The existence of God is a logical truth.

God: the supreme deity of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

logical truth: something that can be proved logically

existence: occurrence

Your move CON.

It is neither logical nor true that the deity worshipped by the abrahamic faiths is "God". First, the whole notion of divine creator is unnecessary, religon is a throw back to the time before science and reason, since that time, we have gained a rather good understanding of our universe, and the natural laws that govern it, the "God of the Gaps" and metaphysics have been replaced by knowledge and understanding. Furthermore on the off chance that "higher beings" exist,they would not be like the one(s) described in the error-ridden, self-contradictory holy text of the Abrahamic faiths. "God" is described as prefect, how can "perfect" beings make mistakes, let alone grieve over them. The faithful of the Abrahamic faiths claim that humanity was made in "God's" Image,but upon reading the holy texts, a more logical conclusion would be that man, and it was most certainly men, created a "God" in their image.

Okay, I'll present my case, a variation of St. Anselm's ontological proof.

I'll write it in syllogistic form, so its easy to follow.

1. God is either real, or he is a figment of the imagination of a religious person.
2. God is by definition, unimaginable.
3. He can't simply he a figment of our imagination.
4. God is real.

Also, from St. Anselm (variation, again)
1. God is the greatest conceivable thing.
2. It is greater to be existent than not.
3. God must exist.

Here's another popular one, also variated, it is influenced by St. Thomas of Aquinas and Avicenna.
1. The universe is made up of many beings.
2. Each being must have come from another being.
3. This would continue endlessly, unless there was one being that was the original creator.
4. There must be an original creator.

Finally, this is from me just now, influenced by Descartes, but I'm sure someone has come up with something similar.
1. God is perceived to exist by many in the world.
2. This perception is certainly existent in the minds of those who perceive it.
3. God certainly exists in the minds of many, if only as a false perception.

Quod erat demonstrandum

My opponent's case:
"First, the whole notion of divine creator is unnecessary, religon is a throw back to the time before science and reason, since that time, we have gained a rather good understanding of our universe, and the natural laws that govern it, the "God of the Gaps" and metaphysics have been replaced by knowledge and understanding."
Yes, we have good understanding of our Universe, through empiricism. Empiricism is not logic. You cannot prove anything using empirical evidence. For example, I see paper is white, but I cannot prove that to be true. There is the possibility that I am hallucinating. However, some things, like God, can be proved with logic, and I just did that. Anyways, the rules of logic are natural laws of our Universe, and I used them to prove the existence of God.

"Furthermore on the off chance that "higher beings" exist,they would not be like the one(s) described in the error-ridden, self-contradictory holy text of the Abrahamic faiths. "God" is described as prefect, how can "perfect" beings make mistakes, let alone grieve over them. The faithful of the Abrahamic faiths claim that humanity was made in "God's" Image,but upon reading the holy texts, a more logical conclusion would be that man, and it was most certainly men, created a "God" in their image."
I completely agree that much of the Bible, Quran, Torah, Talmud, and almost all other religious texts are horribly inaccurate. They were written by men, they are bound to have mistakes. Logic however is no more inaccurate than the laws of physics or mathematics. I used logic, and the inaccuracies of holy texts cannot prove me wrong.

Extend all my points across. I await my opponent's reply.

100 character long debate posting. There we go.

Extend all my points across. I await my opponent's reply.

100 character long debate posting. There we go.

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