This house states that there is/was/were a Creator/s.
There is/was/were a Creator/s. I phrased it this way to limit the debate to atheism vs. theism/deism. I do not want this to be a debate on :monotheism, polytheism, deism vs. thesim, gap theory, 7 day theory, etc. Strictly atheism vs. theism/deism. Now that the preliminaries are done I will open up with my scientific argument. First off there is an abundance of energy in the universe. There is an abundance of matter in the universe. My question is where did it come from? Some one mig...
Without Jesus Christ life is ultimately futile.
It is only by entering into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that our lives may acquire meaning. Without the Grace, ( unwarranted mercy ) atonement ( reconciliation with God ) and the promise of eternal Life that Christ alone can offer, we have only the futility of temporal pleasures and diversions. I assert that nothing in this earthly life, if it is apart from Christ, holds any value in and of itself. I therefore challenge my opponent to justify 'life without Christ'....
The Following Quotes Effectively Refute Christianity
To start this debate, I will provide quotes that I think, effectively refute Christianity from a philosophical standpoint, and expose it to be morally unsound. My opponent (must be a Christian to accept) is tasked to completely vindicate Christianity, philosophically and morally. (*Try to avoid semantics please.) ======= - Quotes - ======= "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control...
Christianity has been more beneficial than detrimental to mankind.
Well, this will be the second challenge for this debate, as my first opponenet failed to post a first argument, unfortunately. Oh well. Anyway, here I would like to argue exactly what it says in the title: Christianity has overall been more of a benefit to mankind than it has been a detriment. No partisan arguments may be used here, e.g. abortion, gay marriage, etc. Those are partisan issues that require their own debate. In this debate, I would ask my opponent to stick to concrete exa...
The Bible Advocates Slavery
I tried searching to see if there was a debate on this topic, but couldn't find any. Therefore, I feel that this debate should fill in the topic. Many people that I have talked to, Christians as well as Atheists, have commented that the Bible advocates slavery. I believe that this is untrue. First of all, I would like to set some ground rules for this debate. In all fairness, there should only be one version of the Bible used in this debate, the King James Version, so as to not confuse people...
Abortion
I will argue that abortion should never be illegal, and that pro-lifers use seriously flawed, illogical arguments to support pro-life views. Contention 1: Life is not sacred Contention 2: Human life does not start at conception Contention 3: A fetus is not a person I will basically forfeit the rest of round one and be limited to rounds two and three to make my points. Happy arguing!...
Evolution is not part of atheism.
Despite common claims that evolution is simply preaching atheism, this is not the case. Evolution is a well established and evidenced theory which explains the progression, form, organization, and distribution of all the life on this planet without the need of any outside forces. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in God. There were plenty of atheists before Darwinian evolution became widely known and easily properly understood as the mechanism for the design of life. While there is some co...
homosexuals going hell ? religion is a joke
first let me say something, i was born in a Muslim country and raised that way, and came to realize that same sex gender (gay or whatever they call it) exists so this Debate will be against Muslims and any other religion that bans gay people or think they are some kind of Aliens - why do some or ALL religions say or think gay people should be killed, we were created just like any other breathing person that way - gay people are doctors, captains, engineers, teachers in every country fr...
If there is free will than an all knowing god is not possible
If an all knowing god exist than it must know the past, present, and future so if this god knows what you will do than you can no longer choose to do anything but what it already knows. If you are at a stop sign u can choose to go left or right. if this god knows you will go left than you no longer have the free will to right...
Creationist is true
The concept of earth being created is true because everything couldnt have just appeared out of nowhere in the universe it had to be created by something. What scientists believe is that there was a whole bunch of atoms clumped together and all of a sudden they just exploded creating the universe. This theory or myth is called the big bang, but what happened before the big bang? The universe was blank? No. And there was no big bang. The universe Was created. And how can humans be fish then anphi...