Religion Debate Topics for Students

For

• I think I understand what you mean in your first paragraph. Are you saying we can only understand what singularity means but we cannot comprehend what it is? But if so, that sounds a lot like God. We can know of God's omnipotence, and some of who He is, but we cannot fully…
• I agree completely with the theory you have presented on the Big Bang. But actually I find something to be quite ironic in your argument... You and I agree that "our minds cannot fully comprehend what a singularity is but we know that it is a point in which the gravitational…

For

• In this round, I will show proof to the validity of Theistic Evolution. First, the time of creation. In the Bible, it says that God created the earth in seven days (Genesis 2:2). To the creationist, this means seven, twenty-four hour periods. But the Bible does not specify that…
• This argument is for those that already believe in the Christianity. This means that there is already belief in God, and there is value to the word of the Bible. Theistic Evolution is the idea that God intended for evolution happen, but God still created the origins of life.…

For

• For my first point, I argue that most aquatic life would die, because of the salt water mixing with the fresh water. This would kill any aquatic life that could only survive in one kind of water. Secondly, I question why Noah would have to send a dove to find land. If he and…
• I have more arguments, so I will use this round to use those. I ask the question, what would the animals have to eat after the flood? All of the plants would be wiped out by the flood, so the herbivores could not have eaten, and every time a carnivore ate an animal, they would…

For

• This is my first debate and I really don't know what tactical move I should make after considering the forfeit by Con for this round. Since I am undecided as to what to do with my part of this round, I will do nothing, except to say I'm looking forward to Round 3.
• Thank you for offering this topic as a subject for debate. Both in the proposal and in the explanation of the proposal the term "the universe" is used. I take this to mean not just any casual selection of one of the infinite number of possible universes there are to chose from,…

For

• God does not answer prayer. Which people are the richest? As wealth goes up, belief in a god goes down. All people pray for wealth. So prayer does not work.
• "Elijah prayed, and God sent fire from Heaven to consume the offering on the altar he had built in the presence of God"s enemies. Elisha prayed, and the son of the Shunammite woman was raised from the dead. Jesus prayed at the door of the tomb of Lazarus, and the one who had…

For

• There is/was/were a Creator/s. I phrased it this way to limit the debate to atheism vs. theism/deism. I do not want this to be a debate on :monotheism, polytheism, deism vs. thesim, gap theory, 7 day theory, etc. Strictly atheism vs. theism/deism. Now that the preliminaries are…
• Sorry that it took so long to reply my grandmother's birthday was yesterday and I have been preparing for my graduation tomorrow. I would love to first congratulate my opponent on his very good understanding of modern science but must say that his understanding of me is not as…

For

• Again to be more clearer, to be more clearer i want you to read the whole chapter of Acts 2 because it proves that baptism saves and baptism is essential to salvation- Acts 2:38-42" And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus…
• it looks like our debate turned into a "finding a text error".... ha ha, but i will try to change the harmony of he debate, i will post my argument, i I'll have the burden of proof, for if i continue to look for an error on Con's arguments it wouldn't fit on the 8000 character…

For

• ... Sorry 'bout that.
• God dammit! I completely misread the guidelines. I thought that I was supposed to oppose prayer not defend it. I am so sorry. Thank you (I actually agree with you) A little rap about this debate. http://www.youtube.com...

For

• "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." A mother working 2 jobs for her children, soldiers in the fields dying for our freedom, doctors putting their own health at stake to heal the inflicted, these are true sacrifices which display…
• The atonement is an immoral doctrine, specifically "substitutionary atonement" which holds that Christ suffered and died on behalf of humankind. The first round will be for opening arguments. Con will be in favor for a moral atonement doctrine. I will be in favor for an immoral…

For

• For the last time, I will say this. The supreme being has no body, but is a soul that is made up of matter and created science. When will you listen Mike. Also God has made his presence known and if you deny that, then you are simply ignorant.
• Well if it's human or not, you assumed that the supreme being couldn't be intelligent. However, the supreme being created science, and the evolution that created humans. Also, it does not take any human form. You also haven't told me where all the substance that came from the…

For

• iamconfused =)
• agreed

For

• So you just want the points don't you? couple of free points may help your cause eh? Well phooey! I dislike people like you who are most interested in points than making a good debate to try and sway people to your way of thinking. Since you can delete and restart I have…
• I don't believe this is fair because we believe the same thing you should just end this debate now and word things better. Or we could provide information on the same thing and people could vote who provided the better data.

