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Logic Analysis: These arguments prove the existence of God.

ANSWERS TO ROUND TWO REFUTATIONS: Henry Thiessen; Lectures in Systematic Theology. My C-1; subpoint a: General revelation-->Nature, God created the earth and all that is therein. If He didn't exist, He couldn't have created it. I know of no other possible explanation for the creator of the earth. -->History, The small remnant of the Children of Israel (aka Jacob) could not have survived to this day and become the nation of Israel without divine intervention. The only entity capable of this type of divine intervention is God. Since Israel does exist, and only God could have sustained them, God does exist. My C-1; subpoint b: Special revelation is relevant because if God did not exist, how could He have revealed Himself to people? These had to be actual events as they were recorded in history. My C-2: I thank my opponent for providing these links. As I believe that my opponent is already a believer and familiar with these arguments, I included them to support my case for those who are less familiar. They actually require little development. I can liken them to elements of a geometry proof. On their own, they are simply pieces of a puzzle, but in combination, they point to only one possible conclusion which is God. My C-3: I expected the Bible to be rejected as a legitimate source. There are many records of written history. Are the Dead Sea scrolls invalid? Are the history textbooks used in public schools, private schools, or colleges invalid? Which documents should we hold as credible and which should we hold as unreliable? MY OPPONENT's CASE Thus far my opponent has provided nothing for me to challenge. MY CASE Round 2: I would like to introduce a definition of belief & know. belief: accept as true; take to be true; think: judge or regard; look upon; judge; be confident about something; know: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) Would you believe me if I said that I knew the players of my jv baseball team at school? Would you believe me if I said I knew Rajai Davis of the Oakland A's or Lionel Chattelle formerly of the NY Mets, both of which were former team mates of mine? Perhaps the latter requires a little more faith to believe? Now would you believe me if I said I knew God? Perhaps this requires even more faith. However, as surely as I am typing this, I state that I not only know my jv baseball players, not only do I know "Raj" or "L Train", but I also know God. I ask you this, how can I know these people if they do not exist? Thank you!
Logic Analysis: These arguments prove the existence of God.

I affirm the resolution as stated. Definitions: **I would like to amend the definition of God by adding the terms: inerrant, infallible, and omnipresent. Theophany - a manifestation of God in the Bible that is tangible to the human senses. In its most restrictive sense, it is a visible appearance of God in the Old Testament period, often, but not always, in human form. (Packer) The Bible is the word of God and all scripture is valid. (2 Timothy 3: 16) Contention 1: God has revealed Himself to man in theophanies. (Thiessen) Subpoint A) General Revelation: This is found in nature, history, & conscience. He is revealed in nature by its existence, continuity, and preservation. He is revealed in history by His dealings with the children of Israel. Finally, He is revealed in our conscience by feelings of a presence within one's heart. (Thiessen) Subpoint B) Special Revelation: Those acts of God whereby He makes Himself and His truth known at special times and to specific peoples. (Thiessen) Some of the theophanies are found in these passages: 1. Genesis 12:7-9–The Lord appeared to Abraham on his arrival in the land God had promised to him and his descendants. 2. Genesis 18:1-33–One day, Abraham had some visitors: two angels and God Himself. He invited them to come to his home, and he and Sarah entertained them. Many commentators believe this could also be a Christophany, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. 3. Genesis 32:22-30–Jacob wrestled with what appeared to be a man, but was actually God (vv. 28-30). This may also have been a Christophany. 4. Exodus 3:2 - 4:17–God appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush, telling him exactly what He wanted him to do. 5. Exodus 24:9-11–God appeared to Moses with Aaron and his sons and the seventy elders. 6. Deuteronomy 31:14-15–God appeared to Moses and Joshuah in the transfer of leadership to Joshua. 7. Job 38–42–God answered Job out of the tempest and spoke at great length in answer to Job's questions. (. http://www.gotquestions.org...) Contention 2: The belief in the existence of God is corroberated in arguments. Subpoint A) Cosmological: Everything begun must have had an adequate cause. (Thiessen) Subpoint B) Teleological: Order and useful arrangement in a system imply intelligence and purpose in the organizing cause. (Thiessen) Subpoint C) Ontological: There must be something greater than man. (Thiessen) Contention 3: Scripture confirms the existence of God. Subpoint A) The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. (Psalm 14:1a) Subpoint B) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8) Subpoint C) "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 10:33) SUMMARY: The above affirms, from a variety of sources, that God does indeed exist.
Logic Analysis: These arguments prove the existence of God.

