Silaswash, the lyrics of "God is Good" expressed beautiful sentiments. However, expressing praise for the God you know is not relevant to this debate. Preaching your beliefs, I respect, but your beliefs, without verifiable evidence, are a waste of time. And pointing to one's beliefs as proof for one's beliefs is invalid. From reading your all of your posts, it is clear what you believe in, but typing long pieces of texts, which I've read, wastes my time and the time of others who are serious about applying some intellectual integrity to the topic of this debate. Please try to be respectful of this forum. (And using the tool before submitting any future comments would help).

Your conclusion is incorrect. In a discussion about "God's moral standing", an unproven assumption about the existence of God must be included. For the purposes of this debate, I can assume God is not Christian, Muslim, Jew, etc., that all "holy" books were written by human beings recounting history & culture and we have no debatable evidence of the inspiration of their authorship. Whether you acknowledge my notion of what God is not, is irrelevant, just as what you "take on faith" is, likewise, not relevant. In debate, we are required to investigate the evidence for all assumptions we make.

If this is a debate about God's characteristics and the only source of information is the Bible, it is relevant to examine it's authorship and validity. Some of the debate participants are preaching contents of the Bible, editorializing, or expressing their religious beliefs, all of which are not germane to the debate. Whether taking the "for" or "against" position, in a debate, all participants are required to put forth reasoning and evidence. Otherwise, this particular "debate" is frivolous. "Faith", I personally believe is an important part of life. However, it's not a useful tool in a debate.