For

• Last Minute Rebuttals There was no time element. It was merely postponed. Colossians 1:13 is refering to the Kingdom of God, a spiritual Kingdom. Con REFUSED TO ANSWER my reasoning behind God being a lousy king right now of the earth. Con quotes, " And Jesus came and spake unto…
• Jesus doesn't have to try to convert the Jews, they will convert after the tribulation. Hebrews 8:10 says, "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days(tribulation), saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in…

For

• CON, I must disagree with you when it comes to point (2.). Given the context of the passage it was not written to be any type of symbolism or poetry. If you look at History Muslims clearly believed that the Sun set in the murky waters, if it was meant to be interpreted in any…
• I will put my proofs forward one by one. Hopefully my opponent will share this format as it is easier and quicker. Either way, let us continue. I would also like to first state the Muslim idea of the Qur'an, which is that it is flawless, and is from God. So, if there are any…

For

• I proceed to Rebuttals. The origins of the Trinity: The Trinity was firmly established before the creeds of the Catholic church (1). There also doesn't exist any scholarly sources suggesting that the doctrine of the Trinity was invented in this catholic council. The tem…
• Thanks Emilrose, i proceed to rebuttals: Evidence exists of earlier writers mentioning the Trinity (1). Therefore it is erroneous to think that the Trinity originated in the Athanasian Creed. Although the Trinity is not explicitly mentioned, the concept exists. I agree that…

For

• (In the last debate, I accidentally responded to Devnith/SampleText instead of one2one. I created this new debate in place of the old one.) "In Christ there is no Jew or Greek, slave or citizen, male or female. All are one in Christ Jesus." - Galatians 3:28 I feel that Roman…

For

• I would like to base my first argument off of the values of Christianity and other religions. Christianity's values usually involve respecting all people, be humble, be honest, live a moral life, be generous with time and money, practice what you preach, don't be self…
• I would like to argue that anyone, regardless of religion, will be accepted into heaven, granted they lived life as a "good" person. Context: I've often heard people justify their involvement in religion to the thought, "If God is real, and I don't believe, then I will go to…

For

• That same book says " in reality the cause of that sickness might be the violation of some natural laws of God?" Plus, the question isn't about Christians getting sick, it's about diseases being caused by sin. This book is close to that topic, but it it doesn't talk a lot about…
• I would say that not all diseases are sent to punish sin, but some are. The ten plagues aren't really diseases, but according to the bible they were sent to free the slaves in Egypt. I found a site that quoted this from the bible. "But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on…

For

• This debate is on whether or whether not the world was created in six twenty four hour periods.Rules: this debate is on the Hebrew Bible only no other bible.
• First off, on your timeline you were incorrect.On day one, God created light and darkness and called the light, day and the darkness, night.Day two: He created the seas.Day three: He created dry land and created vegetation.Day four: He created Sun and moon.From Day 1 to Day 3,…

For

• "My opponent seems to believe that since Church A overbuilt and spent beyond its means that beauty in a Church is wrong." That's not what I said. The large church building itself is not the problem; the fact that huge amounts of money was spent on it...money that could've been…
• "First it is to make the church and especially the sanctuary a place of transcendence to glorify God with our best fruits. The second is to instruct the faithful through the use of imagery. If you actually believe that God is physically present in this location would it not be…

