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I always enjoy a good science vs religion debate. And even though the topic wasn't explicitly asking for that debate, it's going to happen since the question implies the existence of the man-god Jesus.
But once the debate devolves to circular reasoning and repetitive stances, it loses its luster.
Frankly, this subject inevitably devolves, because of one main issue. One side is using argumentation that is built on a set of rules (logic and philosophy) while another side is basing what they call arguments on faith, so all the rules of proper argumentation can be thrown out the window.
It's like saying you are playing someone in chess, but you use the rules of checkers. In reality, you're not playing the same game at all, so you never had a chance of winning. However, since you're so out in your own world that you'd resort to playing by your rules instead of those belonging to the game, there's no convincing you that you lost.