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Darwinian Evolution is a Weak Theory

The Darwinian explanation for evolution is weak because it has no mechanism for actual evolution, Meaning an increase in complexity or information. Natural selection doesn't do this. Darwinists claim that mutation does, But there is a lack of evidence, Therefore it is weak. Your response to this was no more than "mutation isn't a weak theory, It's strong". However you provided no evidence. The burden of proof is on you. It is impossible for me to prove there is a lack of evidence for something. You have to present some, And only then can I respond to it.
Darwinian Evolution is a Weak Theory

I don't really think that Evolution is weak at all. Natural selection is described in detail and so are mutations. You even said yourself that Evolution happens, But you simply think it doesn't account for the complexity of life. Well the thing is that the complexity of life doesn't disprove evolution. The only two claims of evolution are Natural Selection and Gene Mutation. Those two things are very strong theories so I'm not seeing the weak point. If you're talking about theories that people wrote using evolution as a basis, Then I reject those theories as being germane to this argument. I don't know what is so mysterious about evolution. Zooming in on any part in history will show that evolution and only evolution is slowly changing these organisms. It logically entails that if one makes enough small changes to something, That it will add up to a bigger change. This is just simple mathematics. What you're doing is begging the question. You're saying "This doesn't make sense to me, So it's a mystery, And since it's a mystery, You have to solve it. " You're creating a problem that isn't there. Since you already admit that evolution happens on a small scale and haven't shown a weakness in either Natural Selection or Gene Mutation, I'd say you lost the debate on your first round by giving me the whole cake. Your Floor.
Darwinian Evolution is a Weak Theory

Darwinian evolution is a weak theory because it lacks a mechanism for actual evolution, Meaning an increase in complexity or information. Natural Selection works fine to filter out the best genes that exist, But it doesn't explain how new genes come about. Neo-Darwinian evolution theory claims that mutation is responsible for the appearance of new genes / proteins / traits, But there is a lack of evidence to support this. Without evidence to support a hypothesis, It remains weak. To clarify, Evolution as an historical event evidently happened when looking at the fossil record. However the mechanism that drove it upwards is largely a mystery, Which Darwinists are unwilling to admit. If Con uses scientific articles in their arguments, Then I request that they limit them to one per round, To allow for enough time to accurately read and assess the contents thereof.
It is unlikely that extraterrestrials have ever visited earth

I am going to defend the claim that it is unlikely that any extraterrestrials have ever visited earth. I will have the burden of proof in this debate. My opponent only needs to debunk my arguments.By "extraterrestrials," I mean living intelligent beings who originate somewhere in the universe other than earth.By "living," i mean living in the biological sense, so I'm not talking about angels, demons, ghosts, spirits, or gods.By "intelligent," I mean conscious, sentient, etc. I do not mean "smart."I set the character limit to 6000 because people seem to like shorter debates better which makes them more likely to vote.I set the voting period to 1 week in hopes of getting a lot of votes.First round is for acceptance, well wishes, and things like that. I will post my argument in round 2. No new evidence in the last round because that wouldn't be fair to me since I wouldn't be able to respond. Please do not accept the debate unless you feel fairly confident that you will be able to finish it.May the odds be ever in your favor.
Guinea pigs should be forced to wear shoes

May the nine divines grace shine upon us this day! I would like to begin this debate by defining what a guinea pig is. .. Guinea pig - A cancerous beast with claws capable to rending human flesh if left untreated. They feast of cracker jacks and human cartilage. They tend to find dark places pleasing to take up residence within. Now for the arguementArguement:--Guinea pigs have been allowed to walk this earth shoeless for far to long. They have failed to wear shoes when given the opportunity too in recent years and as such I now beleive that it is time for them to be FORCED to wear such astheicly pleaseing footwear as seen in (Figure 1*). These filthy beasts will know comfort if legislation moving through congress passes next week. Rebuttal:--My opponent states "I'm like SO excited" I would like for my audience to realize that this is animal cruelty! these beasts to suffer as they walk among their wood chip covered floorings. She has also failed to express her loyalty to the Moon Clan in round one and as such has lost the conduct point. --My opponent also makes mention of being a "spokesperson for the guinea pigs of the world" Let us hope that this is true and that my opponent brings a viable argument in her first attempt at disputing these facts. Conclusion:--Guinea Pigs are wretched beasts, with eneourmous salty genitals. Figures:1, . http://imgur.com...
Photoshop on magazine covers should be band

