Religion Debate Topics for Students — page 47

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• Thank you for your response. Onto your argument: Firstly I fail to see the so called "decoy" or "trap"of the fire example as you failed to initially say the circumstances of the fire and the extinguishing of it and because the debate is dealing about God's actions I presumed…
• There is little I can do to respond to your first few paragraphs as you have essentially agreed with the motion. However I will respond to your points on how you feel God is a moral being as well. You say that "by logical sense, god cannot be all immoral, just like how god…

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• I am a firm bible believer. And can prove all things. I have a open form for debating on blogtalk. If your are interested call 331-442-4622. Willing to debate any religion any topic...

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• Emotional reasons For some people god and religion overcome certain fears and meet certain emotional needs: Fear of the unknown - where did everything come from and what is the meaning for life? Fear of death - the promise of an afterlife gives hope in a sometimes complex and…

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• It seems as if your not understanding this debate topic. Again, through extensive research, I have not been able to verify an exact or specific date of birth of "Jesus Christ." When you say, "I will tell u again the year Jesus was Born was 6 BC", I expect your backing that…
• After extensive research into the birth of "Jesus Christ", I have yet to find an exact date as in, month, day and year. There are several different scenarios behind verifying this but, they are nothing more than speculation and cannot be verified with absolute certainty. This…

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• I don't have any time to make a closing argument because im working all day today and tomarrow. Gl man.
• definitions by dictionary.com Cause: 2. the reason or motive for some human action: The good news was a cause for rejoicing. excuse: Noun: A reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense. Rebutall: "War and conflict is the inherent nature of man" My…

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• "You did not consider the fact that people might simply want to introduce their own corruptions into the text, but with studying them more, more direct conclusions can be made. " Oh but i did, your are supporting my point. In this text its what you are saying seems to be rather…
• "Having 43 books of the Bible doesn't imply that the Bible itself is corrupt. It simply means there is a disagreement over what is right and wrong." Your argument contradicts, you said the there is a disagreement over what is right and what is wrong, if the bible was not…

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• Resolved: Islam does not oppose a pluralistic society.DefinitionsIslam: A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. [1]Pluralism: A condition in which numerous distinct…
• Once again, Con has ignored almost every single point I made. In addition to this, he violated the rule of sources which states that "Sources cannot substitute arguments, only support them." The links that Con provided give arguments that he didn't make on his own. He used the…

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• Accordion to my original location in space.. My fault could be the case. Worry about religious chomps not a bit. Form it not containing word war best. Crooked eye seems votes 3 to 1.
• Um, okay? I don't understand the thing about the comments. This is the second round of a debate, right? However, I guess. That sometimes happens. I might have been unclear also. Sometimes, I tend to get definitions from Oxford dictionary. Therefore; it is likely that we are not…

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• Well, I'm an atheist as well and I have been spending days on debate.org rejecting claims of gods, defending how morals don't need a god, and demonstrating immoralities of common religions. That said, Atheists as a group don't have any prescriptive morals unique to atheism. The…
• I maintain the idea that whether or not atheists have morals has nothing to do with whether or not they believe in a god. So the resolution is correct.

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• Wow that was an incredibly weak argument. Just because it does not endorse a specific religion like Christianity doesn't make it non-religious. The concept of god is a religious concept and according to the establishment clause "Congress shall make no law respecting an…
• The "In God We Trust" phrase printed on our money violates the separation of church and state.

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• forgot the point... your baseless assumptions are to confusing
• ow hold on i forgot to do something.. on the trap floor is a grid with floor tiles that has symbols representing right or wrong option... one the wrong side is illogical symbols like dragons in basements, and on the right side is flying fish my point is atheist have faith to…

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• Notice how not only did my opponent fail to rebut ANY of my arguments, he just stated things from the Bible, which we are arguing about... (so people in favor of me will not even listen to him) he has not proved that any of those are true, and he has not proved that Noah's Ark…
• Okay then, not only did my opponent post a broken link, he barely even made an argument.I will first start talking about Noah's Ark.Noah's Ark. A ship that is longer and bigger than the Wyoming, which is also a wooden made boat. A boat that is described in the Bible, being made…

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• This round ill address his rebuttal and further emphasis my standing for each point, then rebuttal his three points about God. RE: Faithfulness of Disciples There is, however, a rather large gap between conviction and truth- they are not the same. My original argument wasn't…
• Id like to summarize my replies to Enaidealukal from his statements listing 1-3 throughout Round 2. I hope if my rebuttal to these points hold value, then my original points shall speak for themselves. Enaidealukal says: 1) I believe the answer to this question is an obvious…

