Resolved- All legally and clinically sane citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms. First of all, let me thank my opponent for accepting this debate, if in fact he does accept it. The right to keep and bear arms is a right given by birth, not only a right protected by the laws of many countries. This isn't an issue about regulation, the amount of firearms allowed, munitions used, whether or not the firearm is auto/semi-auto, etc.- this is simply an issue of the right to keep a...

Challenging because of your comment on Mormons are Christian. Not mine, but the other one. I would debate about the rest of Mormon scripture, but because you're so adamant about reading their entirety and I'm only working on the other two, I thought I'd keep it to the one I've read and our church is named after. The Book of Mormon: Another Testimony of Jesus Christ is written by several ancient prophets in America and edited by Mormon, another prophet, who it's named after. While my potential...

Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. He came down from heavens glory to be a sacrifice for the sin of all mankind. He is the God Man! I will argue this position using the word of God. Anyone wishing to debate me must accept the Holy Bible as a tool for proving or disproving this fact. It is quite clear to the open eyes of anyone wishing to see that God came down to earth in the flesh to perform the forgiveness of sin himself, since there is none worthy of this sacrifice in the whole earth. Only ...

Trying out a new argument I've developed, help me check for holes... The fourteenth amendment to the U.S. constitution states that "Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." This presents the citizenship criterion known as JURIS SOLI, the right of the soil. If a fetus has not yet been born on American soil, it is not yet an American citizen, and has simil...

My premise is simple: The legalization of marijuana would have a more favorable impact on our country than the current policy. I present the following arguments: 1. Legalization allows for better regulation, improvement of quality, reduction in street prices, and would alienate street dealers. 2. Regulation rather than criminalization provides a better medium for control of access to minors, including stiffer punishments for providers and dealers who contribute to the delinquency of min...

My premise is simple: The legalization of marijuana would have a more favorable impact on our country than the current policy. I present the following arguments: 1. Legalization allows for better regulation, improvement of quality, reduction in street prices, and would alienate street dealers. 2. Regulation rather than criminalization provides a better medium for control of access to minors, including stiffer punishments for providers and dealers who contribute to the delinquency of min...

Humans are causing the rise in clobal temperature, which if not stopped will result in global warming....

catholic church has not contradicted itself if the catholic church CC is true, you'd think there'd be a contradiction in its teaching. the teaching has to be from the pope. you cannot include the Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, no salvation outside controversy for this debate as i feel i am aware of the ramifications of this debate. i tend to think it has contradicted itself, but want some other proof. http://www.justforcatholics.org/a100.htm...

For over one hundred years now Puerto Rico has been in political limbo. It is time Americans recognize the mutual benefit of allowing Puerto Rico to become an independent nation. Statehood advocates argue that we will be entitled to more help (dependence) as a state... Status Qup advocates deny their own history- the founder of the PPD, Luis Munoz Marin, was a Nationalist and the son of Luis Munoz Rivera, a staunch Nationalist as well. There is a process in place in the US legal system for d...

Hillary Clinton's nads are as big as McCain's... oooooooohhh... Too bad that macho rhetoric hasn't worked for the past 50+ years. The regime in Cuba is hardly "rogue", and if it IS, it's leaders should be engaged and at least spoken to- after all, "el bebe que no llora no recibe leche" (baby don't cry, baby don't get fed). What is the harm in Obama meeting with Castro, dictating to him his concerns, and receive any feedback in return? Does HC suggest we go another 50years without recognizing...