid to most people"s consciences " Jesus later explains that even hating someone in your heart is committing murder. "Wake up in the morning I got murder on my mind. . . " Good ol" YNW Melly. Anyhoo, God is perfectly holy, Which goes along with perfect, As my opponent declared, And can"t stand the presence of anything imperfect. This is the fundamental flaw on which all my opponent"s arguments are founded. If God is perfect " who are we to judge any of his actions? Maybe war and parasites are good, By God"s (perfect) standard. (They"re not, And none of those evils listed are, But that"s beside the point. Ha ha. ) We are not perfect " and can"t judge a perfect being on his actions, Such as creating a world where suffering appears to reign. That takes care of that, I guess. Point two continues point one"s theme of God creating evil things. In this case, It"s Hell, Which is quite a turnoff for a lot of people, I"m sure. And it"s true: All those who don"t believe that Christ is their savior will be eternally tormented in Hell, For, Well, Eternity. (I probably shouldn"t be flippant about this. ) Is Hell evil? No. Instead, It is just. In my opponent"s list of sufferings in the previous point, Slavery or bondage could easily be included" yet no one complains about murderers getting life imprisonment for their crimes. (Oh, OJ" but that"s a debate for another time. ) After Adam and Eve first sinned, They could no longer be in God"s holy (perfect) presence; and therefore were cast out of the Garden of Eden. Their descendants (everyone) have all sinned countless times through their life, And if God hadn"t been merciful to them, He would have justly obliterated them and sent them to hell. Instead, He sent His son as a sacrifice for every person"s sins. Thus, Christ is the intercessor, Who blots away the irredeemable sin which we have all committed if we believe in him, And allows us to be in God"s presence, As God created us to be. God is perfect, And cannot have imperfection in His presence. (I feel like I forgot a lot of capital H"s in there") Somewhere in Psalms it says "The very rocks and trees cry out testimony for God"s existence. . . " or something like that. Everyone knows, In some way, That God is real, And that they are sinners who need saving, And rejection of the one way to heaven is just that. Hell isn"t evil, It is just. This deals with point 4, The flood, In the same way" the men of Earth had become so irredeemably sinful and evil that God justly should have destroyed them, And did. The only thing that spared the Earth was the devotion and righteousness of Noah. Point three deals with one of the most divisive topics in Christian theology, And one that is hard to understand even for the most experienced Christians: free will. Do humans have free will to choose God or not, Or otherwise? This isn"t a theology debate so I won"t go into it. But humans have some semblance of free will, I. E. Their worship delights God, And it was these humans choosing or falling into massive debauchery that caused him to destroy them (not the Earth). I crushed point four (ehm hm) a paragraph up. Point five I can"t really explain" the Trinity and the existence of God in three persons but in one as well is probably the most confusing aspect of Christian theology. However, It wasn"t a sacrifice to appease God; it was one to wash away everyone else"s sin so they could be in His presence. Only a perfect being could take all of our sin and take the punishment for it, Therefore Jesus was the choice. Numbah Six has several misconceptions. "Must remain hidden? " Not sure what that means" it comes down to that no one imperfect can be in his presence. He doesn"t write a book, As he inspired men to do that for him. He doesn"t really literally show himself when he answers prayers. He doesn"t hide. Simple as that. Seven" the tithe of 10% was an Old Testament rule (altho it"s a good rule of thumb now to follow), And OT rules of sacrifices and offerings were destroyed when Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice. Obviously, God doesn"t need the money. However, It pleases Him when we"re generous to our churches, (which are His houses, After all) and since we are grateful that he"s saved us, We give to support our churches. The Vatican. No. Just no. Catholics are a branch of Christianity which is, In many ways, Completely at odds with the Bible. The Pope, A central church government on Earth, The Vatican"s riches, Etc are not Biblical at all. Also, God doesn"t require everyone to sell everything. I"m not too strong on that point of theology, So just read the Bible. (I should probably do that too. ) Again, My opponent"s right about the many evils of Catholics. God should not be affiliated with their heresy. (I"ve never used that word before " it"s fun. ) Point ten: God talks to his followers through pastors, At least in the teaching aspect. Otherwise, It"s through the Bible. Wal, This is a good point (eleven). Yet God didn"t write the Bible. He inspired men of the time to write what he wanted people to know. Thus, They didn"t know anything about DNA, Bacteria, Viruses" Besides that, The Bible isn"t a scientific manual: it is a theological and spiritual one. Even if God needed to prove his omniscience in that way, There would be no practical reason to include such things. And, The final one. God always answers prayers; however, He doesn"t always answer them the way one might want. God"s perfect, And we aren"t. He knows what"s best for us, So if his answer is "No, " we just have to trust that"s what He wants for us. His answers are Yes, No, And Wait. Extra credit? Prove that God would use text as a form of communication? Well, He did. It"s only the most effective one to reach all generations of the Earth, As oral traditions are easily corrupted or lost, And there wasn"t any other methods during that period. Thanks.