BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Art and/or music are important in grade school.

Art and music programs are important to children in grade school as young minds are the most able to be cultivated and the benefits of both art and music on developing minds have been shown in various research publications. Art programs are able to cultivate developing artists to help gain jobs as artists -- as when competition arises for artistic competitions in later forms of education, those educated with art programs in grade school are more likely to succeed due to having more experience in their craft. Music programs are able to help instill knowledge in grade school kids at an elementary level of musical theory that could flourish into intermediate and advanced knowledge of music theory that creates future composers of music used in both commercial uses as well as uses that could entertain and inform the world in the future. If art and music programs were removed from grade schools, knowledge of art and music would be stalled which would limit the amount of jobs in art and music.
Jesus had Autism

Well, you see, that Psalm 37:23 quote you claim is "true" is actually from the simplified version of the Bible. The True Bible is much longer and more detailed. The quote you claim is true actually comes much later in the True Bible. I'm sure you're confused, so let me explain. There is a form of Christianity called True Christianity. It's the only true form of Christianity out there. There are only a few True Christians in the entire world, and I'm one of them, as you can see. The True Bible is part of True Christianity. Like I said before, the True Bible is much longer and more detailed. I study it every day, in fact. Every other version of the Bible is actually the simplified version of the True Bible. The part about Jesus having Autism is one of the many details explained during the Jesus saga in the True Bible. As for your second argument, Autism has technically been around for a very, very long time. God even acknowledged the fact that Autism had existed ever since man was created, and yet it has only been discovered in the 1940s. Proof: "Modernism 45:12-13 - (12) 'I, the Lord of the entire Universe, find it interesting that the cursed and satanic Autism has existed ever since Man was created, (13) yet it has only been truly discovered by Modern Man at around 1943,' said the Lord God to Himself." As for your remark at the end, I am not joking. Jesus did in fact had Autism, according to the True Bible. Also, why would I be joking about Autism? That would be a Satanist move, and I, a TRUE Christian, would never do that. I await your rebuttal.
Jesus had Autism

You quote Psalm 37:23, which you claim says And so the Lord said, 'My son may have the cursed Autism, but he was able to successfully do My duty. I am very proud of him for that, you see.'" However, this quote actually says "The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;" Furthermore, the word autism was first used in the 1940s, so it would never appear in the bible. I am also 90 percent sure you are joking, but I'm new here as well, so I don't know.
Jesus had Autism

Hey everyone, new user here. For this first debate, I am going to prove that Jesus did in fact had Autism. Let's look at some examples from the Bible. "Psalm 37:23 (NIV) - And so the Lord said, 'My son may have the cursed Autism, but he was able to successfully do My duty. I am very proud of him for that, you see.'" I don't think God had a second son because it doesn't say anywhere from the Bible that God had another son, so I am pretty sure that He was talking about Jesus in that quote. But that's nothing compared to this quote. Here, it explicitly stated that Jesus did indeed have Autism. "Proverbs 18:13 (NIV) - They gathered here today to celebrate the Son of God, Jesus, who was Autistic yet he was brave and spread the Word of God around like it was Donuts." And just in case you somehow still don't believe me, here's another Bible quote that consists of Jesus literally saying that he has Autism. "Romans 8:28-29 - '(28) I bless you all, for my Father blessed me to bless you. Of course, the cursed and satanic Autism had stopped me in a few tracks, but I persisted and carried His word. (29) Again, I bless you all, and good luck in life,' said the Son of God, Jesus, to the loyal Christians on Earth." I don't think Jesus would be just joking here, because he wouldn't break his own Father's rules and lie about his Autism. Plus, joking about Autism is just plain wrong. So next time you joke about Autism, just remember that Jesus had it too. Just saying. The Burden of Proof is on me, by the way. You may post your argument for the next space. Also, here's how the next two rounds will be. R2 - Counterclaim R3 - Conclusion Good luck.
The Existence of God (Christian)

God is all powerful and all knowing. But I believe that sometimes, God lets us make a certain decision and wants to see how we turn out. No God did not create sin, and yes He has the power to erase it. But the world will one day end. And everyone will be taken up to the judgment throne. "It is written: "As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God." Romans 14:11. Also, the Second Law of Thermodynamics states that, :...that in a natural thermodynamic process, there is an increase in the sum of the entropies of the participating systems..." This means that the universe is moving from order to disorder.
The Existence of God (Christian)

