Religion Debate Topics — page 69

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• Thanks! Good luck to you as well! Instead of posting three long, lengthy arguments, I'll just post three small ones that I feel are fairly solid evidence for God's non-existence. 1.No reliable evidence supporting God. Simple enough, the only real evidence supporting God is the…
• I'm going to try this one more time...hopefully I won't have any trolls or forfeiters. By Pro, I am arguing that God probably doesn't exist. For the purposes of this debate, God shall refer to the Judeo-Christian deity. God - (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions)…

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• "What do we all base our morality on?" ~ "Christ is Yahweh" You maintain Yahweh became Christ so that he could be tested in every way that he tests everyone correct? I know a lot of people believe that, but to me it's kind of silly because if so, Yahweh talks to him self.…
• How to define morality? You are absolutely right that a lot of places in the world infringe on human rights. Sadly everyone can be corrupted. There are quite a few people who sadly, still act like animals. ~ "If you visciously punish the "immoral", it will keep their version of…

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• the argument that supports the claim that the meaning of life is that God is good is this..........for the third or fourth time, who's counting? ...... the supporting argument is your assertion that life has no meaning if God did not create it.....so your whole argument has no…
• You are agreeing with the supporting point of my argument........I'm asserting that the meaning of life is that God is good, and the supporting point.....which you felt (according to the way you assign meaning) should have been my supporting argument for round 2........the…

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• Firstly, I would like to point out that I have not been running a semantics argument. Secondly, even if you agree with Con and say that I have, Con has already conceded that there are no round rules or rules to the debate as is evidently stated in R1. So if you think that I've…
• Even if immaterial = not contingent on the physical, I still win due to the fact that I said: "AS WE KNOW IT" before I made the claim. I also said after the claim: "possibly goes beyond this as my research from Dr. Robert Lanza demonstrated". My opponent has twisted my words…

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• Here are my concluding remarks. I will summarize my original position and address the common misconceptions raised by CON. Firstly, it was a Christian minister named Revered William Miller (b. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) who advanced the claim that the Time of the End and the…
• Part 1: Con is making it seem that the 1844 interpretation is a Baha'i interpretation, but in fact this was a Christian interpretation that predates the Baha'i Faith. Reverend William Miller was the one who picked these dates and the mathematics involved in calculating 1844 as…

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• I will start with this statement. "The main problem with his whole argument is that the Second Law of Thermodynamics does not apply to the universe in its entirety. The Law applies only to closed systems and the universe is not a closed system." We know this law applies to the…
• I chose to define science, scientific laws, and theories, because some say; science and religion are incompatible. But they are compatible because science just means "knowledge." Sorry for the confusion and for not defining some other terms. Supernatural=God Supernatural-…

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• OK, I guess that means I win. My opponent dropped all of his arguments. Vote for me! THanks for making at least one argument
• Thank you for accepting the challenge, even though you dont truly believe in your stance. (its always good to avoid a personal fight while debating) THe locations of various religions are not the cause of the strife. Take for example in Jerusalem. It is the center of three…

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• Before I begin, I'd like to point out two things.1 - You still have not refuted any of my original proposition. 2 - I successfully refuted yours. So at this point, let the record show that my original proposition stands and your first attempt to stump me was…
• I am not asserting that all people will be saved eventually regardless of what they believe. I am saying that all people will eventually believe.And I am not saying that Jesus's sacrifice at calvary was insignificant in regards to salvation.I am saying that it is the ONLY way…

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• In concordance with the debate structure I will not post anything this round. And also, as stated, please give my opponent the conduct point for my mix-up.
• I thank con for the enjoyable debate and the voters for taking their time to read it. Science and the uncaused Con continues to assert that the atom decays uncaused. His hypothetical conversation I'm afraid, does not represent my side. He states, "what's uncaused is that one…

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• You know what I know what's right so I don't need to debate. I can't save anyone only "plant the seed", only god can save you. So me debating what change you my brother." So basically by refusing to debate and offering a rebuttal and not arguing for your reasons you concede. By…
• Well I would probally have to write a book if I had all the "contradictions and bad things" but I can give a descent sample In diffrent categorys. Remember this is the Bible so New and Old Testaments aplly. Which you accepted Lets begin.Should We Kill?: Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt…

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• Contrary to what my opponent has argued, moral facts cannot be derived from "logical relationships" of the nature that he has described. Unlike statements such as "1+1=2," moral facts are about what ought to be--not just about what is. Surely, various cultures and individuals…
• Objective Morality: The idea that notions of "right" and "wrong" (i.e., moral judgments) can be universal and fixed, regardless of their context (e.g., temporal setting.) (If the opponent disagrees with this definition, it can discussed further in the comments... and possibly…

