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Ban islam

haha... yea all those terrorist attacks and rapes just make you want them to stay.. cuz your sick in The head and there is no doubt about it :D yes of course i would ban it you psychopath... they cant convert from it, and they are forced to do terrorism.. brainless suicidal clown islam is not a religion.. its forced, like eating food is forced.. cant believe people like you still exist the punishment for leaving islam is death, and muslims are everywhere.. ban islam, they cant unsubmit to their fear of islam without a ban, hence no convertion and terrorism growing like a cancer in our midst.. but only because there are people like you the root of islam is that its forced, they can not leave it. i did and every word was as predictably obvius as the next.. now you go read the quran.. evil clown oh you are probably a muslim.. muslims dont understand anything but pain, so we wont get anywhere with you this statement is in the quran, and it speaks no more or less than im saying.. "Kill unbelievers where ever you find them" i see alot of words and non of it is relevant.. ban islam, now.. take back your brain media and statistics are irrelevant.. all you need is to read a few lines in the quran and you will agree with me islam is the problem.. the only moderate muslim is when there isnt enough muslims to radicalize him why respekt islam? it wants you dead and it will kill you and your family while laughing... like its suppose to, some people cant think further than there nose, we already knew this.. so we also know you need to kill yourself or stand for the ban of islam
The affect of Christianity has had an positive affect on humankind overall

====================================================== Contention 1: The Bible upholds human dignity and has supported the sanctity of life ====================================================== {*My opponent has failed to explain any greater honor than being made in the image of God himself, this inherently puts the value of human life above that of animals or any other living thing. I will again ask my opponent to show any greater honor.*} Fair enough. As requested by my opponent, I will provide an even greater honor than being made in the image of God. The reality of our existence is a much greater honor. As the great astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson said: "I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the Cosmos. That makes me want to grab people in the street and say, have you heard this?!" Carl Sagan also emphasized the greatness of our existence: "The Cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." Each and every one of us is a unique manifestation of the Universe, and this fact is a much greater honor. I find the idea that we are all servants to a celestial dictator is rather degrading to us. Your God made us inferior (according to your paradigm), while the Universe has made each of us unique, and does not require worship, submission, and cruel sacrifices. ======================================================== Contention 2: The Bible has created a base, from which societies can grow and flourish ======================================================== My opponent has dropped this contention. =========================================== Contention 3: Christianity teaches that we should care for the poor =========================================== My point still remains that the Bible has some teachings for and against the poor. He claims that the examples I provided were taken out of context so he tried explaining them away, but failed. ==================================== Contention 4: Christianity teaches peace between people ==================================== My opponent merely posted some peaceful Bible verses. The problem is that there are a great deal of both violent and peaceful verses. However, he says there is a time for war and a time for peace, but what does this really mean? Peace is inevitable even if the Christian God were to only promote violence, because even the most sinister serial killer cannot be violent 24 hours a day. Another important point is that Christianity by its very nature is divisive because it separates the Christians from the non-Christians and automatically creates animosity between the two groups. ========== Cons of Religion ========== This point has not been contended. ======= Conclusion ======= Resolution NEGATED.
The affect of Christianity has had an positive affect on humankind overall

I look forward to this debate, and I hope that you will accept. . . . I know that this is different from the original debate by Freeman, however I've been wanting to debate this topic for quite some time. . . . To win this argument you must prove that Christianity has had more of a negative affect on humankind in general, rather than a positive. Also - I would ask the opposition to allow me to leave the "sin-nature" of man as a given, if not I understand .. . -----------Contention I: The Bible upholds human dignity and has supported the sanctity of life ----------- Genisis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. is there any greater honor than to be mad "in the image" of the supposed almighty creator of the universe? . .. .if so I'd like you to show me. THE most important story in the Bible is the Gospel, this is a quick summary of it: God loved people so much that he became man and died for us. .. . the almighty immortal God died for us mortal humans. . . .again this upholds the importance of human life. ---------Contention 2: The Bible has created a base, from which societies can grow and flourish-------- As an example of this I will use America. Granted, It is well known that the Founding Fathers, though not all Christians, understood the inherent good of Biblical principles and used many of them in the creation process of our Constitution. In no small part due to these very principles, America has flourished and grown to be the most powerful nation in the world in just 200 years. . .. --------Contention 3: Christianity teaches that we should care for the poor-------- Philanthropy is definitely a positive thing for humankind, to show that Christianity teaches this I will merely cite a few examples from the Bible . . . ---- Exodus 23:6 "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits." ---- Luke 14:13 "But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind . . ." --------Contention 4: Christianity teaches peace between people------- ---- Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. This is a very touchy subject for many Christians, and often provides a source of confusion for Christians and non Christians alike. However, repeatedly the Bible speaks of peace. . . . on of the ten commandments is "though shalt not murder" . . . It is a general consensus that peace would better society, and is a positive affect, and Christianity supports this. *All scriptures from the ~New International Version Bible~ Definitions: *all definitions from ~dictionary.com~ Christian: a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity. Positive Affect: anything that has done more good than harm Human kind: The human race
Should schools assign homework to be turned in online