Logic is often a poorly used commodity where religion is concerned; whether arguing for or against the supernatural, many fallacious arguments are posited and accepted as truth. I stand against the idea that the spiritual can be proven or disproven by physical evidence, or that any system of reasoning that claims to have answered this question is failsafe. I challenge all reasoners to prove their assertions in formal debate. I contend that the arguments my opponent will post for the existence of God are not logically sound. RESOLUTION: These arguments prove the existence of God. DEFINITIONS: By accepting this debate, you agree to accept these definitions for this debate. God: the one Supreme Being; perfect, omnipotent, omniscient; the creator and ruler of the universe. His known attributes include goodness, holiness, wisdom, independence from His creation, immanence within His creation, immutability, immeasurability, and eternity. (Taken from . http://dictionary.reference.com... ) Prove: to establish the truth of. . http://dictionary.reference.com... Exist: to have actual being; be; to have being in a specified place or under certain conditions. . http://dictionary.reference.com... FORMAT OF DEBATE: By accepting this debate, you are agreeing use this format for this debate. My opponent will post: -Any relevant definitions they choose, other than the terms I have already listed; -Two or three arguments for the existence of God, with at least a couple sentences of explanation; not simply statements. He will be arguing that God does in fact exist; not that he probably exists, or might exist. Please label each section clearly, to keep the arguments separate. In my R2, I'll post my opening refutations of each of my opponent's arguments in order, and from there we have a debate. Hope this is instructional and enjoyable for both sides!
Homework Should be Banned

So what if certain kids don't want to do it. But that's totally different argument. You claim that homework takes a lot of time out of your day. If it really takes you hours to complete your homework, My heart goes out to you, obviously your teachers have no compassion. Instead of reiterating my argument I'm going to try something new and kind of go into a in related debate. Why is it the federal governments responsibility to interfere in the classroom? Shouldn't teachers be allowed to teach their subjects with the government telling them what they can and can't do? I think that teachers should be allowed to teach how they please and if they Are effective they should be allowed to continue. We shouldn't ban homework because it interferes in the classroom. I'm running out of ideas. Your turn.
Homework Should be Banned

"Only 45 minutes to do what you listed, and that's more then I'm advocating for."I see less than 45 minuets of homework as useless. I usually get homework assigned in five of my classes. If I can zoom through each subject in nine minuets, then it is worthless. My algebra homework usually takes an hour alone. When you do your homework in nine minuets, you're not really trying and therefore is worthless. "Should be forced to make the right decisions."If you never make a wrong decision, how can you learn from it? So suddenly the human element is worthless? Humanity has to learn from making wrong decisions. Society doesn't force you to make the right decisions. For example, you can still chose to just not do your homework. "You and I both know that many kids won't take the time to do this, so we assign homework to assure they do."I hate optional studying to the very depth pits of my heart, but I still elect to do it. Why? Because I know I will get a good grade on the test if I do. I think many responsible students will study when there is a test coming up. Learning something in class should be enough. If we both know that many people wouldn't elect to do the extra work (like you said,) that would just punish and effect them later in life when they don't want to do the extra work of a job. Now onto my own arguments:Homework usually takes a computer to do, which not everyone has. Therefore, it becomes somewhat impossible to complete your homework, making it completely unfair to the person who gets a bad grade because they don't have a piece of electronic equipment in their household. This creates s ton of stress, and usually doubles the time it takes to do your homework. Therefore, you can't hang out with friends and you can't get enough sleep.Sleep is also one of the reasons homework should be banned. If you don't have time to do it in the day, you have to do it in the night. Then you have to get up early the next day, while getting only about six or seven hours of sleep, well below the suggested nine hours, and go to school. Kids need to grow, you know! The main reason kids do not want to do homework is because it is boring and takes time away from what your really want to do. That is actually a completely valid argument. Kids should always (when not in school) be able to rest and do what they want to do!Your turn!
Homework Should be Banned

You say that weather or not someone takes responsibility for their education outside of school should be left up to them. We'll this defies a core principle of the public education system. Students are forced to go to school even if they don't want to. This is because society says that you should be forced to make the right decisions. Homework is just another example of that. I claim that homework should continue but in moderation because it can help the students study, while you claim that it should be banned because studying should be left up to the students. You and I both know that many kids won't take the time to do this, so we assign homework to assure they do. Yes I hate homework. Obviously, but it is helpful and in come to terms with something I dislike because It can be helpful. Yes, excessive homework is a problem and teachers should be instructed to keep home at a minimum but still assign home Work. Also, students should have enough time in their day to do a little homework, honestly it probably would take only 45 minutes to do what you listed, and that's more then I'm advocating for. To sum my argument up, homework should be assigned to students, in moderation, as a way to review.
Homework Should be Banned

