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dairygirl4u2c's Debates
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US Involvement, Georgian-Russian conflict
Russian officials attempt to corner the US into a ‘With us or against us' line of reasoning in the statement, "We understand that this current Georgian leadership is a special project of the United States, but one day the United States will have to choose between defending its prestige over a virtual project or real partnership which requires joint action,"[1]. I intend to show that the correct response for Washington should be full backing for Georgia. Since it's declaration of independence...
macroevolution's substantiation
given the transitional evidence, which ironically is usually what is attacked by antievolutionists, evolution more likely than not is true. links for things on traisitional fossils look for the chromosomal stuff, and chapters six and five in the PBS link below, read or watch the video. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part2a.html http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/d2700.html http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/ http...
no clear positive proof for papal claims, but negative evidence to the contrary
no clear evidence -------------- i came to the primacy realization slowly on my own, but there are in fact lots of materials on the subject. look to the orthodox if nothing else. here's some interesting books off hand for someone interested in that subject. You Are Peter: An Orthodox Reflection on the Exercise of Papal Primacy http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/CarlsonPrimacy.shtml Papacy and development : Newman and the primacy of the Pope Papal Primacy: From Its Origins to the...
subsidies/loans instead of insurance
assuming that the gov does health stuff, it should be giving loans and or subsidies instead. the problem with insurance is that it's a hand out to the insurance companies. instead of copaying the poor who can't afford insurance and giving, the the gov should simply subsidize either the catostophic situations, or if the gov does it, co pay at the doctor too. or loan money in both situations, that doens't have to have interest perhaps, or paid in a specfically fast way. this would be muc...
fair tax is not revenue neutral
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer the fair tax is good because it's progressive. it's alledgely good because it doesn't go above 23% for anyone, and again for most it's progressively better. it's good for the poorest because they won't pay anything after rebate, and those who do earn little will pay very little because of the rebate. it's good for potential businesses who won't have to pay taxes, and only have to worry about the increased costs of material. it's good because produc...
man made global warming was probably having a significant impact on our environment
detractors from MMGW man made global warming, who say it's not ssignificant, and only a hoax, usually rely on sun flares and volanoes. if you don't know what i'm tlaking about, then don't debate me. essential facts. one is that studies have shown that the sun cycles have accounted for only a third of the warming that's occurred. the other is that the volcano theorists have never cited sources. the other is that they think 1.5 or so degrees is all that can really be attributed to ma...
existentialism is the preferred philsophy of life
for: Daxitarian (i couldn't invite him the normal way) i invited him back to debate this, because i think he does not understand, or has studied sufficiently, existentialism. kiekeegaard was a chrisitan. yet, he was the father of existentialism. so, even with an objective ethics system, one can be an existentialist, pursuing that objectivity. sarte and others emphasized stronger that we cannot know what objectivity is. but, they say we can seek it if we think it exists. as with kierk...
fair tax not revenue neutral
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer the fair tax is good because it's progressive. it's alledgely good because it doesn't go above 23% for anyone, and again for most it's progressively better. it's good for the poorest because they won't pay anything after rebate, and those who do earn little will pay very little because of the rebate. it's good for potential businesses who won't have to pay taxes, and only have to worry about the increased costs of material. it's good because produc...
no fixed rules for theoretical absolute minimum for things to believed for salvation
no fixed rules for theoretical absolute minimum for things to believed for salvation fundamentalist christians have a probelm. what's the absolute minimum that a new christian or nonlearned christian would have to believe to be saved? not speaking in terms of a christian who's tryihg to do the absolute minimum just to skae by or are proactively refusing a belief... but simply hristians who don't know better. i'd ask the fundamentalist "is it enough for them to say they believe that je...
God's existence cannot be proven
Depends on the level of proof you want, and how you define God. But ultimately, if you define God in any meaningful terms, or with substantial level of proof, God's existence cannot be proven. incidentally. I believe in God's existence, but I don't claim it's definitive proof. the act of faith -- of its very nature -- involves man's free choice libero arbitrio CAUSATION everything we know has a cause. but we also have to recognize that we don't come across God phenomenon everyday, so t...