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• Con seems to have lost much of his resolve to continue this debate. Probably due to time issues, as his pm would suggest. But he has clearly not put as much effort into his last post as he did his first. Tacitus Con begins his attempt to refute my last post by saying that I…
• Next round I will address my opponent's proposition of a 'scientific history.' But this round let us examine the ocean of mistakes given by Con.1. Tacitus.1.1 Invective and rhetoric methods of documentation do not discredit facts. My opponent brought up again his already…

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• "--> The Council of Trent were Roman Catholic. This was their answer to the reforming of the other churches at the time. I assure the voters,... this is not the universal 'laws' of Christianity." I defined it as the Council of Trent's doctrine. This is because there are no…
• "---> Hmmm,... If he is as described by the doctrines,.. the Bible is wrong?,.. If the bible is right, then its wrong? I am not sure what my opponent is trying to say here." No. I mean that if the Bible is right about God existing, it is still wrong about most other things.…

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• Touch�. But, I did not specifically say that there were no "blue marbles" as it were, I simply said that there were "red marbles", so in that sense, my points were valid. I know that women are not seen as entirely equal in all aspects, bit in many they are. Point proved.
• To begin I would like to clarify some things. Muslim women: Women of the Islam faith. Equal: like or alike in quantity, degree, value, etc.; of the same rank, ability, merit, etc.: two students of equal brilliance. Qu'ran: The Qur'ān (القرآن , literally "the recitation"; also…

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• so con's argument is that the verses are perfectly acceptable. to any rational person, there are problems with them. he either chooses to embrace the irrationality of the verses, or he simply does not want to engage the substance of the arguments and try to salvage what is at…
• I wasn't throwing the arguments at you. I was throwing them at whoever wanted to debate. If you didn't want to engage my examples, you shouldn't have taken the debate. The reality of the situatino is you're arguing I'm appealing to pathos, so that you can go ahead and avoid the…

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• Hello, I am a fourteen year old High School student practicing for the Debate team. This debate is on a highly controversial topic discussing the existence of a deity. I thank whoever accepts this debate and wish them good luck! I SUPPORT the topic. Relevant Definitions:1. God:…
• Ok

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• First, i think it should be possible to put your answer into a simple sentance or two. Second, (speaking as if you are right, no offense.) rulers shouldn't have created gods because even if the people wouldn't revolt against the god itself that doesn't mean they wouldn't revolt…
• First, I don't completely understand your answer to the first question. Secondly,I am wondering, if the rulers, be it a king, a emperor of whatever, why would they admit that they aren't the ultimate authority? That the is in fact someone with more power than they? In my…

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• Con has stated that " Since Pro is "not experienced in debates," Con will debate, what Pro "believes," Religion inhibits US advancements. " I assert that such distinction is trivial because over 3/4 of Americans are Christian, and it does not affect the topic of debate. I…
• Thank you for accepting, greatly appreciated. I am not experienced in debates nor an expert of the matter, but I am truly interested in what may come of this! You've stated in your acceptance that you believe I imply other religions benefit US advancement; this is actually not…

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• When Christ died, God deliberately caused his death by the hands of human beings (Is. 53:10). He was suffering the rejection of God for the whole world, even though he is a perfect and sinless man (1 Pt. 2:22). He died in our place to give us eternal life (Jn. 12:32). Christ…
• A good critique of my laziness to not present any quotes haha. Firstly I will address the rudeness. I don't believe that all conservative people should necessarily be treated rudely, but that certain conservative people--who abuse positions of power and are constantly…

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• Catholic treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany You say that the Church "aided many Jews during the Holocaust". In reality, even the Catholic Church itself acknowledges its part in the Holocaust. In 1998 (about time) the Vatican finally officially apologized "for not doing more to…
• I will presenting examples that should illustrate the damage the Catholic Church has done to society. The Crusades In 1095 Pope Urban II announced that the Church would be going to war with the Muslim world, with the goal of gaining access to Jerusalem. He called on French and…

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• I made this debate five rounds with the maximum word count and maximum time period for each round because it is not a light subject and we can easily spend each and every round debating the fact that there is no evidence in any of the Gospels of Jesus claiming to be God. You…
• In none of the Gospels does Jesus claim to be God.

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• Here is my evidence: The Universe exists.There has to be a beginning to the Universe. It would illogical for there to be an event before an event before an event before an event before an event before Ad infinitum. It is also imposable for it to be self-creating. Something that…
• 1) I did not say that 1 second cannot continue ad infinite because infinities don't exist. That would be circular logic. It is imposable because no matter how much time has past there still would be more to go before infinity is reached. Also, I said, "There may be infinite…

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• "Read what the founders wrote. They plainly state that our rights to be free come from the Almighty, and cannot be taken away by man" And your factual evidence would be where? I don't want your crap such as "IT"S THERR!!! GO AND REED IT!!! MARXIST!!!!" I want to see proof where…
• "Have you read the bible, Qu'ran, and hadiths?" Yes. "What do you know of the history of Islam? Of Christianity?" A lot. Do you know anything of the history of them? "Why do you leave out Hinduism and Buddhism, two other signficant religions?" Because they are more peaceful and…

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• The Clown wins!
• The Clown has Fangs!

