Debate: is god true?
Side: yes, god is true

Scientific truth and religious truth will never contradict each other. If a contradiction appears, we have either misinterpreted the religious truth or arrived at a false scientific conclusion.There are many different ways through which we come to understand truth. Scientific truth is gained through observation and recording. Many scientific theories have been disprove or improved throughout the ages, and science continues to evolve. Science is a human method of figuring out how God's creation functions. It is a way of trying to understand God, too. For example, if you read a book and make no attempt to understand what the author is trying to say, you have defeated the purpose of the book. We are not in heaven now because we must first learn what He is teaching us through His creation.Now for non-scientific truths. Lots of ways of getting those, I can't possibly cover them all so I'll just talk about the Bible. Truth can be understood through means besides literal. While some parts of the Bible are historical and others are symbolic, there's lots of more specific terminology but I'm not a theology major and I haven't studied it in detail. It should be a major clue that there are two creation stories in the Bible and they cannot possibly both be taken literally, as they are different.This does not mean that they are not true. To clarify, I give the example of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. This is not a literal account of history, but it contains religious truth, does it not? at the very least, if you do not believe that this is religious truth, you will believe that it was written to portray what the author believed to be religious truth? Symbolism. I hate over-obsessive English teachers who think that authors throw symbolism into ever other syllable, but I have to admit that it is important to accept its existence. Everything within the Bible contains religious truth, but not all of it is literal.Okay, now scientific evidence. Yes, not all science is true, that's definite enough from the changes over the years. But it's gradually getting closer to truth, building on itself and learning from mistakes, gaining better ways to prove things. Probably not every little detail scientists have gathered about evolution is 100% correct, and there are definitely pieces missing. But we cannot say it is completely rubbish, and we cannot say with absolute certainty that it is not entirely correct. The concept of evolution, however, is difficult to dispute. We evolved, and we are still evolving today, but it should also be fairly clear that evolution is not left up to chance, and life did not at any point come from a funky chemical reaction. All life comes from life, according to science, and thus to state that all life came from a chemical reaction is a contradiction. Life was undoubtedly created by God, and has been guided by God ever since.Regarding forgiveness: Have you ever read The Scarlet Letter? It's been awhile since I have, and so I can't remember the names of the characters. However, I remember that a Puritan minister/priest/preacher (not sure what the term is for Puritans, but a religious leader in the Puritan society) and a woman had sex against Puritan law and had a child. The woman was publicly humiliated and everyone knew of her sin, and so she was able to find a greater level of peace than the minister, who never told anyone but God. There were many reasons why it would be better for the society if the minister simply confessed to God and the people never knew of what he had done. He truly regretted what he had done, and thus there was no reason for him not to be forgiven. However, he became torn by guilt and could not bear the praise of others who claimed that he was holy, people who did not know of his sin. He could not find peace until he had to confessed to his fellow humans. And thus we must, to have inner peace, be forgiven both by God and by humanity, to confess to both.I hope that makes sense.