Religion Debate Topics — page 45

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• Read these 2 examples and ask yourself do you really think my opponent would be jumping through the same hoops for these gods:Then the Spirit of the Tricksters came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of…
• "1) My opponent seeks to show how "what Yahweh would do if he didn't agree to a sacrifice" and proceeds to use the instance of Abraham and Isaac as an example of how Yahweh would act. However, the situations are not analogous. In the case of Abraham God was the initiator of the…

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• I am no Biblical scholar, but it seems to me like the Bible and its contents are a bit crazy. By Christians It is called the Word of God. If you are a true and pure Christian and accept the Bible as the word, wisdom, and law of God then the laws of the Bible should supersede…
• The Christian Bible is composed of the 2 Testaments, Old and New. I say we scrap the Old except for the book of Genesis

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• C1.1) To begin with, if a prophecy is made in the Bible as well as fulfilled in the Bible, the prophecy is not untrue. Next, my opponent argued that Isaiah was written by at least two different people. However, there are many evidences that prove this false. For example: Isaiah…
• Hello, I assume you know that I am a devout Christian, and I believe that all of the words of the Bible are the infallible words of a living God. Contention 1: To clarify and rebut your arguments. 1) Prophecy: It is true that there are many prophecies who's fulfillment is found…

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• Con here is the dictionary definition for religion. Religion [ri-lij-uh n] A religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions have narratives, symbols, and sacred histories that aim…
• Of course religion predates Science. And yes it tried to give answers on life but what research has been shown by religion for the answers that were come up with. And how does anyone know that the stories written and/or told by religion have credibility. The bible was written…

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• I feel my thought on this issue has developed and hope others have found the debate informative and thought-provoking as well. With all of that said, I would remind the audience that the original premise made in the first post was not simply that God could be shown immoral, but…
• Con would be correct that the burden upon me would be unbearable and the burden upon him remarkably light if all that were required for purposes of this debate was to show in some way that God is immoral. However, that was not the original premise of the debate which as seen in…

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

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• "No argument will be posted here as agreed"
• Thank you Con. Con ask for conduct points to be deducted but I was not claiming he did not give us a alternate theory, I was speaking in a future tense, I had not gotten to it yet. I do approve of Cons theory and think it shows my theory as the best explanation and I will…

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• I challenge anyone to provide a single piece of evidence for the existence of a god.
• Faith- 1. Confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another'sability. 2. Belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that thehypothesis would be substantiated by fact. "I have presented evidence that would be accepted in court, that is, witness testimony." This is…

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• The Third Temple has nothing to do with this Sabbath discussion, so I'll treat it very briefly. The Jews have already submitted blueprints for a third temple to the US government, and they are seeking permission to resume animal sacrifice. It is prophesied in Daniel 9 that this…
• My point is not that you shouldn't keep the Sabbath. In fact, if you already keep it, and its a blessing in your life, I see no reason to stop. But I think its wrong to force the Sabbath on people by teaching them its required by God, and he will be displeased with them if they…

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• If you know all of this dont ask me to be specific argue with me I still think christ should stay in christmas no matter what you can say your a different religion no matter what the holiday was made for him and any way it doesnt matter what day christ was born back then any…
• Christ should be in christmas because thats how the holiday came out the birthday of jesus christ and they shouldnt change it now because they think that jesus shouldnt be in christmas

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• Atheism is defined by it's three roots,"a" meaning "no", " theo", meaning "God" (capitalized as a proper noun in this debate, since a lesser god would be irrelevant for any objective discussion) and "ism" meaning " This ROOT-WORD is the Suffix ISM. It means DOCTRINE, SYSTEM,…
• This is supposed to be a debate. My opponent is putting up no argument. Saying my statement is nonsense and is poor English is not making an argument. I did not ask for proof that is atheism is not self delusional, not self-delusional. I asked for an argument trying to show why…

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• Any conception of a transcendental entity can be sufficiently explained through Freudian and other psychological terms. My definition of God is strictly to do with something that intervenes inside of human reality, and thus I am only speaking to transcendental entities which…
• This debate does not deal with any sort of thing other than belief(and then on morality). My opponent is quick to implement his own idea of what my argument was to be; this both amuses me as it leaves me in a state of confusion. Do refrain from any such diversion of topic in…

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• God is impossible. He does not exist. He is not reality. Allow me to explain in detail: If God created the Universe, who created God? Before the Big Bang, there was no time. Therefore, there was no time for God to have existed. Time's beginning was the instant the Big Bang…
• I am an Atheist and I will take the stance of "God is not real." I will allow my opponent to opportunity to go first. Once he/she has given his/her main argument, I will respond.

