Religion Debate Topics for Students — page 29

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• first; allow me to post a link to a document of biblical history not scripture. The Book of Enoch which is referenced in the Bible. http://www.ccel.org... Genesis 6 records that the "Sons of God" (200 angels recorded by Enoch) came upon the daughters of men and "knew them" and…
• Many people, a majority being atheists and self-described liberals, use the flood of Genesis to attack Christianity. They claim that Judeo-Christian GOD is a bloodthirsty mass murderer who punished the many for the sins of the few. It seems obvious that many of these people…

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• God's existence can be proven, if God is defined in meaningful terms. It is common to define God so wishy-washy and in nonsensical terms to allow for agnosticism on the issue and simply equivocate the meaningless God thusly defined as a meaningful one. Such conclusions are…
• Depends on the level of proof you want, and how you define God. But ultimately, if you define God in any meaningful terms, or with substantial level of proof, God's existence cannot be proven. incidentally. I believe in God's existence, but I don't claim it's definitive proof.…

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• I believe I already gave an example- appendixes can get infected and hurt us (Before 1900, appendicitis could lead to death.) With modern medicine, this no longer happens, but there are other imperfections. I don't really have time to list them all (In any case, that's not what…
• Thanks for sticking to the rules. And you are correct, many events in the Bible are historically accurate. For example, historical records prove that during Noah's time, there really was a large flood that may have covered up to 10% of the worlds land area (This doesn't sound…

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• My opponent seems to have forfeited. I'm disappointed; nevertheless, I will build on my defense of the resolution.According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "Excessive intervention by the state can threaten personal freedom and initiative." (1) I contend that a federal…
• Thank you for accepting. :D The federal government, according to the Church, should not encroach on a person's freedom, which includes that of using drugs: "[M]en should act on their own judgment, enjoying and making use of a responsible freedom, not driven by coercion but…

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• I am debating for the statement: "The Bible is self-contradictory." The only rules are: 1.No trolling. 2.Use only verses from NIV and King James, and clarify hebrew words before using them as a defence. 3.Show me all sources via an online bible(link) 4.Valid points only. No…

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• I extend my contentions. :(
• I shall address this concisely:1) Either energy and matter are eternal, or an omnipresent consciousness is eternal. The first one doesn't make any sense. Scientists today, both evolutionists and creationists, say that the universe has not always been there. And that space and…

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• Since my opponet seems to be unable to respone I will just restate my pervious conclusions (and correct a really bad typo) and hope he responds in the next round. One final note of importance is that none of the church creeds such as the Apostle's Creed claim that followers of…
• No worries about the time frame my friend; it took me too long to respond as well. I appreciate your response and I'd be happy to discuss this with you another time. Arguing from Christ's teaching misses the point of the orignal argument First I think it's important I clarify…

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• Squonk: "In Round 2, brontoraptor talks about all the psychological benefits of religious belief." And Squonk admitted it was true, yet consciously chooses Atheism and its lack of "good psychology". -- Squonk- "If that"s TRUE, then atheism is perfectly rational." Notice the…
• "Taking LSD can make you feel like you've discovered the meaning of life. Is it "irrational" to say no to cocaine and LSD?" No. Thus Con cedes this point to bronto. -- Con: "What does militant mean?" Milli- (symbol m) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of…

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• Now, firstly, I would like to dispel my opponent's statement that the Christian website he cited (carm. org) is a viable source. Besides posting information that is backed by no proof, (except by the Bible, which is not the most viable source), for example from the "Jesus…
• The dating of the Gospels do make a crucial difference. Since the Gospels were written at least 40 years after Jesus' death that means that means it was very unlikely that any could have ever met or encountered Jesus if he was real. Just as well, Mark could have easily written…

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• Okay...... you have conceded to my argument I take it ? Or have forgotten complelty? Saving up for one final round? Questions...
• Okay... I guess I'll just wait for the rebuttal- feel free to place it on the bottom if want to.....

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• Thanks for the open and friendly debate. So yeah, we can stick with Divine Command theory for the bulk of if you like. It's an awful lot to get at for 5 rounds. I will try to tie it together to make for a good discussion. For the viewers, sorry if we harp on one degree of the…
• In this debate, I will advocate for the position that: the Bible is not a good reference for human morality. Filled with contradictions and atrocities, it is a mythos that should be read only as such- a fairy tale. The lessons that actually do reflect basic human empathy…

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• I suppose I will start with something simple: if the ideas are correct. If Christians are correct, then many people will be eternally condemned. If atheists are correct, then nothing will happen. I could go on all day about reasons and never get anywhere in life. Atheists CAN…

