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bthr004's Debates
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Children Exhibit Moral Behavior, But Are Not Morally Praiseworthy.
The position on offer is that children, while they exhibit moral behavior, are not morally praisworthy (or blameworthy) for said behavior. I affirm. A caveat - some issues arose in the comment field of the last debate on this topic (where Yraelz forfeited). I wish to address the age of the children and the topic of moral intent... 1) On the Age of Children. Simply put, "children" in this case refers to individuals that lack sufficient cognitive skills to make complicated inferences rega...
Given the Bible, God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise
I could have simply phrased this debate "God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise" but then I remembered a debate I was just in where the person who accepted the debate gets to define God. This is not the case here - for purposes of this debate, we shall defer to the Judeo-Christian sense of God, and if it pleases my opponent, we may use the same version of a "mainstream" Bible - I would suggest the New American Bible, for it is the one I shall present my opening arguments from. Th...
Regardless of the existence of God, the Bible is wrong about many, many things.
This is 4 rounds simply because Round one will be the confirmation round. Simply join the debate, and announce your intention to debate. God- Jehovah/Yahweh/Allah Bible- Holy Bible of the Christian religion, as determined by the Council of Trent wrong- not right Burden: Self-explanatory, I must prove the resolution as defined to be true, my opponent must prove it "not true."...
Macroevolution is a Scientifically Correct Explanation for the Diversity of Life on Earth.
I've started a couple of debates that cover subtopics of the Evolution vs. Creationism "controversy". It comes up often in such debates that Creationists will tote Microevolution is scientifically backed up, while Macroevolution isn't. They state that speciation isn't possible, and thus evolution can not be true. The intent of this debate is to show whether or not Macroevolution is grounded and proven with science. *Contentions* 1. Transitional Fossils. 2. Comparative Anatomy. That's...
It seems that mainstream media favors the democrats and the Obama camp. this election.
After watching the news coverage of the Democratic National Convention and recently the Republican National Convention it appears that the mainstream news media heavily favors the democrats and the Obama campaign. Mainstream news media: Non-cable news networks; CBS,NBC,ABC. Watching the coverage of the DNC, I thought the news media did a good job of covering all the events and really highlighting the possitive attributes of the Obama/Biden campaign. The coverage really increased once...
One is not currently, will, or ever has, been in control of their existence.
My burden,.. I am to show that no one is or ever has been or ever will be in control of their OWN existence. Definition: existence; 1 aobsolete : reality as opposed to appearance b: reality as presented in experience c (1): the totality of existent things (2): a particular being <all the fair existences of heaven — John Keats> d: sentient or living being : life 2 a: the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence <th...
Former President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines was the best president of the Philippines
Let's start off by simply saying that Former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos was the best Philippine president because he made the Philippines world class during his time...He declared Martial Law for the people of the Philippines,so that they would be better people than what the Filipinos are now........
Australia is a better place to live than the USA.
Yes, Australia is a better place to live than the USA. By 'better place to live' I essentially am referring to living standards. This refers to the living standards of the country as a whole, as in, just providing an example of one person living happily does not make any country a better place to live than any other. This debate is 4 rounds. I will demonstrate that A) The living standard in the USA is comparatively poor to Australia B) The living standard in Australia is superior to...
The United States is in fact, the greatest nation in the world.
The United States of America, rich in natural beauty, history of incredible overcomings, and freedoms given to individual citizens of this great nation are just the tip of the scale as to what makes up the bulk of truths proving the United States is the greatest nation. I hope to touch on several facts, facts the prove my point that the United States is the greatest nation in the world. -Industry -Technology -Military -Agriculture -Entertainment -Culture -Sports -Education These...
The basic defense of bieng pro life abortion is a contradiction to the defense of the death penalty.
As a conservative and absolute no exception pro life believer, I feel it is contradiction to favor the death penalty. Most conservatives I know find it interesting that I am against the death penalty. Yet they argue time and time again the basic liberty of man is the right to be alive, in the topic of abortion. In logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. It occurs when the propositions, taken together, yield two conclusions which form the...