Religion Debate Topics for Students — page 26

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• As I said, you are defying God and He proves His wrath by your death.I don't have to prove anything, God proves Himself. All you are doing is causing God's wrath to build againt you for defying Him. He loves you and He does not want to pour out His wrath on you, but you are…
• The proof is your own death. If you won't believe God's wrath is in response to your evil, your eternal death is sure and you will never know anything other than God's wrath......even though you deny it now. God loves you.I hope you find this to be more than intersting.Your…

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• By defination, Islam is "Total submission" in this case to the creator of all things "GOD". It is the most successful way of life mankind will ever know. It is the only way proposed by the architect of our existance. It is a fact that in the world, there is no law which…

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• Secondly, I'd like the reader to know that CON contradicted many statements he made; the biggest contradiction was what he posted in R4 and he stated, "Pro is assuming something that I didn't make. God didn't change in the New Testament. He didn't all of a sudden decide: "Hey!…
• "I also wasn't happy with Pro's use of the N word referring to black people, even though Pro used it subtly and may be without poor intentions;" Actually the "N" word is in the Bible, so if it's in the Bible, it should be a problem with me using it. All nigger means is dark or…

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• Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Love, humans have love, we…
• A lot these prophecies are still to come just assuming they are from the Old Testament doesn't mean it hasn't happened yet. Also a few others have been result from the failing of the Jewish people not going forward with God's plan. It cannot happen if the correct people…

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• First off I apologize if I was unclear and I will try to do a better job of being understandable. Now for your first point if man was perfect how can he make mistakes? That is a complete logical fallacy, it says they were "good" not perfect, and even if it did no perfect person…
• I will site parts in the bible that show blatant logical fallacies. God created imperfect man then blamed them for being imperfect even though he made them that way plus also makes evil and sin yet hates when we do them. " Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created,…

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• Thank you for thoughts and views. I am at a good disadvantage with your compared information and abilities to debate. I do not have a rebuttal. Maybe someone else can provide a better argument. Thank you much for the experience. Maybe we can debate another day.
• I will also assume for this that god does so exist. And so, what you are saying is that, If I could prove that god does (MMR), then that would essentially prove it to be true. But as many would say "He works in mysterious ways" as through punishment and reward for your moral…

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• And now, my final argument! Don't worry, your last round was good, but you did put more detail and effort into this one, which I am grateful for. This round, I'm going to give a rebuttal, then a conclusion, which is a quick summary of how the debate went from my perspective,…
• Thank you for your counter-argument, Con. I've read it, and you have said nothing offensive or rude, so don't worry about that. Your response to my Genesis argument was very thoughtful, but there are some flaws in your logic. You say that this isn't sexist because God gave an…

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• Yes, religion was built off of explaining the occurrences of natural events. Everyone knows that part of it, but it was also built off of a faith of an afterlife and heaven. Morals were based off religion, not humans. This is true in the US Amendments and any other law or rule.…
• All though religion, especially Christianity, has been thrown under the bus quite a lot lately, religion is still evident and still relevant, although people have drifted from it. Morals come from religion and religious beliefs and America was built off of Christianity.…

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• I will be arguing that Latter-day saints aren't racist.
• Thank you for a good debate con! ---Rebuttals--- "PRO begins by saying that my sources bash Mormonism" As CON stated I said that the sources bash Mormonism. I was referring to BOTH of the sources CON left at the bottom. I was hoping that CON would infer that both meant two. I…

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• Just to be perfectly clear, I am NOT arguing that I have 100% proof that God exists. It should be clear to everybody that there is just no 100% proof either way. It would be naive and arrogant to say otherwise. I will be arguing that I have evidence (or grounds for belief) of…
• This is a new theory I have recently discovered and am excited to put it to the test. I am confident by reviewing his debate record that he can come up with a good opposing argument, and provide me with some helpful, positive feedback. Opening Arguments My argument will be…

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• I'll be damned. I did misspell it. :) Essentially learned helplessness is a mental state where a person has been conditioned to believe that they can't change their situation. Suppose that a baby elephant was tied to a stake which it couldn't pull out of the ground. During it's…
• In this debate I'm going to argue that Christianity, as describe in the synoptic Gospels is more of a therapy for learned helplessness than a religion. Or at least that's the point of be religion.

