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The first ultimate question is "How can we improve the human mind?"

I define "ultimate question" as being the most urgent question humankind could answer in contemporary times. I advocate that the current ultimate question is "How can we improve the human mind?", simply because solving this puzzle would result in us becoming capable of answering the next ultimate questions faster. I realize that such questions can be split further into smaller tasks. A pertinent example would be: "How can we acquire knowledge faster?". In order to avoid this "bureaucracy", I propose to keep them all under the same umbrella if they are related.
reasons why gay marriage is wrong

Gay marriage was recently legalized by the supreme court for the USA. The bible is only relevant to people who follow the bible's teachings. You are completely not taking into account atheists and people who do not follow the bible. I never said that I "despise" people. God only applies to people who believe in him. God says that he accepts all people. There is no direct citation in the bible against gays. It is close-minded to be against it, and people are born in a way they cannot control. Hating people for how they are born and discriminating against them is not okay
reasons why gay marriage is wrong

Gay marriage is wrong for multiple reasons. The main reason is that it goes against the bible and the bible is how we should live our lives. Why do you "despise" people that feel that gay marriage is wrong. What if your family members were against gay marriage? Would you instantly despise them? God intended for marriage to be between man and woman. God told us to be fruitful and multiply. Last time i checked, you can't multiply when there is same sex marriage going on. That is a bad influence on children. Now children believe that is okay to marry people that is the same gender as them. God doesn't hate gays, he doesn't like that people chose to go against the way he wanted marriage to be.
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

In summation, I have outlined a few key issues that I would like the readers to seriously consider prior to casting their votes, as this topic warrants the utmost care. Indeed, the fate of any soul trapped in a Wal-Mart with a velociraptor depends on your somber judgment here today. 1. Though I will admit the possibility of the goldfish based on my opponent's (tardily added) sources, the mannequins remain unproven, whereas I have given sources in the comments for all 3 of my objects (as I stated in RD 1 & mostly likely in RD 2). Hence, not only does my opponent no longer have 1 of his 3 items (at which point he violates the terms of his debate), but he would have nothing to hide behind, which would lead to certain failure, and possibly death. At that point, it isn't just about our microcosmic struggle for survival. This document could influence anyone who finds themselves in a similar predicament. Voting for my opponent could put the lives of future Wal-Mart captives at risk! 2. The items that my opponent has chosen, even if all 3 did exist, would most likely not lead to the death of the raptor. It wasn't clear until RD 2 what my opponent was actually doing with those non-existent mannequins: hiding behind two of them. With a cumbersome, weighty sledgehammer hanging over his head. Assuming that he could stand still enough to not attract attention away from a goldfish roughly the size of a donut hole (and I'm being generous), since my opponent has apparently found sources that extol the velociraptor's excellent vision outside of those that I previously listed, there is no guarantee that the "unwieldy" weapon would even hit the raptor, much less kill it. It's pretty difficult to keep coolant from hitting the velociraptor's digestive system once he's ingested it, and animals consume coolant constantly, so it's not like there's any reason to suspect that the velociraptor would not do the same. My opponent concedes that velociraptors are plumed imbeciles, so there's no reason to doubt such things. Velociraptors are not magical. They operated along the same lines as other carbon-based, earthbound members of the animal kingdom. 3. The items I have chosen, on the other hand, will more readily lend themselves to a successful kill. I have used universally accepted and time-proven methods of hunting and pest control to my advantage. I have used materials that are far less likely to fail due to human error. I would also like to remind everyone that I sourced the presence of coolant in Wal-Marts in the comments (I stated this in RDs 1 & 2). My opponent then tells you that we can't possibly know if the velociraptor would even eat the chicken, because we can't know a velociraptor's tastes. If we are to follow this train of logic, then this debate was a waste of time, as neither of us could actually prove ourselves true. Hence, I'm the one who is far more likely to be leaving this Wal-Mart with a shimmery velociraptor pelt.
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

