Does God Exist? (Part 2)

1) I'm only 15 years old. I didn't study biology for enough time to choose my own theory about how the universe began. Not knowing is also an answer. I would like to ask you this: If you are discounting macro evolution because of its holes, why don't you discount creationism because of its holes ? If Genesis is a metaphor, maybe GOD is a metaphor. You know that many of the bible stories are taken out of other religions and cultures? Noah's ark, for example, cannot be true, because it is drawn out of another story, in which one god wanted to destroy earth because humans were noisy, and one god wanted to save humanity by saving 'Noah'. I don't remember from which culture it was taken. God, in many times, is acting in the bible, in the way that it is likely for the people of that time to want. God wins battles for him, kills their enemies (aren't they his sons, too? ) etc. It also seems a bit wrong for God to choose one small tribe, in that time, and just ignore all the others. That's something that goes well with those people minds' - they wanted to be special, they wanted to feel like someone is taking care of them (just like today) 2) I guess we must agree to disagree, but the fact that we gave value to diamonds doesn't make it less real! We gave meaning to art, and culture, and music, and so many different things that don't have anything to do with God. You can't say Beethoven's music doesn't have meaning because music doesn't have meaning because of how it works. 3) Well, soldiers are trained well before battle, the army must make them fell hatred toward the enemies, it must make them feel like even if they'll die, they'll be heroes. If you take God away, the soldiers will say: What are we nuts? We're really going to risk our only life for killing people just because they are from the other side of a conflict? Firefighters know they are doing GOOD by risking their lives for people who will DIE without them. Additionally, NO ONE needs firefighters to die, if they die it's because of an unfortunate mistake. In war, it is impossible for people not to die. That's the difference. And you are missing the whole point! I gave the soldiers war statement as a contradiction to what you said. I'm not saying if a country decided to stop training soldiers it would have less wars, I'm saying if all soldiers in the world will stop believing in an afterlife, maybe a lot of them wouldn't want to risk their lives for. .. practically nothing. .. a firefighter saves a person, a soldier kills a person. This whole argument started when you said not all people would risk their lives for another person, I answered by telling you not all people have to, and risking your life for other people comes from pure caring, conscious and good nature, not because people say; what the hell, I have another life just in case. 4) I'll try to answer shortly. I will not try to explain why I am right, but I'll explain why you are wrong. According to you, without a higher power, there is no morality, there is no good and bad. Look at the history yourself! The slavery in America: Almost all people who owned slaves were Christians. I think you and me can agree today, that SLAVERY is BAD. RACISM is BAD, yet those people who were Christians didn't know that. God has nothing to do with morality. People who do good to themselves and the people around them, are good people. When you own a slave, the slave is feeling bad? then what you are doing is wrong. If you're insulting another person because he's from another race, and that persons fells bad about it, then you are doing wrong. You are right, there are some issues that are not black and white, but you can't ask God! All we can do is try to figure it out ourselves. . http://en.wikipedia.org... I really tried to find the word 'atheist' 'faith' etc. but I really didn't find any. .. not always things are related to each other. It's not a coincidence that you find that information in the Organization for ECONOMIC Cooperation and Development, because 'Factors in suicide include unemployment (due to the economic recession in the 1990s), depression, and social pressures' It has nothing to do with faith. 5) So God says sinning is wrong and should be punished by death, then he kills his son, and says we are all sinners and we can be saved by our faith alone, no matter what we did. I think I said that before - If we are all sinners, and we can be all saved by faith, then God's morals are meaningless. There are many Christian groups that encourage racism and other bad morals, I'm pretty sure they believe in God. They are worthy of heaven ? No, it is not unfair. Prison is meant to punish people who broke the law, hopefully make them stop breaking the law, warn other people from breaking the law. Remove a man from society because he is dangerous. That's not like heaven and hell at all! You know what, I don't even see the point in having hell. To punish people for not believing? It's not like the US court throws people to jail because they are not Christians. You can agree, I hope, it's useless. Other than it being wrong, what's the point? You are basing your opinion of it being OK, I guess, because of another opinion that God is always right (? ). Let me just tell you, that 1.5 years ago I believed in God myself. I didn't give up my faith because I found the answers in atheism, but because I didn't see a satisfying reason for why God exists. Try that. I'll open 'Does God Exist part 3' in a few days, 'accept the challenge' if you'd like.