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• I like the fact that my opponant is kind and respectful. His politness will be returned throughout this debate. NOW LET IT CONTINUE! Just so you know, you were right on the money with the "God of classical theology" thing. Thats pretty much what I believe. In fact if I'm not…
• I'm gonna use my opening argument from my last debate. Hope nobody has a problem with that. If so, too bad. Oaky I believe that this topic of debate is pretty self explanitory. Everyday horrible autrocities happen. People are murdered, rapped, robbed, and treated like trash,…

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• In each leg of your argument you begin with a reference to the existence of a system of myths, and you include the story of Adam and Eve - in fact an incorrect description because if you read the first three chapters of Genesis carefully you will find that the correct…
• You have constructed a pretty good myth yourself with the version you give of the first three chapters of Genesis. In doing so you adopt the naive approach that is taken by the normal Christian interpretation of those chapters, which is to think that they represent an account…

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• ooh, whats the matter B.D? are my politically correct truths to much for you to handle? anyway, I cant argue back until you post something, so please come through for us and post an argument, so i can roast you into forfietation again.
• you say that the Muslims do no not worship Jesus, witch is true. but Jesus is a prophet for the Christian faith, just as Mohammed is a prophet for the Muslim faith. and they actually do say that Jesus is real, just that he is a prophet of Islam. "And in their [the earlier…

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• Even if there was intelligent life on Mars, an asteroid hitting the planet might wipe out all life but it certainly wouldn't erase all evidence of their existence. There would surely be debris from structures that have existed, or something that would show an intelligent…
• Premise 2: It is highly improbable that [the universe] resulted from chance. While there is currently speculation that life exists elsewhere in the universe, there is no proof of it. Of course, it would be a logical fallacy to assume there is no life simply because there is no…

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• Aah! Playing the Devil's Advocate I guess???Well firstly the proof for existence/nonexistence of god is shared. In this round,I will put forward arguments as to why the God as we know it does not and cannot exist,followed by more arguments and rebuttal in Round 3,more rebuttal…
• I believe that God, as described by Christians, Muslims, Hindus, folk. . anyone is absolutely wrong and has no proof for their claims and does not exist

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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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• Given him the chance.
• It is sad that Con forfeited this round for unknown reasons. However, this shan't be the reason for the termination of debate. For his sake, as Instigator, I am revising the "overview" of this debate. This round, shall be Con's rebuttal to my argument stand. My counter-rebuttal…

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• What I am arguing here is that atheism and/or agnosticism is a natural, default stance. Take for example a newborn baby. Technically they don't know of the world, or of any deities so you may call them agnostic. They are not born with the belief of a deity, so you may call them…
• Hi. I'll let my opponent start if he or she wishes. I obviously have the burden of proof though. One observation though: I only need to prove agnosticism OR atheism as a natural stance. If one falls, as long as the other one stands the resolution is affirmed.

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• Oaky I believe that this topic of debate is pretty self explanitory. Everyday horrible autrocities happen. People are murdered, rapped, robbed, and treated like trash, but God cannot be blammed for these happenings. It is all the doing of man, and whats worse is that lots of…

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• If we see nothing in the universe that cannot in principle be explained by natural processes, the principle of parsimony precludes our postulating a God behind it all. I value reason because I know it works. Most religious believers agree with this and are perfectly willing to…
• The function of thought is to promote understanding. For understanding to be possible, we must have some method of assessing the accuracy of various claims. This method is reason. If I tell you that I believe in unicorns, you are in the position of evaluating the truthfulness…

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• Normally in mayor religion communities if someone doesn't know the "rules" of their beliefs then they are not punished for them, so if nobody knows the rules, nobody gets punished, no exceptions.

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• well my opponent has forfeited the round. i cant see anything else i need to refute that wont just come to you as common sense. this person seemed very educated but must be a very lazy thinker or have severe mental weaknesses that most certainly arent perfections btw. but i…
• i am very sorry if it seemed like i was attacking you. i get angry debating some topics because im shocked and appalled at what they believe and why they believe it. you say artifacts prove there was a jesus. you dont explain how or havent provided proof or any evidence that he…

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• I'll go with your definition for god since that is also the definition I had in mind. Sorry for not having defined it. god - a superhuman existence worshiped as having power over nature and human fortunes. You stated that god has power over nature. I argued that the that this…
• Everything in the universe exhibits change. From rocks to stars, from stars to our bodies, from our bodies to our minds, they all exhibit change. We can have so many thoughts and emotions in one day. Our personality can change, thus, making our desires susceptible to change.…

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• Yes, Evolution may be a possibility. But how can it simply even start? Unless you can say how things can create themselves, my answer is "God did it." This applies to everything in which you simply can not prove 100% scientifically. Sorry, but unless you can prove something…
• Here, Let me start with this: 1.) Google who founded the Big Bang Theory and ask yourself this question: How was it formed? There is only 3 ways the Universe could have started: 1.) A superior being put the Big Bang Theory into place, 2.) the Big Bang created itself with no…

