Religion Debate Topics — page 41

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• Rules:1.) No trolling!2.) Have proper debate etiquette!3.) Use reliable sources! (This means do not use fake sources, e.g. "The Onion" or "Empire News")Layout:FIRST ROUND IS ACCEPTANCESECOND ROUND IS FIRST ARGUMENTSTHIRD ROUND IS REBUTTALSLAST ROUND IS WHY YOU DID BETTER THAN…
• I will attempt to address all of the arguments made by him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rebuttal: The Bible doesn't capitalize "Hell"; therefore, it's not a placeWhile this is admittedly a convincing argument, it still…

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• I am not denying that, I know many people feel that way. But why? The human condition is the human condition but how does a belief in god helps that condition. Yes people are judegemental by nature but the point is does a god idea help or hender. In a world we are all born with…
• Please revisit the question. Youre providing any ideas why mankind is better you are just saying we are with no reasons why. 1. Places where god is not present live more closely to nature, Build less, Destruct the earth less and judge others less. 2. What about an indivuduals…

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• First, I never have questioned God's immortality. I just called him an immortal hypocrite. Your definition of sin neglects a couple other definitions. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, a highly trusted tool, a sin is defined as "an offense against religious or moral…
• By this logic God could wipe out the entire universe and not call it a sin. If God does not follow the rules that he himself has created he will be an immortal hypocrite. To concede that God is incapable of being in the wrong is to say that he can DO no wrong. This means that…

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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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• In this round, I'm going to offer a quick summary of my case and why I think it has won this debate. As I do this, please bear in mind that the source of an argument does not affect it's veracity. For example, we know Celsius wondered about whether Christ was real because…
• I'm going to start with three quick admissions (not concessions, because I never argued for them).The first is that the text of the New Testament has been relatively well preserved. Compared to other texts, the New Testament has not been changed much through the ages - although…

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• Thank you for your post. 1. Just because someone thought that those verses were contradiction does not make it so. http://www.philvaz.com... This we page goes into detail of why many contradictions are wrong and explains the top 170 or so of them. 2. I do know that crimes have…
• I don't quite understand your statement of it being a poor example. Theft and murder will have harsh punishment. However, there are many things that are against the law that people do, like drugs and DUI. what makes them weak examples? Shouldn't all laws be on the same level,…

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• New Testament Propehcies. I am now going to present propehcies by Jesus himself, in the previous round we established that the prophet will be like moses how there is still confusion whether it is Jesus or Muhammad (pbuht). However a prophecy by Jesus himself which I am going…
• Old Testament prophecy foretold by Gods Revelation to Moses(pbuh) Deuteronomy 18:18 "I (God) will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." Many…

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• #1 "CR: "There is no 'most intelligent decision' or 'most intelligent design' this design is intelligent because the one creating it used its intellect to design it,not because it's the most intelligent design foreseeable." Given that an omniscient God knows everything, would…
• I thank baus for his speedy arguments. General rebuttals, addressing main points "I do not believe that the reasoning for intelligent design should be that it had to be designed but simply be that God designed it that complex by his omniscient decision" Hypothetically, in his…

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• Rest my case

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• Christians have been given a bad name due to the overzealous. There has been a tendency to push the religion down non-believers throats and to degrade and reprimand those who are not followers (with more and more fervor given the further the person is from believing or the…
• The church has sparked some of these wars. I have my fair share of issues with the church (a lot of them fall under the category of what i'm arguing for). I agree this is the definition of pushy. That's what I'm arguing for as stated in the original post. The message needs to…

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• Ok I'm going to tackle this by going through your points and tackling them one at a time. 1. You are right I didn't directly go into whether or if God/s that was my bad I didn't think it though properly. 2. I can say that you make a good point about the stories but isn't it…
• Thanks for the good luck looks like I'm going to need it seeing as how I accidentally went pro instead of con but that just makes it more interesting for me. Ok im not going to be just doing it on one god but rather on the range of gods Egyption, Norse, Greek and the Christion…

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• Hey, just thought I'd let you know, something came up and I don't have time for a debate now. Just thought it'd be polite instead of leaving you hanging.
• First, let me just say that your Old Testament claims do not apply to us. They only applied to the country of Israel (way back then) and the law was passed by God to the Canaanites who were evil people. This should sum it up pretty well: Christianity does not advocate killing…

