Religion Debate Topics — page 29

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• Voters please explain your decision with detail. Thank you.
• Flood MythsThe flood myths certainly are relevant. I have done no cherry picking. I am aware of the differences between the hundreds of stories around the world, and this is understandable. If such a cataclysmic flood did happen, this is a story that would be told generation…

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• Your right there were many intelligent people from our past that contributed to our accumulated knowledge, Many if not all (going back far enough) were religious. However an intelligent person of that time would know of the consequences of disagreeing with the existing state of…
• Research has shown that people with higher intelligence are less likely to be religious. Conversely religion appeals more to the less intelligent. Why the negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence? This debate will be only 3 rounds, As the religious tend to…

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• To adopt the con side you must: 1. Believe in the bible, including genesis. 2. In a Christian church's teachings. My claim is this, The bible says humans learning knowledge is a sin. I have proof of this. Firstly, in Genesis it says that God forbid Adam and Eve from eating from…
• To summarize my points: 1. God intends for Humans to know knowledge to what he feels necessarry, and all else is a sin. 2. The church wants to limit what it's followers know, and their burning of heretics proves that. I urge you to vote pro as my opponent has not yet rebutted…

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• Well, my opponent has conceded and has basically provided some of the points that I would have included, but I would have extended my argument. Jehovah's witness is not a bad religion in my opinion. This has been an awful 'debate'.
• My opponent has forfeited this round. I don't why I accepted this debate (60 minute limit for arguments, not 3 days). Anyway, to make this debate fair I will put my arguments In the next round but also because I have nothing to argue against. I look forward to my opponents…

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• Extended arguments.
• Again I extend my arguments. My opponent states he gets his information from a different way but does not list how. He has failed to challenge my argument. He even states that other who post comments do not believe not believing in god is a sin. However that doesn't change the…

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• Thank you for the challenging questions and statements. You stated in a sentence " What kind of loving entity imposes on us a salvation we never asked for that binds our freedom and obliges us to obey him." You are anything but right. Christians do not sacrifice freedom, we…
• Thank you, fellow debater, for providing definitions of some of the terms we will be using. First of all, I do accept your definitions of love, and I do define God by those standards. I believe that God loves, as the article says "regardless of circumstances". I do define God's…

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• The statement you make about it being impossible for Jesus to be executed, as it went against Jewish law doesn't in any way shape or form prove he didn't exist or wasn't crucified, all it demonstrates is the fact that Jesus' death by crucifixion in that particular matter was…
• Hi, I'm Oliver and I'm looking forward to debate the issue as to whether or not Jesus existed; however before debating I want to make a disclaimer that when talking about the existence of Jesus I'm not talking about a miracle performer or did he rise from the dead but rather…

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• Nothing to debate.
• Again my opponent offered nothing to debate against.

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• Thank you I did not mention honor killings in my response. Can you provide me a specific passage where honor killings are prohibited? How do Muslims view people who do not believe in Islam. Islam is submission to God and logically Muslims should have the same views that God has…
• The resolution before us is, "Is Islam a religion of violence? " Do we blame the religion for terrorist attacks committed by some of it's followers? I would answer no to this in agreement with my opponent. I also agree that we have other factors that fit in with the religion of…

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• Nope my sources outdo yours. By far. I presented you with valid videos that proves that religion (god) is not inspiring, causes multiple problems, and does not offer hope. So you can sit by in your twinkled jammies with all of your miss-steaks and to take to debate serious with…
• Well sorry, my sources outdo yours by far and you just cannot stand to be proven wrong, false, insignificant, like the small little scruff that you are. And I"m going to do it again here. Oh darn did I strike a nerve? Apparently so because of your severe lack and edumacation…

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• Thank you, and thank you for your response. It has been a great honor to me also to have this debate with you. --------------------------------- What is Jihad? Con says that you cannot use Jihad to stop oppression, but his quote from the "Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam" does not…
• RebuttalI. What is Jihad? My opponent said that according to the dictionary of Islam, a Jihad is "a religious war with those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muhammad." This is not what in fact the dictionary of Islam says. This is what the dictionary of Islam, which my…

