Debate: Christianity or Atheism?
Side: Atheism

The theory of designThen who designed the designer? Clearly something as amazing as a god that has the power to create an entire universe is far more complex than an amoeba. If you say god doesn't require a designer then you're using special pleading, which is a logical fallacy. Your comparison of a house is flawed because you're comparing something that we know is designed and we know can't come about via natural processes to something that is a biological organism that is capable of evolving from something simple to something complex via mutation and natural selection. Even if we had conclusive evidence that life was designed, that doesn't tell us any information about who or what the designer is. It definitely doesn't tell us that a specific god did it. For the sake of argument, let's assume that life was designed by a god. Now let's examine what the designs tell us about that god. Most, if not all, forms on life on this planet have flaws in them, like wisdom teeth in humans that need to be removed, otherwise we have dental problems. There is a whole slew of genetic problems humans have such as harlequin ichthyosis, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, treacher-collins syndrome, crouzon syndrome and progeria. If you want to see just how horrible those things are, take a look, just be warned they are pretty gruesome. There are over 14,000 diseases and mental disorders just in humans. Are all of those things part of this gods design? How about all these things? WARNING: The links take you to some graphic content.· Mosquitos that have infected 700 million people with disease in Africa alone, killing millions of them.· Kissing bugs which have infected 16 to 18 million people with Chaga’s disease, killing 20,000 of them each year.· Bot Flies and Mangoworms that embed their larvae into you.· Smallpox which was responsible for an estimated 300–500 million deaths during the 20th century.· Porphyria (AKA Vampires Disease)· Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis· Necrotizing Fasciitis· Kidney Worms· Blood Sucking Ticks· Leprosy· Rabies· Naegleria Fowleria (AKA The Brain-Eating Amoeba) which gets inside your brain and causes headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, confusion, hallucinations, loss of muscle control, seizures, and eventually death.So, what do all these things tell us about the designer? They tell us that he is either highly incompetent and his designs have gone horribly wrong or he intentionally designed them that way and is therefore extremely malicious and evil.http://i.imgur.com/R6fkHit.jpgPascals WagerPascal's Wager presents a false dichotomy that doesn't take into account all the other gods. There have been hundreds, possibly thousands, of gods invented throughout history. Many of those gods, like the Christian one, go on massive killing sprees when people worship other gods. So, who do you think a god would be more likely to be upset with, someone who doesn't worship any god because they haven't seen any conclusive evidence for their existence, or someone that is worshiping a different god? http://i.imgur.com/cAGzhp7.pngThe theory of moralityMorality is a product of evolution. Let me explain with an example. Lets say we have two groups of people, the selfies and the groupies. The people in the selfies group only look out for themselves. They will lie, cheat, steal, and murder as long as it benefits them in some way. Then we have the groupies; they work together as a group, share responsibilities, and look out for each other. Which of those groups do you think will be more likely to survive, find mates, and have children? The answer is the groupies. By working together they can accomplish more and protect each other, increasing their likelihood of survival. The selfies on the other hand kill each other off, have a harder time finding a mate because who wants to be with a selfish, murderous bastard, and therefore be less likely to have offspring. "According to atheists, after we die nothing happens and since, to them, nothing happens then why would you need morals?"Do you want to live in a society where people rape, murder, and steal each other? Of course not, and neither do atheists. We want to live in peace just like the vast majority of people in the world, and the only way to do that is to be peaceful ourselves and hope that people follow our example. Plus we have empathy just like theists do. If the reason you do good things is for a reward in heaven, you're not being moral, you're being greedy. If the reason you don't do bad things is fear of punishment in hell, that's not morality, it's fear. Being moral is doing good regardless of the consequences.