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

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• "Firstly, Pro only references Christian verses; which again, as the Messiah (Mashiach) is a Jewish concept outlined in the first five books (Torah) and the Tanakh...cannot be used as a realiable source. Of course the Christian bible is going to proclaim that Jesus is the…
• Why Jesus is the Son of God Substantial Evidence has been given, proving that Jesus Christ is the "Messiah" spoken of in the Jewish scriptures. It is worthy to also note that Jesus himself claimed to the the Messiah spoken of- * see John 4:25-26 * see Mathew 16:15-17 Before I…

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• I answered repeatedly from different angles your opening argument/challenge points which were copy and pasted from your own words along with your copy and pasted promise not to introduce an atheistc arguemtn..which you promply ignored and violated. I ignored your sidetrack…
• Your admittance of ignoring the rules which were established according to your own words and promise, along with your refusal to apologize and insist that I should argue with you in tangents you promised you would not introduce in this debate should be loss of conduct points…

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• Do you accept that science cannot explain everything?
• Science cannot explain everything around us

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• Unfortunately for my opponent, the study which cites to negate my source is nullified by the study which my initial study is based on. [1] I stand by my first post. My opponent is objectively wrong here. My study is more recent and is from a European study poll which is much…
• The claim which suggests or states that humans need God to be good is an erroneous one. An example of good without God is the history of the country of Sweden. Sweden has been proven to be one of most secular countries in the entire world. [1][2] Despite it being against the…

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• The new does not replace the old. The covenant with adam after he sinned is still in effect. The covenant made with noah regarding the rainbow is still in effect. The covenant with Abraham is still in effect and is in fact the covenant that was are now apart of. The covenant…
• I will restate and clarify, If you believe the old covenant is "no longer binding to the church today", then you call the prophets false. Much of scripture I presented in my opening argument proves this, It is mostly end time prophecy, and is all related to the "old covenant"…

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• I will allow the opponent to give arguments against this, and then I will offer my rebuttal.
• "You are putting yourself above the translators that have done years and years of education and study. " Who cares? I proved it. Thanks to The Holy Spirit(YHWH), and they didn't, in order for your claim to be correct you have to refute everything I proved, this is a debate, not…

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• First off, every call to war with the disbelievers in the Qur'an is just that, war. Muslims are fighting the armies of the kuffar, not going around and killing the innocents. Secondly, the Sunnah is as important to Islaam as the Qur'an is. The Sunnah gives clear rules of war…
• I argue that Islam is against terrorism, which is defined in this particular debate as the unprovoked and unintentional targeting of innocent civilians, women, children and the elderly. As well as suicide bombing. Because this debate is specifically about Islam, only…

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• I want to begin with a quote from my opponent. "I did take up the material and simply said the source of it is not qualified since the author himself is ambiguous, and is not scientifically proved. Consequently, the material is not reliable." He thinks that he dealt with my…
• Readers you understand that in order to defeat an opponent's argument you actually take up his material and answer it. He did not deal with any of my verses that I presented that in no uncertain terms say with any ubiquity that Jesus is God. I can see already that he is not…

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• I have indeed noted the above point, and I shall briefly outline and defend this assertion... I will accept my opponent's points A-D above, with a short enhancement of point E. Morality is not simply right action in accordance with sort of code of morality - it involves the…
• Well, I must of course relinquish this last round in the spirit of fair debate. I know the opening argument by Con states that this is a round for summary, but I'm going to forgo that, because it's certainly possible that any summary I give will have the effect of influencing…

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• P: "I don't see it as necessary to refute any of the arguments"C: "That's awfully convenient for you. In each of the five arguments I presented, I asked for a response from Pro. No response has been given to four of these five arguments." Con is quote mining here. I gave my…
• I don't see it as necessary to refute any of the arguments put forward by Willaim Lane Craig Con due to irrelevance, lack of evidential back up and mere assertion. However, this argument:"God is the best explanation for why there is anything at all rather than nothing. P1)…

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• The big bang theory is nonsensical. Therefore, who or what created the universe except a supreme creator? There are 5 rounds. I will present an arguement for the PRO side then there will be a rebuttle.
• Scientific Proof Macroevolution is evolution on a scale of separated gene pools. Meaning we cannot get a whale to evolve to an elephant. History says that Darwin came first in the attempt to explain life outside creationism in 1859. Then science wrestled with it for over 100…