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• >>>Okay, so you have "learned" about past occurrences in history. But it is still by "faith" that you belive certain historical events happened. <<< ----> NO, it's by evidence. =====Counterarguments===== 1. Argument from Evil ~A. Free Will Well, my opponent's interestingly long…
• Have you ever seen the wind? Has you seen history? Have you ever seen your brain? We see the effects of the wind, but the wind is invisible. We have records of history, but it is by "faith" that we believe certain historical events happened. <<< ----> Yes, I have seen the wind.…

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• My opponent's first claim is "The meaning of psalm is a song unto God," contesting that a psalm excludes instrument accompaniment. I will need proof of this please to back this claim up. According to Thayer's translation of a Greek-Latin lexicon prepared by Prof. C. L. Wilibald…
• This is my first argument so if my format is not what the norm is on the sie please excuse and correct me. Although this is my first debate on this site this is far from my first debate on this topic. What I'm proposing: New Testament Christians can worship God accompanied by…

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• I honestly didn't expect my opponent to insult me like that. Anyways, I will defend my case as needed. Defense: Josephus; "No I can not show you James and have him say that he is Jesus's brother, because James is dead, nor would it even be useful to do so, because the debate…
• I thank Wylted for his argument. I will now begin my rebuttal. Rebuttal: Josephus; "Josephus died a traditional Jew and was never converted to Christianity we know that a lot of this verse is just forged." So does this mean Josephus didn't actually see Jesus? If he didn't…

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• Actually OK fine call and believe that you are whatever. I---don"t---care. I really don"t. I"m not here to please a rugrat like you. I"m not here to kiss your booties epsecially especially especially when you ARE 100% wrong. Um no I did no interpret EZ 20: 25-26 wrong. You did.…
• WRONG! Here in this country if you were to be raped, beaten and tortured by someone and if it were to ever get to the court system, you would be considered to be a child, a boy. Sheesh, even The Empire Strikes Back gets it right. And no you cannot justify your inadequate…

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• Jesus sinner You lied about the prophets when you said this R32;Con: First I have to state that Prophets in Islam are sinless, they can make mistakes like normal human beings, but cannot do things which God forbade like drinking wine, or gambling, I will present a decisive…
• Your confusing the heavenly Father with Jesus , Jesus is thr everlasting Father in Matthew 1:23 and in Isaiah. Jesus is from the father which is everlasting so this is why they call Jesus the everlasting father and the Heavenly Father the Heavenly Father. I had to answer you…

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• Alright, I will go into evidence for why I believe God exists. It is not scientific evidence because God does not exist in this universe, he exists in the spiritual world. This is why you have to look for indirect evidence that supports a cause beyond the universe, meaning God.…
• Are you absolutely sure there is no God? If not, than is it possible that there is a God? Is this chance greater than, less than, or equal to the chance that evolution is possible? Remember, in my first argument I mentioned all of the coincidences that would have to happen for…

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• I apologize for not being able to post in the second part of the debate, due to my work schedule I was unable to find the time and I was disappointed that I was unable to be heard. Here are my final Points. Biblical Cruelty My opponent above states that I disregard the argument…
• Although I personally do not believe in the Christian God, I was raised Roman Catholic and had many of the debatable points mentioned by my opponent brought up within my own mind throughout my life. Although the bible states a lot of situations in which God is vengeful and…

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• By God, I mean a creator of the universe.
• Design => Creator Creator => God You might be able to come up with counterarguments. However, this is good-enough evidence for a courtroom, so it is good enough for this debate.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org...also known as modalism. that link shows the error in which con argues the water analogy and shifiting identiy analogy. heresy.
• con just says that God changes forms. that might lead one to think it's the same person in different capacities. but the trinity as i described it, each are God, yet each are distinct. that cannot be true.