For

• My opponent has forfeited the last round. I ask the voters to consider this when voting on conduct. I extend all my arguments.
• I have offered biblical evidence to support my claim. My opponent has not. The passage I provided clearly says that it's a holy and pious thought to pray for the sins of the dead. Con made a claim without any evidence to support it. Therefore, it should be disregarded as…

For

• Definition Life: The existence of an individual human being or animal. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... Argument As defined above life is existence and for existence we need energy. It is energy is what we require for life and when this energy leaves our bodies our body…
• Definition Reincarnation: The re-birth of a soul in another body. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... Reincarnation is not a myth because we know that energy cannot be destroyed or created but it can be transferred as stated by the law of conservation of energy so I believe…

For

• Mary was involved in the mysteries of Christ. As the most holy Mother of God she was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and men. Hence the Church appropriately honors her with special reverence. |One and Most profound proof|: ("Woman, behold your…

For

• That's not a thing, you made it up, besides, I never agreed, you cannot arbitrarily enforce rules on people, if you didn't want the debate you should have not accepted.
• Right, you just came along and created those rules, I never agreed to them, so they are void. My opponent has dropped my entire argument therefor I win.

For

• Clearly, Con has negated the resolution of a virgin birth being impossible. The purpose of this debate was to negate any supernatural claims concerning the birth of Jesus(and Con did an excellent job at achieving this). I should have been explicit with my resolution. I rather…
• In this debate I will argue that the miracle birth of Jesus is impossible. If a story contains contradictions it can be used as evidence to negate it.A 'virgin birth" contradicts with what we now know about human biology. Thanks for accepting, Con! I'll agree to the…

For

• Scientists believe that more people around the world have near-death experience when they are close to death, and drugs and medicine used may prevent them from remembering the experience, and that is why it is very a controversial thing and the point of what I am saying.…
• Many religions say that there is life after death. But many people opposed religion. However, there are many cases of near-death and out-of-body experiences that are under medical study. Even if the brain has shut down completely, there are some continued awareness. 40% of…

For

• As i see your a mature christian, and im very glad. On the way you put down your point of view. i am a Apostolic Christian Pentecostal, 3months ago i changed my point of view and said "women should preach". Now ill set my reason why i say Yes. first of all, Paul was talking in…
• Why do you say women shoulnt preach?

For

• con argues it's all about context, but my only real point is that the same context could lead a person to believe he was being literal. con doesnt really address the fact that Jesus changed the usage of the word eat to a more graphic word. he just rants in response about some…
• the best con argued was that con argued that, perhaps, Jesus was setting up the the situation towards a metaphor, by referring to eating bread, being bread, being meat etc. we can't know based just on the language leading up to it. we have to read the language itself, and…

For

• Great!See you around!
• I understand.We made an agreement, then. We agree the organic body of the friends of God die, although they live on as a soul. There are too few believers who would argue against the physical death of biological beings.

For

• May I remind you that you still have to provide evidence for Wotan and Krishna for them to be as likely as Yahweh. However I'm sure you wont instead you'll simply ramble a lot. " May I remind you that I have already shown these two 'gods' to be unlikely and you have agreed. I…
• My opponent has failed to disprove Christianity. " The responsibility is not on me to disprove Christianity. You're the one asserting it is true without evidence, the responsibility is on you to provide evidence for your claim. By your logic, we should all believe in pink…

For

• Quirinius does not fit in until 6 CE. This is not in dispute among many historians. " We know that Augustus took a census every 12 years. Yes he was running military campaigns at this time but that doesn't preclude a leadership post. As I mentioned before his leadership post…
• Historically speaking Quirinius would have been running military campaigns during the reign of Herod. This excuse my opponent gives is complete nonsense. There are a few options to explain this. The most telling explanation is the fact that the word for Governor (hegemon) is a…

For

• Since this is the last round I wanted to remind the voters to not vote for my opponent solely on her incredible beauty but on who won the debate. I know that it's hard to ignore it, but be professional people! Also, artC what are you studying at Arizona State? Now onto the…
• You have some very good points here I'll admit to that. However, I'll make an analogy and treat this like the justice system treats a crime. Both sides have good points and I agree that in the case of Atheism v. Theism there is more evidence towards the former. That being said…

