Religion Debate Topics — page 42

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• The mss you cite are not the LXX you have been referring to. There are multiple texts and portions of texts which contain Greek translations of the OT, but there is nothing linking them to the LXX. The quotes you have cited showing a supposed NT quotation of the LXX are not…
• Much of cons counter argument involves the Septuagint. I will state a few things about the Septuagint and then move on to your other arguments. First of all, other than claiming that NT authors quoted from the LXX, what evidence do you have that a B.C. LXX existed? The LXX that…

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• Truthfully the only way that i can give you compelling evidence is to give you all of the feelings i feel when i am praying or worshiping, no person can understand each and every thing in the universe, the only real evidence that i can give is all of the countless books that…
• CON said that there is no compelling reason that God exists. I am going to say, Yes there may not be as much hardened evidence that there is a God, that is true. But there is also things that are not compelling on there non-Christian side, as that the humanoid figure named Lucy…

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• I'm not at home... just jumped on this computer to say I have no time to debate. Family problems, I'm presently in Oklahoma with no computer access. My apologies, and we can reset for latter date. Will be back home May 3'rd.
• I am not out to slander Mormons, I have friends that are of this religion. Having said this, Christians believe that because Jesus Christ died for our sins, we shall receive the gift of eternal life in heaven if we accept him. Mormons do not believe this. Therefore, how do they…

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• Oh yes you did most certainly say "I didn"t say that it was you who made it was part of your argument" Here's what you stated "Example your first verse" couldn't be more clearer. And you trying to squirm out of it only makes you look all the more guilty. Continuing "so I…
• See? That"s why I cannot stand stomaching making any attempts to debate with idiot 14 year olds like you still stuck in high school. And since you think you are so smort, Sorry smart, Its time to pulverize you and you flatly deserve it. Now what was stated in the second…

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• I rest my case. My opponent offered nothing.
• My opponent offered nothing. I stand.

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• How about these? How orderly were things created? #1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars on the first three "days." #2: God fixes things up as he goes. The first man is lonely, and is not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a…
• Since many "prophets" who wrote in the Bible, there are also many contradictions. For example, Which first--beasts or man? GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and…

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• I am sorry to see a forfeiture, but I understand how busy life can be. Also, my opponent did not get a chance to respond to my stronger quotes of the Catholic faith endorsing the Theory of Evolution, so the resolution of the Roman Catholic Church endorsing Evolution stands to…
• I concede that my earlier quotes were not that powerful in demonstrating the nature of what the Catholic Church views on Evolution, and even though one can recognize that they favor Evolution as the correct theory, when being hyper-critical, you can deny that possibility,as my…

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• I apologize for my lengthy response. I had about 6,000 characters typed out when my browser crashed and I lost everything I had written. I took a day off to let the frustration go away. Anywho, this is the final round! I'm just going to briefly talk about where we are now in…
• Thanks for the response! I'm glad that you got your internet back in time. For the readers, I usually don't quote the opponent's argument, then respond -- since I think that practice is usually just to have a longer looking argument. However, my opponent's response is a little…

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• My opponent has forfeited two rounds I request win by default. Also none of my points were properly resolved. Thanks to any that read and also my opponent.
• My opponent seemed to not want to respond last round. That concerns me about how firm he is in his beliefs. I still like the debate so I would like to answer some of his questions and clarify my points so far. My opponent stated in round 2 that: "Saying the bible's miracles is…

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• The subject of this debate will be one of the hypotheses who Jesus really was. It should be fairly obvious that I assume Jesus existed and that New Testament tells stories of real events that do have a grain of truth in them, or even a whole sack of grain. Nevertheless, I will…
• Con said: "Really? Name one extra-biblical source that you used to prove that Jesus never claimed to be God nor did he predict his crucifixion..."I listed Josephus Flavius as one of sources which disprove biblical narration as to why Jesus was crucified, the rest simply…

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• what are you moron or somethin now you suck sir, how dare you use him as your profile picture, you go to hell and you die
• you must be confused, I'm trying to say that catholics teach fear of god before love, the idea of doing something right cause a super being is going to shock you with lightning or something is ridiculous. Do something right just cause some ones watching isn't true good will.