Thank you for that short response. Rebuttal: “You basically said that if God really existed then there would be a perfect world with perfect morals am I correct?” This sounds like a rebuttal, but whatever, yes that is what I said. “But God gave us all something special. Free will.” This sentence is a fallacy. If God is to exist at all, it impossible for anything to have free-will, so saying that God gave us free-will is false. God is defined as omniscient, knowing past, present, future. Since God knows what the future holds, then it is fixed. There is no changing this, no free-will. So it is impossible for him to give anyone free-will. “Also, God did not create sin nor did He intend for there to be any sin in this world.” God is omnipotent, so he has the power to erase sin. He is also omniscient, so he knew there would be sin if he created the world. He knew this yet went on to create it, so he did intend to have sin. Even if the impossible happened, and God did not intend to have sin. He could easily erase it. “But when Adam and Eve's made their choice perfection went away.” If God exists, then it is impossible to make any choices, so this sentence is a fallacy. God also knew that the perfection would go away. This is the end of my rebuttal since Pro didn’t really state any real arguments. Arguments: It is impossible for a God to exist. The Christian God is labeled as having these characteristics: omnipotent, omniscient, supreme, supernatural, personal being. If the being does not hold these characteristics, then this being is not a god. Now I’d like to focus on omnipotence and omniscient. First of all, it is impossible for any being to be omnipotent. An omnipotent being is thought to be able to do anything. Including being a married bachelor. Since being a married bachelor is impossible to do, an omnipotent being cannot do everything, thus losing its omnipotence. Thus if this being loses omnipotence, it is not a God. God does not exist. Also a being cannot be omnipotent and omniscient. An omniscient being does not have free-will because it knows what it will do in advance. Yet not having the ability of free-will contradicts omnipotence. A being cannot be omnipotent or omniscient at the same time, it is impossible, something has to give. Since something has to give, this being cannot be a god. Conclusion: I look forward to my opponents rebuttal and arguments. Since my opponent hasn’t presented any arguments yet (I don’t think so) I look forward to them next round. Thank you!
The Existence of God (Christian)

Well I am glad to know that you know about a topic and still disagree instead of just disagreeing to something for no real reason. God does exist. Just because you can not put him in a mathematical formula or scientific equation does not change whether or not he exists. You basically said that if God really existed then there would be a perfect world with perfect morals am I correct? But God gave us all something special. Free will. If He made ours choices then we would be like robots. Also, God did not create sin nor did He intend for there to be any sin in this world. But when Adam and Eve's made their choice perfection went away. But people cannot blame Adam. Because the Bible says that when you reach the age of accountability then you will account for ALL your sins.
The Existence of God (Christian)

In this debate, intend to discuss the God of the Christian origin. As Con, I will be arguing that God does not exist. Thus my opponent will be arguing that God does exist. I wish to take this debate seriously, anyone that can prove that God is real, should accept. Definitions: God: A divine, supernatural, omniscient, omnipotent, personal, supreme being that is thought to have created life, moral values, and the universe. Theist: Having the belief in a god/gods. Atheist: Lacking the belief in god/gods. Creationism: the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. Evolution: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. Omniscient: All-knowing, knows past, present, future. Omnipotent: having unlimited power; able to do anything. Faith: strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Rules: First round is acceptance only. Second round will be for arguments only. Third round and on is for arguments and rebuttals. A forfeit is an automatic loss. My accepting the debate, you accept all the definitions and rules. If you would like to question a rule or definition, please specify in the first round. Do not limit your duties. Many religious debaters limit their task to proving that there is a possibility that God exists. This is obviously unfair, for I am arguing God does not exist, my opponent is arguing that God does exist. Merriam Webster
The United States should implement a flat tax, regardless of income.

It is very rude to start a debate and run away at the middle of it. http://youtu.be...This time I can't put the video explaining USA economy at the side. :-( please click the linkUSA has a problem, it has more and more debs, and it is going to exploit in our face soon creating the greatest depression that humanity ever face. The only solution is to increase the taxes, to the very wealthy people in great amount to pay the debts; increasing taxes to the poor will only lead to a violent revolution. Printing money is ok, but it generates inflation but that is fine, because you can reduce inflation by raising the taxes, if people have less money, they buy less stuff and with less demand prices goes down. The previous argument about the army is absurd because the army is not a business, it has no clients to serve, and it is not like a restaurant or a software company.
The United States should implement a flat tax, regardless of income.