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• The Bible says that there is only one true God who is God by Nature, the only God who deserves our worship and prayer. Jesus taught that His Father is God. However, on the other hand, the Scriptures repeatedly say (both explicitly and implicitly) that Jesus Christ is God by…
• First let me apologize for the delay and also for forfeiting the last rounds. Some things came up that prevented me from being able to spend the time to make a proper response. Now I am able to, so I will be making my case for the Trinity here. To begin, I will say that my…

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• 1: I'm talking about the human race, if you are disrespecting an homosexual, you are disrespecting a human logically. 2: I agree. Though I wasn't expecting to say much. 3: Atheists disbelieve the existence of gods, you can call it a belief, but then it would be the same as…
• I appreciate your acceptance and answer. Yes, if faith was bad, there wouldn't be many people with faith. But I remain with my claim, faith isn't totally accurate, so I would say that if faith is going intervene a lot on our senses, we are going to have more problems with…

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• Thanks to Con for accepting!1: We see that almost every nation on Earth has been predominantly theistic, throughout the whole of history, while there were no atheist states before the 20th century. Even those had to rely on brainwashing through the enforced teaching of atheism…
• Atheism is more a product of indoctrination than theism.Definitions:in·doc·tri·na·tionthe act of indoctrinating, or teaching or inculcating a doctrine, principle, or ideology, especially one with a specific point of viewin·cul·cate1. to implant by repeated statement or…

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• No one is saying there isn't good in the bible. Not murdering or stealing is good. But not if it is followed up with so much hypocrisy it invalidates the message. Hitler banned animal testing, enforced welfare, and was anti-tobacco. That doesn't make him not Hitler. Hitler…
• This is going to look like nit picking but I promise it's not, I'll go back to your other points. "you can't take the Bible literally." What does that mean? This book is supposed to be God's word, the outline for an entire religion. But it's okay to only believe some of it?…

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• To finish my argument, Christians believe in God because their lives were changed. We believe what the Bible tells us. If it says that the universe was created by God in six days, than we believe it. An Atheist couldn't understand this. They believe in their own reasoning, in…
• To start of with, Christianianity is not a religion, it ks a relationship with God which we can embrace through the Bible. The Bible to us is our guide to life basically. Now, The Bible has also very clearly explained the origin of life. It said that God created the universe in…

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• Thank you for your eye opening insights now to the rebuttals for the sake of the debate. I also apologize about the definitions, I will note that for further debates. Thank you! Rebuttal 1 "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be…
• I am personally a heterosexual male just for the record but let's see where this debate takes us. I would like to argue that people will homosexual tendencies still have the possibility to enter into Heaven by God's authority. I know this may be an unpopular opinion but please…

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• Many creationists claim abiogenous is imposable, But the Bible claims it is. First round is an introduction. The second round is the argument. The third round is the rebuttal.

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• The doctrine that "the Laws of God are done away with" is not according to the Scriptures. We are still commanded by God and Christ, to keep all the Laws. Rules of debate:1. Challenger MUST be a Christian or Catholic.2. Challenger MUST use the Bible ONLY as evidence.3.…
• Extend.

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• There is a duty for a broadcaster that is not dependent on either commercial or state funding to give a platform to controversial works of art.
• This was a piece of art, advertised and described as such, those likely to be offended were quite welcome not to watch it.

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• I will clearly show that Protestant churches still have pagan ideas set in their churches.First I will prove by history then I will prove by a biblical viewpoint. The Roman Church grew out of the orthodox Christian movement, once Gnosticism was demolished. A rigid hierarchy was…
• Christianity is now based on principles of impressions and lack of understanding the Bible in its own context. The Bible has simple standards but a lot of pagan rituals and traditions that leak in the early church.For example,the popular cross,has been snatch as a symbol of…

