Burncastle

28-year old male in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Online:	1 Year Ago	Name:	- Private -
Updated:	7 Years Ago	Gender:	Male
Joined:	8 Years Ago	Birthday:	- Private -
President:	Not Saying	Email:	- Private -
Ideology:	Liberal	Education:	Some College
Party:	Not Saying	Ethnicity:	White
Relationship:	Single	Income:	Not Saying
Interested:	in Women	Occupation:	Student
Looking:	No Answer	Religion:	Atheist

About Me:	Studying industrial engineering in Montreal Polytechnique.
Activities:	Gym, with a side dish of video games and debates.
Beliefs:	Skepticism is the way to go (which leads to atheism, so.... I'm an atheist)
Books:	Ender's Game, Captain Corelli's Mandolin (I'm not a big reader)
Movies:	The Matrix, 300 (and it's sequel), Avengers and many others
Music:	Metallica, Rammstein, Classical music and some movie soundtracks
Quotes:	'If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people' - Dr. House
Sports Teams:	Montreal Canadians
TV Shows:	House, 24, Dexter, The Walking Dead

31 Debates

The Bible is OK with slavery

The topic of this debate is whether the Bible is OK with slavery. This debate is NOT impossible to accept, although there are restrictions. If you do not meet the requirements but feel like you would be a good opponent, then let me know in the comments.In this debate, slavery will be defined as it usually is: Owning people as property.I can tell you right now that the bulk of my argument will be quotes from the Bible.If you're going to go with "you can't account for morality", then reread the ti...

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Updated 7 Years Ago

Everyone sees the same colors. For example, my red is your red, and my green is your green.

Everyone seeing different colors would make no sense. If your argument is something along the lines of, "everyone's favorite color is the same exact color, even though they may call it blue, red, green, etc," you are perhaps wrong. People's favorite color changes all the time, therefore leading it so that not everyone's favorite color is the same. Although people most likely do see slight changes in colors, nothing is completely opposite or very different. For example, take the color wheel (what...

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Updated 7 Years Ago

The problem of evil and the concept of God are irreconcilable

This debate should be impossible to accept. Comment if you want to debate.I will be arguing that one can not reconcile the problem of evil with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God.My version of the problem of evil goes as follow:1) If an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God exists, then there can be no gratuitous evil or suffering in this world.2) There is gratuitous evil and suffering in this world.3) Therefore, the tri-omni God does not exist.I added the...

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Updated 7 Years Ago

The Ontological Argument

This argument is used very little amongst Christians who defend the faith, and I see why, as it seems like very abstract reasoning. But despite this, I think it is a very convincing argument once you think about it. This argument makes a case that a God must exist based on there mere concept of what it means to be "God". The argument has a rich history and many versions, but I like the Alvin Plantaga's version of it, which I will use with my own little twist. The argument is as follows; 1....

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Updated 7 Years Ago

Is it reasonable to believe that God exists?

Round 1 is ONLY acceptance. There is no burden of proof. The side that gives the best arguments wins majority of votes. I will be debating it is reasonable to believe that Jehovah, the Bible God, exists. Part of Jehovah's absolute perfection is the perfect balance of his qualities. For this reason, "omni" words would not be the best words to describe him. Those words aren't even in the Bible. Jehovah is not all power just like he is not all knowledge. Although he is the most powerful bein...

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Updated 7 Years Ago

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	31
Lost:	5
Tied:	6
Won:	20
Win Ratio:	80.00%
Percentile:	99.09%
Elo Ranking:	2,971
Statistics based on completed debates.

Activity Statistics
Forum Posts:	4
Votes Cast:	40
Opinion Arguments:	28
Opinion Questions:	0
Poll Votes:	149
Poll Topics:	0

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The BIG Issues
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Pro - In Favor

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•	Abortion	ProComments Simply put, a woman should have the right to use her own body without any limitations imposed by the state. For the same reason that a woman should not be forced to give a kidney or a lung to their child, they should not be forced to carry him/her inside herself. People should have the right to bodily autonomy.
•	Affirmative Action	N/S
•	Animal Rights	ProComments I am in favour of basic animal rights; i.e. preventing the unlawful killing or torturing of animal, including mass breeding. Although I will say that I am in favour of animal testing.
•	Barack Obama	ProComments I'm not american so this isn't really relevant, but Obama seems better than his opponents.
•	Border Fence	N/S
•	Capitalism	Pro
•	Civil Unions	Pro
•	Death Penalty	UndComments Very complicated topic, I've seen arguments both in favour and against it and I have yet to make up my mind. (I used to be in 100% in favour though)
•	Drug Legalization	UndComments Depends on the drug; marijuana would be okay since it's not really any more dangerous than alcohol, but the hard stuff (like meth) should stay illegal.
•	Electoral College	N/SComments I don't even know what that is.
•	Environmental Protection	ProComments We live in the world, so it seems obvious that we should take care of it.
•	Estate Tax	N/S
•	European Union	Pro
•	Euthanasia	ProComments Terminally ill people who suffer greatly should have the right to end their own lives if they so wish. Consent must be given by the patient in order for the doctors to proceed. In the case where the patient is not responsive, euthanasia should only be a last case resort and only be performed if the evidence that the patient is suffering is overwhelming and that his chances of survival are non-existent.
•	Federal Reserve	N/S
•	Flat Tax	N/S
•	Free Trade	Und
•	Gay Marriage	ProComments Marriage doesn't affect anyone but the people getting married, so opposing gay marriage is, to me, baffling.
•	Global Warming Exists	ProComments Science backs that up, so.... yeah (very thoughtful, I know)
•	Globalization	ProComments We gain be sharing with the world (though not everything deserves to be shared).
•	Gold Standard	Und
•	Gun Rights	UndComments I'd argue that people should have the right to have pistols (but not assault rifles) with a limited amount of bullet, and that it should stay inside their home. However, I think it would be helpful to have a complete list of people that have guns.
•	Homeschooling	ConComments Parents are not necessarily good teachers. Or good persons (although the same could be said about teachers, they are more regularly checked).
•	Internet Censorship	ConComments Censorship of people-generated content is a horrible concept and goes against the freedom of speech and the freedom of press.
•	Iran-Iraq War	UndComments I don't know enough about the geo-political situation of that area to make a decision.
•	Labor Union	Und
•	Legalized Prostitution	ProComments Bodily autonomy (which I use to defend abortion) leads to the legalization of prostitution, and I like to be coherent in my beliefs. However, I am against organized prostitution 'society' (or company or whatever).
•	Medicaid & Medicare	ProComments I don't much about Obama's version, but it works quite well in Canada.
•	Medical Marijuana	ProComments I am for the global legalization of marijuana, so this logically follows.
•	Military Intervention	UndComments Depends on the situation. This topic is so vague I don't understand why it's in this list.
•	Minimum Wage	ProComments It helps to prevent extreme poverty and, to some extent, slavery (I know, it's stretch).
•	National Health Care	Pro
•	National Retail Sales Tax	N/S
•	Occupy Movement	Und
•	Progressive Tax	N/S
•	Racial Profiling	UndComments This question can be extremely difficult, depending on the situation.
•	Redistribution	N/S
•	Smoking Ban	Pro
•	Social Programs	Pro
•	Social Security	Pro
•	Socialism	Und
•	Stimulus Spending	N/S
•	Term Limits	N/S
•	Torture	UndComments In a very narrow set of circumstances, I think torture is justified, but I would have to assess that case by case.
•	United Nations	ProComments It helps to prevent world wars (so far).
•	War in Afghanistan	Und
•	War on Terror	Und
•	Welfare	ProComments Not everyone has the capacity to work.