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• My opponent somehow seemed to draw the conclusion that I am arguing for Theists, but I don't remember every stating that. Please, remain on topic. This argument is not about Theists vs Atheists. I do not need to prove that these religions are rational to believe in. I am…
• Hello! I'm already losing this judging by the first comment, but oh well. This will be fun. Hope you all enjoy. Anyways I actually there was a time when I thought that religion was pretty stupid. So, I tried to think of a better explanation for well life. Then I realised how…

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• The Christian Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition are not applicable to modern day reality. What happened several hundred years ago is not the reality of Christianity today. These very "Christians" fought an archaic war between Catholics and Protestants as well. This was not a…
• I begin by responding to Hayd's claim that Atheists are killed for being the minority while Christians, who are "the majority", happily sleep on an undisturbed "bed of roses". In order to be the majority, you must compose 50%+ of the population. Christianity does not compose…

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• satan is not real.. or satan is not real once you accept satan is not real.. like words of the devil
• religion is a belief system

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• Oh yes... again... sigh. You could at least TRY.
• Sigh... why does this one debate seem cursed with people who do not actually want to debate it? I'm not sure if you CAN forfeit it now after you've typed something into the argument section.

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• In my opponents intial argument he said that I did not understand the definition of Original Sin and he used wikipedia as his source. He then agreed with me that the Bible does not teach Original Sin as I explained it. I responded with the Church Fathers and Catholic Churches…
• My opponent states that I do not understand the doctrine of Original Sin and uses wikipedia as a source, which is laughable. I stated that Original Sin" . .. teaches that we are all condemned to the most painful punishment ( burning in hell ) for something that we did not even…

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• Some responses: >> "[ME - the witches in the bible are the mystical kind] - No I said they were not the mythical type. What he said was "The type of witches the Bible talks about are ones which curse people, meddle with the dead, and call spirits." He has conceded that the…
• A few responses to GodSands' statements... >> "Fairly tale by defintion of a human perspective you should have put." I'm curious what other perspective one could take... >> "As humans name creature when found, for example dragon is a out dated name from dinosaur, as dinosaur…

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• Thank you for replying to my previous argument.You forget about the temple Moses built in the wilderness. So that makes THREE.That was a TABERNACLE, different from a temple. The definitions you provide by Strong's definition proves my point Jesus name was called Emmanuel. 1st.…
• First, regarding the point about being called "Immanuel. " That is not the same thing as being called "Immanuel" in your own lifetime. It's only by the annonymous writers of the Gospels, written LONG after Jesus died, that he's called "Immanuel" and that is just to make it…

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

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• RULES: *the usual* The only evidence of god is the bible and testimonial hearsay. Little to no evidence of Jesus exists currently, though I admit that his existence was possible. Supposed encounters and interactions with an ethereal being as such are all void of evidence.…

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• Religion has, without doubt, caused the most hatred and bigotry in the world. In this debate, I will cover: PART 1 - ULTIMATE EVIL PART 2 - EFFECTS ON SOCIETY PART 3 - PANDEMIC Conclusion This debate will discuss how Religion does or does not poison everything. Rules Rule 1 -…

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• You are twisting words I have never said God wrote the bible if anything you've misunderstood, what I meant was that God inspired man to write the bible which is is his message to us. Is it really that important that you I should specify that the bible was written by men also…
• Thank you for your arguments, however, there are things I shall address.Actually gravity is only a theory it's never been proven if you believe that it is a proven phenomenon then prove it I would really like you to prove something you can't explain. Btw just because you can't…

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• Throughout your argument, you kept saying that I don't understand how history works. I am a very avid student of history, and I know exactly how it works. You are the one who is accepting invalid historical evidence. I realize that the Smithsonian Institute is a secular…
• Do you know why the Bible is accepted as a reliable historical source? Because there is VIRTUALLY NO OTHER DOCUMENTATION of the history of the Hebrews, giving archaeologists no choice but to use the Bible. I am sure that many of the Bible's stories have historical basis; just…

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• Exactly correct.James 1:20"For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. "This phrase is has correct, if someone is angry, they wouldn't like god, this is why god dosen't help the innocent, I'm happy to find you copy and pasting your stuff and searching them…
• You have totaly ingonred, my examples are stupid, I'm sorry, and like I said, God plans this, now if you don't listen to this, your gonna start making more example. Now I will start off saying why god dosen't. Perhaps you prayer is a lie, you can't trick god, god can only trick…