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• However, I do not think the contentions he brings up actually undermine my argument. If his contentions do not undermine my argument, then my argument stands and the resolution has been affirmed. Contention 1: A Maximally Great Entity Is Not Necessarily An Intelligent Entity My…
• In this discussion, I will be attempting to demonstrate that a being with God's attributes could not have created the first moment of time. God's AttributesIf God was the cause of the first moment of time then two attributes must be applied:(a) Intelligence(b) TimelessnessHe…

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• Taken from. . . Atheist Alliance International: There is very little that we can prove in this world. We can look for evidence to support claims people make and when there is robust supporting evidence, And no contrary evidence, We can conclude a claim is probably, But not…
• Well see you don"t get to refer to the bible, Not for any reason. That"s what you don"t get. Once again, And I"m really tired of repeating myself, Is because no god would be stupid enough, Not ever, Not for any reason, To use text as a form of communication, Namely your bible,…

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• Resolve: The Bible does not support the idea of a closed canon of scripture. Time to argue: 72 hours Argument max: 10,000 Characters Definitions: 1: Bible: "the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments."(1) 2: Canon: "an…
• Extended arguments "The belief of a closed canon of scripture is not found in the Bible. The Bible contains zero references to God saying that his words and revelations and interaction with men would stop. In fact the Bible does contain instructions on how to distinguish true…

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• Let me explain the difference between an assumption and a definition.Assumption: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. http://oxforddictionaries.com...Definition: a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary.…
• What you call an 'assumption' is a definition.All the religion I stated define God as a supernatural, eternal force behind all that occurs and will occur. It didn't 'begin' because time itself is a product of this infinitely powerful supernatural force.I repeat. I gave evidence…

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• Genesis 1- God is talking about time, space, and matter. In the beginning=(time) God created heaven=(space) and the earth=(matter). What is Time-pass, present, future. What is Space-width,depth,height. What is Earth/Matter-solid,liquid,gas What are you a human-…
• Why is it that some religions don't believe in the trinity. When there is an example of it in the first sent of the bible... Genesis 1

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• I have set forth an argument that God exists and created the universe. I will define God as the force or entity that created the universe. He exists outside of space and time. He is omniscient and all powerful. He assigns the universe its laws and truths/moralities. Religion is…
• Unfortunately, while my opponent clearly disagrees with my premise, he/she has not truly formed counter-arguments to most of my points. "The Earth is random correct." No, I never said this. It is YOU who needs to prove that it is probably for everything to have formed by…

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• Thanks to Con for the response. I apologize because this round is not as in-depth as I would like because I have a limited amount of time to write it. I will endeavor to make up for it in the next round. First off, the evidential problem of evil is a mere inductive argument…
• ========== Introduction ========== Thanks to Mr_Jack_Nixon for the opportunity to debate a very interesting topic. I'd first like to make the resolution clear - I presume Con is going to argue that God cannot exist with evil so what he is claiming is that the existence of God…

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• "Can you imagine living in this world without law?" Well here's the thing… no one should live under god's laws rules and regulations. Here's some of YOUR god's laws that proves that he is ultimately evil. Deuteronomy 13: 9-10 "But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be…
• The god of the bible has freely admitted that he is evil on numerous occasions, so why should anybody believe in him? Actually the better question is, is why would anybody "want" to believe in him? The question is yours to answer if you wish. In this debate it will be proved…

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• Good luck.
• These claims state that Jesus Christ was crucified on a Friday and rose on a Sunday, which is why Christianity's Sabbath Day is Sunday. Con is making no evidence to support that the Resurrection never happened, only making rebuttals. It seems like the evidence to support the…

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• (2) The Gospel writers have a proven track record of historical reliability. Luke 1:1-4 is written in classical Greek terminology such as was used by Greek historians. He speaks of his lengthy investigation of the story he's about to tell and assures us that it is based on…
• Rebuttal to Con's round 2 con't: Mohammed wan't an eyewitness to Jesus and was in no position to know who he was or if he died as the Gospel writers were. We have no witnesses to validate that Mohammed saw an angel. How do we know he wasn't lying? We have Matthew, John, Paul,…

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• I thank Kyle for accepting and find his name quite ironic as I will be building my case somewhat parallel to how some scholars think Marcion of Sinope built his case for the same argument.As some may know, Marcion was the most prominent heretic of the 2nd century. In fact,…
• For the sake of this argument, we are assuming that some form of Christianity is true. BoP is shared. I have to provide reason to believe that God the Father of Christ Jesus is a different god than the Jewish/Old Testament god. Con has to provide reason to believe that God the…

