The trinity is a false teaching
Criteria for accepting this debate: A) YOU MUST, EITHER, BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY (being God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit being as one.) OR BE ABLE TO ARGUE IT AS IF YOU DO B) YOU MUST BE A SKILLED DEBATER WHO WILL NOT FORFEIT C) YOU MUST BE CRAZY IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME IN THIS (lol jk on this one) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Onto my argument: 1) God says he is the one and only -Thousands of times throughout...
Resolved: Baptism is not a requirement for Salvation.
INTRODUCTION: Concur CONTENTION ONE: Baptism is a public display of obedience which is symbolic of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. (Romans 6: 1-11) CONTENTION TWO: One must accept Jesus as their personal savior, believe that Jesus died for their sins, and confess him as Savior. (Romans 10: 9-10, 13) SUMMARY: While baptism is practiced, it is not a requirement....
An Afterlife is Impossible
Afterlife: A life or existence believed to follow death. I will be arguing that it is physically impossible for humans or animals to experience a spiritual afterlife, as the brain is incapable of being conscious of anything after the brain ceases to function. There is also no evidence of an afterlife, nor has soul ever been found in a human body....
God is real
The title says it all. I challenge anyone to prove to me that there is no God(an impossible task, as the concept of "God" trumps all forms of empirical evidence)...
Marriage should be abolished as a legal institution
We'll start off with some definitions: 1) Mar·riage: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law Miriam-Webster @2009 2) abol·ish: to end the observance or effect of Miriam-Webster @2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is my contention that marriage should cease to be recognized as a legal institution as it is discriminatory in nature...
There is no universal moral standard.
This is my first created debate at this website, so please bear with me as I experiment. I apologize for my possible miscategorization. At first blush, the most common arguments for moral absolutism will be from a theistic standpoint, but I address the biological con as well. This is a debate that I will be performing very soon in public, and wanted to test drive it here! This particular debate boils down to the universality of a moral code amongst members of the human race. For the purpos...
The New Ten Commandments
I am not claiming that my list of moral edicts is necessarily more ethical than those found in the Hebrew Bible, although I think that they clearly are. I am claiming that in an idealized world where people always followed my list we would live in a much safer, more compassionate, and generally happier world than one in which the original ten were followed with equal assiduousness. 1.) Do not believe anything without good reason or evidence. Indeed, allow reason and the scientific method to g...
The God in question does indeed exsist
The Bible teaches us that there are 2 types of people in this world, those who profess the truth of God's existence and those who suppress the truth of God's existence. The options of 'seeking' God, or not believing in God are unavailable. The Bible never attempts to prove the existence of God as it declares that the existence of God is so obvious that we are without excuse for not believing in Him. Romans 1 vs. 18 - 21 says: The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the g...
The existence of God
I affirm that God exists. "The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today."(1) The Earth...its size is perfect. The size of the Earth and its corresponding gravity holds an atmosphere of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending to about 50 miles of Earth's surface. "It is at a perfect distance from the Sun; not too hot, not too cold."(2) It has the perfect gravity without the difficulty of heavy gravity and lo...
God Exists
I am an atheist Jew. I know that sounds oxymoronic, but we are not debating my belief system. We are debating the first half though. Now, I have debated this before, and with all due respect to SlamminSam, I wasn't entirely satisfied with the debate, so I would like to have a second debate on it to see the other side. Now, I know that most people are theists, and as such, I am not expecting to have much backing here, but if you have ever debated me or seen my debates, you would know that...