It is true that not everybody looks at magazines but we still have a growing issue with eating disorders and this house believes that we should do everything in our power to stop such terrible diseases. Photo shop on magazines is getting worse and worse every day therefor it probably killed many people by making them starve themselves. I agree that people don't feel jelly of these people but after constant bombardment people will believe that what they see in these magazines is what they must look like to be pretty. For a a teenage girl being pretty is extremely important I know this because i am currently a teenage girl I middle school where everybody gets judged by how they look. Obviously this is not what people should be judged on but this is reality and we there is not much we can do about it. If we ban photo shop on magazines people can feel more confident and be less judgmental about themselves and there peers. People will know that even the Hollywood stars have imperfections. Currently the people on the front of magazines do look terrible in many cases but if they are on the front of a popular beauty magazine people will immediately think that if they post it then that must be pretty. You might not see the effects of such magazines right away bit they are there; who does not want to look like there idol? Photoshop on magazines should be banned immediately.
Photoshop on magazine covers should be band

Nobody looks at magazine covers and says they look ugly compared to them. It just looks bad because they have idiots doing it all wrong. I don't get jelly when I see some strong guy on a magazine cover. Nobody else does either. They always look awful. I don't think it's even called Photoshop, they edit their face or something. Try to slow down when you type, u tipe lyke dis.
Photoshop on magazine covers should be band

Today almost all Girls feel unhappy with there bodies which leads to the growing issue of anorexia and bulimia. The worst part about Photoshop on magazine covers is that many companies use something called white washing. White washing is taking a photo of a colored person and removing all the color from their picture. Then make beautiful rare colored people appear pale. They often change their hair from a dark chocolate brown to an extremely unnatural blonde. In an insecure colored teen sees such a image the teen May think that is what they must look like to be beautiful. This is extremely discriminating an example of such an act is on a loriel beauty magazine Beyonc" was photoshopped onto the cover except she did not look like her natural self she looked like a blonde model who missed her sun tan session. Photoshop on magazine covers does not only affect females it may just as easily effect male athletes. For example there was a famous tennis star to had an arm of a body bolder photoshopped onto him. If a young tennis star saw this they could feel discouraged because they will feel that the only way for then to succeed it to build crazy body builder muscles. Companies today are photoshopping images to such extent that a person would not be able to achieve such a body alive. Why are we making people strive for something that will kill them? Photoshop on magazines should be banned right away because there are more harms of Photoshop than one could ever explain in a life time. For these reasons we are proud to prepose.
The god of the bible exists

If you don't mind I am going to use some of my topics from other god debates I have been in. There are 4 attributes that describe god: 1- Eternal, not involved with the flow of our time. 2- He is everywhere 3- He is All-Powerful 4- He has all knowledge If we can prove that all of these are true in 1 force, than we can conclude that god DOES exist. Lets start with the eternal part: A scientist by the name of Heisenberg came to the conclusion that "quantum events" cannot be predicted. All freed electrons behave as though they are being influenced by an outside force. A force connecting two of these freed electrons was shown to be eternal and present, yet it was shown that it is not involved with the flow of our time. Nothing can go faster than light except this force. #1 : YES, eternal force has been found! #2 - Omnipresent This force has been shown to connect ALL electrons. Everything (including beyond out solar system) has these electrons everywhere there is matter, so this force is also omnipresent, simple enough. #3- Omnipotent This one is a bit tricky, yet was proved to be true. In experiments from Russian Scientists they proved that "laser photons" knew when a DNA strand entered the vacuum, and they collected around the DNA strand. Then the photons began to change the DNA structure to what it desired. After the DNA removed and the laser turned off the photons remained in the position resembling the DNA for approx. 22 mins. Also, simply looking at the complexity of the universe, the chance that this happened simply from luck is extremely small. The chance of creating 1 planet in the entire UNIVERSE is less than 1/2^365. Much more likely is simply that god created it and, because it has been shown that energy cannot be created or destroyed by the 1st law of thermodynamics, so this eternal force must be all powerful to do this. Also in the Double slit experiment, light, a freed electron, was shown to be observant of its surroundings. It knew when it was being watched and when not. Sidenote: seeing what the force can do on a very small scale, I can only imagine what it could do on a large scale, using all the electrons, possibly how the universe was created in 6 days. #4- Having all knowledge In the STI (Self Thinking Interface) Roger G. Vogelsang PROVED that this force has all knowledge. I cannot fit all it in this because I am running out of Characters,but here is the link: http://www.rexresearch.com...... I therefore rest my case, God is Real! Resources: http://www.rexresearch.com......
My life sucks more than yours

