The Christian God Exists

Rebuttals:"None of these words that many use to describe God are in the Bible. With this in mind, I will commence my opening argument."True, but many people believe these are an accurate description of the Christian God. It was also made clear in the rules that omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent would be the attributes of God in this debate."The book of Leviticus contained laws for ancient Israel on quarantine and hygiene when surrounding nations knew nothing about such matters."Where is the evidence that God gave them these laws? Also many Old Testament rules serve no reasonable purpose. Israelites that did not celebrate Passover were banished from the camp. Rebellious teenagers and people who worked on a Sunday were put to death. Israelites could not eat shellfish or wear torn clothes. Israelites clothing could not contain linen and wool. Basically any laws with little benefits are rare. There is no evidence that this was intentional and not just unforeseen side affects of some crazy laws.(http://stephencjames.com...)(http://www.buzzfeed.com...)"At a time when there were wrong ideas about the shape of the earth, the Bible referred to it as a circle, or sphere. (Isaiah 40:22) The Bible accurately said that the earth "hangs on nothing." (Job 26:7) The Bible is not a science textbook, but it is scientifically accurate and It even contains information that was far ahead of its time. Is this not what we would expect of a book from God?"Actually there are many gaps between the bible and science. Firstly Isaiah 41:9 says "I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you." Corners imply the earth was flat or a cube. It is also clear that from a scientific standpoint you cannot take the bible as literally true. According to the genealogies found in the bible the earth is less than ten thousand years old. This is clearly false. Dendrochronology and Radiometric dating put the world at well over ten thousand years. There is also no evidence of a global flood and plenty of contradictory evidence. (http://www.asa3.org...) (http://ncse.com...) Prophecy of King Cyrus: Actually this prediction was made in 537 BCE so at the very least his name was widely known and it was common knowledge that the attack was imminent. The Babylon argument is absurd because it is clear that no nation or empire will last forever. Predicting the downfall of one does not require foreknowledge but time. I will now predict the downfall of the United States of America. It may take an extreme amount of time but eventually I will be right. Without time constraints predicting the downfall of any nation is ridiculously simple and does not me God gave me that knowledge. Actually many Biblical prophecies have not come true such as the drying up of the Nile or the destruction of Egypt. (http://rationalwiki.org...) "The Bible is also historically accurate and reliable. Its accounts are specific. They include not only the names but also the ancestry of individuals. In contrast to secular historians, who often do not mention the defeats of their own people, Bible writers were honest, even recording their own failings and those of their nation. In the Bible book of Numbers, for instance, the writer Moses admits his own serious error for which he was severely reproved. (Numbers 20:2-12) Such honesty is rare in other historical accounts but is found in the Bible because it is a book from God." Diligence of the authors is no indication that theis words come from god. The bible's wisdom argument is irrelevant. A book can have wise principles and strong moral stances without it being inspired by god. "Considering these facts should make you wonder: how could such an extraordinary book be the word of men? It couldn't. No doubt about it. It is the extraordinary word of the true God, Jehovah." It could very well be the words of men. In fact there is no evidence to support any other conclusion. Conclusion: Pro has provided no legitimate evidence to support the resolution. The Burden of Proof is not fulfilled.