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• Hello, welcome to my debate. Rebuttal 1: The Antichrist is ONLY ONE PERSON. "I'm going to have to agree with Sir Isaac Newton on this one and say that the "antichrist" isn't one person, it's a role that can be identified as the pope of the Catholic Church." The role of the…
• I do not believe that the Antichrist is completely evident yet (meaning that nobody meets all of the criteria of the Antichrist yet). Here are the rules of my debate. 1. To accept, you must think that the antichrist is evident as of September 1st, 2013. 2. Round 1 is acceptance…

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• I thank Con for the opportunity to debate this subject and will respond to last round arguments in brief and finish with my conclusion. Circular Reasoning: This is the only point of contention left. I showed that Con relied on a bible as a justification that the belief in the…
• Rationality: A wiki is fine if used for a broad term, or for a simple definition. I try to use wiki and the sort for my online debates because many users do not have online access to the Oxford English Dictionary, which is what I use at home. I see no problem with the wiki when…

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• Well I receive yet another debate in which the person refused to back their claims with facts. I would like to thank those of you that have commented it at least added further thought and incite to this issue. please vote if you are even still interested and Merry Christmas and…
• This is a sad event don't you hate it when you waste your time in an argument. Now I must make up 100 words in order to state how this young lady who is probably having legitimate problems in her life is blaming the Christian Church for her problems.

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• //You think that a moral law implies a moral law giver, but I submit that it does not have to come from divine ordinance.// Here you contradict yourself. If we go with your claim before the comma then we must ignore the last part which implies a law giver (but not god) but if…

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• I was hoping this debate would focus on the plausibility that a God designed the universe over the plausibility that it happened by chance, rather than old testament ethics. Regardless I will refute whatever arguments con presents. I am not positive on what is the argument…
• Thank you for the response. As I said in my 2nd round. I will defend two arguments: That there are good reasons to believe that God exist and that there are not sufficiently good reasons to believe God does not exist. During this round I will offer my responses to Cons…

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• The "Ground Rules" The challenger will be a Christian who believes that God either did or could have used macro-evolution as His method to create life on earth. This debate will NOT be on the existence of God, non-Christian deities, atheism vs theism, the validity of evolution…
• I regret that my opponent has forfeited the last round. He leaves much unanswered and unchallenged. I will move to my closing words. I am glad for the opportunity this debate has given me to test and reflect on my positions and arguments. In considering this debate I believe I…

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• "I can still believe a religion without using verses." Oh I get it... so you go by YOUR religion without a single thing to go by. In other words, just like ---everybody--- out there who is jewish as well as christian, you invent excuses and you make up YOUR religion as YOU see…
• If you do not give a crap about the verses in YOUR torah, then in no possible way can you give a crap about and or believe in YOUR god, YOUR religion and YOUR torah as that"s the ONLY outlet you have to all three. And since you don"t then in no possible way can you call…

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• As salaamu alaikum My opponent has once again failed in his responsibility. You see, it is the responsibility of my opponent to show a law from the qur'an which does not lead to peace and why. Let us see now if my opponent was capable of doing so. He says: "Let me quote a few…
• As Salaamu Alaikum My opponent wishes to demonstrate that islam is imperfect. We must first be reminded that by perfection in islam, I referred to islam as the most perfect way of life in establishing peace. In other words, islam's way of establishing peace is perfect if its…

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• bit rude to insult me, voters take that in to consideration. Know that he hasn't done anything to disprove that god is actually light, void trying to refute legitimate definitions. In a world where people believe god made the universe, why in the world cant they believe he is…
• Mate im not gonna tell you again, nothing is too heavy for god, such is his power! Secondly, everyone knows light is omnipresent. As the sun will not dissappear anytime soon. And at night the Moon reflects the light so god can contniue doing his bidness. Now if you think your…

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• Thank you for your response. I really appreciate it did not contain any of the common rhetoric and emotionalism we find among some debates. To be candid, I was hoping this was going to be more from a Jewish Vs. Christian context, but this is fine. If I would have known along…
• Thank you Mr. Josh for allowing me to demonstrates that Jesus is the Messiah. I suppose I should have done that with round one but I'm still learning how the format works since I am new to this forum. I apologize I didn't address that earlier.To prove that Jesus is the Messiah…

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• Defence of ArgumentsConciousness: This was not an argument in itself but more of a prologue before my argument about Near Death Experiences. As there is much confusion about what a 'soul' really is, I prefer not to use that term often but by a soul I mean a mind or conscousness…
• Afterlife: The state of life existing after the permanent cessation of vital bodily functionsLife: The condtition that distinguishes animate matter from inanimate matterDeath: The permanent cessation of vital bodily functionsWhat is it that distinguishes animate matter from…

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• I will briefly state my reasoning and will elaborate wherever my opponent wishes for me to do so. The mere ideology of belief through faith without reason will call upon great destruction in the hand of "free thinkers", this is as it limits our reasoning and dimmers our ability…

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• The topic of this debate is whether the Bible is OK with slavery. This debate is NOT impossible to accept, although there are restrictions. If you do not meet the requirements but feel like you would be a good opponent, then let me know in the comments.In this debate, slavery…
• As requested by my opponent in the comments, I will now refer to Con as "he". I want to start by addressing my opponent's conclusion, precisely the paragraph where he accuses me of starting with two false premises. (1) The first one is the belief that the Bible is the word of…

