Arkouda

No, I am saying you are wrong. No one else.

You.

The saddest, and funniest, part is that you are so egotistical that you don't see why you are wrong.

Maybe you will get it one day, but I won't be there for it.

Self reflection is good.

It seems that in the end it’s one of two things… There’s what’s known as the Epicurean paradox or the problem of evil, where the confusion arises from many sources: forgetting about the existence of free will and the causal chain of events, semantic nonsense or even simple immaturity. This is the one that’s just all fluff, all wind, but words can kick one’s ass, especially if you live more in words than in reality.

I am assuming we are speaking about the Christian God in this context.

God is all knowing, and omnipresent. This means that God knows in advance the result of it's own decisions.

If God granted free will to humans knowing that humans would commit horrible acts with it against each other, how can that God be considered benevolent?

And then there’s the one that I respect a little bit more: while the beginning of the causal chain that we can conceive (so, embedded in/attached to space and time) is evidently not a source of it, but also since things exist today we can’t deny the ‘proto-thing’ existed then I can somewhat accept you telling me that this essence we call matter and energy was always there and God is not necessary and etc etc. God has been understood for millennia as the ‘prime engine’ and unmoved mover, behind the universe and before it, the One that ‘comes from nothing’ that we have to accept because nothing comes from nothing and things exist. But many folk just skip that part and say “things exist, that’s all I can see and that’s all I will believe in”. That’s fair, but I better not see you making any logical inferences then, lol.

The question remains both Theologically and Scientifically unanswered: If "nothing" can come from "nothing", where did the "thing" that created "everything" come from?

If we accept the Big Bang or Creationism as two theories explaining the same event from a different point of view, what was existence prior to that? Did God simply exist in infinite nothingness up until the point of creation? Wouldn't the existence of God contradict "nothingness" simply by existing?

I’m not really sure what you want me to answer here.

If you do not know how to have a conversation with another person go learn how to do that and get back to me.

What are the "Two fundamental arguments for not believing in God"?

I haven't heard the idea that there are only two fundamental theories.

What would you say are some of the core principals of both that you would teach to children?

I think a blend of Socialism in the form of UBI for basic needs, social housing, full access to education and medical care, mixed with a Capitalist market economy seems likely to be best.

Missed one.

Ignoring the core principle of Capitalism, free markets, makes it impossible to actually talk about Capitalism in theory or in practice.

Your argument against can be used for every other economic system as well, so it becomes a matter of pros and cons which will never declare a clear winner and always demonstrate a mixed economy is best for everyone involved.

I think a blend of Socialism in the form of UBI for basic needs, social housing, full access to education and medical care, mixed with a Capitalist market economy seems likely to be best.

Imagine a Parliament of Independents because parties are no longer allowed and all members of Government are elected on their own personal platforms and ideas.

Parties fail the democratic process.

Fascism has a very clear definition and it is wise to learn and understand what that is before entering the conversation and declaring everything "Fascism".

Feel free to demonstrate this with some data, and don't ignore the fact that Communism and Socialism has never produced anything other than Fascism while Capitalism is the economic model most used by Democratic countries.

Who on earth told you the free market had anything to do with capitalism? LOL.

Feel free to explain how this is a good faith comment.

Assuming that if you were able to go back to that point in time and everything beyond that point happened in the exact same way with the exact same responses by you, yes.