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• I thank my dear opponent for his response. However, I feel it to be quite inadequate and I will now show why. Sacred Scripture "The New Testament canon was basically in place even before the turn of the 1st century[1]" This claim has me baffled. The claim itself is quite…
• Now I will begin my first refutation. Sacred Scripture is Catholic "I do not question that the current canon of the Holy Bible was indeed decided by the early Catholic church. I will however argue, that the Catholic church has gone further and further away from what it was…

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• Yes I do. How does that correlate with hell or the Bible? The murderer/robber would be guilty according to the Bible, and the person who died would be innocent. I don't understand your point. You also haven't related it to the Bible at all. I kind of understand what you are…
• Secondly, I do not have adobe flash player. I would request you do not resort to YouTube for you evidence in further rounds please. Thank you. Well your first point is about hell and I can argue this. I agree hell is used to warn people because it does exist. However, what…

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• My opponent has attempted to distract some of you by attaching attributes to his particular brand of a God, such as transcendence, and omnipotence. He has no better shifted the burden of proof in those claims then he has with the original. I have shown that causation requires a…
• In his last remarks, Con said: "Creatio ex nihilo (CXN) states that God, a being that transends nature, created all from nothing." Creatio Ex Nihilo says nothing about God transcending nature. It is Latin for Creation from Nothing. Anything else that Con has added is nothing…

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• Con conceded all my points. Thus I win this debate round. Now onto the point about being too biased of a topic: I actually had the same topic, based on the Bible. I was advocating for this position. I lost. It's possible to win. Of course, Con has lost because he conceded…
• "My opponent said that the main point of my argument is that the old testament is sexist while the new testament is not. However my opponent misconstrued my case. I in fact said that the mind set of those times tended to subjugate women. Women now, however are equal to men…

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• As a result of debating, I accept your stance "the culprits religion should be considered a possible a motive." However, the cause of the actions should be investigated. I mean, the culprit could be using religion to achieve self-interest/political aims. In this third round, I…
• Dear opponent, I agree with your statement: "because they believe this is what their religion want them to do." The problem is that they "believe" it is the right thing, because they are misguided about their own religion. Therefore they are the cause of the stereotype. But…

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• Atheism is a stupid belief and I will explain why. A lot of people claim that god is unscientific and is definitely fake. However, isn't that kind of mindset a little against science? Isn't the whole point of science to research all kinds of new things and to test and discover…
• Well you say that the reason god isn't scientific is because it doesn't follow the scientific method, but is that really true? Let's walk it through the scientific method shall we? 1. Make observations. I notice that all around the world people have made all kinds of religions…

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• My opponent must be a Christian Woman. 1. The Bible convicts women as the original sinners, Eve picking from the forbidden tree "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable"for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate…

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• Thanks con ,your all argument going under the doctrine of trinity. In respone to Fathe is greater than I , you gave example that an officer is greater than an enlisted person in a rank but both are humanbeing, this example make no sense because it indicate jesus and God same…
• Thanks con, In this matter we should approach from a scriptual point of view -is the oneness of God -God is constantly ,repeatedly and emphatically stated to be one never three not philosophical pont of view. The word trinity never appeared in the bible.It was Athanasius…

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• The source provided is not viable, it is an atheist forum where everyone is disproving God. What I am getting from what you just said is because of the fact that our planet in this solar system contains life, that must mean that there is an all loving, omniscient, omnipotent,…
• I asked for logical reasoning that could potentially give evidence to an all loving, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent "God." You started off your argument by stating "I believe". Beliefs do not suffice as any form of logical reasoning. It is possible to say that the…

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• My position is that the Bible teaches that God is not triune in nature. The triune identity that people associate with the God of the Bible comes from the doctrine of the trinity. I will go ahead and take a direct quote from the Athanasian Creed, which defines the trinity…
• This debate will be centered around whether or not the God of the Bible has a triune nature. For this debate, the only source that should be used to prove your point is the Bible. There may be certain situations where lexicons, dictionaries, concordances, or creeds are…

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• This debate is about the religious doctrine of Young Earth Creationism (YEC), whereby some people believe that the Bible says that the earth was literally created about 6,000 years ago. I am not in this debate arguing that that doctrine is necessarily false. I am arguing that…
• Con has constructed a list of explanations almost entirely without reference to established science. The topic of the debate is that YEC cannot be reconciled with established science. So if Con, for example, proposes that the Grand Canyon could have been cut by rushing water in…

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• All due respect to my opponent, but I have already answered the question. Christianity is weakening, or becoming ignored as you say, because it isn't providing incentives to follow it. It used to be, you followed the religion or were punished in Europe. That's a pretty…
• Okay, since no one else was biting, guess I'll give it a crack. To clarify the argument, I will be arguing Pro-Christianity has become weaker, since that really seems to be the tone of the pre-debate argument in your statement. As such, this is not an argument over whether or…