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• As I noted previously, I did not have time to address a second argument for why Yahweh is the best candidate for a transcendent being. Here I will present that argument, specifically about the bodily resurrection of Christ. Jesus, himself claimed to be a member of the Godhead.…
• I will address the prophecy aspect in round 4. To be honest some of the concerns you raise are new to me, and I am encouraged to investigate them further. My initial hunch is that many of the phrases you are reading literally were probably Hebraisms, terms and expressions used…

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• 1. God as first cause Is it more reasonable to suggest that everything that comes into existence must have a cause? I say the human experience shows us that we know that everything that exists has a cause, we know this. It is not the God of the gaps, we actually know that…
• It is more reasonable to believe that a higher being that transcends mankind and is eternal exists than to not exist. Starting with a simple introduction in first section. 1. The cosmological argument, shows that every effect within time must have a cause. 2. The universe has…

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• I noticed a good point in the comments section, and I think it should be posted in the argument: "Atheists contradict religion, and those who are religious contradict atheists. Atheists disrespect an idea, but religious people disrespect people." I believe your argument is…
• Just because atheists don't believe in religion, doesn't mean that it's okay to be angry at them and put them down, just like it's not okay to put down those who do believe in religion. People, nowadays, are constantly fighting for equality and fighting against people who look…

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• Con cites no source in which a myth equates with falsehood. While i cited sources from mythologists who indicate that myth doesn't necessarily imply falsehood. Con falsely accuses me of the sharpshooter fallacy. I never said that absolutely everything in Genesis is proven, but…
• The resolution is not "Genesis is scientifically accurate", it's "Genesis is not mythical." I have already fulfilled my burden of proof. I simply answered your points because you diverted the debate into a different direction, therefore i will only refute your arguments. "This…

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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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• So I guess you are forfeiting the debate since you are not attempting to show how there is sure hope for anybody if Jesus Christ was not resurrected. I'll put a question for you in the comments which is not part of the debate.....which you seem to be forfeiting by agreeing with…
• this debate is not about freedom of religion, it's about "sure" hope. Yes, many people have hope but it is hope in things that will end or cannot be guranteed. Please explain the hope you assert that people have so i can show that it is not sure hope. I did not say people have…

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• Well then. Um I guess vote for whoever.
• Unfortunately I need to forfeit. I don't have a reliable internet connection at the moment and don't want to give sub-par responses. While I definitely have a response to my opponent's arguments I don't have the means to respond at the present time.

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• Resolution - I shall remind everyone that the resolution of this debate reads: 'Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Is Infallible As Per The Islamic Doctrine Of Ismah', as in, infallible in conveying the message of God & infallible in acting upon it. According to Merriam Webster…
• Resolution: - As per the rules of the announced in R1: 1. The BOP is on Pro to establish that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is infallible as per the Islamic doctrine of Ismah, namely, infallible in conveying the message of God & infallible in acting upon it. Once established, Pro…

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• You have misunderstood your part in this debate. You are con! Therefore you are arguing that religion does more good in society than harm. I will continue my debate anyway in case con wants to add anything to my argument ... so this technically isn't a debate anymore. It is…
• As pro I believe that religion does more harm than good. RULES - You cannot refer to any incidences where religion has done bad or good before the 21st century - If you are quoting from a source then you must use quotation marks (" example ") - Information cannot be quoted from…

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• lol i wasnt here. sorry for that but anyways your reply is scribble with nonsense answers... u dont know your judism... oh wait u will see more grammar errors enjoy! 1 apostasy according to the bible the punishment for apostasy isdeath, its not for "specific time" your dont…
• Sorry for the delay busy these days.... now imagine a jewish state ruled by the Torah. state of Israel we have today is secular not ruled by religous ppl. they will follow rules of the Torah...1 - death for punishments:1) Apostasy Deuteronomy 13:6-12 no freedom of religionwhat…

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• Every religion it seems like believes in one person or thing. I am only talking about polytheistic. Buddhism = one person Christianity- one person other religions= one person This is not meant to offend anyone. SO please don't take that way :)
• To be very honest, who in the United States believes in Zeus and gods such as them. Many people are leaning more to the monotheistic side on religions. I mean it is not bad or right to believe in more than one God but sometimes it just seems to always hear in World History how…

