Religion Debate Topics for Students — page 54

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• You stated this. My opponent replied to this by stating that "the church was not born", = irrelevant, - this debate is about "physical baptism in relation to salvation" .. ,not when, if, before, or after, a particular event, I have provided a perfect example of a man receiving…
• Let me start by introducing myself since I'm new here. Hi everyone, my name is Isaac, but you probably know me better as Acts2-38. I am currently 14 years of age and love a good debate. BTW My denomination is apostolic. Alright lets get into the debate now. :) I will also use…

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• I appreciate my opponent's argument and look forward to the rest of this debate. Since my opponent's arguments were all theological, my fifth argument will also serve as a rebuttal, with specific applications to my opponent's arguments later on.This last and final argument…
• I am excited that my opponent has accepted this debate. We are both Christians, similar to age, and from no doubt similar backgrounds. I was born and raised in an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, but during my senior year, I began to doubt my faith. By the summer, I was…

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• On the supposed Arian Text The rational argument that my opponent has presented is not rational at all because it contradicts reason AND logic per se WITHIN the context of the said text. John 14:28, when taken in context, don't teach anything about Arian Christology and to make…
• 1)The Septuagint passages are relevant because it is the source of the New Testament revelation about the divinity of Christ. Let me present to you a coherent and scriptural arguement for this one:The Sophiology Backround of Nicean Christology The Nicene Creed stems from the…

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• I'd LIKE to, but immediately after accepting he said he was going to forfeit lol. Mark 16:16"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. " I feel like the bible can't be anymore clear here, baptism is necessary for salvation.
• This debate is for anyone who has already accepted Christianity.

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• Semantics"I would love to know who else, besides my opponent, accepts both the theory of evolution and the entire Bible as true. I read many polls about evolution vs creation, and the claim that both are true was nowhere to be found. Theistic evolution is irrelevant to this…
• SemanticsMany Christian evolutionists accept the entire Bible as truth, both the Old and New Testaments. These people, like myself, don't find contradictions between macroevolution and the Genesis account of the beginning of the world, so they see no problem with accepting…

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• This debate will be concerning whether or not the Christian concept of original sin is fair. Definitions Original sin - a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam and Eve My opening argument is that the concept of original sin is unfair, the idea that one can be…

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• Acts24:15-""And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust." If there is hell fire, why will God resurrect the unjust ? John11:25-"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:…
• Ecclesiastes 5:9,10 -"For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge…

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• Thanks for this debate. I will provide a breif summary. KJV-R (Webster) Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. God created time, space, and matter. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness wasupon the face of the deep. And the Spirit…
• Since my opponent did not arguement my points I made then it leads one to think that the 'Seven days of creation is in fact literal. I will not build anymore on my case in this round, I will just clarify on some of my pervious points. Gen 1:1 - was the creation of time, space,…

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• I know the baby was only an example, but let us take that further. If you had in your possession a baby of unknown origin, and you had Tractatus de spaera in the one hand, while you had Genesis in the other hand - the existence of the baby is better explained by Genesis.I know…
• I apologize for my ignorance, but I do not see the relation between explanatory power and predictability. It's fine to predict a certain event, but that does not provide an explanation of the event - why does it happen, what are it's origins, what is the primary cause?Talking…

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• Lets keep this brief. 1. There is some confusion about what the purpose of this debate actually was. My opponent believes that the purpose was for him to argue against Sam Harris, offering a rebuttal to all of Harris's arguments. That was NOT the purpose. The purpose was to…
• He has not countered any argument posed in the speech. Because of this He cannot win. The purpose of me posting the speech is b/c the argument needed to prove my resolution is too long to be contained on this website. I wanted to debate this issue so i created a debate that…

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• I would like to first comment that due to time restrictions I will not be going into depth on my points. Please bare with me. I would also like to thank the contender for his reply. Tip: Watch your grammatical errors. Your comments are also cut a bit short. If possible, I…
• One of the main things used to bring about the ideas of evolution are fossils. But how do fossils prove evolution? There is no fact that these fossils reproduced. There is no certainty that every group of creatures had any offspring. So how is it possible to say the evolved…

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• Well, my opponent did not seem to put forth any arguments himself, and simply accused me of ignorance, so let's clarify a few thing: 1. My opponent did not put forth any of his own exegesis on the last round. 2. My opponent did not address the firmament as an ancient cosmology.…
• Well, when I set up this debate, it had five rounds. Don't know why it's three now, but that's ok. We can limit it to Biblical and theological arguments, since this is more of a theological debate, dropping scientific arguments, though it seems those are certainly more on the…

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• I re-read your r1 argument. I don't see what the Catholicism's heresy have to do with Protestantism's heresy. Both are heresy the way I see it. I meant in today's world that Protestantism is heresy. I'm not talking about the past. I should have made that more clear in r1. I am…
• "Now it seems that the majority of Protestants are heretical." Spacebarman97My opponent admits I am correct. Thanks for the short debate.