It's simple things like this that us young students need to change, its called growing pains but by next generation electronically homework will be revolutionized. Con said " As for the remark about making excuses, not everyone can afford to buy a new laptop when one might be needed", I want to say I completely agree with you, I myself was not born with a silver spoon & I do not own a silver spoon. Are you a college student or high school student? if you're a college student I'm sorry to say but you still don't have an excuse to buy a laptop or a tablet because you can buy one in the first month of the school year with your financial aid & that goes for all college students. We can't look at this problem as We can't turn in homework electronically or we just don' have the time to do it because we have no W-Fi, etc. We have to coexist to make things better & next year lets provide students with school laptops & Wi-Fi connectors to help push this.
Should schools assign homework to be turned in online

I greatly recognize the fact that technology has become an increasing factor in our everyday lives, but I don't see the need in requiring homework to be turned in online. I think there should be an option to turn in physical copies. As for the remark about making excuses, not everyone can afford to buy a new laptop when one might be needed. My school supplies every student with an Acer Netbook. As for going to the library both libraries located in my town close very shortly after school ends. I'm not saying that schools should only have electronic homework, but that there should be the option of either physical or electronic copies of homework.
Should schools assign homework to be turned in online

I haven't argued in such a long time so now's my time. Even though I do NOT have a definite position on this topic I'm going to play devils advocate. I'm a freshman in college and we can turn in our homework physically or electronically. We should turn in our homework electronically because we're in the year 2013 & (I) Live in the USA, I do not know where you live but it's time for the world to revolutionize to technology globally. I'm a straight forward person & sorry to say but it must be said, I believe if you disagree with me well go have fun carving your rock on the sidewalk to send messages. and stay behind because we must all admit technology is becoming a great part of everyones lives. Why do SCHOOLS offer libraries? To chit chat? Us, the students, go to & use the library as a resource for homework. It sounds like you go to school physically not online so you do not have an excuse to not use the school Wi-Fi. Not just the school but there are coffee shops who have Wi-Fi, for Christ sakes even McDonald's has Wi-Fi, and both locations offer free Wi-Fi. Con says: "my school's English Department has a no late work acceptance policy. I have a huge problem with my computer crashing and with a crashed computer I don't have the ability to turn assignments in." You need to stop making excuses and use your resources. Use the library, buy a new laptop, spend money to make money. It's not the schools fault they are preparing us for the future, we've been practicing preparing for certain things since middle school. people might say "Oh KB240o what you said is kinda harsh" well it may be but I have stated FACTS that have been around since schools were made. For example: They always prepare us for the future, have always been strict. We must make sacrifices to make things better for ourselves.
Should schools assign homework to be turned in online

I'm currently a Freshman, and in most of my core classes (mandatory classes put in place by the school) we are required to turn in homework assignments online. There are several reasons why I feel this is a lot more challenging for the student. First, there is always the classic argument that not all students have WIFI. While I don't believe this is a credible excuse I still feel the argument should be brought up. Second, most freshman students are under a lot of stress. I learn best by physically writing things down with a pen and paper. Without the use of paper my grades of started to drop tremendously. Poor grades give me an even higher amount of stress. Lastly, my school's English Department has a no late work acceptance policy. I have a huge problem with my computer crashing and with a crashed computer I don't have the ability to turn assignments in. Most teachers are reasonable and understand this while others are less understanding and don't accept work I would like to wish my challenger good luck and may the best debate win
if you file a false report, You commit an inexcusable crime

If there was a notable problem here, I would agree with you. But you haven't given me any logical connections. You only make claims. The crux of your argument is that it causes harm to other victims in the future. But this is an extraordinary claim. You're talking about a random person having an effect on another random person and causing a chain reaction. This is known as the slippery slope fallacy. There are too many unaccounted cogs in your model. Furthermore, I demonstrated in my previous statement that implementing your policy could cause rape victims to go to jail. These makes your proposition a risky one. If an idea is risky, Then the evidence for that idea needs to be that much stronger. I think that's enough on the issue. Good Debate.
if you file a false report, You commit an inexcusable crime