See folks, my life sucks even more. Pro denied me the opportunity to hear his pain so that I may find comfort. No avail. I guess I will offer everyone a brief summary of my sucky life. Months before I was born my family contimplated what I would be. It was decide that I should be a girl. All my aunts and uncles has sons so everyone wanted a girl. They all gathered and bought gifts for the day I was born. They all bought girls clothes and toys. The day came and I was to be born. My dad woke and rushed my mom to deliver. I was lucky enough to be born in a hospital. When we arrived my mom was took to her room. After she laid in her room for awhile the nurse came in told her she had to move. My mom exclaimed, "What the heck you talking about." The nurse went about moving my mom from the room. She pulled her outside in the hallway and another woman in labor was rushed in. My mom laid out in the hall in pain. As the other woman was giving birth my mother gave birth to me and I popped out on the dirty floor. To this day I think I have brain damage because of it. Anyway, the nurse rushes out of the room and picks me up. I did not know what was going on because, you know, I was a baby. But if I had known and could talk I think I would have some harsh things to say. It probably made me retarded. When I was 3 years old I had problems using the bathroom. It was discovered I had part of my intestine missing and I must have surgery. I had surgery and had to stay in the hospital. Weeks after my surgery it was discovered I had Crohns disease.. which sucked. For 8 months I had to wear a colostomy bag. I ended up staying in the hospital for a whole year. I still had problems for a year afterwards and had to have the colostomy bag sometimes. I did not know I was using the bathroom sometimes at school. I got picked on alot. Unfortunately I was born with a big mouth and got beat up alot too. I grew up pretty much looking forward to but whipping's and such. I was born just dirt ugly so I have no chance of obtaining love. I am a coward. By the time I was 7 my mom thought it would be better off if I stayed in the closet. My mom had my dad build a bed in the closet and I had to stay in there whenever I was home. I hear the voices now....you little butt hole. My mom and dad let friends move in and take my old room. One was nevertheless a pedophile. So at night I waited in the dark until this fat hairy man decided he wanted a little action. My mental framework was destroyed. Year in year out this went along until my mom and dad decided to take a trip and never returned. You could say I was sad then. So, I was stuck there till I was 10 and this hunk of a man just died. I was taken to and placed in a foster home. There because I was a coward was beat up daily. I literally had five pummelings a day. I think this should suffice for this round. I send it back to Pro and will tell more later.
My life sucks more than yours

Greetings EB and the debate.org community. This is my very first debate and I will try to perform the best I can. EB mentions that his life sucks and I would have to agree but it does not suck more than mine. Five rounds will not be nearly enough room to address all the problems in my life that makes it suck but I will try to pack all the reasons my life sucks into one debate. I assume this round is for acceptance. I will allow EB to show us his misery first before I show you what 'life sucks' really means. Vale.
My life sucks more than yours

This argument is only for entertainment purposes only. Be as unrealistic as possible. :) -I am an orphan -I grew up with a pack of dogs -I ate only bananas for one year -I was stranded on an island for 15 years -I have no friends -I was beat up as a kid -I am 568 years old -I ate my sister at Jamestown -I was shot multiple times in the civil war -I was in Japan when the US nuked them -I now glow green because I fell into a pool of radioactive waste -I fell off the Space needle -I was sucked into space at the age of 108 -I invented schools
Song debate

Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It's better to burn out Than to fade away My my, hey hey. Out of the blue and into the black They give you this, but you pay for that And once you're gone, you can never come back When you're out of the blue and into the black. The king is gone but he's not forgotten This is the story of a Johnny Rotten It's better to burn out than it is to rust The king is gone but he's not forgotten. Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture Than meets the eye. Hey hey, my my. http://www.youtube.com...
Song debate

Let love explode and bring the dead to life. http://m.youtube.com... A love so bold to see a revolution somehow Let love explode and bring the dead to life A love so bold to bring a revolution somehow Now I'm lost in Your freedom And this world I'll overcome My God's not dead, He's surely alive He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion God's not dead, surely alive He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion Roaring, He's roaring, He's roaring like a lion Let hope arise and make the darkness hide My faith is dead, I need a resurrection somehow Now I'm lost in Your freedom And this world I'll overcome My God's not dead, He's surely alive He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion God's not dead, surely alive He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion Roaring, He's roaring, He's roaring like a lion He is roaring, He's roaring Let heaven roar and fire fall Come shake the ground with the sound of revival Let heaven roar and fire fall Come shake the ground with the sound of revival Let heaven roar and fire fall Come shake the ground with the sound of revival My God's not dead, He's surely alive He is living on the inside, roaring like a lion God's not dead, He's surely alive He is living on the inside, roaring like a lion God's not dead, He's surely alive He is living on the inside, roaring like a lion God's not dead, He's surely alive He is living on the inside, roaring like a lion He's roaring, He's roaring, He's roaring like a lion He is roaring, He's roaring, He's roaring like a lion Roaring like a lion I would like to apologize for forfeiting, I had a lot going on. This song is called gods not dead
Song debate