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• How about these? How orderly were things created? #1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars on the first three "days." #2: God fixes things up as he goes. The first man is lonely, and is not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a…
• Since many "prophets" who wrote in the Bible, there are also many contradictions. For example, Which first--beasts or man? GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and…

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• https://www.google.com...Or we could ask did God change His Sabbath day? Exo_20:8, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exo_20:10, But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy…
• Jer_4:22, For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Sottish means STUPID! How can a stupid religion called Christianty allegally based on the…

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• God: Specifically the Christian God. Jesus: Christ's Prophet. Bible: Christ's Holy book. Nonsense: Wrong, not true, making no sense. Pro will argue that a majority of God, Jesus and the Bible are nonsensical. Con will argue that a majority of God, Jesus and the Bible are true.…
• 'The Big Bang's description is similar to 4 verses of the Bible! Woah! The Bible is true, God made the universe!' How ridiculous is that. In Jedd's book, he says that talking snakes are real, eating apples are bad and him, as the Flying Spaghetti Monster's prophet, went without…

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• Closing Points: Grace be to you, through Jesus. Bless God for He knows every star, and knows every planet, and names them Bless God for the chance to be being and the astonishing odds. Bless God for your temple for you have equal partner. Bless God for the nature and atonement…
• The main issue is this and I will keep it short because Con forfeited the last round. There is little proof for that my God exists like all other religions except one small difference. My God sent his only son down to Earth. A Jewish peasant that was here and gone like a…

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• Lindsay, Jesus may have created the New Covenant, but Old Testament rulings (that weren't disputed within the New Testament itself) still abide. Otherwise, why do Christians still honor the Ten Commandments? Also, idoltry and the worship of other gods are strictly forbidden…
• Biblical scripture expressly forbids the use of Christmas Trees. So, why is it okay for Christians to directly violate scripture, especially in the name of honoring the birth of Jesus Christ? Here is the specific verse: Jeremiah 10: 1-9 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord…

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• Literary Challenge In the following verses Allah has challenged the whole of mankind to try and produce a single chapter like the Qur"an. This challenge, which has remained unmet, captivated the minds of the Arabs at the time of revelat-ion. "If you are in doubt of what We…
• I will be arguing that the Quran can only be desrcibed as the word of God, and there is no naturilistic explanation for it.

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• >> "Not true, exhibit A being Bjorn Lomborg and his "Skeptical Environmentalist"- put on trial by the Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty, and then found to not be in the wrong in any way by the Danish Government's Investigation." Ah - a singular example. I'm sure there…
• >> ""Oh, we were wrong before, that's how [insert phenomena here] works!". By the same argument, I could argue that when will science finally get their act together?" There's a difference between attributing a phenomenon to God and to Science. The difference is that science has…

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• My opponent and I have agreed to postpone this debate for another day. Please do not vote.
• Ladies and gentlemen, today I seek to show that religion has a detrimental effect to the modern world, that it has an overall negative impact, and the world would be better off with it disappearing today. I will argue that "detrimental" refers jut to a negative overall effect.…

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• All of them. There is no other religion/worldview that can give an account for truth. They all have inconsistencies. Christianity is the only religion that can account for epistemology (how we know anything), ethics (right and wrong), and metaphysics (creation).
• The Christian God is the one and true God. Hopefully this debate will show how nobody can say anything to try and disprove God and will lead the unbeliever into repentance.