Your argument is way too extreme. False reports do not discredit the others. If people believe that logic, Then the problem is education, Not false reports. The punishment should fit the crime. If there is no victim, Then there's not crime. Your method actually hurts more people because if people think they might go to jail for filing a report, They might not file the report. What if I'm a rape victim and I file the report and the man is found innocent when he wasn't? Should I go to jail now for filing a false report. Because that's really the only way we could even guess if it was a false report or not. I don't think false filers are just admitting their lie. So how would we even punish a crime that we don't know is happening. Even if there was a case where we could prove a false report, The most I could say is that the offender should spend the same amount of time in jail that they put upon the falsely accused. Other than that, The rest of your argument is too harsh.
Thoughts on same sex marriage

So maybe they can't procreate but how are we to say someone can't marry someone they love huh? We are all for equal rights supposedly. WE CANT TELL PEOPEL THEY MUST MARRY SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. to me that's the whole point. And it was or em that gay couple are happier and last longer which means less divorces. Same sex marriage is the same. Just a man and man or woman and woman.
Illegal Immigration Is Bad For Americans

I'll begin by refuting points made by my opponent by drawing statistics directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. My opponent argues that illegal immigrants occupy jobs american citizens have, and that they don't pay their "fair share" in taxes. I would also like to state that my opponent has the 'burden of proof' in this matter and he must forthrightly prove that illegal immigrants are making it harder for Americans to find jobs. Finally, I would like to point out once again, the "math" he is doing has no cited work, or sources, and statistics that are use are either outdated, or incorrect. - Occupation of jobs The unemployment rate is currently just around 4.4%. According to the BoLS thats approximately 7.1 million unemployed Americans. These statistics actually include those that CHOOSE not to work, such as stay at home parents, or those that aren't looking for a job. Currently in the job market, there are 6.2 million job opportunities, this does include high-skill (college degree needed) jobs, but also low-skill (no degree) jobs, such as truck driving. In addition, these are only documented job openings, not those of such in customer service and retail. This totals to much more than the 7.1 unemployed Americans in the workforce. Also the argument previously used by my opponent should be and is nullified by the fact it is biased to his state, not America as he referenced a minimum wage of "7.50". -Fairness Simply put, there is no way to indicate what is "fair" otherwise by using opinion. Although some facts can be disputed over this matter. My opponent used a biased mathematical process in which is supposed to sway the reader, which isn't proper, but furthermore I don't believe my opponent is giving the entire picture of what these taxes are for and I will define it for the reader. Tax : a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. The point of taxes is to assist with funding government based programs that help Americans, or fund American budgets. This could include welfare, social security, and the worker's union. In stating this, it is actually impossible for an illegal immigrant to register for any of these benefits making any tax they pay, not returned, redistributing that money into the American economy. My opponent stated that 8 billion dollars were contributed to the federal reserves by immigrants meaning 8 billion dollars were redistributed among Americans and not to immigrants. Furthermore, these immigrants aren't paying an income tax, but still some are. Whenever they purchase a service or good, that is taxed. So stating the fact that immigrants are paying taxes is factually incorrect, they aren't contributing money into government programs. But as mentioned before, some are, and apparently that was 8 billion dollars added that they can never receive, sounds pretty unfair to the immigrants.
Illegal Immigration Is Bad For Americans