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• "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." (Jesus of Nazareth) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx In terms of formal religion- Before the Crucifixion all religion was based on work, whether the participant had to give a sacrifice or perform a service, etc. The Angels have their position based…

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• Allah is the one true god and Jesus is his messenger not the son of God.
• I quit this debate

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• I am glad to see we agree if Jesus were to break the Old Law, it would be a sin. I say Jesus is not God, at least not until Jesus was dead due to Matthew 17:5, where God said Jesus was his son. I have not seen a verse where God himself claims to be Jesus, Jesus and others only…
• Thank you for accepting! Let's get started. Before Jesus died on the cross, the Old Testament was still in place for all. Jesus was born and lived as a Jew; he would always be bounded to the Old Testament laws. Therefore, he would need to follow the Old Laws set in place by God…

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• I sincerely apologize for forfeiting the round. The other day when I checked the clock I thought that I had more time than I did. Then when I got home from school the next day to post my round it was already forfeited. I won't let that happen again. "For instance some of the…
• Right, so, firstly, I'd like to address something before making direct counterarguments. I was talking about creation stories in the rules of the debate. Specifically, how everything was created (the universe, Earth , stars, etc. ). Anything within any religion that takes place…

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• Well, my opponent forfeited. I appreciate him for his participation.
• First of all, my opponent did not even bother reading my previous post in its entirety. This in turn caused my opponent to have only a limited grasp of what I was saying. My opponent asked, "What other proof do you have that God really exists besides the Bible? " However, if…

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• i don't think we can nessarily concude that "therefore his servants have no reason t obe fightig...". i think it'd make more sense to think that if he had backers, he would not be opposed to fighting back. though, to give him and the bble the benefit of the doubt, i could see…
• he didn't say to pilate that his servant 'could' be fighting for him, but that 'would' be fighting for him. that means he seems to have told the first guy not to fight for him, but later said 'if only there was someone to fight for me..."

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• Intro, I have had several frustrating debates on how to judge a religion. Is this religion warlike or peace like? Is it cruel to animals or not? Is it overall good or evil? Here is the latest debate. [0] These debates are annoying because it feels like we are completely missing…
• "As a quick rebuttal to your first rebuttal...what if a large group rather than a small group has 0 morality? There's no way to know if a group's actions are representative of their religion without checking the sources (religious texts)." ritchie.mgThat's why we use the mean…

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• God's existence - supernatural explanation superior to natural due to violation of nature if you see a magician who waves his wand and makes cats turn into dogs, you could argue a natural explanation is possible, and perhaps even argue that it is preferable. but, the most…
• "How do we know that energy came from something other than a higher energy state?" because that's what it looks like. there may be other possibilities, but they are mostly theoretical. empirical evidence alone suggests that that's the case. again, something doesn't have to be…

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• Radical Muslims are behaving similar to Catholic behavior during the Inquisition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The term 'radical', according to http://www.merriam-webster.com..., is: "marked by a…
• Radical Muslims are behaving similar to Catholic behavior during the Inquisition.

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• "Read what the founders wrote. They plainly state that our rights to be free come from the Almighty, and cannot be taken away by man" And your factual evidence would be where? I don't want your crap such as "IT"S THERR!!! GO AND REED IT!!! MARXIST!!!!" I want to see proof where…
• "Have you read the bible, Qu'ran, and hadiths?" Yes. "What do you know of the history of Islam? Of Christianity?" A lot. Do you know anything of the history of them? "Why do you leave out Hinduism and Buddhism, two other signficant religions?" Because they are more peaceful and…

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• As a new member of Debate.org, I would like to start by just saying I do not wish to offend anybody or attack/slander anybody personally. I simply wish to entertain myself and others, expand my knowledge and voice my opinions as well as learn the opinions of others to grow as…
• I find it highly ILLOGICAL, in fact, for 'God' to say that: Adulterers and adulteresses should be killed (Deuteronomy 22:22) Homosexuality is an abomination (Leviticus 20:13) A man should cut off the hand of his wife when she helps him in a fight by grabbing his opponents…

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• "as portrayed in"My opponent really seems to be grasping at semantic straws here. He says that, because the proposition says "as portrayed in the Bible", we must assume everything in the good book is completely true, even though I've already refuted this in my last round.We…
• Thank you, phantom, for your very formidable response. The Three Axioms of the Debate Let's first take a look at the three axioms my opponent presented that he feels we must assume for the sake of this debate: "1. Christianity is true.2. God is real.3. Everything in the Bible…

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• Even if I were to fully agree with CON's R1 then that would simply be me accepting the potential existence of a God, which has no bearing on the very specifically defined God of this debate so is irrelevant. Not a single one of my arguments has been addressed or even…
• Due to the structure of the debate even if I fail to address his arguments he will still lose if he fails to address mine. This is a three round debate, so my opponent has crippled himself. In addition I do not see how his additional definitions enhance understanding of the…