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• I didn't really expect my opponent's arguments to take the turns they have, and I applaud him for that. A really looking back at the debate, me and Crypto agree on a lot. We agree that having graven images isn't idolatry, even when they're in temples or worship ceremonies. We…

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• (taken from The Secular Web)DT 6:5, MT 22:37, MK 12:30, LK 10:27 Love God. DT 6:13, PS 33:8, 34:9, 111:10, 115:13, 128:1, 147:11, PR 8:13, 16:6, 19:23, 22:4, IS 8:13, LK 12:5, 1PE 2:17 Fear God. 1JN 4:18 There is no fear in love.PR 30:5 Every word of God proves true. 1KI 22:23,…
• DO NOT EVER TRY TO CONVERT ME INTO YOUR EVIL HATEFUL RELIGION YOU F--CKIN PRICK. I Have read your bible. You have not. That is so obvious. You have been groomed, brainwashed and indoctrinated by those that wish to gain from you your well being because it makes them feel better…

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• You're absolutely right my quote was from John, and I apologize for that haphazard mistake. Regarding your quote, an assumption is made in the interpretation of Psalm 82 - that the "gods" that David is referring to "magistrates" among humans - even though that distinction is…
• I predicted you would use John, because that's the only place where Jesus being the only "Son" (ignore the capital "S", as the Aramaic language doesn't use capital letters). To refute your simple quote, I will use another, of a Gospel that was written much closer to the time of…

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• Since my opponent forfeited my last round stands as is. Also I would like to make it clear my opponent if he returns must have a good solid base for the existence of logic before he moves on.
• Thanks to my opponent for taking this debate, When I refer to logic I refer to the general laws of logic such as noncontradiction( something can't be both sides of a dichotomy), law of identity(something is what it is, and is not what it is not), the law of excluded middle(a…

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• Thanks to my opponent for the quick response. It is clear at this point that my opponent and I are talking at cross purposes about free will - which is hardly my fault, since he has not provided a definition for free will or even indicated what he means by it. He repeatedly…
• Thanks to my opponent for instigating this debate. First, allow me to have a gander at the resolution. It states 'Christianity Offers Freedom of Choice and Freewill to all'. In other words, on the Christian worldview, freedom of choice and free will are part of the package. Now…

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• Take my last argument as my closing statement.
• "First, how many commandments do you want?! Does the Bible have to lay out everything that you must and must not do? If so, the book would be 1000s of pages longer." No just wondering about priorities. "Joshua 6: You"re saying that because a tribe attacked a city its genocide?…

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• I'm using far more logic than you, in actual fact. I'm pro-choice, not pro-abortion, but that is irrelevant to the to debate. I don't kill babies nor do I condone it, but a baby is different to a foetus. As a semi-sodomite myself (bisexual), I hope you know that your blatant…
• "Hey, moron" Backatcha, buddy. "I am not interested in what you think is progress" Fair enough, but I gave a definition and stated that I was saying religion holds society back from acheiving equality "I want an objective standard" The standard is a fair society where everyone…

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• I regret that we are out of time so I will not be able to offer and rejoinders to the next excellent set of ideas offered in rebuttal, but look forwards to reading them. Argument 1: Creation Con states: First of all, I disagree with my opponent when he says that God is…
• Below I will focus on misconceptions which Con has presented. Definitions God:God is defined to be the one that creates the universe. Con reinterprets this to mean only "created", or historically initiated the universe because "the creation of the universe is already done, it…

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• Okay, here's a list of definitions for corruption 1. dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. "the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places" synonyms:dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence,…
• I just wanted a definition we could go by so we wouldn't have to go through semantics

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• I extend arguments further.
• I extend all arguments.

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• Well this is productive. My argument didn't change and I went first so who plagiarized who? You made no argument for the con side of the claim. At best you tried to make them neutral, Which didn't do anything at all. You used ridiculous wording and even if I took every word…
• A reasonable God would not expect anything from anyone who didn't know their existence. If they judged at all, They would judge based off what they did in the world, Not how much "respect" they gave him. Your first argument is rejected.

