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Neutral agnosticism versus ALL beliefs regarding God!

RationalMadman
wiploc

My opponent can define anything except neutral agnosticism.

If you disagree with my definition. do not try to debate it in comments. Do not try to ppose it in round 1. Just do not accept the debate.

Neutral agnosticism: The theory that no degree of certainty, especially regarding God, can be achieved without physical evidence.

Thank you to my opponent. You shall debate all beliefs other than neutral agnosticism. That is end of it all. Do the hulahoop!!!!!!!!...

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44 Comments
Updated 8 Months Ago

Obama's birth certificate is fake

awesomeness101
imabench

Obama's birth certificate is obviously fake because it took more than a month for him to produce the certificate. If is real and he miss placed it, makes me question his abilities to run this country correctly....

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25 Comments
Updated 1 Year Ago

If you accept the challenge then I win, if you don't then I lose.

surpy
PeacefulChaos

The rules is in the topic title. If you accept the challenge to this debate, then I automatically win no matter what, if no one accepts the challenge to this debate then I automatically lose. It is your choice! Oh! Did I mention that if you accept the challenge to this debate then you get a free cookie! :D...

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5 Comments
Updated 1 Year Ago

I will not contradict myself.

Pastafarian
ReformedArsenal

I will not contradict myself FIRST 3 ROUNDS ASK PRO 15 YES/NO Questions 4TH Round tell when I have contradicted myself 5H round vote! :D...

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11 Comments
Updated 2 Years Ago

Resolved: that there are moral absolutes.

Happyreclusive
Valladarex

I set out to prove that there are moral absolutes. I"ll use "moral" and "ethical" synonymously, choosing one over the other as style dictates. By "absolute," I mean something is that true in all possible worlds, necessarily true, and true in all situations. For example, the judgment "lying is wrong" is necessarily true and there is no circumstance when lying is right."

My arguments are Kantian, so my opponent...

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2 Comments
Updated 2 Days Ago

Consciousness is non-physical, and self-aware.

jdpeterson007
Cowboy0108

The debate here is whether consciousness is to be believed as physical or non-physical. The argument assumes no science is required to prove it and that consciousness is real and has a non-physical "self" of it's own - it's an "a priori" argument. I want to win votes on my belief that consciousness is non-physical, and therefore does not require a brain or other matter to be self-aware. It is a philosophical argument, not in the science category. Define "mind"... a brain? My understanding is...

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2 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago

You should follow Stoic principles.

Tim1632
ehorton

Stoic doctrine states that we should detach ourselves from our emotions and only worry about what we can control. If we follow this school of thought we will not waste our time on things that are futile, but only worry about that things that we have the capacity to control ourselves. By doing this we will live a better life because we will no longer waste time on what is out of our control, and therefore we will use our time concentrating on what we can, which will lead to better use of our time...

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Updated 7 Months Ago

You should follow stoic principles.

poppinoffgrounds
ashtronomy

I'm advocating that you should follow stoic principles; chiefly, the principles of apathy which is the basis of all stoic philosophy: one should neither suffer pain nor pleasure. The reason why stoics advocate this is because they believe humans incorrectly assume that pleasure is good and pain is to be avoided; instead of actually determining what pleasures are good, they bypass the issue by simply saying that you should not be a victim of them. For the stoics the possibility of being a victim...

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Updated 7 Months Ago

A New Radical Justice System

RationalMadman
Beginner

When I was a little boy, say five years old, I would be what most would consider a highly philosophically-minded child. When my teacher told me that I should put my hand up to ask a question I asked her why, when she got annoyed she would just tell me to shut up and sit down (in kinder words than the ones I proposed). However, I never understood the rule, nor did I feel the need to obey it... Because being shut up and told to sit down isn't truly terrifying. On the other hand, if I had been...

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20 Comments
Updated 8 Months Ago

Sophistry

Hezekiah_Ahaz
yuiru

Open to any. All rounds cross examination. I noticed that people here are pseudo-philosophers. When examined they all fold like little chairs. They evade questions like plagues and so on....

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11 Comments
Updated 11 Months Ago