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• A Rebuttal to 'Greater Jihad vs. Lesser Jihad' This is a prime example of Taqiyya in practice and I would ask anyone following the debate to pay close attention to my opponents claim and my response. Jihad has always referred to religious holy war against non-Muslims. This…
• I would point out that you wanted to limit our debate to two particular areas regarding Islam, Al-Taqiyya Fi Al-Islam permitting Muslims to use deception about their beliefs or deception in Islam as a general topic, and Jihad as it relates to Muslims engaging in warfare to kill…

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• Subscribe? Is that the word you want to use? I read the Bible...I don't "subscribe" to it, it's not something I have to renew annually, it's not something that just goes away after awhile and you have to bring it back. And I do not disagree with the Bible, I am simply saying…
• When did lust and love take on the same form? The definition of lust is "a very strong sexual desire" the definition of love is "a feeling of strong or constant affection for another." The Bible encourages us to love one another as we do ourselves, it's one of the most…

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• I rest my case
• Rest my case

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• I like the way u think. Yeah next we need to know whether the eye witnesses were accurately recorded. The debate is whether or not we need to obey Jesus, right? That's another long topic. If u want u can text me at 506 391 5973 and continue this discussion or start another…
• If Jesus died and rose again we know where death takes us. Interestingly secular and Christian historians generally agree that Jesus walked this earth and that many his followers had to die gruesome deaths because they were so sure that they walked and talked with him after he…

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• At the moment, Atheism is considered to be a religion. When you fill out your information on applications, or you take your census Atheism is considered to be a religion. Religion being defined as: Something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or…

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• "My opponent likes to run circles once he has been pointed out,... I stayed within the bounds of this debate." No, I addressed your argument line by line. "I appreciate the grammar lesson as well,... I hope it leads you to a girlfriend and out of your parents basement someday…
• "- assuming this is my opponents definition of special?..." Hence the word definition..then special...then a definition of special. "This is the topic of the debate and stance my opponent must defend." Unsurprisingly known by me. "Legal definition of IMMUNITY; Exemption from…

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• I affirm that a person who believes that Jesus is the Christ, must be baptized into Christ in order to be saved. The baptism I am talking about is (one of water, Total immersion) Thereby no matter how much a person has emotions for God or Jesus, belief alone will not saved a…
• Baptism is the point that a sinner gets into contact with the blood of Christ, I showed that we are baptized (according to the Scripture) into Christ Death Burial and Resurrection, and this is obeying the gospel of Christ, God's power to save. According to the letter sent to…

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• In this debate, I'll be presenting several arguments in favor of the proposition that it is probable that God exists. Without further ado, let me begin:1. The Ontological ArgumentDating back all the way to St. Anselm of Canterbury, the ontological argument has been both praised…
• I will, however, summarize my arguments and my responses to Con's objections. Regardless, there is nothing new to be said anyway, as Con either misunderstood or ignored my objections.1. The Ontological ArgumentCon objected to the modal ontological argument on the grounds that…

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• I will begin my final round addressing your emboldened question and subsequent conclusion:Q: "Is it possible for a tri-omni god to coexist with the reality which we know?"C: " If you don't think that we live in a World that has the absolute minimum of pain and suffering…
• P1 - The Perpetuity of EvilAs "evil" is a word, it is a means of describing the perceived world. By nature, the word is non-specific and comparative, and is dependent upon the observing individual to assign qualitative differences. "Evil" is defined as "profoundly" wicked or…

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• The easiest way to know whether good is real is to look at the lives of those who should not have made but did. There are many people in the 21 first century that have stories about how they had nothing and nearly lost hope. Do you think magic happened then poof they were…
• If there is not a supernatural being then how is in most timelines they use Jesus Christ who is part of the god head? If god is indeed not real then how was Jesus able to raise the dead. The proof itself can also be found the lives of those who nearly died but reported that as…

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• The best word to describe my opponent's actions at this point would be: dissembling. The pretense of an argument here is missing entirely. 1. Whether labeling or 'forced learning' the pretense that this is abuse is simply false. Its simply an emotional claim, that calling ones…
• My opponent has clearly given up on the pretense of logical support for a claim here. I think my opponent continues to struggle with basic concepts of integrity. Once again, (putting aside whatever the hell FGM is? Which is not something I mentioned so I am not sure how that…

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• Thanks! My opponent FF which is a valiation of rules. I ask for all votes. Religion far out weighs its detriments. thanks again.
• I have been wanting to debate this for awhile. [Qoute]"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars…