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• Religion motivates people to give to charity. do have any ideas other than the classic argument of no proof, it does not exist, or war argument. If so, it would really help!

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• As talked about with my opponent, I will be passing this round. Change of structure. :)
• It should have been stated in the beginning of the debate, that in order for Con to win, he must show us that in the Bible, it says you don't have to be filled with the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues) to get into heaves, thus far, he has not done so. . Rebuttal #1 Exodus…

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• I will, again, be using ESV unless stated otherwise. Rebuttals: Con's arguments can be summed up in three categories: (1)Jesus' humanness, because Jesus is weak and displays human limitations, how can he be God? (2)Jesus' title "son of man", because this title says Jesus is a…
• Hello everyone! I would like to thank Con for accepting the debate and would like to jump in it reminding you that I will be showing evidence that proves that according to the bible Jesus Christ is God. I will be using the ESV translation unless stated otherwise. My approach…

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• To make my final case, I shall point out scriptural truths that are contained in any other book to legitimize my continual and ever standing position that "God is a provable being, and that 5 religions are all wrong or 1 is right." Provable is not just tangible evidence of…
• Sad that Con did not respond. But I will carry on with the Point that ALL Religions are Wrong or ONE is right! There is the bumper sticker that says "COEXIST" and it is made up of various spiritual signs. It is with the belief that all ways lead to heaven and the concept is…

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• I like the way u think. Yeah next we need to know whether the eye witnesses were accurately recorded. The debate is whether or not we need to obey Jesus, right? That's another long topic. If u want u can text me at 506 391 5973 and continue this discussion or start another…
• If Jesus died and rose again we know where death takes us. Interestingly secular and Christian historians generally agree that Jesus walked this earth and that many his followers had to die gruesome deaths because they were so sure that they walked and talked with him after he…

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• What this debate is about This debate is about whether or not the Moral Argument is sound and valid proof for God.Sound: In mathematical logic, a logical system has the soundness property if and only if its inference rules prove only formulas that are valid with respect to its…
• Extend my arguments. It is clear that izbo10 does not want to have a rational argument. G-d is defined as a transient being; nothing more. We are agnostic as to who that transcendent being is. All what the moral argument does is justify the belief in a transcendent being. If we…

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• Hello and welcome,This is my first debate that I have set up on this site so I have much to learn. My history with religion was simple enough. I was raised a Southern Baptist and after High school I joined the military. After serving in the military I went to college and…
• Since I have limited space I will mainly respond to the arguments presented. The Jewish tradition of passing down information as a tradition is equivalent of many other religions that have passed stories down from parents to children. The fact that it was passed down with care…

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• If you typed that argument on an iPad, YOU might be a god! Well done. Arguments refuted" Kalam P2 is an unsupported and unsupportable assertion. "Began to exist" is not defined in the context of the universe. There is no time at which the universe did not exist, so it can be…
• God claims have existed for all of recorded human history, yet no evidence has ever been presented that supports a god's existence. The various philosophical arguments are all based on bad premises. The monotheistic religions are based on translations of copies of copies of…

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• Okay, so very few Physicists would agree in the belief of a computer simulated universe. Also If the aliens were the "God" than they are supernatural because they transcend OUR naturality. Also, Advanced Technology would distinguishable from Magic because technology is…
• Let us start with the Cosmological argument: P1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. P2. The Universe began to exist. P3/C. Therefore the Universe has a cause Is the first premise true? Well, let's take a look. Believing that something can pop into existence without a cause…

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• After reading this round, you will be given the opportunity to vote on the debate. As you know, the following will be your voting card: Pro Tied Con Who did you agree with before the debate? Who did you agree with after the debate? Who had better conduct? Who had better…
• First I would like to address one issue in the 3rd round rebuttal:"If my opponent wishes to challenge my assertion that the Holy Spirit falling on a person indicates conversion" Well, let's look at this:First of all there are five recorded accounts in the New Testament of the…