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• Now when you say "The first day was roughly 4,000 years ago" is that impending the short day theory (6 periods of 24 hours) or the long day theory (6 periods of hundreds of years) was used, because it doesn't say how long the earth was void, dark and formless, the man could…
• I was under the influence during the last post of round one, so scratch that. Genesis 1:2 says that the earth was formless and void. That can be interpreted that this is post Armageddon, and we really are in old heaven, but Satan got in, and now God had to start over. God than…

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• paribles are nt true but they have truths form with in the cristan church said so jesus said so

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• Again my gratitude goes out to my opponent for initiating this debate. However, I must express my disappointment in that my opponent has not responded chosen to not respond to as per the rounds stipulated by him/ her. My disappointment is based on the fact that this debate…
• On the outset, I must say that this debate has been one of the most unusual debates that I have ever observed and even been part of. Let me explain why: 1. I am debating with an atheist on the moral standards of an entity that atheists lack belief in. 2. Secondly I am going to…

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• I wish to start out my opening argument by saying that in history you rarely come across a person who is skilled at both spirituality and politics. People often assume that to be religious you have to be a "softy" or to be in politics you need to be "cold". JPII showed us that…
• First let me thank you for agreeing to debate me on this topic. I greatly appreciate it. You made a number of points, all of them old and already explained, but I shall attempt to tackle them as best I can in order. Your first point was that JPII did not come out strongly…

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• Con claim that he "dont follow the Islamic-ordained rulings on the authenticity of hadeeths and that I request empirical evidence that a particular scholar is mistaken." and i attacked againt scholars and hadith without empirical evidence. i showed you why we dont trust them…
• Sorry for the delay im busy nowdays, anyway this subject preservation of the quran is new to me, so for the muslims if i wrong about something just correct... nevertheless lets examine what con gave us.con - B4- Lack of diacritical marks in Uthman's codexits true that the quran…

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• How certain are you? Because it doesn't say how long Noah had to build the Ark or check all of the animals or any tools to check the animals so what you've just said so far is quite ludicrous to be honest. Again most of the water probably came from underneath the earth also…
• Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And by the fountains of the deep it means the water underneath…

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• I am sorry for not posting my refutations againts my opponent. There had been a devastating tymphoon [ Rammasun] that hit my area [ Metro, Manila Philippines] that caused brownout for several days. My internet connection just got fix just this afternoon of 07/25/2014.…
• 1. "Revelation 3:7 is clear that Jesus holds the key of David and not only he did hold it but he also did use it! In fact,Matthew 18:18 shows that the same authority Simon has is also possessed by all Christians. "Just because Jesus is the rightful owner of the keys doesn't…

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• I am happy to debate you.

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• My argument stands. I see no need to say more.
• I am further encouraged by his agreement to the resolution: "It is my position that prayer can have positive psychological effects on those who believe that prayer will have a positive psychological effect on an individual. " To help clear up the question of "who seriously…

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• Just posting now to bypass straight to the voting period. A big thanks again to my opponent. I very much enjoyed the debate.
• I am posting this round to concede the debate to Con. After examining his arguments, it seems clear he has managed to sufficiently point out integral flaws with Rabbi Keleman's proof. There are a few minor details that I continue to disagree with, but none of them at this point…

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• Yes, the first six days of the Genesis creation account end with "and there was evening and the morning, the Xth day." This indeed makes it seem reasonable to conclude that all of the days in Genesis are literal 24 hour days. However, lets take a look at the seventh day.…
• I think that would make it more fair, so that we both have an equal amount of rounds to express our thoughts. Its not a big deal, though. 1) Okay, I may have made this unclear. The phrase "hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz" (the heavens and the earth) does not refer to the earth or the…

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• go back home you sand monkey