For my first song I choose, 30 Seconds to Mars - Echelon Look at the red red changes in the sky Look at the separation in the border line But don't look at everything here inside And be afraid, afraid to speak your mind It took a moment before I lost myself in here It took a moment and I could not be found? Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything It took a moment the moment it could not be found? What's with the fascination with the Echelon What's with the constant questions that you have this time What's with this circumstancial consequence Find oversight before this night will ever rise again It's all you've got inside your head, better get up and leave instead It took a moment before I lost myself in here It took a moment and I could not be found? Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything It took a moment the moment it could not be found? To find ourselves lost here within we need the reasons why So we take this bridge with the other's that will thrive in the great divide Look at the red red changes in the sky Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything It took a moment before I lost myself in here It took a moment and I could not be found? Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything It took a moment the moment it could not be found? . http://www.youtube.com...
Does God support premarital sex

hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement. The Greek word translated "fornication" is not restricted to sexual intercourse but includes a variety of lewd acts. So if two unmarried people engage in oral sex or in fondling each others" reproductive organs, they are guilty of fornication. The Bible tells us that King Solomon once observed a young man being seduced into premarital sex. Solomon compared the young man to "a bull that comes even to the slaughter." A bull that is to be butchered seems to have no idea what is about to happen to it. Young ones who engage in premarital sex often behave similarly"they seem to show little or no awareness that there are serious consequences to their actions! Solomon said of that young man: "He has not known that it involves his very soul." All of a sudden he is going after her,*+ like a bull that comes even to the slaughter, and just as if fettered* for the discipline of a foolish man, 23 until an arrow cleaves open his liver,+ just as a bird hastens into the trap,+ and he has not known that it involves his very soul.proverbs 7:22,23. Sexual relations are a gift from God, a gift that is to be enjoyed at the appropriate time"when one is married. How does God feel when we try to enjoy sex outside of marriage? Well, imagine that you have purchased a gift for a friend. Before you can give it to that friend, he or she steals it! Wouldn"t you be upset? Imagine, then, how God feels when a person engages in premarital sex, abusing the gift that God has provided.
There are 360 degrees in a circle.

Here is a youtube link showing three "theories" why there are 360 degrees in a circle. No-one knows exactly why a circle has 360 degrees because this wasn't determined by maths. Therefore my opponents argument will probably heavily rely on pictures.I have simplified the formula to calculate the number of degrees in a shape to: (180 x no. of sides) - 360.Apparently a circle isn't a polygon, so lets assume curved lines do not count as sides, using the formula to find out the number of degrees in a semi-circle and in a circle you will get the following answers:Semi-circle: (180 x 1) - 360 = MINUS 180 degreesCircle: (180 x 0) - 360 = MINUS 360 degreesSince degrees are a POSITIVE measurement, those answers are incorrect.People simply assume a circle has 360 degrees. One thing we can know for certain is that a straight angle measures 180 degrees, see below: A semi-circle has 180 degrees (2x 90 degrees) People often imagine that joining 2 of these shapes together will produce a circle with 360 degrees and think it is basic maths. But below I show that joining two triangles together does not necessarily change the angle even though the shape (but not sides) has changed. I have done the same thing again below but this time with 2 squares. A rectangle doesn't have 2 x 360 degrees i.e. 720 degrees, it has 360 degrees just like a square. A simple way of thinking why is because the number of sides has remained the same. Joining two semi-circles together does change the number of sides but the total number of degrees does not change because an additional side is not created by joining 2 semi-circles together. I am now going to calculate the degrees in the corner of each of these polygons (the sum is calculated by multiplying the answers by the no. of sides)16 sides:180 - 360/16) = 157.5 degrees1000 sides:180 - (360/1000) = 179.64 degrees3 million sides:180 - (360/3 million) = 179.99988 degrees20 million sides:180 - (360/20 million) = 179.999982 degreesIf I continue increasing the number of sides of a polygon by repeating this method above with ever greater sides, each interior angle will become "flatter" i.e. closer to 180 but will NEVER reach 180 degrees. To find the angle of an infinite sided polygon i.e. a circle, we can establish each decimal point. It is clear that the larger the number of sides the more nines will follow, so it will be 179.9... or in other words 180. The sum of it's angles will not be infinitely high either because there will be an infinite number of interior angles beside each other creating one straight angle. I look forward to your next argument