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• So atheists are complaining about "In god we trust" being on the money, then they complain about crosses being on memorials, what is their excuse for wanting to deface a memorial? They say it is "offensive", because they do not believe in god. So let me get this straight, we…
• Alfred Kinsey, he was a FREAKING PEDOFILE

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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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• To win the debate, Con had to offer effective and well-supported refutations of the two cases. He didn't do that. The burden proof is on to me to provide two cases, but my opponent throughout the debate confused that with the BoP he had on his nonscientific objections, which he…
• Con has failed to refute my arguments, but instead made huge claims without any citations from scientific or peer-reviewed articles(see below). Most of his responses are simply nonscientific and unsupported.1- Semen ProductionMy opponent provided a schematic chart and claimed…

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• In context of other teachings, does not promote the spread of AIDS/HIV.
• Going back on this rule would promote casual sex

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• Given the context of the verse, it could be interpreted as pertaining to rape. I am simply pointing out that the real threats to survival come from the radical members of Islam, not Christianity. To a human, yes, that would seem idiotic. But God is not human. So in the eyes of…
• This verse (Lev. 20:13) can be interpreted in many ways, so it's not as clear as some people think. In fact, its meaning is highly debated, in case you didn't know. Many things are punishable by death in many places. In fact, people are being beheaded because of what religion…

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• The Pro position, (mine) is that the Torah is a mind altering drug. As always, my main source is the Bible but Con is welcome to use any source. And good Con. (cheyennebodie, please refrain from posting comments or taking up the challenge.) Opening argument: The Israelites have…
• Con, the human mind cannot be locked up with physical iron chains. To imprison a human mind one must use indoctrination. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6) Here are the steps- 1 Circumcision 2 Repeat…

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• Unfortunately, after careful examination of my hypothesis, I realize I need to modify it in order to fit the data more accurately so I will have to concede this debate. However, I am only conceding based on my own part not because CON's objection were actually valid or that I…
• THE GOD HYPOTHESIS CON claims that my theory is not scientific. I beg to differ. Here is the definition of falsifiablity: "Falsifiability or refutability of an assertion, hypothesis or theory is the logical possibility that it can be contradicted by an observation or the…

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• This is a topic I find interesting and I look forward to hearing his arguments. Though it sounds like my opponent is well acquainted with this topic, I will give a little background into what is being debated especially for the benefit of the audience. Catholics believe that at…
• Greetings SkepticsAskHere, In this debate I will be taking the position that the bread and wine blessed by Christ at the Last Supper became his real and genuine body and blood (I can expand on this later). My opponent will take the position that the bread and wine did not…

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• Since this is the final round and since you must have only a preschool knowledge of the ability and lack there of to read I shall help you out ONCE AGAIN Sheesh I wish I could get someone intelligent and educated for a change to debate with. JUST ONCE would be A LITTLE BIT NICE…
• "My opponent's main issue with the Bible being a written document is that because there are many translations of it and many different groups interpret it in many ways," WRONG. Sheesh. See? That's why I hate debating with teeny boppers still in high school with an obvious high…

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• I'd also like to clarify or revise some things: 1) There is no way to prove 100% that God exists, But out of Christianity or atheism, Christianity is the more intelligent belief because it's founded on a more probable explanation. And while you might argue that God has the…
• It is a common misconception that an intelligent person must be an atheist. Some people even believe that one must completely defy logic if they are a Christain. However, This point of view couldn't be more wrong. To start off, I'm just going to make my argument for why God…

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• You have asked me to provide times when Jesus says anything about going to Hell. I will oblige. Mark 9:43-48 Matthew 23:33 Matthew 5:22 Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 7:13 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 18:9 Matthew 23:15 Luke 12:5 James 3:6 In addition to Jesus speaking about Hell,…
• 1. You have said in your first argument that the New Testament and the Old do not go together. However, that is slightly flawed: the Old Testament outlines many laws that Jesus practiced and taught. In one of the verses in the Bible (forgive me, I do not have the exact verse)…

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• In this debate I will be showing you how Catholicism is unbiblical in many ways. 1st Round is Acceptance only. 2nd and 3rd Round are arguments and rebuttals. 4th Round is conclusion and no new contentions.
• First I would like to apologize for not posting arguments till now. I just completely forgot and got sidetracked with school but let's start this anyway. First, I would like to start out by attacking baby baptism. The word greek baptizo which is translated to immersion as my…