Debate: The God Debate: Does he exist?
Side: No

I would challenge anyone to show me proof that there is no God.An essentially impossible task, and most atheists understand this fact. However, you are misrepresenting what is philosophically at the core of atheism.An atheist makes a factual statement.......THERE IS NO GOD.Some do, but that is not a prerequisite of atheism, and I think you will find that most modern atheists don't make such a statement. Atheism refers to our lack of belief in God. We're not looking for evidence that he doesn't exist. If something does not exist it cannot provide evidence. However, if something DOES exist, it WILL have evidence. What most atheists are saying is that we find the evidence provided to us to be faulty. Without said evidence we choose not to believe. a)So give us proof that there is no God,I already addressed this. Give us proof that there IS a God. That is how these things work.b) that everything was created by random change...First off, let me assume you meant "chance" not "change", although I can deal with both. There are two basic definitions of "random." The first is without design or intent, without a guiding intelligence. No guiding intelligence is apparent or necessary for virtually any natural occurrence: rainclouds, crystal formations, biological processes, formation by accretion, degradation by friction; all things that observable causes, reasons why they happen. Close examination and careful experimentation has revealed these causes, but never was intelligence needed or apparent. By this definition of random, change can easily be random. The other definition of random, the one you would be using if you said "random chance", is that all things have an equal chance of occurrence, which is most certainly not what we are saying at all. Study any science, and you will quickly learn that cause and affect dictate what the likelihood of an occurrence is. Certain things will never happen in certain situations, certain things must happen in others. It is practically the antithesis of random. Physics and chemistry are outstanding fields to demonstrate this concept. c)that life came from NOTHING.Not at all, that's what you are saying. You are saying that things just poofed in out of thin air because an immensely powerful being wanted them to. What we are saying is that the building blocks for life, at least life on our planet, have been around for billions of years. And we keep tracing it all back, reverse-engineering the universe, and keep seeing how THOSE building blocks formed, etc..We are not claiming that we can prove...there is a God,Than why say there is? we just have faith in the things we have seen and through our experiences and the evidences of the Bible that have been verified.Such as? Most evidence I have seen has either been incorrect or an incomplete thought process. Most of this "evidence" has been a matter of changing your observations to fit your notions, and a fear of changing those notions. A fear that is fueled by unshakable faith, a weakness. We believe by faith, something God values.Why would our creator value something that flies in the face of rationality, the tool that would allow us to know him? Wouldn't it be more realistic to assume that the limited founders and leaders of religion would have far better need of your faith than a being who has no weakness?Einstein said that mankind grasps less than one percent knowledge mankind possesses. of total knowledge. If we have only one percent of total knowledge, would it not be possible for God to exist in the other ninety-nine percent?Yes, it is possible, but it is just as possible that the concepts of religion and deity were created to fill the gaps in our knowledge when we knew much less about our surroundings. When we were young and afraid. Again, faith is best at helping us not be afraid, but it does not help us learn anything. And knowledge can help conquer fear too.At best you can only say that you don't know if there is a God or if there isn't.Precisely. Rarely do theists make that admission.