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heart_of_the_matter

38-year old male in San Diego, California, United States.

Online:	14 Hours Ago	Name:	- Private -
Updated:	3 Months Ago	Gender:	Male
Joined:	9 Months Ago	Birthday:	- Private -
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Ideology:	Conservative	Education:	Associates Degree
Party:	Not Saying	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Not Saying	Income:	Less than $25,000
Interested:	No Answer	Occupation:	Other
Looking:	No Answer	Religion:	Christian - Latter-Day Saints

About Me:	I love to learn...I like especially when I can get to the heart of a matter and understand the main points and why something is the way it is.
Activities:	Church, friends, video games, weight lifting
Beliefs:	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). I know that God is real and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that he was crucified for the sins of the world.
Books:	Book of Mormon, Bible, What it Means to Know Christ -George Pace, Approaching Zion - Hugh Nibley
Movies:	I like many sci-fi and comedy movies.
Music:	Various. I try to keep it positive and listen to Big Band/ Swing, Classical, Piano/ Instrumental...but I give in to other stuff even though I don't think it is as good for me...
Quotes:	The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.- Marcus Aurelius The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. Don't not go to church because there are too many hypocrites there, there is always room for one more.
Sports Teams:	I'm trying to get away from sports, I have too many other things to do.
TV Shows:	I try to avoid TV. The internet has plenty of good things to watch, and I have more control of the content.

Websites:	Answers.yahoo.com Mormon.org

8 Debates

Guitarist Duel

I would like to propose a "Guitar Duel"! The judges will be able to rate the guitarists on any criteria they want to... To decide which "team" of 5 guitarists is better! My 5 guitarists vs. my opponent's 5 guitarists! ... ------------ RULES: 1. Each side chooses one guitarist per round 2. The guitarists can be living or dead. 3. Each person gets to pick 5 guitarists. Once a guitarist has been chosen the other side cannot choose him. 4. Each side gets to post one video of them...

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6 Comments

Updated 6 Days Ago

A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.

This is the round two debate of the Tournament of Champions. I thank my opponent for participating in this debate, the gracious judges for their time, and the host(s) of this tournament for creating a great forum for debate. Although this is an LD resolution, it will be debated in a more loose format. Definitions Just: acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good. Society: an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of r...

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12 Comments

Updated 2 Months Ago

Conspiracy V: American Airlines Flight 77

The proposition on offer is that on 9/11/2001, AA Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in a manner consistent with photographic and computer generated evidence. Again - a opening volley: 1) Hani Hanjour was a poor pilot. Here's a quote from his flight instructor that granted him a commercial pilot's license in 1999: "Despite Hanjour's poor reviews, he did have some ability as a pilot... There's no doubt in my mind that once that [hijacked jet] got going, he could have pointed that plane...

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4 Comments

Updated 4 Months Ago

The Bible does not support the traditional Christian concept of The Devil/Satan.

Much thanks to my opponent for agreeing to accept this debate which I hope will be an interesting and insightful one for both of us. Affirmed: The Bible does not support the traditional Christian concept of The Devil/Satan. By the Bible I mean the books included in the biblical canon of Protestants and Catholics including the New and Old Testaments but not the apocrypha or any additional texts not authorised by most churches. Different English translations from the Hebrew Old Testament, t...

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15 Comments

Updated 5 Months Ago

Fluoride should not be added to drinking water.

I welcome the readers and my opponent. Resolved: Fluoride should not be added to drinking water. Even though society as a whole has been conditioned to accept that fluoride is "good for us", that is in fact not the case. Have you ever thought about how fluoride "protects" our teeth? Does it not do this by "killing" the bacteria that are on our teeth? So how does it "kill" these bacteria? Well, it must be "poisonous" to enable it to "kill"...and it is...and if fluoride is ingested it doesn'...

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14 Comments

Updated 6 Months Ago

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	8
Lost:	4
Tied:	0
Won:	4
Win Ratio:	50.00%
Percentile:	89.62%