Welcome to debate.org! Can you present yourself? You have nothing in your profile. How old are you? By the way, you are suppose to watch the video I post in my last round. I will keep debating anyway: If you want to live in a country where the taxes are very low for the rich, be my guess, take your stuff and move to russia which people live in even worse conditions than in the states. I don't know if it will be more fair to charge a flat income tax ration, what I'm sure is that 25% flat income tax will lead to great misery. Do you think unequal tax are unfair? I'm going to explain what is unfair: To be born with a genetic illness. To be born in a conflictive area. To not have enough money to pay a doctor. To be willing to work and not being able to find a job. To not be able to get proper scientific education. To have to go to the war when others do not. ... But if you want to argue in favor of a 80% flat tax percentage with a government that guaranties that every one will be able to have food, will page 80% of the rent of the house, unlimited health care, a proper army to make sure our security, free education like in europe, and guaranties jobs for everyone. Then in that case I will support your proposition and I will be the first one to emigrate to USA. You could also charge 0% tax and just print more money as you need it, but it is likely that people will stop using that currency very quickly. The idea that an entrepreneur will fire workers to save money is absurd, if you fire your workers you factory or restaurant or whatever will reduce its productivity and you will lose your clients and your income. And if your business goes well you only hire more people if you really need it. If you don't need it you just put your money in your pocket. Check it out, it is on my last video. Humanity needs to remember that money is just a tool, a piece of paper and if it doesn't serve its purpose you can use it in the toilet. For european people it is difficult to imagine a government as dysfunctional as the USA one, no other develop country has a health care system or educational system as bad as that, and now you want to reduce that taxes to the very reach people reducing the income of the government and making it even more dysfunctional. Really, it is a huge mistake to cut the taxes to the reach, if you become a president of the government don't do it. Do not base your decision in a funny feeling of fairness, base your decision in the consequences. by the way, I'm delighted to hear that you would exempt of paying taxes to the people how earn very little. I left you here a lecture on economic philosophy, I hope you will conclude that charging unequal taxes (%) if something good. http://www.youtube.com...
The United States should implement a flat tax, regardless of income.

Hi there! Welcome to Debate.org, I can see this is your first debate. The law that you are proposing is unfair because if a person earns 10k a year, for that person to pay 2.5k in taxes is a lot of money and that person may have problems to buy food or to pay the doctor, but for a person who earns 10M, 2.5M is a much comfortable sacrifice inspire of paying more (he still can pay the doctor). From the point of view of the government, a flat tax that every one can pay may be insufficient to maintain itself, not that governments have the duty to preserve the happiness of their citizens by redistributing the wealth, making sure they don't suffer from hunger of illness, they can get education, etc. There is no doubt that the USA government is dysfunctional in many aspects, and this law is likely to make it even more dysfunctional by collecting less taxes and damaging the re-distribution. By the way, a flat tax means everyone pays the same no mater what is your income (but we will not debate about this). pd. I would prefer is you replay by making a youtube video.
The United States should implement a flat tax, regardless of income.

It seems to me that no one would consider it unfair policy to enact a flat tax for income in the United States across all income levels. For this debate let's just say 25%. I know there are many other types of taxes out there: capital gains, investment income, etc. but aren't they all money in your pocket at the end of the day? Should not all forms of "income" be taxed at the same rate? Obviously, our government doesn't think so, but I think it would be fair to everyone to base the taxes you pay on a predetermined percentage of the income you brought in. If I make 25K a year, I pay 6K a year in taxes, if I make 25M I pay 6M, the point here being, if I make 25K a year, I can only afford to pay 6K in taxes, if I make 25M I can afford to pay 6M in taxes.
War never changes

War does change with time. At the beginning wars were fought with sticks and stones, then came bows and swords, armor, horses, elephants, muskets, catapults, then came the Gatling gun, warships, tanks, aircraft, nuclear weapons, and the Cyber and space worlds. Technology advanced then brought forth new tactics and strategy to do away with obsolete tactics and strategy, from fighting in lines, to trench warfare, to what it is today. As time goes on tactics and strategy changes with technology advancements. https://en.wikipedia.org...
I would be more harmed than you if we broke up.

