I'm speaking of the girl in my class who asserted that there is no matrix and this she knows as an absolute fact because she believes in God and doesn't have to defend her ideas because she reads the bible.

For me the bible and her God are really good proof of the existence of the matrix. Shifty and manipulative tools like these are obvious signs that some nasty influence doesn't want us to get at the truth :^)

Seriously, the matrix is a good metaphore for the quest for questioning reality and given truths. It is highly ironic that someone would try to dismiss the discussion with a given truth.

Of course I call the flaws in the matrix "magic" and base my unshakable faith on it, so maybe you shouldn't trust me either.