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Ban all illustrated Bibles now!

I negate the resolution: Ban all illustrated Bibles now [Topical Observations] 1) The resolution states ‘ban'. Because an average constituent of society cannot put forth direct laws that directly affect others, this resolution deals with the government achieving the action [Definitions] 1) Ban: to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution 2) All: a whole amount [Value/VC] Value: Justice Value Criterion: Government Intervention Justice is inherent to the resolution because it deals with making new legislation (no laws currently do this action). Justice is giving each their due. My value of justice is upheld through government intervention. The resolution states an action that will undoubtedly affect members of society. Therefore, my opponent must prove how this governmental intervention is just. [Contentions] 1) One of the most important goals of any given government is to promote happiness to its constituents. Because the definition of ban includes the ‘performance' (use) of something, in this case illustrated bibles, it also includes the government taking away illustrated bibles from members of its society, not just preventing the future sale of such items. Because Christianity is the largest religion in this world, and the bible, illustrated or not, is the most important piece of scripture for this religion, as well as the fact that the Bible has been printed over five billion times since 1815 and translated into over 2,000 different languages, all point to the fact that the bible promotes happiness. Thus, taking away something that promotes happiness would be decreasing happiness. 2) Banning illustrated bibles would have negative economic effects on a society. In order for a society to exist, it must have a strong economy. Millions of illustrated bibles are sold each year (approx. 25 million), and over 90% of Americans say that they own a bible (the average is 4 per household). This has two positive effects: creates jobs (publishers) and creates tax revenue. Therefore, banning the future distribution of illustrated bibles (which make up the majority of bibles) would hurt publishers (bibles outsell the top-seller every week 2 to 1) and it would not increase tax revenue, which can then be used to fixing everyday problems this country faces. [Rebuttal] [Value] --> he gives not value, thus mine is superior and the ‘higher standard' [Value Criterion] --> once again, he does not present one. You can therefore extend my VC through the round [Contentions] My opponent does not clearly mark his arguments, but I will try my best: ‘no living artist has ever seen Him so how can they know how to paint Him' I have 3 arguments --> Through digital computer processing, scientists have actually identified some features of Jesus' face from the Shroud of Turin --> nobody is making anybody buy illustrated bibles. If you feel this way, simply buy a bible with no illustrations of Jesus --> Not all illustrations in books are of Jesus. Because my opponent only argues that the illustrations of Jesus are wrong, other illustrations (which, by the way, are a majority) are okay
Ban all illustrated Bibles now!

According to all the popes and archbishops and that, all the people who lived wholesome, blameless lives (and who were born since the Bible was written and who lived in countries where Christianity was practiced) were sent to Heaven. Now, please imagine one day in the afterlife where the innocents are lawfully going about their celestial business when one of them pops into a hallowed hostelry for a sacramental scotch and soda. Well, this beatified boozer has a couple. Actually, he has a few. And on his way to the consecrated crapper for sacred slash, our inebriated angel accidentally bumps into a guy with a beard, thus causing him to spill his beer. "Oi! Thee," says the bloke with the beard, "Didst thou spill my pint?" "So what if I did," replies the deceased drunkard, "Have you got a problem with that, beardy?" "Right, that's it," says Beardy, "Thou and me, outside on yonder cloud, NOW!" So, they both went outside to scrap it out. However, our half-cut hero's hirsute opponent possessed more special moves than all the Mortal Kombat characters put together and, as the sloshed seraph lay prostrate and utterly defeated, his bearded enemy decided to FINISH HIM! Oh dear, oh dear! Well, now, all that could have been avoided. You see, what our winged whisky-drinker didn't realise was that the aggrieved pub-goer he had been fighting was, in fact, none other than the Lord Jesus Christ himself. But he couldn't have known that because in his illustrated Bible, Jesus was depicted thus: http://ce.byu.edu... While the bloke that offered him outside (and subsequently kicked his head in) looked like this: http://www.lycos.co.uk... Well, why shouldn't he look like that? No living artist has ever seen Him so how could they know how to paint Him? It's no wonder, then, that an angel that hadn't been introduced to Him would fail to recognise Him and land himself up in a fight he could never win as a result. Therefore, in order to avoid any future angels becoming involved in alcohol-fuelled, posthumous punch-ups with The Lord, I submit that illustrations in Bibles should be banned forthwith Thank you.
There is not enough focus on space colonisation

"human race who have been on this planet for 6,000 years, within large civilizations for 4,000 years, in acknowledgement of our place in the heavens for 2,000 years" Yea no, humanity as a species has been here longer then 6000 damn years -_- of course if were talking about recorded human history, then 6000 fits that if your a creationist im not continuing this debate -_-
There is not enough focus on space colonisation