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• "If god/ gods would allow those who deny their/his/her possibility than why would those who "believe crazy sh*t without evidence" not be allowed?" Because believing something tremendously outlandish without a shred of evidence and then using that unfounded belief to deny rights…
• Sorry it took me so long, back to school shopping has been a real b*tch. "Five: Creationism/ theism/ metaphysics is rational thought when compared with scientific understanding of physics"That one doesnt have anything to do with this. For the sake of the debate everything else…

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• Thank you for accepting. I look forward to a productive and intelligent debate. 1) Religious people are more likely to give to charity: According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 65 percent of the people who claim a religion give to charity. Conversly, 56 percent of people who…
• 1st round - acceptance2nd round - opening arguments (con may provide rebuttals)3rd round - rebuttals4th round - summary/closingI will be arguing that religion's benefits are more significant than the costs to modern society. Con will argue that the costs of religion are more…

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• I'm satisfied with the arguments I've presented and have no further points to make.
• Thanks to con for the reply. I. I would like to begin by pointing out that con reinforced my point by stating that� "children are not always informed enough to compare and make a choice". �This is exactly the issue. Children are not capable of understanding ideas of this…

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• I would like to counter your argument point by point, 1. The ancient leaders and common man had to be competent enough to make up things as the necessity arrives, have you not heard the saying "necessity is the mother of invention"? In order to save their position as leaders…
• Let us look into the past, this is a time of unrest and lawlessness, the elders of the land realized that in order to control the people some laws needed to be put into place, when they tried this the fact that nothing was going to happen to the people if they do not agree and…

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• Noting CON's failure to either post acceptance, and his apparent misunderstanding of the position which he agreed to argue, I respectfully offer him a TIE rather than to have either of us waste any more time here. I'd request that if and when he logs on, that he blank post his…
• The resolution is a simple one, namely that if there is some manner of god which has produced the human race for some grand purpose, it is more likely that such a purpose is hostile to the intents and activities and beliefs of theists and approving of the intents or activities…

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• Lots of rules you have there. .. nevertheless I am up to the challenge.
• Here is my summary: 1. My opponent gave an opening argument that addressed all religions and did not really focus on the Christian God. He did not even try to disprove the existence of God. He merely made assumptions and his reasons for doubting in God. Most people try to use…

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• I'm probably meant to be wrapping up my arguments at this stage, but I'm afraid I will need to present new ones. My opponent has reiterated his points from John 6:38-40. I assert that this portion of Biblical scripture is talking about gaining salvation. Whilst on the surface…
• Thank you Microsuck for your participation. Quite honestly you have one of the best avatars I have ever seen. In regards to the "reasonably" word in my topic; if permissible I would like to simply remove it entirely and update the debate to "Christians cannot be assured of…

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• To define the debate, this is all about debating if religion is the real reason for war or not. Non religious people would blame religion from the violence recorded in history like Crusaders and Islamic wars. As a Pro, I will give proofs that religion is not the cause of war.…
• Round 5 finished. My points are just two: Statistics and Religion vs Power: Power are more priority for wars, forefronting religion.

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• In return for my opponent's pass in Round 3, I will be passing Round 5.Please do not hold my opponents forfeit against him. (And hopefully you won't hold mine against me.)My opponent may respond if he wishes.
• --- Definitions: Metaphysics: "[P]hilosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space" and "[A]bstract theory . .. with no basis in reality. "[1] Extend all of my previous…

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• If evolution is true, then organisms would slowly adapt. They wouldn't just suddenly grow legs. There would be a long period where the fish had nubs where the legs would eventually be, and they would be slowed drastically in the water. That means that predators could eat them…
• The first point I'd like to make is that we are here. This alone is sufficient proof that God exists. Am I supposed to believe that some atoms just 'got together' and decided to become a fish? Then the fish just decided to go up on land? We could not have evolved from fish,…

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• Greetings to DATCMOTO and to our audience. I hope that this debate is enlightening and enjoyable for us all. In this debate, we will essentially be arguing over the differences between the ways that Catholics and Protestants view Mary (the mother of Jesus Christ) and the way we…
• Once again, I thank DATCMOTO for his arguments and will now proceed to refute them. Since this is round 4, I urge the voters to ignore any completely new arguments brought up by either side, and only to accept new analysis on previously existing arguments. Before I begin I…

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• Organized religion is beneficial to society. Religion is beneficial to society because it 1. Provides emotional comfort to people who seek answers to troubling and un-answerable questions. 2. Provides a community through which people can enjoy themselves, meet others, and…

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• I accept this challenge; however, I want to clarify some things:1.) My opponent and I are both Christians; there will be no discourse there, as we are both firm believers of the Holy Bible.2.) The resolution is impossible, as Jesus was not Joseph's biological son. I will be…