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• I am new to this website, so my format might by a little crude. Feel free in the first round to ask to change one of the rules, and I will confirm in the comment section. Round 1) Acceptance Only - NO Statements or Rebuttals Round 2) Opening Statements & Arguments - NO…
• I apologize for not explaining myself, I was merely using Christmas as an analogy, since it is the season, sometimes it is hard for me to communicate my thoughts. More to the point. I am glad you choose the verse at Genesis 2:7 (NKJV), it is the first one you have, it…

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• Thanks Con! Con claims, ["Pro failed to uphold his share of the BoP."] Is the Bible of Divine Origins? The answer is, yes it is and if the Bible is truly a book from God to men then it ought to have evidence of that it ought to have God's fingerprints all over it. And it does!!…
• Con claims, [" If Pro was attempting some sort of ad hominum by asserting that such assumptions are worthless because I made them then he will fail because I actually provided the logical progression towards accepting those assumptions.'] This is false Con has only provided his…

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• The debate is about Islam and it's claimed scientific miracles.
• Thanks Con. 1) Moon split miracleFirst of all it's very easy to come up with interpretations to any verse and change it's meaning completely.There is no any source attached that claims that the moon splitting will happen in the future. The only opinion about that in the…

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• Murica, The 2nd amendment states the right to bear arms, and homosexuals have arms therefore homosexuality is not a sin as god gives me the divine right to shoot people who come on my lawn and the divine right to carry my M4 assault rifle. therefore homosexuality is not a sin.…

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• Arguments extended into final round. Opponent forfeiture.
• Con said: "there is a difference between limited salvation and limited atonement." Rebuttal: Please consider: Salvation is a result of atonement. In order to be saved, we need faith in atonement,also known as Grace. (Grace is the subjective free gift of salvation throughfaith…

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• I'll be damned. I did misspell it. :) Essentially learned helplessness is a mental state where a person has been conditioned to believe that they can't change their situation. Suppose that a baby elephant was tied to a stake which it couldn't pull out of the ground. During it's…
• In this debate I'm going to argue that Christianity, as describe in the synoptic Gospels is more of a therapy for learned helplessness than a religion. Or at least that's the point of be religion.

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• It's not a matter of who I think should define the word religion. It's a matter of fact, that humans created and defined our religions. Unless a God performs a miracle in modern history, where there is factual evidence of its existence and scientific facts that it has occurred,…
• Thanks Con for the warm welcoming 1) The definition of religion was defined by humans, based on the belief of religion. Christianity, or Judaism for example would not exist if it weren't for the scriptures passed down along history. Without the "words of a God", there would be…

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• Yup, I win. He forfeited.
• He forfeited. Unless he comes back next round with a REALLY good argument, I guess I should win.

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• My opinion is that that the world would be better off without religion. But why?1) Violence & powerAs you probably know, religion has quite a reputation over the millenia for inciting wars, crusades, and persecutions of people because they had a different religion, or a…
• Here to have a calm debate about religion. Note: I am anti-theist, skeptic, cynical and sarcastic, and what I say may offend you due to speaking my mind openly; but that is not the objective. To clarify:The world = Humanitywe'd be better off = the disatvantages outweigh the…

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• Happy that so many people are engaged in this debate. Zantorion, I hardly think it would be necessary to discuss whether religion is reality; as it is accepted and recognised throughout the world, I believe in science. This includes me believing that the earth is more than 2016…
• In my opinion, religious beliefs from the past have way too much influence on today's society. Regardless of which religion we"re talking about, each and every one of them require the people believing in them to mark and show their religion in some way - either by praying every…

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• Con's assertion about this scripture referring to the kingship of Israel is purely interpretation. The word is wives, and whether or not this is literal or figurative is personal opinion. As to the issue of Lamech, a wicked person doing something doesn't make that practice…
• First, let us consider the Mormon position on polygamy:"The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. At certain times and for His specific purposes, God, through His prophets, has directed the practice of plural marriage…

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• This is my first debate, and this one particular topic has been annoying me. I do not consider being homosexual a sin. For many reasons that I will cover.

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• I thought the resolution was sufficiently constructed. Actually, many Protestants deny that Scripture teaches the Eucharist is the Body of Jesus, which is the target audience I intended for this debate.
• I wouldn't mind debating the issues you raised, but they are simply not relevant to our debate. Read the resolution again, it states: "The Catholic Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus according to Scripture and the Church Fathers" not, "are the Scriptures that claim the…

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• Thank you to Con for the response. Now lets get down to business. I will begin this round with a methodical disection of Con's round 2 arguments. Then I will add an additional argument at the end. Con uses the Biblical definition of Faith. Faith, Hebrews 11:1, "faith is…
• I will begin by thanking Con for this debate topic. I will tackled this debate topic with the goal of establishing that the Christian Faith and Science are two different things. They tackle questions of reality, what exists within reality, and what laws government reality in…