On paper the answer seems pretty straight forward, humanity combines its efforts to get off of this rock so we dont extinct, in reality its not that simple. We cant even co-operate on the same playing field which is just one world, and until we do that, space programs wont get as much funding as you would hope. on top of that the last thing humanity needs right now is to have a colony somewhere that fucks up said worlds environment under a christian leader. Humanity needs to learn that actions have consequences, once they figure that out, then we should colonize other worlds.
There is not enough focus on space colonisation

"What I mean by 6,000 years is that before that we have no reliable proof that humanity would be recognisable in comparison to today's standards, they pyramids are 4,000 years old and the Babylonian/Sumerian/Mayan civilisations are recorded in cuneiform at est. 6,000 years old." if your talking about culture and so forth, then yes, if were talking about what humans looked like and did, we have evidence of that back 255,000 years in central Africa. - but your right, i did go a bit off topic there, anyway the technology is not at the level you think it is, at least when we start talking about interstellar travel. also its less of fear and greed thats holding us back, its more of public interest and economics, even if we wanted to do this, it would cause a huge shift in the economy. - Also consider this, despite what Steven hawking might have said, unless we REALLY screw up the planet somehow, even if all of civilization collapsed and 99% of the population got wiped out because of it, humanity would still survive. But i do agree with you on one thing, at the rate were going civilization "as we know it" is pretty much screwed, still like i said before, even if the walking dead happend tomorrow, as long as humanity could survive, that could recover and rebuild, even if it took a million years to do so, it would just be a minor roadblock to an eventual interstellar civilization. but on a even larger time scale, consider this. Humanity has only two possible futures, we either go extinct, or we live forever, and since living forever would require a species to live for an infinite amount of time, its impossible, so no matter what we do, whether or not we fund humanitys expansion into space, humanity is still screwed no matter what, so you can say whatever you want about the human spirit to explore and make a better future for our children, but thats emotional appeal, the moment you switch over to logic, its nothing more then delaying the inevitable <- sorry if that sounds a bit depressive.
There is not enough focus on space colonisation

I see you happened to leave out of the quote the part that was relevant to this debate 'and have had satellites for 60 years' No, I'm not a creationist, I believe in the laws of thermodynamics and the mobius strip of space-time ... What I mean by 6,000 years is that before that we have no reliable proof that humanity would be recognisable in comparison to today's standards, they pyramids are 4,000 years old and the Babylonian/Sumerian/Mayan civilisations are recorded in cuneiform at est. 6,000 years old. You've really strayed of topic here ...
Exteel sucks

When discousing games they are no other factors or variables to consider beyond enjoyment. that is all they are for. thats why we catorgorize it under entertainment in the discousion forums. In murder more comes into play than a persons enjoyment. They are a great many topics to be discoused and debated that are not related to entertainment. Murder is one of those. By the way, your grammar in the first sentance is confusing; '...all debates are wrong right since every...' Vote Con! cause at bear minimum pro did not prove for certain his position.
Exteel sucks

Actually, when talking about games, that's all it takes. legitimate joy is holy and pure thing. If a game can instil this is anyone person, then it is counted as good because because it has instilled a holy experience in a individual. C.S. Lewis speaks of how joy, even for something as simple as liking onion soup, can overthrow weeks of progress made by our tempters. That witch is bad and that witch is demonic does not have within its power to make joy. Joy can only come from a source that is good. So even if many do dislike the game, a holy experience was still created, just not in those particular individuals. My opponent complains the game is updated only every 3 years. I have an classic Netindo game called Kirby, its not updated at all and yet I can still find it addictive and fun. that fact that a game is not sufficient to say that it sucks. By the way; I bet the hackers are having fun in the game, or they wouldn't continue to hack, So they prove this game provides joy for some.
Exteel sucks

Yes, and I am supposed to show how exteel does suck and the cons of it. First of all, I have played exteel before. They have updates like every 3 years? And also, there are many glitchers and hackers inside this game. Next, noobs complain about hackers whenever they die. Finally, just because one person likes the game doesn't make it a good game. In order for the game to be good, it should be able to outdo the other fps games of its category. You can check the rating at www.gameogre.com.
Exteel sucks

No it doesn't. look at this link http://www.exteel.com... They are robots in this game. With guns. all good things. In order to suck it can not any good things to go in a game. that's as objective as either of us can approach whether or not this game is good or bad without interference with our own opinion that may be contrary to the truth. If we allow to account for that differing opinions then I would like to point out that it is a easy position to defend that if only one person likes this game, then it does not suck.
Dinosours were better at film making than dogs are today