For

• Thanks to my opponent again! My opponent says, "They weren't only hinting at the Jews alone being able to teach and that the N. T. was only talking about the apostles as being teachers. " This is true but let's remind him who the apostles were, they were Jews. Hebrews 5:12 was…
• Thanks to AlwaysmorethanYou for his last round. I will dropped the addition or subtraction of books and focus on thier errors. My opponent seemed to think the passages I supplied were not hinting to the Jewish disciples or prophets as being given the task of the correct canon…

For

• It is a great honour to be debating you on this subject. Please note that I had to make some changes to the post because of character limits. If the God of Christianity were to exist, then the Bible would be God's only written revelation; Thus, if that deity were to exist, then…
• I am resending this challenge due to a glitch in the other round. Resolved: The Argument from Biblical Defects is a Sound Argument Against the Christian God. The Argument from Biblical Defects was first proposed by Dr. Theodore M. Drange and it is an argument against the…

For

• Looking forward to a great debate!
• I am fairly confused by a great deal of this argument. Nearly all of it is composed of quotes from the very scripture that I am saying is inaccurate. It is not reasonably possible to refute the claim of "Creationism is wrong" by saying "Here is what Creationism says." That…

For

• ok ill tell you that hare krishna is a cult New-age, quasi-eastern spirituality is actually just so called spiritual justification for the intense narcissism of western humanoid. How self-satisfaction and infantile egocentrism became the virtue par excellence of contemporary…
• hello thank you for accepting, well hare krishna is a cult BECAUSE it was introduced in 1966 IN CALIFORNIA! it is a fake religion/cult because the belief is not from its original country (India). Hare Krishna devotes chant 2 hours a day! chanting, chanting, chanting, chanting…

For

• I am going to make this very short because sitting up is very painful. First of all I would like to thank my opponant for accepting the challenge and for offering a well thought out response. :1. My opponent's point can only stand IF the crucifix becomes the focus of reverence.…
• To begin I will provide a framework in which I am requesting this debate: I prefer to avoid semantic debates. Please only take this debate if you are willing to seriously argue that using a crucifix as a symbol of faith is not idolatry. I have no wish to debate the relevance of…

For

• Rules:Use sources. Wikipedia is not, I repeat, not a source. Use spell-checkTry to use good grammarStay civilNo insultsNo *shudder*emoticons
• "If Pro cannot refute this, rather than speculate that it's possible I'm wrong, then my burden of proof has been met." Really? Well ain't that interestin' ? In reality, we are discussing a historical event. Everything we have discussed this entire time has been taking evidence…

For

• i really hope you see that we talk about 2 different things.. 1. spiritual maturity 2. physical matters ( family, having kids ,"populate" the earth... btw, thank you for posting that, this is a good answer for gay ppl, gay marriages, etc.. i wish them "luck" populating the…
• How beautiful and complete is for a Christian to walk in the Spirit, its a Must if you wanna advance the Kingdom of God on earth.. after being born again, the main process for a human is start Renewing your mind to the word of God, and not live with the " earthly " mind,(…

For

• The laws are not evil, or god would never had given them to the Jews. Anyway, Pikuach nefesh proposes hat human life is above the Sabbath. Besides, Ezekiel 18 mentions murder, adultery, stealing, lying etc, but it does not mention violating the Sabbath. In addition, the tribe…
• Nevertheless, I will use the Bible as authoritative in this case to answer your argument. As Orthodox Jews believe the Bible to be always authoritative and to Talmud not as authoritative . http://www.jewishvaluesonline.org...; I did, that is the whole point of the link! "Thus…

For

• Con "As a reminder, the terms of the debate only state we will assume that Genesis is accurate, not that we would assume the entire Bible is accurate. My opponent referenced scripture outside of Genesis and assumed them to be accurate." Con has misjudged my argument. The…
• I believe I can summarize your argument in three points. I) If it were only local, Noah could move instead of build a boat. This is simply speculation that because it could have been done a different way, it would have been done a different way. If we recall other stories…