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• yes the holocaust was an act of evil (everyone knows right from wrong no matter who you are) yes there is good and evil but it dose not mean that this god was the moral law giver you don't even know if god is real even if you do believe "That is a question that I do not know…
• The Title Says It All Nothing Needs To Be Added

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• con just asked a bunch of irrelevant questions and made irrelevant points, just made some blank assertions. we dont have any reason to think someone's journal would be tampered with. but that claim was never made. to look at the supernatural things jesus did isn't looking at…
• this example of people rising from the dead in the bible is probably an embellishment or false 51 When Jesus died, the curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces. The tear started at the top and tore all the way to the bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks were broken. 52…

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• Con wrongfully equated Gender Dysphoria with Transgenderism as seen in his very words. "Now, my opponent begins by placing emphasis on establishing a congenital basis for transgenderism, however as I have shown, the majority of transgender cases are in fact non-congenital."Such…
• Being Transgender is a Congenital ConditionTransgender women are women because of biological reality. Many studies show that transgender women's brain are physiologically female. In this sense, transgenders are in the same boat as intersex people. Both faces biological reality,…

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• Thank you, Con. Here's the problem with taking the Bible (and Koran) too seriously. Half of the Bible (the Old Testament) is composed of stories that were written by several different unrelated authors and were passed down mostly orally for hundreds of years. Obviously such…
• Thank you for your argument, Con. I appreciate that you left the Bible out of it like I had asked (most of my opponents don't listen). However, you said that "every religious claim so far has been shown to be incorrect". Please give some examples of disproved claims. I DO…

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• My opponent's basic argument was that because 66 (not 66) % of the world is not Christian, assuming the Christian Bible is disregarding those religions and acting as if everyone is Christian. I have an easy response to this. The Budhists don't call the Pali Canon "the Bible".…
• I agree that my opponent defined Bible first. Although I believe it was a rather silly semantic because everyone knows what I mean, I still negated it two ways. First, I said "the Bible", not just "a Bible". The dictionary definition is referring to "Bible" or "a Bible", not…

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• Often people have the question: is there proof that God exists? Yet isn't it true that the same people who don't believe in God, already believe in something which nobody can see? Well, all of us believe in something we have never physically seen. I am talking about belief in…
• In this debate we are considering whether it takes more faith to be an atheist than a Christian. The terms "atheist" and "Christian" specifically refer to people, as distinct from atheism itself or Christianity itself. While atheism itself does not demand belief in evolution,…

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• This debate is to believers, and holds that the atheist is not to be pursued for conversion. This is based on empirical evidence of the scriptures instructions. For centuries the Christians wastes countless, hours, days weeks, months and years in attempts to convert an atheist,…
• I say the following yet not I but God, because it is not JUST YOU I hope to instruct. That you came to God by a denomination is not the problem, that you remain in a denominational mentality is counterproductive, and it is this that hinders you. To demonstrate this you need ask…

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• I believe that the people of America who use the Bible as a reason to argue against gay marriage are hypocrites and liars. I strongly believe they are lying about the bible. First round is acceptance and that is my only rule. Voters have free reign to vote however they feel…
• As a quick note, I have seen my opponent debate in the past, and I after observing my opponent's other debates, I consider it an honor to debate him. I would have to applaud my opponent for pointing out that I made a major flaw in my wording. Using the words I did, I have made…

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• Capitalization for emphasis only. DROP, DROP, DROP Simply saying something "is not enough" is not a valid rebuttal. If it were, instead of this debate being Cons longest debate it could be his shortest. We both could simply say: " What you offered is not enough.", and be done.…
• Thank you Con for your timely response. Having said that, I do have a few concerns about some of them. As always, I capitalize only for emphasis. MORE DROPPED ARGUMENTS Last round, I offered scriptural and historical evidence to support the claim that the sacrament of the…