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• Thanks Con for your somewhat brief argument:Though there are likely many reasons for destruction of Temples, war, invasion of Islam who destroyed Judaic temples, earthquakes, etc... which all had nothing to do with Jesus, so the ruins cannot be demonstrated or verified as…
• Thanks Con for taking up this challenge!Though much of your argument is off topic I will endeavor to rebut those that are on topic.Point 1: " "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:"Technically, if you claim Jesus is the Son of David,…

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• I apologize as well, I will argue that Jesus is not God or the third of the trinity then. Is that acceptable?
• Why would an immortal, omnipotent Creator need children? From a biological point of view the purpose of reproduction is to propogate the species (. http://tumutsciencewiki.riverinainstitute.wikispaces.net...). A divine Creator would not have a gender nor would it create…

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• We"ll begin with the definitions-clash that has been brought up. I believe that this is possibly the most important issue in this round, so we will spend a significant portion of this rebuttal on this clash. The first definition clash that has been brought up is over the word…
• As we refute the claims brought up by con, we will begin with a definitions clash. My opponent has defined Christian as anyone who acknowledges Jesus as the Messiah. But do not even the demons do such? Do not demons also believe in this oral tradition that Paul writes of in 1…

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• CON, I appreciate the opportunity to attempt to debate this talking matter. Good luck to you CON in your future debates.
• "Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." (NIV)" "Matthew 1:23: ""The virgin shall be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they shall call him Immanuel; which…

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• The Ancient Gods and Goddesses have been prominent in many cultures and societies. When people think of these deities, they usually associate them with the ancient myths of these cultures. Such as Atlas holding up the sky, or Amun-Ra bringing the Sun across the sky each day.…
• This argument is not whether deities exist or not, but rather if they did exist, which one of either the Monotheistic God, or the Pagan Gods (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Nordic, etc. ) My opponent will be for the Monotheistic God, while I will be supporting the Pagan Gods. Opponent…

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• Con's response: According to archeological evidence and Darwin's theory of evolution humans inhabited the planet Earth long before the Old Testament was written. "Instead, hominid evolution produced a dense thicket of branches, with several species co-existing at any given time…
• Part of the proofs of God, is mans inability to remain sinless. The Law of the old testament were created to prove to mankind that they cannot live sinlessly, and are in need of God to assist them in overcoming sinful desires and weaknesses. Rules#1 no acceptance statement…

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• Last round I ran out of space and neglected to address the hidden premise of the KCA--that the cause is God. As shown, P.1 is clearly false and P.2 is problematic, but even if we accept those premises and thus the conclusion that the universe has a cause, there's no reason to…
• It seems Con is not very interested in a debate since he ignores half of what I say. KCAOf the 2 premises, Con focuses almost solely on the 2nd premise, that the universe has a beginning. This is the premise I least have issue with--though I do contest it as at least…

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• Extend argument. In closing I have not seen nor do I think that Con can show why there is not a perfectly logical reason for some people to believe in God. Since I will not be able to refute his points as this is the last round, I would like to thank him for taking this debate.…
• I would first like to start by thanking my opponent for taking this debate. I am an atheist by all accounts. I also do not believe that there is a God. The point of this debate is for me to demonstrate why there is a logical explanation that there is a God. I am not claiming…

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• I support the resolution that the christian god intended humans to sin. According to the bible, god created everything: "For by him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, lords, rulers, or powers. All things have…
• Thanks for the debate Con. Con complains: "[Pro insists] that God created sin which is mentioned in ZERO verses in the ENTIRE bible." My response: If the bible says God created ALL THINGS, then god, BY DEFINITION, created sin...Con you can't avoid contradictions in the bible…

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• The PRO completely understands your argument, yet your argument continues to lose ground. First - there is a LARGE difference between "fairly sizable" and "vast majority". The CON fails to see this and this is an err in your statistics. In addition, the CON fails to have…
• You state that this argument is over because of backing from the Quran, yet my argument also uses backing from the Quran and can prove otherwise. In addition, you do not consider the majority of people. Over 1.6 billion people follow Islam, and only a small percentage are…

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• Rebuttal As I stated in the second round, the Bible cannot be seen to be God's word without accepting that God's word is flawed due to contradictions in the bible and therefore there is no God as God cannot be flawed by the virtue of the Bible which states that his word is…
• I would like to note that this debate is not about whether or not God exists, nor whether or not Jesus exists or existed. I believe there are plenty of debates out there for that purpose, though. This debate is to decide whether or not the bible can be considered to be a…

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• Check these latest images from bbc depicting jesus as black breaking news http://www.stewartsynopsis.com...'s%20High%20Tech%20Jesus.htm www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdI6dsCTCA l'm putting up this topic because I see everyone saying jesus is black and jesus is white or jesus was…
• How did the Hebrews turn White? Of course they didn't really; just in the imaginations, and then the histories of White people. Who for probably practical reasons, decided that Hebrews the Blacks who originally lived in the Country's that they took over, should all become White…