For

• Part of the justification for the Babylonian captivity was the Asherah poles. The people loved to fornicate in public. Some have the mistaken idea that Daniel was a fornicator, but a strong argument is made that Daniel was a eunuch. Now if Daniel was a eunuch then that might…
• Generally speaking I don't agree with Judaism. But with respect to Daniel being a prophet, main stream Christianity is just plain wrong. Daniel was not a prophet. The Pro position, (mine) is that Daniel was not a prophet. Con's position will be that Judaism has miscategorized.…

For

• Guardian forfeited the round I presume by not being able to reply quickly enough. I refer them to my previous post and will allow them to make their final comments.
• "The belief that women should not be ministers or priests is not without knowledge, thought or reason, it is derived from a study of the scriptures. This belief is not preconceived, it is only after study of the Bible that it is accepted." Of course, that is generally where…

For

• Sorry about the delay Well, not the debate I intended to have, but I can try to develop a response. First, why would it be `good` if the creation was not capable of surviving. Yes, plants can survive a day without the light of the sun, but assuming that the sun and moon didnt…
• This is my first debate, so bare with me... "In Genesis 1 (the creation story) do days represent 24 hour time periods or ages" I will be arguing for the day age approach. Where the days are not 24 hour days, but rather long period of time, potentially millions of years. I will…

For

• Burden of proofCon tries to use the resolution to stack a huge burden of proof in his favour, asserting that even if I defeat his arguments , I "must somehow show that there exists no good arguments for theism", even arguments he doesn't present. Note, I already explained the…
• DefinitionsTheism - By theism, I mean the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good, personal being who created the universe, and is (to a greater or lesser extent) active within the universe.The ResolutionIn my first round, I will present an argument to try and…

For

• Defense: "When I say know, I don't mean as if they simply know he exists. The god of the Bible is interested in a loving relationship with the humans(Reflected in many of Jesus parables). It may very well be that people are put off by his ways of doing so, and would thus turn…
• Defense:" Since god cannot rule over the human mind, and only attempt to convince it, a world without suffering may not be the most effective way of convincing the most amount of humans."counter -there is no reason why the god of the bible couldn't make himself known to all…

For

• Con has made some great points in his rebuttals, I was tired and realised my debate arguments were due soon, so I apologise for my lackluster performance in that. I have a final rebuttal, and Con may answer it if he wishes to. How am I supposed to enjoy Heaven, knowing friends,…
• Hey, sorry about how long this has been taking, I've had family stuff going on. My first point will be on the concept of Heaven, as described by the Bible. "Heaven is designed to be a personal paradise where everything and everyone would be to the individual's favor." But…

For

• Compulsory military service law has included in itself criteria for people's health condition. Conclusion: I shown that commandments 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10, 6 and 9; have to be updated.
• If it has exception it is not a rule. It is just suggestion, or advice. As my opponent can see here: https://www.google.rs... Commandment is rule. My arguments still stand.

For

• Hi thanks for the debate, I was thinking more along the lines of a personal transformation into an enlightenment process. Don't think Religious people are transforming anytime soon. They still sin, but get blessed so become blessed sinners and use circumstances to continue the…
• Open debate, thanks for your comments. I would contest that the Abrahamic religious mind act as a barrier to personal transformation and actively prevents it. For those who wish to contribute can you please tell me in detail what personal changes in your mindset or awareness…

For

• You must give refutation to my arguments. Nothing more, nothing less. (The debate topic shall not go off-topic. We are neither talking about the Christian Bible per se nor the Bible's infallibility but rather, we're talking about the debate challange of Unitarianism versus…
• The teaching of the Unitarians about God is that he's one both in person and nature. As a Trinitarian, I'll argue that their interpretation in certain passages of scripture is wrong.Scripture alone is to be used in providing arguments and Bible scholars may also be…