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• The perception of the conditions that we are subjected to involuntary or not is what motivates the cognitive drive. How about an educated or an uneducated guess is all we have. While the majority of the worlds population will stay with some kind of after life allusion and the…
• STEPHEN HAWKINGS I do wonder what church his send off into the 5th dimension was in? Is it that an athiest that disbelieves in god or gods or is it somebody that lacks beleif in God or Gods? So is someone that lacks belief in an existance creator an undecided religous nut job…

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• My argument stand, there is no way to see "satan" (the adversary) as rebellious in the Hebrew Bible.
• Isaiah 14 talks about the fall of Babylon. Isaiah 14, has nothing to do with Satan or Lucifer. The original Hebrew is "Day Star". This is talking in allegory about Babylon As it says in verse 1 "The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw." As we all know,Satan…

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• In truth, non-denominational churches are a denomination. Also, the Bible was not written in the way people wanted to hear. That one statement you made destroys the entire meaning of the Bible. Prophets like Jeremiah were beaten for the words they said. Saint Peter and Stephen…
• I just believe that since the doctrine is not very accurate, the churches are not very reliable when it comes to finding a church with accurate theology. I am Eastern Orthodox and I believe that ever since the Protestant Reformation, every church that breaks off from the other…

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• I hate forfeited debates.
• I etend all my arguments and add as a side note that if the consequence to sin is going to hell, as most religions say, then a society which does not frown upon behavior that will lead its members to eternal damnation cannot be a very good one.

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• Pro says that if the Church allows discussion & research of something, it means the Church accepts belief in whatever the 'something' is. To support his point, he says the Church doesn't allow research of abortion and says it's because it doesn't accept abortion. He provides…
• All emphases are mine. Con attacks my conclusion by saying, "It is evident that the Church accepts evolutionary theory, for Pope Pius XII spoke out in favour of it[...]" However, the following quote he took from Pope Pius XII does not actually support his assertion: "the…

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• So please actually read this time, because you clearly do not read, think, and then respond with a writing process. I will answer this in sections broken into two subsections: WHAT YOU SAID and MY RESPONSE WHAT YOU SAID: First of all, that wasn"t supposed to be my argument, it…
• Well let me just start off by saying that you just labeled yourself as "Con" to the notion of Protestant Sola Scriptura is unbiblical, unhistorical, and untenable. You did not directly address my thesis, nor my arguments related to that thesis. You went completely off the rails…

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• IntroductionI would first like to begin by stating that I fully agree that the math behind radioisotope dating is sound and that the operational methods used to measure ratios of isotopes yield very precise results. What I do not agree with however are the assumptions behind…
• Evidence Consistent With a Young EarthPlanetary magnetic field decay describes the process by which Earth's magnetic field, which is produced via current in the metallic core, decays or diminishes in strength over time. This decay is accepted by both secular and creation…

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• I hope the readers were enlightened. This debate, by the way, was really hinged on the definition of 'Judaism' (My real proof against Sikhism was from the Sages, and my opponent countered by questioning the authority of the Sages). As the vast majority of Jews who stay truthful…
• I believe my opponent's argument is predicated on a few misconceptions. a) G-d removes "the spirit of uncleanliness" (not idolatry) and prophecy forever. My opponent argued that if idolatry was only removed temporarily, then prophecy, its counterweight, should have been removed…

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• Acceptance--->|Hello, I'll be happy to listen to your proposition.| I'm fairly confident on the opposing side of this fiasco due to philosophical reasoning's and factual scientific data that is in contrast to the criteria one would have to fall under to to take such a faithful…

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• My sister, I use Google to translate This life without a day of jugment and without hell and heaven is not fair do you know why?? For every one that stole and raped and all the acting is decent and not held accountable for them and the examples are lot can not escape or to…
• In the name of Allah the Merciful, "O my Lord! Open for me my chest, And ease my task for me;And make loose the knot, That they understand my speech" Surah Ta-Ha (Quran). At first my sister I ask your forgiveness on my modest English Sister, I'm not here to win, or something…

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• Well, first off, I was raised without religion or spirituality, and I have taken a strong interest in them, almost obsessive, in the past few years, so I didnt really grow up with a religious bias. Anyways, regarding the story of adam and eve, it makes a lot more sense if you…

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• Okay lets start off with this verse: 1Cor 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. In another version it says: 1Cor 14:34 Let women keep quiet in the…
• The bible just has two verses that say women can't preach which are 1cor14:34, 1tim2:11,12. That's it, and said by the same person "Paul".. i think Paul was putting his point of view and i think there was a problem going on for him to say that, which he was specific, and said (…

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• Thanks.
• I wish people who accept debates then go offline indefinitely after wasting their opponent's time would get banned for a month as soon as they signed back on and have a dunce hat put as their avatar for a month.