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•	Abortion	ConComments We live before we come to this earth as spirits in the premortal spirit world. There are some instances in which abortion may be justified, such as if the life of the mother is in jeopardy or in the case of rape.
•	Affirmative Action	ConComments I don't think any type of favoritism is fair. Because it makes it unfair to someone else who is more deserving.
•	Border Fence	ProComments Fences between countries is logical - they are diiferent countries. But to stop illegal immigration: 1. Increase the penalties. 2. Increase the likelihood of getting caught.
•	Campaign Finance Reform	UndComments I don't know much about it. I learned a while ago that I wanted to be checking that box for $3 to be going to the Presidential Election thing.
•	Civil Unions	UndComments I am against anything that portrays homosexuality as normal...because it isn't.
•	Death Penalty	ProComments I believe that the Lord gave the death penalty for the benefit of the murderer himself. In order to understand how that is the case you need to first understand that life continues after this life.
•	Drug Legalization	ConComments I am totally against illegal drugs. They are a tool of the devil. Illegal drugs take a person out of control of themselves. If it were up to me I would wage a REAL war on drugs.
•	Environmental Protection	ProComments A healthy environment is of more worth than corporate profits. I want clean water especially, get rid of fluoride in water because it is poisonous.
•	Estate Tax	ConComments I think it is right that a parent should be able to hand down their wealth to their children without being taxed on it. That money has already been taxed.
•	Euthanasia	ConComments No one has the right to play God. All suffering has a purpose and any suffering if used properly can bring a person closer to God.
•	Flag Burning	ProComments I am for the freedom to allow it, though I think it is very disrespectful if someone does it.
•	Flat Tax	ProComments Seems to me to be the most fair.
•	Gay Marriage	ConComments Other people have rights as well. For ex: children should have the right to not be taught that homos. is normal, when it isn't. they should be able to opt out of that teaching. the homos. agenda infringes on their rights (as well as other people's)
•	Global Warming Exists	ConComments Global Warming (being caused by humans) is a myth, it is an excuse by Al Gore to push a "carbon tax".
•	Gun Rights	ProComments Would you rather have a cop on the phone or a gun in your hand?
•	Labor Unions	UndComments Some people are all for "Supply and Demand". When I think about it...there has been a demand (for unions) and that is why they actually exist (supply). Haven't researched it enough yet.
•	Late Term Abortion	ConComments Putting the child up for adoption is a better option in many cases. I am also against stem cell research.
•	Medicaid & Medicare	ConComments It is not the role of government to be involved in administering medicine.
•	Medical Marijuana	ConComments No. It is a slipperly slope...trying to lead to fully legalizing it. There are better and safer alternatives. Marijuana is about 5 times more carcinagenic than cigarettes, no need to put cancer into a person's body when there are other ways to treat
•	Minimum Wage	ConComments Adam Smith "Wealth of Nations" says government shouldn't regulate wages. I agree.
•	Missile Defense System	UndComments The budget for the military is too large.
•	NAFTA	ConComments Corporations drive the locals out of business by lowering their prices (they can afford this because they get govt. subsidies). this is wrong.
•	National Health Care	ConComments Not the government's role to administer health care.
•	National Retail Sales Tax	UndComments This seems to be a somewhat fair kind of tax...but only have this tax if they get rid of the others! Don't just keep adding in other taxes!
•	Patriotism	ProComments I believe the reason nations came to be was that people had similar values and beliefs...the larger the nations get the fewer the shared beliefs and values, but there are probably still some shreds of commonality there.
•	PETA	ConComments They have a slaughterhouse at their headquarters. donations to them don't help animals. Donate locally
•	Police Profiling	UndComments Not enough info to decide.
•	President George W. Bush	ConComments Terrible President. Plunged our country deep in debt. Started unjust wars in which many innocent people have been killed. Allowed freedoms of the American people to be taken away (or was responsible for it).
•	Progressive Tax	ConComments Working hard and being innovative and earning more should not be discouraged by higher tax brackets.
•	School Vouchers	ProComments To take the money they would have paid to the public schools (taxes) and allow people to apply it instead to their school of choice seems like a good idea.
•	Social Programs	ConComments It is not the proper role of government to be involved in these.
•	Social Security	ConComments It is not the proper role of government to set up retirement plans for people.
•	Term Limits	UndComments I used to be against them and I naively thought that politicians could simply be voted out, that is before I learned about redistricting, which allows the incumbent to draw the lines of who votes where.
•	Tobacco Rights	UndComments As long as they don't infringe on other people's right to fresh air.
•	United Nations	ConComments I am totally against globalization. I am all for seperation of powers in governments and nations, the more power gets consolidated the worse it is for the masses. I believe our Founding Fathers had the right idea with the seperation of powers!
•	United States	ProComments I don't like the corrupt politicans (and others) who have been destroying this country. I love having a Constitution and I hope we will continue to uphold it in this land and also I hope that those rights and liberties will be kept.
•	War in Afghanistan	ConComments Not a just war. Probably a war over who controls the opium and drug trade out of there. Why are they growing opium there instead of food?
•	War in Iran	ConComments I hope it never happens.
•	War in Iraq	ConComments Not a just war. When there were no WMD's found the correct response should have been..."oops, my bad" we will now withdraw....not continue to attack and take over. The war was based on a lie.
•	War on Terrorism	ConComments You can't declare war on a noun. An excuse to target people that people in power want to target. An excuse to take away freedoms from people in the USA. Totally bogus.
•	Water Boarding	ConComments It is torture pure and simple. It is wrong.
•	Welfare	ConComments Welfare can be provided by anyone other than the government (esp. not Federal govt.) "Though the people support the Government, the Government should not support the people" -Grover Cleveland
•	World Trade Organization	ConComments A corrupt globalist organization. I am against them.