Just so you know, I'm not 60 like my account says. I'm still in school, but I'm not going to say what level."I believe that homework is just another form of studying."This is somewhat true, and I will give you credit for it. But many kids in my class don't study and get good grades anyway because they listen and take notes. It is unfair to force a kid to study if they don't want to. Just make them deal with the consequences. "I would like to meet the lucky person who's parents do their homework." Hold on. You see homework as another form of studying, but you declare the person lucky if they don't have to do it? Therefore, you dislike homework.Now onto my own arguments."Review" (This is kina yours)In class, we have 43 minuete periods, which seems like more than enough time to learn and review a subject. If techers can't tech it all, they give us homework. It's not our fault if they can't teach it all, and we shouldn't be penalized for it! Also, sometimes you get to do your homework in class if you have enough time. That means that there was no point in assigning it if the information was JUST learned, instead of a little review to jog your memory later tonight."Homework is good and bad in some examples."It is good if it is moderation, that is true. But here is a bad example:Homework: Study for Social Studies Test. Do page 189 and 190 in math book. Pages 133-137 all in grammar book.So you study hard.You do your math, but forget to do your language arts because you're tired and don't have much timeBoom, your grade drops 2%. A- to a B+.Homework should also be banned because of after school sports. (I mentioned this in first argument, I think.) You are very tired after your after-school sport and your brain is totaled from all of the decisions you have to make. Now you have to do homework. But wait! What if you have a doctors appointment?! You then can't do your homework.Fun debating, your turn!
Homework Should be Banned

Well my opinion on stress levels and school is more closely related to testing and exams which is another Debate. I think homework in moderation can be very helpful. you said that students should take responsibility for any education outside of school and study on their own will. Im somewhat of a slacker, in fact most teenagers are slackers so many students won't take the time out of day to study resulting in students making lower grades. i believe that homework is just another form of studying . Homework requires a student to exercise the knowledge they have or to go search for it if they don't know. Homework is probably more helpful then just normal studying. Homework has actually helped my grades in some classes. For example, I'm an English, History person I'm not very good at math and usually do bad on tests, but the only reason I'm not failing math is because i do my homework every day. And homework should be something that yo have already gone over in class, its supposed to make yo understand and know the information. Again, I'm not advocating for hours of homework every night just a little review from every class. i would like to meet the lucky person who's parents do their homework. Homework shouldn't be banned because in moderation it can be helpful to many students, it can also help assure students learn outside of school instead of just hoping they study.
Homework Should be Banned

So I guess we're debating on two things, huh? This is awesome! Good luck to you!"Two hours of homework in excessive and I am surprised that any school would assign that much."Touché. In high school and college, that much homework is usually assigned. This argument proves the stress thing, also. In college, they already have enough to study for.Homework does lead to an increase in stress. Many websites also say this [1]. Even when you are trying to escape, it is always somewhere in the back of their minds. With all of the projects and studying alone is enough to do at home. What I see as homework is work that teachers assign that is not stemmed to a test or a project. Please note stemmed to a test is a test you know about and is less than a week away. I'm fine with just projects and tests. Some junior highschoolers (on this site, even [2]) want to ban homework and ste that it is one of the reasons that they fail. Please see the [2] link at the bottom. Half of the homework you recieve are something that you already done in class. The other half is the thins that teachers either failed to mention in class or just want to throw it out there. Something kids need to learn in the young life is responsibility. You should have the choice to not study or to study. That is responsibility and making the right decisions in life.Here's what would happen to students, parents, and teachers if homework was banned:Students: Stress levels reduced. More free time added.Parents: Don't have to tell children to do homework and stop worrying about grades.Teachers: Don't have to add as many points to gradebooks and don't have to correct any more papers.Some kids have cheated and have had their parents to do their homework [3]. That does not make them learn anything except a crime is O.K if you don't get caught. I ask you: Why shouldn't homework be banned?[1] http://brokenrulesmagazine.com...[2] http://www.debate.org...[3] http://eljae.com...
Homework Should be Banned

First of all, thank you for starting this debate. I look forward to debating you. I am not very passionate about the subject that i am arguing in favor of but i will try my best. If you viewed my profile you would that i am a 14 years old american, so i have experience with this topic. The argument that i will be laying out is that schools should assign homework to their students, but not in excess. You on the other hand are advocating for a federal prohibition on homework. In your first argument you make the claim that students need free time and that homework gets in the way of that. i agree with this, I agree that two hours of homework in excessive and i am surprised that any school would assign that much. But it never takes me more than an hour a day, at the most. On to your second argument. You claim that homework leads to an increase in stress. This is true, but so does work, social relations and pretty much every other obligation in life. In my opinion, as a student, the most stressful thing about school is test , exams and studying for those test and exams. Homework is relatively easy on students when it ones to stress. My argument in favor of Homework is as followed. Homework is just another form of studying that requires one to show proof that they studied. Homework makes a student think, it forces the student to do the things that we will be later tested on. Plus, it helps your grades in subjects that you don't preform well in. Thanks for starting this debate Your turn, good luck.
Homework Should be Banned