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• For purposes of debate, science shall be defined as the most widely-accepted theories among the scientific community. It is arrogant to assume that either science or theology is mutually exclusive. Why is it so impossible for both of them to be right? Take universal creation…

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• Oh father please help pastox for he is a lost soul. "Heh, this is a non-sequitur (1); such a rationale could be used to support the idea that satirical deities "created everything," as well." It could if other deities existed, but only the Catholic Christian God exists. It is…
• The all loving God will eternally torture you if you don't behave! And he says I don't have proof that God exists. I'll tell you the proof: DNA is the proof. The code is like TCAGTAGTA: its so complicated. Only God could create something like that. Also, our universe is so…

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• Occam'z Razor: I don't think I made my point very clear when I talked about the Boeing 747 argument, So I'd like to put it in terms of Occam's Razor. You likely already know what this is, But it's essentially a rule of logic that, When trying to decide what is the truth, The…
• I'm going to take your argument of wind blowing a sand dune into a castle and reformat it into something that is addressed by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion. This argument takes many forms, But Dawkins refers to it as the Boeing 747 argument. Essentially, If there is a…

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• First off I resent being referred to as "my opponent" I'm am Josh not a reference word. and second off id like to point out that "Inquire truth" has focused more on diversion argument and pointing the finger at every other "bad religion" other than its self. Although he has…
• Few who are members of the Catholic faith truly realise its shocking history, in this debate I hope to drag up some hardcore reality check material to throw in the face of all those self delusional bigots who dare to assume they, above others, are favored by "a higher being".…

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• "No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means" - George Bernard Shaw
• It is my opponents position that both Ecclessiastes 1:4 "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. " and Deuteronomy 4:40 - "That thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever. " are…

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• I will not expand on my rebuttals or arguments since you forfeited the previous round. I believe I have made a clear case thus far and have effectually refuted my opponents "case."
• Since my opponent cited a passage from Proverbs, here is one for him: "Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is…

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• My hope is that by this debate we will learn from each other. In the Mormon religion it is believed that god was once a man and was granted god hood by a different god and that god before and so on and so forth in an infinite succession of god hood. This is wrong. It is a sin…
• In this debate I will be arguing against The church of latter day saints claim to be a Christian church.

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• I apologize. Just when I was almost done writing my arguments, the internet went dead the whole day and I wasn't able to post.All votes of conducts may go to Con. Before I begin my argument, I shall rebut my opponet's arguments first. Although being able to rebute in R2 gives…
• I accept. May it be a constructive debate. I will debate that the Quran is the last revealed word of God, and thus completly accurate. It provides guidance and wisdom for a just human society. I await your argument. Good luck!

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• Regarding the first verse you referenced (Deuteronomy 32:4), I have to simply disagree with the premise that everything God does is fair and that he can do no wrong. To say that God can do no wrong, is to say that he is absolutely perfect. Yet, in Genesis 6:6, it states "And it…
• Con is to say that Religion is a force of good in the world. Pro is to say that religion isn't a force of good in the world. I will focus on the Christain religion, because I have the most knowledge in that specific sector. I believe that religion was invented by man, in order…

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• Ha! You stopped due to being "out of characters"? Dang, I was laughing so hard, I'll give you an encore.
• Well, I suppose it's my job to dispute the negative, although I think a reader could judge for himself without my comments. I agree with con on several points: 1. "As I don't know what Mark 16:16 is. " I'll whole-heartedly agree. 2. "I'll accept the translation, but truthfully…

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• I would like to conclude. Unfortunately, I did not focus much on this debate and I will be only able to respond to some of your replies here. The old earth claims can be compared with that of Scriptures, and we find it does not stack up. The problem I have is that your…
• I agree absolutely with the statement "The two "books" of Gods self-revelation "His Word and His World" aren't ultimately contradictory." Why so? Because His World must be interpreted without naturalistic assumptions. I would like to note that you haven"t yet responded to the…

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• First: It is ESSENTIAL that for this argument you do not require a literal translation of the Bible, especially the story of the creation. If you argue a literal translation, you shouldn't post here. It's that simple. Now, I claim that the theory of evolution can be in harmony…
• "Do not assume anything, ALWAYS state it in your resolution" Yes, a weakness of mine, I confess. I have a habit of not clarifying myself to the necessary degree, and for that I apologize. Still, even if we were to take my first argument as is, I am still safe. All I said was…

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• First of all, I don't think you fully understand the Ontological argument. It is a complete and utter assumption. To say that a maximally great being could exist, it must exist is illgical. Granted it may be true that a maximally great being could exist, that is what the debate…
• Just to clarify, I am not trying to make you change your beliefs, only argue my own. Ok so on with the debate. Your first point shall be rebutted first. .. The Ontological Argument rebuttal. This argument is based on the theory that because a god is the maximal being in the…