Provide proof? In which manner? They definitely will not sell the goldfish online and then ship it. ; ) However, whenever one sees an aquarium section in a Wal Mart, goldfish are definitely featured as one of the cheapest fish on the market - and the fact that they're extremely easy to care for. Some proof that most Wal Marts do carry them (the Wal Mart Superstores carry them Universally): http://answers.yahoo.com... http://wiki.answers.com... http://www.viewpoints.com... And, for that matter, I have found no evidence that Wal Mart features Texaco Extended Life coolant. It is true that they have coolant in the automotive and home section, so this is a trivial point, but if they don't have Texaco Extended Life, my opponent picked a brand that is not universally present. Which would mean that the chicken isn't poisoned. It is true that mannequins aren't often featured in abundance, but they usually do portray Styrofoam mannequins at certain points along the store. This is indefinitely the case if there is a crafts, yarn and knitting section filled with patterns etc. They have the mannequins present here to portray the look of certain yarns and knitted material. Fully clothed, perhaps not, but this is a moot point as I only need to sandwich myself between them so as to keep the velociraptor's attention away from me while it assaults the fish. The sources state that the velociraptor's sense are excellent, But that it's sight is the best. Thus, it is more inclined to hunt live meat that is still flopping about than it would to smell cooked chicken. In fact, there is no indication that a velociraptor would actually ever enter the cage, unless just due to curiosity at the smell. It may not even like the smell of marinated chicken. We cannot know. However, live bait that is moving will definitely attract it, because of its acute sense of sight. And then POW! Simple elimination. I am slightly confused as to my opponent's contention about accidentally killing it. The intention here is to destroy it so as to stay alive. Since the Sledge hammer is my weapon of choice, and the fish and the mannequins are the 1st and 3rd item, I have utilized all three and am set up for a quick kill. To sum it up, by standing in between two mannequins (even if they are styrofoam), I am hidden and the velociraptor's sense of sight will definitely pick up the flopping fish. Thus, when it approaches and bends its agile neck so that the head may investigate and snap it up, I quickly slam the sledge hammer onto its back, with added momentum from the poise. Well, I guess I am finished. Running out of characters. : ) Thanks for the debate. Amusing and invigorating at the same time. My apologies about addressing you as a 'he' rather than 'she'. ; )
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

OPPONENT'S CASE Change in live pet: I request that my opponent provide some source that proves Wal-Marts universally carry goldfish. I have found no such proof, as stated in RD 1. Rest of my opponent's plan: I maintain that my opponent has never actually been inside a Wal-Mart. Wal-Marts don't employ fully clothed mannequins. Most chain "one-stop shopping" outlets do not. Plus, Wal-Mart is a bargain basement, big box establishment. They have no need to drape the latest Western-Family-esque "fashions" onto expensive mannequins. Wal-Marts simply hang clothing on racks. Hence, plan fail. Raptor only targeting moving things: In what source did you find that velociraptors target their prey via movement? In point of fact, sources cannot specify what would attract a velociraptor to what kind of prey. However, I think we can all agree that my plan would be more tenable since I am hiding and allowing the beast to trap himself, rather than standing over a tiny goldfish with a sledgehammer looming over my own head. "Weapon of choice" as 3rd object: And what if said sledge hammer ends the poor creature on the spot? Since my opponent chose such a heavy, dangerous, and inaccurate method for disabling the velociraptor, if he should accidentally kill it, he would not be able to use his third object at all. At that point, he would not have fulfilled the terms of the debate. Since my opponent characterizes the velociraptors spine as "delicate," this will most likely happen. MY CASE Cooking for 6 hours/Need for Speed: No need to run fast, as explained clearly in my case. This thing is 40 lbs. max. I can just shut the break room door and listen to it hopelessly bang its useless head against plywood/cheap metal for 6 hours. Raptor targeting me, not the chicken: Which is precisely why I would lie in wait. I'm not going to be doing my victory dance next to the empty kennel, sir. My opponent solving before I can: Since I've already proven that you have no mannequin and no live animals available to you, your plan is clearly unfeasible. Hence, mine would be the only successful plan remaining, and the one to be employed first. My guess is that I keep the raptor occupied chasing your happy behind around the store, since your plan shall fail. Marinating time solved! And I'm not letting you into my break room... Dinosaur reaction to coolant: 1. Velociraptors are carbon-based life forms. They are speculated to have been warm-blooded in my sources. There is nothing about their anatomy that would suggest a unique and truly magical resistance to a universally toxic chemical. Antifreeze kills anything living. Hence, I can say with a high degree of certainty that a velociraptor would, in fact, die after ingesting antifreeze. Plus, remember: he's covered in feathers and eats herbivores. This little guy is hardly a bada$$. 2. In RD 1, I said I'm giving him cups. I've already taken minor variance into account.
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

