God Is Not Real

The cosmological argument: The argument states that God is timeless. If there is an intelligent being, that exists outside of time, that being cannot think, or do anything. Thinking and doing require change, and change requires the passage of time. A timeless being that can do anything is a self-contradictory idea. If time began at the same time as the universe did, then there was no point in time where the universe did not exist, as they came into existence at the same time. The universe has technically always existed. The word "always" is not defined as an infinite amount of time, the word only applies within the confines of time. If something is as old as time itself, like the universe, it has always existed, and therefore needs no cause, or creator. My opponent states, "The main thing here is that my opponent asked me in Round two to prove the Christian interpretation of God. And that God is by definition eternal. So technically, I don't have to prove that the Christian God is eternal." I understand that the Christian interpretation of God claims that God is eternal, but it fails to back up these claims. My opponent states, "You have to deny the existence of objectively (meaningful) morality if you deny the existence of God." Objective is not a synonym of meaningful. Morality is subjective. If morality were objective, everyone would share the same moral opinions. If our morals were taken directly from the Bible, adulterers would be stoned, no one would eat bacon, and trimming your beard would be seen as immoral. I am going to assume that you, at least once, have trimmed or shaved your facial hair, seeing as your profile states that you are a 19-year old male. This would mean that you are an immoral person. A person's moral views are influenced by what century they live in. Over the course of human history, moral views have become more liberal. Charles Darwin was quite liberal for his time, as he disapproved of slavery, and denied God's existence, yet today he would be seen as very conservative, and racist, as he still thought that coloured people were of less value than white people. My opponent says that, "But it is also quite clear that an objective moral law does exist. For example, everyone knows that murder, stealing, etc...are wrong. In other words, we are all aware that a moral standard exists." These are moral standards that exist today, but they did not exist in the past. Early human tribes saw murder and stealing within their own tribe as immoral, but the stealing from, and murdering of other tribes was an acceptable thing to do. Human morals have changed as we have learned that working together, instead of killing each other is more productive, and beneficial to us. My opponent says, "His brothers (originally not believers), friends, and people that knew him said that he was God. This is significant." Eyewitness testimonies should be taken with a grain of salt, as they are just one person's word against another person's. People who disagreed with these testimonies would have been left out of the Bible. You are accepting that these testimonies are true without any evidence that they are. Eyewitness testimonies are often very inaccurate. (http://www.scientificamerican.com...) My opponent then says, "I completely disagree. You can't be a good teacher and literally insane at the same time." You have misunderstood what I said. I said that Jesus could have just been lying, and not insane. You say that, "As for lying, you cannot lie and then say that you aren't evil." I will assume that you have lied, at least once, as every human has. Are you saying that you are evil? My opponent says, "This is not God's fault but it is the fault of the Nazis." The Bible claims that God decides when we die. (Job 14:5) If this is the case, the Nazis were only fulfilling God's will. My opponent states, "Like I have already said, evolution is only a fact if we are talking about adaption." There is evidence of common ancestry. All cells are put together in the same way. Humans share 96% of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest living relatives. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com...) This video explains common ancestry and macro evolution excellently: My opponent says that, "the Bible makes no claim on the age of the earth" If all of the stories in the Bible are added together, the Earth was created about 6150 years ago. (http://creation.com...)