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The Cleaners
Everyone knows about vote bombing, which is the practice of a small group pouring all their votes with no justification onto one person. Purposes for doing so may range from just wanting to raise each others' percentages to purposely trashing another person's win rate. Whether or not CWO, as made infamous by the other debate, exists to vote bomb or not, one fact is clear: vote bombing exists. I myself have been victim to it several times. The first few by a single person who made several a...
Belief in an afterlife negatively impacts the world of practical affairs
This debate is about how the belief in an afterlife, be it Christian or otherwise, negatively impacts the temporal world in a large way. The issue is not whether "god" exists or not - this is basically irrelevant in this context as religion and its doctrines certainly exist, and this is where the problem stems from. Believers, whether they realize it or not, have faith in these doctrines and their fruitions, and not necessarily in an actual god, should such a thing exist, or what he/she/it may h...
The user known as "brittwaller" should not have lost the following debates
I don't really have the time for a full-on debate right now, but I wanted to check out the newer features on the site, as well as clean up my record a little. Now, I have been vexed for some time by the fact that my Total War community website has better-behaved members, and can settle on a standard of civility so much easier than this site, which is, ostensibly, devoted to debate and is so full of "intellectuals." That's only a side point (not an analogy), but is relevant because I believe...
Pecan is pronounced Pecan not Pecon
Since the spanish came to the americas they have grown this nut for the aristrocrats living in spain, which were willing to pay insane amounts of money for this sweet nut. Out of the aristrocrats that ate them camethe name meaning expensive, pecan....
Time is just a concept, and cannot exist by itself.
After reading my opponent's debate on time, I feel that I must clarify, for myself, what my opinion is. Knowing that he can cite several philosophers and scientists on this topic and that I have little to no outside information on this topic, I know that even if there is a fatal flaw in my reasoning, it will be dealt with efficiently. That having been said, I believe that the concept of time is simply a necessary measure developed to describe the phenomenon of change. The concept of change...
God is real. Big Bang and evolution did not occur.
You told me to challenge you to a debate, so here it is... This topic is the topic of God. I would like you to understand that no matter how much "scientific things" you throw at me, you will not change my strong conviction in God. Although, I will never change my mind in my belief of God, I will debate the topic. Also, I would love to hear about your thoughts on the Big Bang and evolution. So far, none of my opponents have given an answer to my questions I have about the two theories. They have...
How do compassionate liberals reconcile themselves to "Survival of the Fittest?"
Evolution, passing over the relative truth or falsity of its various claims, is hard and emotionless. The "Survival of the Fittest" doctrine, for example, would seem to put a moratorium on human compassion, if indeed it is true. Darwinism has become, like it or not, a central tenet of liberal thought since The Origin of Species came out in 1859. And so I ask you, and I'm hoping for a thoughtful, esoteric liberal, how does "compassionate" liberalism reconcile with "Survival of the Fittest?"...
Time does not exist
Time does not exist. Just think about it, as an object how can it. Time is merely something invented by humans to tell the difference between now and then, then does not exist. People argue the potential of time travel but how is that even plausible if nothing exists but now, it's not like all history is being saved on some hard-drive for future reference and future does not exist on some tape that we can fast forward to have a peek at what's to come. All there is, is now. Any takers?...