Your previous argument: Yes, because dogs and dinosaurs are stupid and can't operate human technology.[nb 1] I thank you for accepting this debate. Argument 1[nb 3] Though humans were and are far more successful than any other species in filmmaking, I can still gather some sources and statistics to show you that dinosaurs are nearly 100% better than dogs.[nb 2] To be direct: In a 2004 poll, the results are as follows, showing the amount of people who believe dinosaurs are better filmmakers than dogs and vice versa.[1][nb 2] Yes: 188,542,960,852 No: 4 References/sources [1] no source[nb 2] Notes [nb 1] Double sarcasm, though I am not too sure that I was good at it. Hope this didn't ruin anything. [nb 2] 100% reliable. [nb 3] Due to this debate's highly confidential information, we are forced to remove any other argument in this debate.
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It's fine that you want me to go first, whatever. My argument will follow somewhat along the lines of the one by Jared Diamond. Agriculture arose pretty much because hunter gatherer societies were growing in population and wanted to feed more people. The alternate solution that I argue they should have taken is to simply have not made more babies. This would have been very beneficial. Hunter gatherers work less, about 3 hours a day on average(1). They also are healthier, as forensic analysis of their bones has shown. Also, height is indicative of nutrition. The average human height before agriculture was about a foot taller than the height after agriculture. The height of agricultural people did not pick up for a few thousand years, and still is slightly shorter than HG's, even in rich developed countries. Third, any modern problem one could think of, global warming, war, pollution, poverty, social inequality, persistent crime, et cetera arose from agriculture. If we were still hunter-gatherers, we would not have coal plants and oil cars that emit CO2, war would be much less deadly, and much less frequent. Pollution, also would not occur without our industrial factories. Poverty would not exist because HG's worked with each other and shared food. HG's were also very egalitarian, and had little sexism or social classes. Crime only happens on a large scale when there are large populations, 60000 years ago, when everyone was an HG, there were only 10000 people. Sources: 1.http://www.environnement.ens.fr... Read it, it's pretty short and it's interesting. The world problems points I made are pretty much common knowledge, we all know that what I said is true, but I can find a source if you need me to.
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I'll try this debate on for size. My topic of choice is Choice #3 - Agriculture was a BIG mistake--that is, man should never have made the change from hunting and gathering to farming. I am CON in this debate, and I will allow PRO to post the first argument. It's not a cop out, this is simply my first real debate on this site, and I think I should post second just to make sure I've got a feel for how online debate works. I've perused a few debates so far (looks like Lwerd and Logical-Master are debating beasts!) so I think I've got the jist of it, but we'll see. Thanks for starting this debate, PRO!
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My opponent will choose one of these three topics. I am PRO, he is CON. If he wants, he can post his argument with his choice, or he can let me do it in R2. 1. Cannibalism of non-diseased human carcasses is a superior alternative to cremation or burial. 2. The world would be better off with corporate governments. (If you don't know what I mean by that, I'll explain in my R2 post.) 3.Agriculture was a BIG mistake--that is, man should never have made the change from hunting and gathering to farming.
Should Hollywood Undead got rid of Deuce

Contention 1: The Break-UpHollywood Undead and Deuce parted ways in 2010, when Deuce began to drag around a personal assistant and had all his needs cattered to him. He was then later replaced by American Idol Contestant Daniel Murrilo, AKA Danny. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) It wasn't discovered why until Johnny 3 Tears and Da Kurlzz were interviewed and they displayed this. Here is the video of the interview. (http://www.youtube.com...)Here are some key quotes from the interview. It was so bad, that I don't think there would've been another record if he was still with us", Da Kurlzz "We bent over backwards to accommodate Deuce",- Da Kurlzz"It was just that he didn't like being on the road, so we would have to do things to make him happy. He also claimed to be writing all the songs, and all this B.S."- Johnny 3 TearsIn an interview with JDOG and Charlie Scene reveal the rest of the story. (http://www.youtube.com...)Here are some key quotes."He wanted to have his personal assistant (Jimmy Yuma) come on the tour. None of us have personal assistants, we're not egomaniacs. We don't need that, and he wanted the band to pay for it and we did for like four months. After that we were like, 'we're not gonna pay $800 a week to have your buddy out on tour'. We went to the airport to fly out for our next tour, and he didn't show up. We were like, what the fvck do we do? We called him and he didn't answer. So for the first 2 weeks of that tour, I sang all his parts."- Charlie SceneContention 2: Hollywood after Deuce.In 2010, there song Here me now was released and became the number 2 hottest song on Itunes. Then when American Tragedy was released in January 2011, they sold out and hit #2 on Billboard 200 and #1 on the Canadian Charts. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) As you can see Hollywood Undead had to fire Deuce and they are a whole lot better than with him.
Pacific vs. Atlantic