Ack, no pet rabbits, anymore? Hmm... If I permit you the shiny device with which to distract the velociraptor, will you, in turn, permit me to change rabbit to a fat goldfish, of which they do sell. Since my opponent has stated his entire course of action in this post, I also will finish mine. The first item at hand would be a single (plump and alive) goldfish. The goldfish would have to be removed from the water and then carried (rapidly) along to the next item on the agenda, which would be found in the sections devoted to tools, house and home. Here, I would prefer a chainsaw, but gasoline would utilize the slot for my last item, not to mention that it can't easily be found in-store. Thus, I will find a double headed Armstrong Tools sledge hammer. Lastly, I will head for the clothing section where this debacle should come to a head with a mannequin. A fully dressed, whole mannequin arrayed on a stand would be ideal, with two or three others also modelling the latest fashions. Once this ideal stand is found, I will promptly throw one of the mannequins into the racks of clothes. After doing this, I drop the flopping fish on the floor beside me as bait and assume position over top of it with sledge hammer poised. As long as I don't move more than the fish, the velociraptor should not choose to target me. Once it is occupied with the fish, I bring the sledge hammer down full force and crack the velociraptor's delicate spinal column, crippling it. Once it's crippled and with no hope of assaulting me, I can easily finish the thing with my weapon of choice. Now for rebutting my opponent. He is correct that time is not important, except that in this scenario we are trapped in a closed Wal Mart with a vicious (albeit small) predator. He plans on cooking for six hours in which the velociraptor is simply going to play with this medal object? Eventually it will lose interest, and then my opponent had better run fast. It is assumed that one of the Velociraptor's killing techniques is to use its sickle claw to pierce vital organs of the throat (or rip the throat out, as a predator such as a Mountain lion does). Thus, my opponent doesn't stand much of a chance with his chicken if the velociraptor chooses to target him. And, while the six hours pass by, my plan can easily have been put into effect. Killing the velociraptor hours before it has time to eat the tainted chicken. Lastly, we cannot say what the dinosaur's reaction to antifreeze will be. It is true that he has proclaimed that two ounces is enough to kill a dog, but who is to say that a velociraptor is not three times as tough as a dog? We must remember that it was a wild dinosaur. It may have been able to tolerate large substances of poison - we will never know.
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

Thanks for the fun topic :) Sources are in comments since this is a 3K character debate. First, an introduction to the velociraptor. The velociraptor is described as an obese-turkey-sized critter. The largest adults weighed about 40 lbs. While the velociraptor had a hunger for flesh, he did not have any sort of unusually clever tactics for obtaining it. He simply ran at his prey (typically pig-sized or smaller) and attempted to bite the herbivore mid-run. That's right—velociraptors hunted primarily herbivores, which is to say the weakest and smallest prey available to it. Incidentally, it was also most likely covered in a glorious plume of colored feathers (I like to imagine them as iridescent pinks and purples, which would have created a lovely sheen). Essentially, with its tastes for vegetarian prey and lustrous coat, it was the Edward Cullen of the cretaceous period. Taking all of this into account, my plan is as follows. First of all, it's time to put my excellent culinary skills to work. I obtain several pounds of raw chicken breast. Next, a bottle of coolant. I hear that Texaco Extended Life is a highly recommended brand. Now, any good marinade will take at least 6 hours of refrigeration (and my opponent gave no time frame). In this case, I need there to be a total of 2 oz. , or ï¿½ cup, of antifreeze in the tray and/or in the chicken flesh, as it takes 2 oz. of ingested coolant to end a 40 lb. dog. Hence, after adding a few cups of coolant to my trays of chicken flesh, I have some time to kill. After placing the chicken in the employee break room refrigerator, it's time to have some fun with my feathery roommate. I'm sure anything shiny will do (remember: they aren't clever). Since any object I use to toy with my new friend will not be used to kill him, I'm sure my opponent can indulge me. But, if that isn't possible, I'll just shut the break room door…it's not like he's getting in there, anyway. This is not Jurassic Park, and he's smaller than my 9-month old Newfoundland puppy. Once the chicken has picked up the robust, full-bodied essence of Texaco Extended Life, I will need my third item: a heavy duty dog kennel. With a total weight of 145 lbs. and a design meant to hold several hundred pounds of dog, I'm sure it will be sufficient to contain my oversized chicken-like foe. I shall place my poultry a la antifreeze in the kennel, and simply lie in wait. Not having eaten in quite some time, the voracious velociraptor will, no doubt, be drawn to the presentation of fresh flesh. A quick kennel door slam will ensure that he eventually consumes the flesh. OPPONENT'S ITEM Though I only know 1 of my opponent's 3 items, I can say with total certainty that his plan will fail. Lest he has selected a specific Wal-Mart with a contracted 3rd party pet store (which he failed to disclose in RD 1), Wal-Marts do not sell live rabbits per their website. Hence, my opponent has no rabbit, and cannot enact his scheme.
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor

Greetings to all. I mean this to be a fun debate. Its goal is clear. What we will do is determine three items found at Wal Mart that would be able to kill a Velociraptor. The scenario is that you (and I) have been trapped by a hungry velociraptor in a closed Wal Mart (with the lights on). One of has has to kill it with our best choices of Wal Mart items. Velocraptor - http://en.wikipedia.org... We shall each divulge one idea/item a post. You can have the item stand on its own or you can build a sequence (one item only works when utilized with the next). Plus negate your opponent's item as ridiculous/useless, if capable. The first item that I require is a pet rabbit from the pet's section.
The bible is historically accurate and factual