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• LOL!!! I am very surprised you took that aproach. Okay (I already told her this like 2 days ago, but I'll repeat it for everyone on the internet to know) The LaVey version of Satanism does NOT see Satan as a physical being. They see him more as "the evil" that must be in the…
• I believe there is a Satan, aka devil. It says so in the Satanist bible, http://std.kku.ac.th... Since this is rather long I will let you know, it is on page 7. I will allow my opponent to explain where she gets the notions from, before explaining my point any further.

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• This is why I have clearly won this debate: My opponent kept attacking me for points I wasn't even trying to make. Yet, all the points I did make he failed to rebut. "What i want my opponent to explain to me is if we involved from fish to monkey's than way are do Monkeys and…
• Second of all, even if the Bible were to have contradictory verses, it doesn't matter. The Bible could be a piece of crap and God can still exist. And besides, you can't use the bible itself as evidence in this debate; you have use EVOLUTION as evidence. Therefore, the first…

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• The proposition on offer is that the Bible is an inconsistent document, historically, scientifically, and logically (with itself) and is thus useless for discovery of truth. I submit as a premise to the resolution that any inconsistent document is by nature of its inconsistency…
• Responses: >> "The reason why hares once chewed the cud but no longer do" False - no member of order Lagomorpha has ever chewed its cud. In fact, I can't think of ANY rodents that do or ever have. >> "Obviously the exact point of deceit is, as always, classification." This…

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• Because religion promotes certainty of belief, divinely inspired hatred is easy to use to justify and promote violent actions and discriminatory practices.
• Ill-informed prejudice has no place in society. The veneer of religion has been used to justify hatred, prejudice and division and should be confronted.

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• Could someone report this debate? As for the reason, just explain that Con changed his mind.
• I would let you unaccept, except I don't know how to do that. Sorry. =(

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• Of the authors...of the many books, we are either in complete ignorance, or at any rate in doubt...Furthermore, we do not know either the occasions or the epochs when these books of unknown authorship were written and we cannot say into what hands they fell, nor how numerous…
• The bible is merely a collection of stories that contradict themselves. Stories in the bible vary from one author to another and none of these accounts were witnessed by the ones writing the stories. It's all rumor passed on and dramatically changed from one person to another.

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• Well I believe the bible is true.I mean all I can say is that if there wasn't a God...then why is there right from wrong in the universe.I have learned many things from the bible.If I may be irrational then let it be but I will say I study the Bible.I don't see the mainstream…
• The Key Is in the Name First, let's consider the meaning of some words and names. In the Greek New Testament, the word "angel" means "messenger," and "arch" means "chief, principle, greatest, or highest." So "archangel" simply means "highest or greatest messenger." The Hebrew…

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• My opponent has claimed certain things in my argument is irrelevant, but has failed to explain why or how they are irrelevant. This I can only assume is a defensive mechanism to avoid an actual counter-argument.Pope Divinity Luscious Ferrari's, the eighteenth-century canoeist…
• My rebuttal was lacking because I ad to delete some things because of the character limit.My opponent calls me ignorant of Christianity, but I attended a catholic school, and had the highest grades in my religion class. Atenism was Monotheistic not Henotheism My opponent claims…

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• Sure, religions bring people together and are full of GOOD reasons to exist... but they are also the cause of many vices mankind has faced: Racism, Censorship, Slavery, Divine Right, etc. that countless people have had to endure and will continue to endure because religion will…

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• I am here to argue that the LDS church is the only true church. I have been born and raised mormon, and believe in all it's values to the fullest extent! I feel that the Bible, and the Book of mormon are a good enough testiment to it's existence being true.Atheists and other…

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• All Sins are denial of the Word of God and are Blapshemy. There is no forgiveness for your sins, only atonement, sacrifice, repentance and suffering. This is the teaching of all religions since ever. There is no contrary belief and NO argument can be made to suggest any…
• Well, I almost missed my dead-line on this one. So to recap, this session. By definition of Blasphemy, It is denial of the Word of God - specifically the nature of the Word of God, but also directly acknowledgeable through the doctrine as well - and thus is unforgiveable.…

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• I'll try again, since the last two negative disputants did not post a reply. First round is acceptance, but I shall go ahead and define the proposition. The Bible: The 66 books of the common version and an accurate translation thereof. I prefer the KJV and ASV (1901). Teaches:…
• Well, another round forfeited so I'll leave the pro arguments and questions as they stand.