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• I accept con's challenge, thank you for the invitation.
• Con should not win this debate, he have broken the cardinal debate rule, never let your opponent use your own source against you. I will use Con's own source to bring his entire argument to nothing. Con posted 1. Fossils The general consensus is that Adam and Eve were created…

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• Compelling employers to close for a day is the only way to ensure that marginalised groups are not forced to work a seven day week
• Peoples' rights to freedom of worship would be undermined if they were compelled to work on a Sunday

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• Im not christain and i dont want to push my ideas into your head, just saying what your fellow christains say, i dont care if its 1 day or a long one but lets deal with it...im talking about Ken Ham not Kent Hovind. the debate is Bill Nye vs Ken Ham. if you read the hebrew or…
• Ok watch this debate Here this is their site (https://answersingenesis.org...) trying to explain why the earth is "6000 years old", and they are consistent because they believe actually what the bible says, its long you can read it i copying the first sentences... -----Where…

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• I will not go on with Limited Atonement and Irrristable Grace as that is as light as I can make those points. I will now continue with Total Depravity and Unconditional Election. TOTAL DEPRAVITY Wikipedia is not a reliable source to use to defend Calvinism on Total Depravity…
• Here is why Calvinism is heretical and not Biblical: Heresy- anything not in line with orthodox Biblical doctrine Now, Calvinism uses an acronym to describe their five major points or doctrines. Its called TULIP. T-Total Depravity of Man, U-Unconditional Election, L-Limited…

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• I do talk about religion for this reason only to use as a minor example. I was comparing that each one including my own practice has a moral code or some belief associated to contentment that people follow. A moral code is of the law for which one or society accepts into their…
• The law of people is the difference between Man's law & Godly. I guess so, one would agree if the situations of the laws were to reflect a more accurate standpoint of modern day in the acts of many including myself rather than what the people of some seem so to fit a…

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• It's ok
• Okay, let's just end the debate quickly then o Lol

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• SUMMARY I would also like to remind the judges that the debate was limited to 10,000 characters per round. If my opponent's comments did not fit within that requirement he should have, as I had to do, edit them rather than state he would "continue them in the next round" thus…
• Con leaves gaping holes in both logic and science in his statement and totally ignores the scientific discoveries which I presented that are one of the bases of my argument.His opening statement misquoted what I said my goal was. My first notion was NOT as he said that an…

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• That's ok, I forfeit too.
• You're just rewording it. The bible plainly states that he changed his mind. This is a direct contradiction. DIRECT. And just to show how your rewording doesn't work, I'll use an analogy of two people talking about where to go to eat: Person 1: What do you want to eat? And you…

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• Genesis 6:13 13 " And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. " The Hebrew word for Earth in this passage is most often used for a local land, not the whole…
• Con claims that the device used by Ron is a dosing rod, however Scientific principles were applied to the molecular frequency generator. According to the product review, the Dell systems Geo surveyor uses the concept of harmonic induction to find metals and minerals. It was…

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• Definitions: YEC:"the religous belief the Universe, Earth and all life on Earth were created by direct acts of the Abrahamic God during a relatively short period, sometime between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago."http://en.wikipedia.org...Possible:"Capable of happening, existing, or…
• Now For Rebuttal.1. Faith In Science. "we once thought the Earth was flat. Now however, we don't *think* that the Earth is flat; we know that the Earth is an oblate spheroid[1] - and no future discovery of science will ever change that fact."Our contemporary understanding of…

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• ok, my second argument is going to be very brief because I have almost no time right now to post, yet I saw that I am close to running out of time. To start, I would like to agree with your comment on the Gospel of Jesus Christ being superior to all political ideology, that is…
• My argument here is that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who embrace far left views must abandon principles or at least be out of harmony with many of their principles in the Church. Obviously, the idea that it is a good thing when a woman can choose…

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• You lost me after the 1st sentence. The rest of it didn't make any sense to the debate, other than the part where you said that there are more than one Antichrist... I know there there is more than one, but the one that I'm debating about is who you would call the 'ultimate'…
• I didn't say that our Presidents are going to be the Antichrist. What, or who, I think WILL be the Antichrist, will be someone with a strong personality and that everyone (or almost everyone) will love him. Maybe someone from the E.U. But he will be someone that will make…