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Freeman's Debates
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Abortion is morally permissible
This first round serves as an introduction, definitions, and parameters. My opponent can decide to start his arguments in his first round, or wait for subsequent rounds.
Abortion will refer to the intentional termination of a human pregnancy. Furthermore, I will focus on first trimester abortions exclusively as the vast majority of abortions are of such. The issue of later abortions get more complicated due to...
Rap Battle (TV's tourney)
R1 for acceptance, TV's rules, etc....
Kalam Cosmological Argument for God is Invalid
I will present an argument, which is based on Scott Clifton's (TheoreticalBullshit) argument which attempts to use's William Lain Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument for God to prove that God does not exist. My opponent should defend the KCA. Cliffton's argument [1] can be summarized as follows: P1: Nothing which exists can cause something which does not exist to begin existing. P2: Given (1), Anything which begins to exist was not caused to do so by something which exists. P3: The unive...
There are no compelling arguments against same-sex marriage
The issue of same-sex marriage is one which divides not only the United States, but much of the Western world.[1] What is most remarkable about this matter is not the lack of agreement, but rather the lack of strong arguments against same-sex marriage. There are simply no compelling arguments (legal, political, or moral) against same-sex marriage. (While there may be religious arguments against it, I would prefer only to address arguments that do not assume a belief in the supernatural and/or th...
The United States should have used atomic weapons on Japan.
The first round will be acceptance. This is not about the choice of cities to bomb, but about whether or not the United States should have used atomic weapons on Japan. Thank you, and I look forward to our upcoming debate....
It is better to be paranoid than ignorant
I will argue that it is better to be paranoid than ignorant. First I would like to clarify exactly what I mean. When I say paranoid I do not mean paranoid to the level of violence. i would also like to say that I agree with the idea that ignorance is bliss, but it is only temporary and actually more detrimental in the end. I will argue that someone who is paranoid is more preprepared than someone who is ignorant. That even if what they are afraid of never happens, however, if something bad do...
The Minimum Wage
Resolution: The minimum wage is, overall, a good policy. I will be defending the position that it is, overall, a bad policy. (That is, a minimum wage having any economic effect, not a minimum wage too low to have any effect at all).
1) There exists a marginal productivity (Amount of revenue that worker brings their employer per hour of work) for workers
2) Because companies compete with each other for workers, a worker's wage will be close...
Does God exist ? (part 2)
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ACCEPTING DEBATE BURDEN OF PROOF Both sides of this debate have a burden to carry I as the CON will present arguments that Gods non existence is more likely that its existence. My opponent as the PRO will present arguments that Gods existence is more likely than its non existence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEMS ? If you have any problem with the debate please post in the...
Homosexuality cannot be changed and is healthy.
This debate will be interesting for whomever is going to debate with me. If someone is to cry homophobia, I will cry heterophobia and a bisexual will cry biphobia. Let us not go through that nonsense. It's a debate. At least take it seriously. I have seen arguments about homosexuality being genetic. That alone bothers me. Let us go over the criteria of why it is not as genetically overpowering enough for there to be as many homosexuals as there are now. (At the least) 1) Our brain has a filte...
Deity of Christ
The Bible does not teach that Messiah Jesus is God come in the flesh; it does not teach in the doctrine of the hypostatic union, which says that within the person of Jesus there are two distinct, but not separate natures; this doctrine either makes Jesus a schizophrenic, or it makes him into two persons within one body, thus compromising the unity of his p. All of the verses which are used to prove the deity of Jesus are violently taken out of context, and can be much better explained in a way t...