Yay, joy, another theist. This site really was starting to bore me.
Okay, but I thought God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit were all one?
There isn't really much to debunk here, other than it all being false of course, as I'll just throw is off as a general definition of God as EC will use to argue in his further statements.
Alright, fair enough, but what's with the pain and suffering that's just so inhumane? Like the worms that crawl into the eyes of innocent African children as they sleep? Or 9/11, which was done in the name of a different God? Or child cancer? Or random weird deformities? Or severely handicapped children as the result from incest relationships, which the bible had many in anyway? etc. etc. Should original sin really be that big of a deal that Gawd is punishing us, *thinks in bible terms* six thousand years later? That makes God sound pretty childish. "Oh, you hurt my feelings, so I'm never going to forgive you!"
I've actually never made that argument myself. But you still claim god is this omnipotent, omniscient, etc. being. So alright, let's break these up one at a time.
Omnipotence: God can either create a rock he can lift, or be unable to create a rock he can't lift. Paradox, ergo no God. You could say God is doing both, but in different dimensions, but that still limits the power of both Gods.Still no omnipotence.
Omniscience: If God knows everything, then he knew the outcome of all of this before it was ever played out. Meaning, he knew he'd wipe us all out and take us to heaven someday, where we would praise him eternally. ..Well, that's the point? Why should we have to suffer so long, and the worship a god that did nothing for us? An all-knowing god should see our reluctance in this. Yet, he banishes us to hell for not conforming. So.. what's the point?
Omnipresence (stolen from page 33 of God: The Failed Hypothesis.
1. If God exists, then he is transcendent (i.e., outside space and time).
2. If god exists, he is omnipresent.
3. To be transcendent, a being cannot exist anywhere in space.
4. To be omnipresent, a being must exist everywhere in space.
5. Hence, it is impossible for a transcendent being to be omnipresent.
6. Therefore, it is impossible for God to exist.
Nope, you've proven nothing. We feel pain because we evolved that way. We have suffering because we're conscious beings with emotions. We die because our cells die, which die because after enough cell divisions, the telomeres are exhausted, and the missing bits start to eat into genes. Diseases are caused by germ cells, which just evolve naturally. Also, last sentence is BS. Many devout Christians/Catholics/whatever have died from cancer and stuff. Unless you're referring to original sin again. Well.. didn't Jesus die for all that anyway?