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

It can't be proven. What you talk about is what agnostics believe. They admit that they don't know.Most atheists are agnostic. Atheism and Agnosticism are not mutually exclusive positions. This is what, unfortunately, many people are lead to believe. Agnosticism speaks on the attainability of absolute knowledge, specifically that it isn't attainable. It is not the position that one doesn't know, but rather someone who believes they CAN'T know. This is the critical distinction.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agnostic Atheism says there is no God.I suggest you educate yourself on the matters being discussed. Are you aware of the difference between positive (strong) and negative (weak) atheism? If not, follow the link I have provided below:http://www.answers.com/topic/negative-and-positive-atheism you would have to know everything to say for certainty that there is no evidence for God.Well, there are two points to be made here. The first point being that we need only know that no evidence has yet been provided, and the second point one of the epistemological arguments which states that verifiable evidence for the existence of God is essentially impossible, given the characteristics of the Supernatural.The answers to lifes complicated questions...seem to be unanswerable...Science can't address the first cause so we are left with what?Relying on ancient myths, apparently. Which boils down to argumentum ad ignorantiam.A "We don't know what caused it so lets assume this was the cause" type argument.In actuality, science can answer the question of first cause, just not with the level of certainty and poignancy many people unreasonably expect.How did we get here.....intelligent designer or random chanceIsn't it a little redundant to say "random chance"?Probabilistic as well as deterministic factors played a role in the formation of our current universe. Whether you like it or not the fact that you exist at all, is the product of numerous chance events.life coming from nothing.Well, life didn't come from nothing, it came from non-life. Currently, as it stands now, all life is made up of non-living (inorganic) materials. So it's not much of a stretch to say that life came from inorganic compounds because that's exactly what we are made of. It takes faith to believe that something comes from nothing. Is that possible? You believe that something came from nothing (God), not I.I already told you that I have no proof that I believe by faith what I see and have experiencedSo you saw and experienced the universe coming into existence?and especially what science CANT ANSWER. Then you believe in a God of the gaps. The more science explains the smaller and smaller place God must reside. You use faith only to fill the gaps in your knowledge. Such is an untenable position.So what was the very first cause...the one that most atheists refer to as the Big Bang. What caused the energy to cause it?If you are asking me personally, I think the Big crunch caused it. As for scientists there are still many unanswered questions.And do tell me how peacocks tails appear the way they dohttp://www.answers.com/topic/sexual-selection That the beautifullness of the tail, just evolved....that the eye just evolved perfectly...in appearance and function. Physics and chemistry cant answer those questions. They can and they have. Just because you cover your eyes does not mean the rest of us are blind.I look to no leader of my faith other than Christ.I would be willing to bet that most of your opinions on Jesus derive from the opinions of other men. Especially those that wrote of him. Jesus himself did not write a single word of the bible, so then on whose word are you trusting? Eh?Tell me.....without God, who gives moral law........do we just all live according to what we think is right, what society says is right?http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/gensler/poster.gif Moral law is nothing more than that which promotes cooperation amongst men. It exists because all who did not cooperate have perished.There is a reason why certain actions are moral and others immoral, and no, not just because God said so. Society has always promoted those actions which promotes social cohesiveness. Actions which hurt society are deemed immoral. This is why the golden rule exists in all religions and all cultures, because it is necessary for the survival of man.