Is there a "God"?

First off, I would like to thank everyone who is reading this and I would like to thank my opponent for debating me.

Now to the actual debate.

Before I give my points, I would like to define God:
God is All Seeing
God is All Knowing
God is Benevolent
God is a Higher Being (a.k.a. not human, something more like an angel)

If there was an actual God that follows the above criteria, then why do we have so much suffering in the world? There is extreme poverty in China, there are genocides happening in Darfur, and many people do not know where their next meal will come from. If God is truly all seeinging and benevolent, then he/she would see the suffering, and being benevolent as he/she is, would fix the problem.

If God does exist, then why haven't we seen any proof?
By proof I mean scientific proof, concrete proof. Not that you had a vision and God told you to do something.

Going by the criteria posed above, I say that there is no God, and if the opposition is unable to provide proof otherwise, then I win this debate.

Hello, I will try to debate this, even though the argument for both sides is like talking to a wall.

God may be all knowing and all seeing, but that doesn't mean (s)he holds our hand the whole through. (S)He created this universe and placing animals, plants, and humans down in order to have some joy in the world. While some choose to be righteous and good, others are devilish in their actions. Just because there is misfortune in some areas, means God is ignoring.

To prove to one man or women there is a God is an impossible feat. They must find faith on there own account. But to those who believe God is in our hearts and souls and whats keeps our drum beat to the correct tune. Of course we are only humans and make mistakes. For me to give you scientific evidence is impossible; for I don't believe there is any. But to tell millions of people there isn't a God and expect them to believe you is never happening.

"God may be all knowing and all seeing, but that doesn't mean (s)he holds our hand the whole through." You said this. Are you saying that allowing millions of people to suffer is letting us learn a lesson? If God were truly benevolent, then he/she would help. He/she has not done anything to help. There are plenty of people helping in his/her name, but it is not God himself/herself that is actually helping. Just as an example, every 5 seconds, a CHILD dies from starvation. Are you saying that a benevolent God would allow this to happen? Would any person in with a consience allow this to happen if they had a choice to stop it? By our definition of God, he/she must be benevolent. Letting a child die every 5 seconds is not benevolence.

"S)He created this universe and placing animals, plants, and humans down in order to have some joy in the world. " Once again, how is haveing millions of people die everyday to things that could eaisly be prevented joy? Would you be joyful if you were starving everyday and had no education and was suffering form malaria? I don't think so. And yes, this does happen.

"To prove to one man or women there is a God is an impossible feat." Let us say for a moment that there is a God. If he/she showed us all some actual proof, that he/she existed, would he/she not be giving us proof? Would that not be concrete evidence to show that God exists? Therefore, it is not impossible to prove it.

"But to those who believe God is in our hearts and souls and whats keeps our drum beat to the correct tune. Of course we are only humans and make mistakes." How does this prove that God exists? You are just reafimming what I said.

Becuase the topic of this debate is "is there a god?" and the oppostition has not provided any argument showing that there is, I win this debate. The arguments that Partyboat have said have all been reufted by me and shown to be immaterial. Thank You

I am not going to post anything new. If you want to look at my previous arguments, scroll up. We can just make this a 2 round debate.

no following argument from me. Since there is nothing else to say. I believe Cindela won the debate though.