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There Exists Either Irrefutable or Reasonable Grounds for Believing in the Existence of God

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By 'irrefutable' I mean an inescapable conclusion from a set of true premises, i.e. a philosophically sound argument. For example, a standard deductive argument that fits the bill:

Premise 1: All men are mortal

Premise 2: Socrates is a man

Conclusion: Socrates is mortal


By 'reasonable' I...

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Turkish Pianist Fazil Say Shouldn't Have Received Jail Term for Anti-Islamic Tweets

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Fazil Say is a Turkish pianist and composer who gives worldwide concerts. Because of disparaging Islam through some Twitter posts, he received a 10-month-suspended-jail term. For example in one tweet, Say joked about a call to prayer that he said lasted only 22 seconds. Say tweeted: "Why such haste? Have you got a mistress waiting or a raki on the table?" Raki is a traditional alcoholic drink made with aniseed. Islam forbids alcohol and many Islamists consider the remarks unacceptable. (1) O...

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Obama is corrupt, immoral, and similar to Bush on foreign policy and economics

Jzyehoshua

I will provide the bulk of my evidence and reasoning in my next post, this first post will serve simply as a summary. Sourcing will be provided once I have a debate opponent. I am a lifelong Illinoisan who voted for Alan Keyes' 2004 opponent Alan Keyes, even as I voted against George W. Bush and for Michael Peroutka in the presidential election. In short, I have been looking into these matters for quite some time and have numerous reliable sources that will be provided. 1. Corruption...

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doubter fears anti atheist

Anti-atheist

In case you didn't know. Doubter (Qopel) Known atheist liberal fears me. I challenged him to debate he wet himself and ran to his corner. He tried to say Im immature, but he knows its because he's a coward. He fears me! Why is he so scared. He loves his votes and loves to win and calls everything a vote bomb. Everyone on ddo will vote against me just to vote agianst me so why is doubter worried? More proof http://www.debate.org/debates/I-claim-there-is-no-God/1/comments/ http://www.debat...

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Wisconsin Womens Hockey is better than Minnesota

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Wisconsin is clearly far superior. Look at their coaching staff. Mark Johnson was a 1980 miracle on ice gold medalist. Where is Brad frost even from? Not to mention Mark has more experience. He coached the olympic team to a silver in 2010. Also Wisconsin has graduated more olympians than minnesota. Vetter, Lawler, Knight, Duggan, Mikkleson, Slusar, Zaugg, and Engstrom to name a few. Not to mention Wisconsin has won more titles in the last seven years....

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