The U.S. culture and morals are collapsing because of excessive scientific development
The Cosmological Argument is Sound
I am challenging Cauhtcoatl, an atheist, to a debate about the soundness of the cosmological argument. Soundness means that the premises of the argument are true, and that the conclusion follows logically from the premises. God is defined as the timeless (therefore beginningless), immaterial, spaceless, omnipotent,...
Is the U.S. justified to interviene within other countries in order tomitigate human rights abuses?
Is the United States is justified in intervening in the internal political processes of other countries to attempt to stop human rights abuses? I am on the affirmation. 1. First round is acceptance only....
Most Things Are Preferable to a Sharp Stick in the Eye
Resolution: "Most Things Are Preferable to a Sharp Stick in the Eye" The debate will be done in rhyming poetry format, and judged based on arguments and the structuring of those arguments. Both substance and style should be considered when voting. First round is acceptance. I'd like to thank my opponent for accepting this debate. Good luck....
Belief Is Dangerous And Should Be Avoided
Humans have held many absurd and, at times, hazardous beliefs. Examples can be found in our various traditions, myths, cultural biases, superstitions, regulations, legends, miracle stories, advertisements, etc. Further, if we look closely, the ruinous controversies, conspiracies and conflicts all around us link back like branches to our core beliefs. If we want to kill a tree, we don't just go out and start tugging the leaves off or gnawing on a few branches. Instead, we take a chainsaw or an...
The Claim "Something Cannot Come From Nothing" is Sufficiently Supported
Intelligent Design
Can a Scientist give a rational argument as to Intelligent Design that the majority of other scientists can and should agree with? As an opening bid, the Proponent will take the Pro on this topic and the Con will make the case against Intelligent Design having any relevance to the Scientific Community. RULES: This will be a Formal Debate with Formal Debate Rules and the Rules of this site, with this one exception. The Opponent shall go first and shall contribute to the actual definitions use...
is education important in the development of a person
Education is one of the most important things about developing as a person because it shapes how we perceive the world. Without education we are no better than animals acting purely on instinct to get through life. With education are mind develops and becomes very much part of the person we develop into. This is evident in that we have to be literate to fill out job applications but even more broader than that we have to be taut language so that we can express ourselves on an intellectual level...
Hirsch"s theory of pedagogy trumps Freire"s
Cultural literacy is fundamental to establishing a strong communication between people. Cultural literacy is referred to "the network of information that all competent readers possess. It is the background information, stored in their minds, that enables them to take up a newspaper and read it with an adequate level of comprehension, getting the point, grasping the implications, relating what they read to the unstated context which alone gives meaning to what they read" as Hirsch stated. Literac...
The Banking Concept of Education is Oppressive
The Banking Concept of Education is fueled by the idea that the students know nothing, and the teacher must deposit information into them. Paolo Freire believed that "Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat." Freire goes on to state "Projecting an absolute ignorance onto others, a c...