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• In a comment made on another religious debate, my opponent made the assertion that Roman Catholicism is "not true Christianity. " If he accepts my challenge, I'll argue otherwise. This debate will not be about whether Catholicism is the true Christianity, nor about whether or…
• I will take the opportunity now to remind my opponent, as well as the voters, that the overall point of contention is not whether the Catholics or the Protestants are more correct - see the rules of the debate in round 1. That conflict hasn't been definitively resolved for the…

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• Just to be perfectly clear, I am NOT arguing that I have 100% proof that God exists. It should be clear to everybody that there is just no 100% proof either way. It would be naive and arrogant to say otherwise. I will be arguing that I have evidence (or grounds for belief) of…
• This is a new theory I have recently discovered and am excited to put it to the test. I am confident by reviewing his debate record that he can come up with a good opposing argument, and provide me with some helpful, positive feedback. Opening Arguments My argument will be…

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• BoP is on pro to show:1. God exists2. God is a person3. God is an intelligent personPro has BoP because he is holding a positive assertion, since he's con on a negative proposition (-)(-)= +Intelligence: "Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of…
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• saw it coming from debating record, argument extended. I don't expect a debate.

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• I will not add anything on this round
• For this round I simply ask you to look at the life of Jesus Christ. It often says that He healed them ALL and He said to the disciples "if you have seen me, you have seen the Father".

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• Your attempt to deny that Christmas is unequivocally related in modern culture to Christianity is nonsense. The very fact that you made the conscious decision to take up the con position on this debate would go to prove that Christmas is absolutely synonymous with Christianity,…
• You have seemed in your first statement to have accepted that it is hypocritical to celebrate religious holiday's as an atheist but that it is an acceptable hypocrisy, as if the populace are celebrating, this is in itself a reason to also celebrate as an individual. The…

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• Opposing religious buildings is a relic of past eras
• Ground zero mosque is a discreet 2 blocks from world trade ruins.

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• I am going to have to concede this debate I apologize to my opposition, I am currently in 4 other debates right now and I am leaving camping for a week tomorrow I apologize again and urge voting of Con and would be happy to reaccept this debate at a time I am more able to…
• First I am sorry but it has come to my knowledge that the Holy Ghost getting a body is not actual doctrine of the LDS Church however it is a commonly held belief and I will still be willing to debate just remember that the idea the Holy Ghost getting a body is not canonized…

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• Alright then, I will address my opponent's case, and then move on to my own --BIG BANG-- God snapped his finger. BANG. Contention one affirmed. Here is the thing: Where did this "singularity" that my opponent talks about come from? How did it get there? There is no answer to…
• I stand in affirmation. I define God as The Omnipotent, Omnipresent, All-knowing God of Christianity. Without him, the universe could not have come into existence. I will allow my opponent to post his opening argument first. Good luck.

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• My opponent has forfeited once again. He has requested me to restart the debate again and I have declined. He may challenge me again later on, when he can guarantee he will be available.
• All right, here we go."he will agree that the Catholic Church does all of the 19 statements I posed"Not at all.3, 13 and 18 are obviously false. Especially 3 and 13 show that my opponents claim of "...I was a Catholic until I was 14 years old, that's why I knew all the…

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• Well I hope that my opponent will be able to post in the next round, but if not then I'd just like to put down this quick quote from good old Martin Luther. "Why are you searching heavenward in search of my keys? Do you not understand Jesus said 'I gave them to Peter. They are…

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• Children watching violence on tv, bad. Children in church seeing a lifelike grotesque statue of a crucified man, good. Makes sense? - David BlicksteinYour job in this debate is to prove that god loves children. Saying that god does, is not enough and is not the same thing.There…
• Oh absolutely it does require you to debate with this issue for you to believe in god for this debate to continue. Its the BELIEF in god that does irreparable harm. Do you understand that? No apparently not. ts also crystal clear that you have not watched the videos either. But…

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• Well this is productive. My argument didn't change and I went first so who plagiarized who? You made no argument for the con side of the claim. At best you tried to make them neutral, Which didn't do anything at all. You used ridiculous wording and even if I took every word…
• A reasonable God would not expect anything from anyone who didn't know their existence. If they judged at all, They would judge based off what they did in the world, Not how much "respect" they gave him. Your first argument is rejected.

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• I would like to use my round 1 to assert my position. I do not know of any evidence for a god of any religion. With this debate I would like to let everyone know that the burden of providing proof is on the believer of a super natural order. Thanks in advance for accepting the…
• No just, no The bible has not been proven to be a historical accuracy we agreed that it has a few accurate statements about ancient cities, building, and battles that are able to be verified. You have not presented any other evidence except for the bible which I have already…