I am also glad that we both clearly understand the definition of Illegal Immigration. My opponent argues that illegal immigrants cannot attain any high-ranking work, thus making them occupants of low-ranking jobs. The majority of americans do not have jobs considered "high-ranking" due to both the current economic system of labor in which machines produce materials, but they are maintained, designed, replaced, and operated by laborers earning either minimum wage (7.50 where I live) or more based on either experience, education, or efficiency in doing their jobs. In fact, one of the key demographics behind current president Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election was whites without a college degree, who worked mainly in industrial or agricultural labor. My opponent did not provide any definitions of what he considers "high-ranking" or "low-ranking" jobs, or even any statistics to define the differences in earnings between them. Is 12.26 considered "high-ranking" or "low-ranking" compared to the average american's wages. The 2010 U. S. Census stated that only 32.1% of Americans had a college degree. Would the other 67.9% have "high-ranking" jobs? Probably not since over 11 million illegal immigrants have flooded our country's job market. I believe that 11 million is a low-ball estimate, the real number is probably closer to 17-20 million. In 2013, 85.5% of Americans paid either income or payroll tax, compared to around 50% of illegal immigrants. Of the 14.5% of the country that didn't pay either, 9.7% were the elderly, and the remaining 4.7% made less than $20,000 year, paying around $2,700 a year through pre-payroll tax. Now, I reference the fact that illegal immigrants make up around 5% of the national civiilian workforce which means that in theory, they could make up that 4.7% of americans who make less than 20,000 a year. But, they make an average of 25,500 a year, making them ineligible. Hmm. But what's really odd is the fact that if you divide the amount paid in taxes (8 billion) by the total workforce (8 million) you come out with $1,000 paid every year in taxes by ALL illegal immigrants. But, as I sais before only half of them actually pay income taxes, making the average tax paid around $2,000. You might say "See, they pay taxes! " But let's see if this makes any sense. That 4.7% of americans, who made 5,000 dollars LESS a year than illegal immigrants pay around 700 dollars MORE than the illegal immigrants who pay taxes. In conclusion, not only do illegal immigrants occupy jobs that american citizens could have, they don't even pay their fair share.
Illegal Immigration Is Bad For Americans

As my opponent didn't outline the term of illegal immigration I will do so now Illegal : contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law. Immigration : the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. I would like to note that my opponent did not outline any sources for their arguments, so there is a pretense that these arguments could be not factually correct. But by going by these statistics, the affirmative argues that illegal immigrants are having a negative impact on the U. S. economy, but this is in fact incorrect. The immigrant population that are undocumented can not attain any high ranking work, in turn resulting in the occupancy of low-tier jobs. In America, the amount of accessible jobs is actually very high, as there are constantly companies hiring, that anyone can apply for. Any American who is unemployed is almost guaranteed a job in customer service as they are consistently hiring. Furthermore, my opponent is unclear in the point he is presenting with his mathematical reasoning in the ending of his statement and I await clarification of his main points as to why illegal immigration is bad for Americans in the next round.
Illegal Immigration Is Bad For Americans

Illegal immigration is not only ILLEGAL in it's definition, but is also extremely regressive for Americans in terms of it's effect on both the economy and government benefits systems otherwise known collectively as welfare. In 2015, there was an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. Of that amount, around 8 million immigrants made up around 5% of the total national civilian workforce (those working, were unemployed but able to work and those looking for work). The unemployment rate was around 5.7 percent at the time of the previous statistic. Based on the aforementioned statistics, one could reasonably conclude that presence of these illegal immigrants impacted the amount of American citizens able to work. Now, these statistics don't prove this theory, yet. In 2015, around 8 billion dollars was contributed to the federal reserve by these illegal immigrants by around 50% of illegal immigrant households. If you do the math, this equates to around 1,300 dollars paid for each of those tax-paying immigrants. Doing even more math leads to the average salary of these immigrants totaling around 25,500 dollars a year. Let's assume they work full time, which is at least 40 hours a week, and that they work every week of the year. Their hourly wage is 12.26 dollars an hour. That's around 4 and a half more dollars per hour than minimum wage.
Illegal Immigration Is Bad For Americans

Why should illegal immigrants be able to even get jobs here in the first place? If you are not an American Citizen, you should not be entitled to the same rights that an American Citizen has. I forget the name of the law, but it goes something like this: If you are not a citizen of America and you are in America, you: A) Are not protected under the law by the constitution or it's amendments since they are reserved for American Citizens. B) You are however, held responsible for any criminal acts that you commit. You say that Illegal Immigrants could be a major contributer to the economy if they became citizens. I agree, somewhat. If they are actively applying for citizenship or else taking a citizenship course, they should be allowed to stay. If they are simply here to either commit crimes or steal American jobs, get the hell out. If they come on a visa, okay, but once it runs out, get the hell out. Wouldn't it make more sense for American Citizens to get those jobs first?
Light Yagami Became a Shinigami

I have found the the director's cut of death note, what I think was ryuk was talking to himself. while looking at light yagami's name in his death note he said " you were not god, you were just..." and stops to see if the shinigami was still there (maybe because he was rambling on like an old man). but he left to drop a death note into the human world, like ryuk did. ryuk said " and you get to see something you wont forget for the rest of your life", then he looks into the clouds as if light was looking down on him, " am I right, light?" that's what I think. so I will leave it there, and wait for a good argument! :P