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• Haha now there's the fighting spirit I was hoping to see! OK so I would like to clear the air here. My goal in this debate is to provide enough evidence to show that gods existence is PLAUSIBLE. It is impossible to prove the existence of god to be true or false. It is neither…
• Isn't it ironic that the people who are most obsessed with god tend to be atheists trying to disprove god Thank you for the speedy response. I would like to point out that I stated in the beginning of this debate that the burden of proof is to be shared. I would also like to…

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• My opponent has forfeited this entire debate. Please extend my arguments. Thank you.
• Please extend my arguments. Thank you.

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• I appreciate your points, and as someone who is not a catholic, I have used the articifical v open to life points many times against them. condoms don't seems to be any worse based on their own philosophy. an in fact are worse cause they often admit NFP is more effective birth…
• NFPlanning is not full proof. so it is technically open to life. or at least not deliberately closed to life, through artificial means. this seems mostly like a philosophical argument than a real contradiction. also i'm not sure NFP is taught by the pope etc. but i do know…

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• Thank you, Microsuck, for your humble concession. I'm also happy to hear that I have learned you more about Islam. I guess the only thing left to say now is just vote Con.Thank you and thank you Microsuck for this debate.
• My opponent has unfortunately forfeited. I understand why and it's fine. Because it would be impossible for me in my last round to defend my arguments and refute what Con will say in his last round, I will now defend my arguments as I said.Defending my argument 1: The Quran on…

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• Let me begin by thanking Whatledge for his willingness to debate this topic with me. We seem to have some noteworthy disagreements. For starters, my opponent's only argument is simply a red herring. I don't need to prove that morality is objective in order to demonstrate why…
• Pope Benedict XVI should publicly recant his current views about homosexuality and bless a gay marriage in order to demonstrate his sincerity. While this idea may seem silly and even absurd to some, the benefits of such an event simply cannot be overstated. If the pope were to…

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• (1) Jesus is called God, but since there is only one God, Jesus must be that one God or else he is a false God: The Scriptures proclaim that there is one, and only one God in all of existence. (Deu 4:35; Isa 43:10-11; 44:6, 8; 45:5-6, 14, 21-22; 46:9; Mal 2:10; Rom 3:30; 1 Cor…

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• Extremists are always given attention out of proportion because they are noisey and violent, They are a threat but rarely represent the majority, At least in the chritian and jewish community, I'm really not so sure about the muslsims, I don't trust them
• I feel your claims about religion are true but only in a limited sense, Only extremist fundamentalist sects are holding back progress in science and creating ignorance and hate, Moderate religions, Have a positive effect on hilding a society together

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• Unfortunately we will get to nothing else since this debate breaks down to a semicolon, the one I the sixth definition of religion. The semi-colon means that either, and not necessarily both apply, and therefore atheism fists the sixth definition. It what way is it cheap shot…
• At the very least, my opponent must concede that atheism is "something one believes in and follows devotedly" and therefor fits into the sixth definition. And again I must point out that under "Religion" in his profile, My opponent identifies his Religion as "Atheist", not…

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• Closing Argument. Jail, what is the purpose of jail? It is to keep people enclosed in a secure area to prevent them from doing misdeeds. In jail they do what they can to prevent people from breaking out and hurting others in the jail. They don't want things going wrong so they…
• Thank you Con. Rebuttal - Con stated that man was first introduced to sin through the serpent which gave man influence to sin. Since God is The creator does this not mean God put the serpent in the tree? Yes, God gave mankind the ability to choose what they want to do, free…

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• Just a friendly reminder, round 2 was opening arguments and round 3 rebuttals, but no matter. "People who deny Evolution are entitled to do so. Just as people who believe in a flat Earth are entitled to do so; but that doesn't mean they have the truth on their side. And let me…
• What does it mean, to be an invented story? I would say, any story a particular person came up with. I would say, anything written or said without a factual basis is fiction, regardless of its truth. For, the author had no real way of knowing. If they invented an explanation…

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• Well I will try common sense! Not logic. If one can look up and a clear night seeing the heavens. Then say evolution or big bang? That is a natural random thing of chance, is a fool! " Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and…
• 1. Adam of the bible was God Himself. Not all mankind as 99.9% of all religions/churches teach/believe? Luk_3:38, Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 2. The bible is a Hebrew document! Reading Hebrew in your…

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• Making a show of myself? I think not. I'm not here asking for proof of Jesus's evidence. If you think you're an intelligent being created by the universe, or you just evolved from a tiny fish. I'll just let you think like that, afterall, it's all up to Judgement.
• Apparently, no. But can prove he's real simply by grabbing a knife and slitting your neck, that's how you prove it.