Learned from your view. But I fail to see how I dropped your cases when I simply asked questions regarding them. Not sure how that is a drop? But alright. Fair enough, I suppose. Furthermore, I will keep this short, my opponent suggests that I have not proven that the Bible is accurate history and is factual. But my opponent also used things to tried to make points not realizing that some fell under contradiction. Anyways, I have made my points above in showing that Jesus existed and the Bible is accurately factual history. Best wishes to my opponent! (sorry wasn't really prepared well for this round).
death penalty

i must say you put up a strong front sir. But i do see all of your many points. however i am not saying that the medical staff would be the security I'm just saying that people have ways of escaping and that keeping these people confined is not doing any good. i do have some expectations and i know that mankind is very corrupt and i do agree with most of your points. except the one thing i don't agree with is that you say that only 39 were executed, however if we were to kill every man or woman in every state who murdered someone i feel like it would be more than just 39, yes not thousands but still more than are executed now. now sir, what exactly if your view on how the death penalty should be handled?
death penalty

In my opinion the death penalty is immoral. Partly because you "thou shall not kill" but also because two wrongs don"t make a right, so killing someone in retaliation would be teaching society that it"s okay to kill if the person has committed a wrongful act and as long as it"s handled by the government. But there are many issues with this; the system is applied in an unfair and unjust manner against people, largely dependent on how much money they have, the skill of their attorneys, race of the victim and where the crime took place. Stereotypes play a major role in this such as the stereotype that black people are more violent and less educated than white people, which isn"t true, but if you have a jury who believes that the stereotype is true then he is more likely to go to jail and get the death penalty than a white man. Jeffrey Dahmer was a decent looking, charismatic man and because of how he dressed and acted he was able to convince multiple juries that he was innocent. No one would believe that a well-educated, attractive, outgoing white male would be capable of murdering and raping those young boys; that"s just how social psychology works. In my opinion the ones who are not criminally insane should have to stay in prison and continue out their sentence that way they can think back to what they did and how they ruined their life. However the ones who are mentally insane (which is a whole other debate on how you can classify someone as mentally insane) should be given the death penalty. Now I"m only talking for those people who like Jeffery dahmer was a psychopath and butchered several people without any sympathy or remorse, but that"s because more times than none the medical treatment isn"t going to help and there is the possibility of them escaping and starting again. However this would have to be taken on a case by case situation, because even though I don"t want these people to be killed the punishment must fit the crime and the crime of killing and raping 17 people is definitely punishable by death in my eyes. However think of the psychological trauma the guards would have; they would realize that they have the power to kill people very easily such as in the Milgram experiment. This could also lead to PTSD in the guards since their job now is to execute thousands of people. Also if you wrongfully accuse a person of murder and they are sentenced to death even though innocent, how are you going to explain that to his family? If he was in jail you should just release him and he would still have his life Innocent people are too often sentenced to death. Since 1973, over 140 people have been released from death rows in 26 states because of innocence. So if the death penalty becomes more widely used the court system needs to become more reliable and less corrupt.
An Increase in Property Value isn't always Beneficial for the Home Owner.

The resolution is as follows: An increase in property value isn't always beneficial for the home-owner. First round is for acceptance only.Second round is for opening arguments only. Third round is for rebuttals and further arguments.Fourth round is for rebuttals and closing statements only, no new arguments may be made in this round. Beneficial is defined as: Favorable or advantageous; resulting in good [1][1] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com...I don't believe any other key terms need clarification, but if my opposition needs further clarification, I ask that it is done in the comment section before accepting this debate. The burden is split, with my side having to show that an increase in property value isn't always beneficial for a home owner, whereas my opposition will need to show that an increase in property value is always beneficial for the home owner. By accepting this debate you acknowledge and agree to these rules. **I look forward to a fun discussion on a topic which I believe is an interesting one and of value to any and all potential homeowners.**
Let's Rap/Rhyme

Your a doctor yeah right, You just cut that PHD out of a cereal box and don't worry kid for I will prescribe you the right drugs, because we all want to live in a fantasy world, where there's no drugs or war so give it a whirl, these drugs you perscribin are just the problem that the world doesn't need, now sit back and I'll get you some sweet herbal tea, and what about living in a fantasy world, cause your the one that started this rap/debate so does that mean you want to be a rapper someday, well sorry kid that ain't gonna happen, cause your rhymes are more vile than vipers venom now please just keep sucking on that lemon while I finish up giving you this lesson, because while you've been popping pills and dealing drugs I've been with the cops just searching for you thugs, now while after I've locked you up for drug possession take a minute and look back at your life and where you've fallen and couldn't get up but that's just the thing you always need someone to help you I bet these aren't even your own rhymes you have someone helping you and still they suck now let me get out of here before I finish you off.