Resolution: I would be more harmed than you if we broke up Both parties share burden of proof. We can only use quoted song lyrics to make our case (sentence fragments are ok but complete sentences are better) and must cite the song and artist for each lyric. We can't use a lyric from a song already used. Opening arguments: If things should ever turn out wrong and all the love we have is gone, it won't be easy on that day. [1] Do you remember when we met? Thats the day I knew you were my pet. I want to tell you how much I love you. [2] My heart was wrapped in clover the night I looked at you. And I found a dream that I could speak to- a dream to call my own. I found a thrill to press my cheek to- a thrill that I have never known. You smile and the spell was cast and here we are in heaven. [3] You're my world, my heart, my soul. If you ever leave, baby you would take away everything good in my life. Without you there'd be no sun in my sky. There would be no love in my life. There'd be no world left for me. How do I live without you? If you ever go how do I ever, ever survive? Please tell me baby, how do I go on? [4] Nothing compares to you. [5] Losin' you would end my life you see cause you mean that much to me. [6] This is my heart bleeding before you- this is me down on my knees. [7] All of my love to you. [8] I'm so in love with you. Whatever you want to do is all right with me cause you make me feel so brand new. And I want to spend my life with you. Let"s stay together. [9] I love you about as deep as any love can grow. No one in the world has ever done what you do for me and I"d be sad and lonely if there were no you. How do I love you? Well count the ways. There ain"t a number high enough to end this phrase, baby completely wrapped up in you. [10] If you take your love away from me I"ll go crazy. I"ll go insane. My love runs deep within the ocean and sea but if you sail away you"ll take a center piece of me. [11] I need your love. Godspeed your love to me! [12] When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we'll see, I won"t be afraid just as long as you stand by me. [13] Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms. When the world outside's too much to take, that all ends when I'm with you. [14] And I will never find another lover more precious than you. You are the only one- my everything. [15] How do you do it?- make me feel like I do. How do you do it? It"s better than I ever knew. [16] I hope you don't mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while you're in the world. [17] [1] Pixies- Winterlong [2] Cat Power- Sea of Love [3] Etta James- At Last [4] Leann Rimes- How Can I Live? [5] Prince- Nothing Compares 2 U [6] Marvin Gaye- I Heard it Through the Grapevine [7] Jewel- Foolish Games [8] Led Zeppelin- All of My Love to You [9] Al Green- Let"s Stay Together [10] Garth Brooks- Wrapped Up In You [11] Blackstreet- Don"t Leave Me [12] Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody [13] Ben E. King- Stand By Me [14] Celine Dion- The Power of Love [15] KC and Jojo- All My Life [16] Incubus- Stellar [17] Elton John- Your Song
Guardcats

"First of all, trolls cannot usually fit inside someone's home. They have to stay outside." You did not provide any evidence to back up your claim. My video of Harry Potter clearly shows a troll inside a building. "Second, they are not nocturnal." They don't have to be. Their smell would fend the robber off before they even entered the house. "Cats can serve as interior security at night."They can see in the dark, but they can't do anything to protect from burglars."Also, did you not see the link to the story of the cat fighting off an alligator? If a domestic cat can do this, then surely it can fight off a burglar. Especially if it's a Maine Coon."For everyone reading the debate, watch the video of the cat "fighting" the alligator. The cat merely scares it away. The alligator just didn't want to waste its time. If the alligator wanted, it could have eaten that kitten right up. A robber would more likely run away from a troll then a measly kitten."You said that only a few people are afraid of cats but did you know that Hitler was afraid of cats? That would seem to suggest that evil people (burglars, for instance) are afraid of cats."That is a Texas sharpshooter fallacy. Just because Hitler does not like cats does not make all bad people afraid of cats. Check this guy out: He is a terrible person who is racist against small blue people. He likes cats. Therefore, not all bad people are afraid of cats.Pro has failed to show that cats would make good guards. Cats are small, weak, and easy for robbers to get out of the way. Trolls on the other hand, make very good guards. Robbers would have to fight through the awful stench of the troll, whilst trying to avoid getting their skull mashed in by a huge troll club.
Guardcats

First of all, trolls cannot usually fit inside someone's home. They have to stay outside. Second, they are not nocturnal. Cats can serve as interior security at night. Also, did you not see the link to the story of the cat fighting off an alligator? If a domestic cat can do this, then surely it can fight off a burglar. Especially if it's a Maine Coon. You said that only a few people are afraid of cats but did you know that Hitler was afraid of cats? That would seem to suggest that evil people (burglars, for instance) are afraid of cats. I await my opponent's response. P.S. I apologize for forfeiting the last round. Due to circumstances outside of my control I didn't have internet access Friday to Sunday.