Should homework be banned? I think so."Free Time"After an average of eight hours of school, kids then need to do an average of two hours of homework. Then they need nine hours of sleep, and about an hour to read. That means they only have about four hours of free time. We also push them to do sports, which takes about two hours, which leaves just two hours for kids to be themselves. If homework was reduced, they would have 4 hours to be themselves, (or six hours if they don't play sports.)"Stress"That is only one reason. Schoolwork after school puts extra stress on kids. They need to get it all finished by the next day so they can get a good grade. If homework was banned, stress levels would be reduced. That means less grinding of the teeth at night (sometimes,) which means less pain at dentist appointments.Good luck to anyone who accepts. Please note that these are only two of many arguments.
Homework Should be Banned

My arguments summed up: Homework is a necessary evil as it assures that students take an effort toward their education outside of school. Homework is just a way for students to exercise their minds are prepare for tests and exams. In moderation, homework can be helpful. And I'v always believed that the main cause of academic strain and stress is caused by exams. Huge tests that hang over your head and force you to study at risk of failure. But that's a different debate. It's been fun.
Homework Should be Banned

I'm pretty much out of ideas too. Probably should've made this thing four rounds, huh? You can open that related debate and maybe I'll answer if I'm up to it.My last argument, which hopefully will lead the voters to voting for PRO, is that people are literally KILLING themselves over unfinished homework. Check out this link: https://www.google.com...VOTE PRO!!! THANK YOU FOR READING THIS DEBATE!!!
Homeschool

My friend, your right most mothers do not have more than four children, but in my house there is 17 kids altogether. So there is team sports available. Also being independent should happen after the child has grown up and moved on their own.. Public school and homeschool really cannot relate to independence. Sorry... I enjoyed this debate and again thank you for your thoughts and opinions. My opponent did well and anyone may vote for whomever they wish that they see fit to be voted for. God bless.
Homeschool

Here are my rebuttals: 1. "Team sports of what? Homeschoolers have team sports. . Basketball, football, volleyball, baseball, softball. ." I do not understand why my opponent says that home-schooled students can "have" team sports. Not many mothers have more than four children; so normal home-schooled children cannot play football or basketball, as the minimum number of players is six. Sure, they can join other groups, but it has to be outside school. 2. "And if teachers do not only teach to get students to pass the final exams then why not just forget about the exams and just base everything off of the students schoolwork and homework then? " Here we are not debating whether or not there should be exams, so this is irrelevant. 3. "I do not agree with you when you say that we cannot complete our own duties as older siblings. . wouldn't that be a bit selfish, For me not to help my siblings out with their homeschooling; if I have the means to help? Then shouldn't I help? I mean if education is so important, then why not help another with their schooling, even if it is a sibling. " Here my opponent has made some grammar mistakes. Also, we are not arguing whether siblings should be selfish. Sometimes they are not selfish, it is just that they do not have the time or ability. What if the older sibling was working? What if the older sibling had bad marks and therefore does not have the ability to teach his/her younger sibling? And what if, the home-schooled child is an only child? 4. "Also, if you remember as I mentioned before, if parents and/or relatives/siblings are not equipped for teaching their kids then they should not take on the responsibility of homeschooling. " That is the reason why home schooling is "bad". Parents do not expect anything disastrous to happen to them so they feel that as long as they are equipped, it is okay. According to this line of thought, there should be no home schooling since everyone, including parents, siblings and relatives alike, has the possibility of dying early!
Homeschool

Team sports of what? Homeschoolers have team sports.. Basketball, football, volleyball, baseball, softball.. And if teachers do not only teach to get students to pass the final exams then why not just forget about the exams and just base everything off of the students schoolwork and homework then? Because when I was in "public school" you couldn't go onto the next grade unless you passed the final exam.... Also, if you remember as I mentioned before, if parents and/or relatives/siblings are not equipped for teaching their kids then they should not take on the responsibility of homeschooling. I do not agree with you when you say that we cannot complete our own duties as older siblings.. wouldn't that be a bit selfish, For me not to help my siblings out with their homeschooling; if I have the means to help? Then shouldn't I help? I mean if education is so important, then why not help another with their schooling, even if it is a sibling.