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• Seasoned beatings. Oh whopppss sorry, I meant to say greetings, Yeah that"s it. Sorry. A deliberate miss-steak on my part. Will you never forgive me? I know shoot me with a brick shipyard. OK I get that you are new at this. So I must let you know right off that bat that youtube…
• NOTHING is established in scripture so everybody can get it wrong as there have been 0 updates in at least 2, 000 years. There"s translations upon translations upon translations upon translations upon copies upon copies upon copies upon copies upon dead languages upon dead…

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• Sure.
• If you don't mind, I'm post-poning this.

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• Thank you CON, for putting on this debate. I hope all the best to the both of us, and to a fruitful conversation. Main Argument:My opening argument can be summarized in the following syllogism:P1: Objective moral values exist.P2: In a world without God, objective moral values…
• I do think its a bit unfair to that I get an additional rebuttal, therefore I will try to make this rather brief. CON asserts that "Evidence for the 'god' is inconclusive", yet CON fails to actually refute my argument for a God. Couldn't this argument be considered evidence?…

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• Well I intended to have may opponent give the first argument but it's alright I forgot to put that in round 1 so, my fault. Now before I begin debating I would like to thank my opponent for accepting, and hope that we can keep a respectful attitude throughout this debate. Now I…
• This debate is going to be about whether Jesus being the son of God and God makes any sense. I will be supporting the fact that Jesus being the son of God and God makes sense but my opponent will be trying to disprove and say that Jesus being God and the son of God makes no…

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• When I was referring to "bedrock of all truths" above, in philosophical terms, I meant ontological grounding. As a necessary being, God can provide an objective source of moral values and duties. There must be a stopping point, an axiom upon which any analysis must be based.…
• My opponent says that "no one person" can decide how to reason, and that "[r]eason is merely a way to derive further conclusions from reality: it consists of a grouping of truths". Key to this is the notion that "everything is already there". Here I think it is important to…

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• Resolved: Over the course of human history, organized religion has actively inhibited the advancement of science, medicine, and human rights. Opening argument: I will construct my argument around the following two areas that organized religion has impacted negatively: Science…
• Thank you, Con, for the timely response. I will begin by addressing my opponent's contentions before developing my own further. 1) My opponent has pointed to religious support for charity and "hope" and while it is true that many organized religions support charity work, the…

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• The con has clearly missed the mark on some of my major arguing points. i take responsibility for this, because i failed to make them as clear as a could. i would also encourage the con to cease his analogies involving human to human interactions because they do not bear with…
• the con makes a perfectly sound argument towards the idea that we as individuals have the ability to make our own choices, and i completely agree with him.... if we were talking about the interactions between two humans. The god spoke of in the bible is said to be "all…

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• It's funny how you say I don't know enough about science when I'm the one providing scientific facts. However I'm just going to assume that you're avoiding the topic of evolution because it's stumbling block for your side the bible debate. You also failed to rebuttal any of my…
• You failed to speak on how the genesis story gets the order of events wrong. For example why it says that the earth came into existence before the sun, which is just plain wrong. Even if the distinction between the sun and other stars is based on the sun being most visible in…

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• But flags also show the distinction bewtween denominations. As much as I would want all denominations as one body in Christ, they can't in this sinful world. Therefore, let the flags fly to show the distinctions.
• I regret that forfeiture, as I was on vacation. I will say this, having different denominational flags shows what different denominations stand for.

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• Hat's off to con . I really have to admire him . He said , "A Muslim (sometimes spelled Moslem; historically called a Muhammadan in non-Islamic Anglophone societies) is a person who follows or practises the religion of Islam, a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the…
• First of all con didn't read the subject of the debate . Without reading the subject he has posted something which makes 0 sense . So let me remind con the topic of the debate was , "Muslims are not problem. It is a misconception." I have said Muslims not Islam but con didn't…

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• 1) Women were mentioned as witnesses because of they were the ones who tended the dead, in early Christianity the main converts were women, if you see this as powerful truth, then you can imagine why the author wrote it, there is no court in the story, most people couldnt read,…
• The reason why I didn't put any sources down is because I'm typing from my iPad and at that time I didn't know how to copy and paste so I didn't bother because I didn't think you would care. But here are the sources http://answering-christianity.com...…

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• wow Aceviper2011 has just went off the Topic, big time please stay on the topic,' lol I never insulted you Aceviper2011, show me where I used your name to insult you. :) clearly I was only showing how stupid and ridiculous some questions are, what can't I have a say here…
• Aceviper2011 you said this to me of course the bible exist, you can buy one at the store, you can see the existing of the bible, you can feel the bible, you can see the bible. / Me Quote you cannot go back on your word by saying of course the bible exist, you can buy one at the…