The Oceans are part of the Systematic Oceans of Planet America (SOPA) where steroids are illegal. The Pacific Ocean has admitted to taking steroids as seen in the photo below of the Pacific Ocean being swamped by the press after the allegations first came out. Lets just say that the Atlantic and the Pacific has its fair share of both nice places to visit and sketchy places to visit"Salt on food is great. Salt water will kill you! "That is not proven, explain Spongebob. .. . "Surfing is not only for hippies! "See the video above, not a single coherent sentence. .. .". http://www.youtube.com... "How do you sleep at night? !? ! "Soundly, by knowing that Im not going to die from a tsunami since I dont live along the Pacific Ocean"Once again you show your obvious bigotry towards this ocean! "Two seconds later the Pro said this, "Indonesia tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people. .. that's getting sh! t done. "So I am not a bigot you bigot. My opponent got his words messed up a little, "Pacific rhymes with "Yourassdeservesakick" while Atlantic rhymes with "Irapemybuttwithastick" " CorrectionATLANTIC rhymes with Yourassdeservesakick, while the Pacific rhymes with Irapemybuttwithafathairystick. .. .Pacific is still larger. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . IllegallyPacific has more islands. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 problems and islands are all of themAtlantic is where the slave trade happened. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pacific had Pearl Harbor, we're evenPacific is more exciting than the Atlantic. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Opinion Pacific has the DEEPEST SPOT IN ANY OCEAN. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . And Megatron still escapedThe Pacific is large and goes deep. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Just like your mom's you know what! !! !! The Atlantic is home to the Columbian drug trade. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .Colombia is in South America not the Atlantic90% of your stuff is probably made in China so Pacific says F*CK EUROPE. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . NO F*CK CHINAThe US bought Alaska so we'd have more land on the Pacific coast than Atlantic cuz it sucks. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Sarah PalinThe Pacific can time travel using the International Dateline. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Now i have to fix my watch? F*ckThe Pacific has California i. e Hollywood, the first Disneyland. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Atlantic has Disney WORLDThe Pacific also has Hong Kong Disney and Tokyo Disney.
Pacific vs. Atlantic

Since the ocean is not part of any organized sports teams or competitive groups the use of steroids is not illegal since it has been for personal use only. This only shows how the Pacific Ocean is obviously more creative and ingenious than the Atlantic Ocean which may be slightly retarded...The Pacific has Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa (where the Samoa Girlscout Cookie factory is obviously located...), the international date line (badass). These places are obviously nicer than Europe which is currently going broke... Soon the Europeans will be drowining themselves when their mutual funds crash and then you'll have a whole host of corpses floating in YOUR ocean.Salt on food is great. Salt water will kill you! In the Atlantic the water is salty thereby resulting in a higher mortality rate. Your ocean is also a cause of cancer because it has higher salt concentrations leading to obvious cases of liver, brain, eye, prostate, toe, butt and bladder cancer! Surfing is not only for hippies! This blatant use of a stereotype is completely offensive. There are plenty of Peruvians and Australians who are NOT HIPPIES. I turn my nose up at you since your obviously bigoted against Pacific Ocean goers. How do you sleep at night?!?!Pacific has: Russians, Pacific Islanders (those Hawaiian chicks can be HOT), Australians and New Zealanders. Not only Asians. Once again you show your obvious bigotry towards this ocean!Indonesia tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people... that's getting sh!t done.Pacific also rhymes with "Yourassdeservesakick" while Atlantic rhymes with "Irapemybuttwithastick"Pacific is still larger.Pacific has more islands.Atlantic is where the slave trade happened.Pacific is more exciting than the Atlantic. Pacific has the DEEPEST SPOT IN ANY OCEAN.The Pacific is large and goes deep. The Atlantic is home to the Columbian drug trade.90% of your stuff is probably made in China so Pacific says F*CK EUROPEThe US bought Alaska so we'd have more land on the Pacific coast than Atlantic cuz it sucksThe Pacific can time travel using the International DatelineThe Pacific has California i.e Hollywood, the first DisneylandThe Pacific also has Hong Kong Disney and Tokyo DisneyThe Pacific is obviously better than the Atlantic...