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• There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why I should accept your pathetic debate with all of the spelling errors in it. This is not kindergarten. If this was in college, ALL professors, No exceptions, None would easily give you an F on every single paper that you were to hand…
• The rules are simple enough: Prove that the god according to the bible loves and cares for/ about the ENTIRE human race - not just part of it. . . Which means this god is a superior ego god complex (in which the bible is entirely about and nothing else) who loves to sandwich in…

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• 1. My opponent states that children having no say in things is normal. He compares religion too sports. MY issue is that religion is a BIT different than sports. Have a child play football at a young age doesn't make him play football until the day he dies. Theology and sports…
• My contentions: 1. The children have no say. Usually, children are placed in these private schools at a relatively young age. Parents get them started VERY quickly They are force fed these beliefs, and they have basically no say in it. Being exposed too all this at such a young…

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• Round 1 - Opening Arguments Only (No rebuttals) Round 2 - Rebuttals Only Round 3 - Counter-Rebuttals Round 4 - Counter-Rebuttals Round 5 - Closing Arguments and Closing Statements (One round can be FF if there is not enough time but try your best to avoid it) Hebrew Bible…
• The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God." "You have said so," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming…

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• Con: "Your Genesis quote: ...God said that Isaac's children would be his and Ishmael's children would not. Has NOTHING to do with this debate. You must be posting in the wrong debate. This debate is about God's word, is it infallible?" Nope. This is a 2 fronted argument. In the…
• In the book of Genesis, Ishmael was rejected by God. God said that Isaac's children would be his and Ishmael's children would not. https://www.biblegateway.com... (Genesis 16:11-12) 11"The angel of the Lord also said to her: "You are now pregnant """"and you will give birth to…

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• If one had curiosity enough to investigate the writings of most religious writers concerning this subject, They would find that not only would Chrisianity not exist, But most hospitals and other benevolent institutions would not either. All peoples would be living under a much…
• We have the writings of Jesus' enemies attesting to the fact of His existence. . . . The Jewish leaders. We have His burial cloth that is causing the skeptics to fall away more and more every year where are being proven wrong. Do not sign on to DEBATE me again till you have…

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• Interesting argument from my opponent. I believe that I will debate from the bottom up. As far as semantics go, If we were to ask the followers of God if it was good that he saved them from the world ending flood, they would likely say yes. The destruction of the wicked may…
• I would like to start by stating that we are debating upon the pretense that the bible is true. Great: adjective: remarkable in degree, magnitude, or effectiveness. * There are 2.1 billion Christians in the world and there are 14 million Jews. * That number alone ascribes the…

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• Goodbey and Goodnight
• Okay yes but if you put gears and all the components to make a watch into a bag then trust and shaked to bag around then opened it what is the chance that a clock would appear fully entacted functional and how long and how amy shakes would it take to get a watch out of the bag.…

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• I am thankful for my opponent's sharp intellect and thorough responses. With two whole rounds to go, this is a lot of dialog to take in, so I will write this round with an extra measure of sensitivity to the reader. I will begin by analyzing the state of my argument in light of…
• Now that I have painted the deity of Christ in broad strokes, it is time to get down to details. As I indicated in my opening round, I used a small subset of scriptures supporting Christ's divinity. Now I will break it down more granularly in the hopes of making the clearest…

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• Thank you for a good debate—I wish we could have more rounds! Well, these are my closing arguments My opponent asks the question why I should argue the idea of there being a minor fallacy in the Bible? Because if I can show the Bible is fallible, I have destroyed the very heart…
• I find it quite amusing that he did not respond to a single argument I made. There is biblical evidence to show Jesus was god. However, for any of that to hold water, you need to prove the Bible is the Word of God and is infallible. Once you do that, you win. However, it is…