BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
The Ethical Value of Homosexuality

Challenge accepted. State your case in the next round. This should be interesting since we share some of the same ethical and religious framework, although I don't believe that evolutionary theory should serve as a prescriptive moral guide. I'm not going to become overly semantic here, but it seems you've already conceded that the moral value of homosexuality is neutral, not negative. However, you expound on this view and add that the normalization of homosexuality is not acceptable, so I'm inclined to believe that this will become more a socio-philosophical debate rather than a purely ethical one?
The Ethical Value of Homosexuality

I would like to herein discuss the ethical value of homosexuality. The reason I use the word ethical rather than moral is because of the distinction between right and wrong and good or bad. I am aware that when naturally defined, they do not carry any sort of dissimilar connotation. However, for the sake of this discussion, one of my initial methods was to remove all conceptions of subjectivity that could have entered in where I do not intend them to belong. Through my personal terms, ethicality applies to right and wrong(as in logistical/objective significance) whereas morality applies to good and bad(as in assigning emotionality towards any such object that does not necessarily(necessarily as in the modal connotation) bare intrinsic emotional substance). Thus to engage in such a debate means leaving out elements that deal with sentiment. For future reference, I am a devout Atheist, a theoretical Nihilist; my ethical orientation is that of evolutionary epistemology(and thence evolutionary ethics) and my personal view is that homosexuality per se is neutral but the advocacy, normalization, and general acceptance of it, however, is not(as in it is negative). I am not looking to debate somebody who is emotionally invested unless they have a prevailing sense of rationality. I do look forward to a sincerely stimulating debate! Thanks in advance to my opponent.
The Ethical Value of Homosexuality

Yeah, but no. You're saying Pro always has BoP regardless of resolution? What if one resolution is "Homosexuality is morally acceptable" while the other resolution is "Homosexuality is not morally acceptable." You're literally making stuff up off the top of your head. We can all do this. My pet rabbits can fly - then again, it's probably expected given your stance that homosexuality is not morally acceptable from a societal viewpoint.
Capitalism works better than socialism

Ha, I am also quite young. I am 15 years old to be exact. Your profile says you are 30 years old though. But let's get straight to the issue. My argument is for capitalism. There has never been a time in history when socialism has succeeded. The Socialist European economy is in complete shambles. I am not arguing for crony capitalism, however. I am arguing for complete free markets. As far as I am concerned the United States, which was based on capitalism thrived and grew faster than any other country. As we passed more legislature, more mandates, and more taxing, The US economy has slowed down. We are on a Keynesian economic track that takes is through booms and busts. It is a cycle that our spending puts us through because of taxation and regulations. When the economy starts to gain steam, the government piles on the taxes because the people have the money. Then we head into a recession and they pull of the taxes. So our economy just goes up and down in a cycle. If we have free market economics then our economy will just slowly but surely keep rising and now skyrocket up and then plummet down.
The common concept of heaven and afterlife is nonsensical

There goes the debate parameters... I will start off by saying I never did anything. I never chose wrong with my "free will" in the garden with Adam and Eve. To think that god is punishing an entire species for eternity for the actions of 2 people is completely irrational and immoral. It is also nonsensical to think that the only way to save us from an eternity of damnation is to sacrifice himself as his own son and that we must accept his son and his sacrifice to avoid hell. The questions I have for you is:1. Do good hearted people from other faiths or no faith at all burn in hell for not accepting Jesus?2. What will you do in heaven? Is that what all who believe in heaven believe? If not, who is right?3. Can you truly be happy knowing most of the people around you including loved ones may be in hell? 4. How would you know who is who? No physical bodies ...Back to you!
The common concept of heaven and afterlife is nonsensical

You get to heaven by basically dieing and believing that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and you give your life to him. You might have done something wrong like stolen or even murdered someone, but that doesn't mean you can't go to heaven. Now think about it, You were put in this world with free will and what did we do? we chose wrong and we were going to go to hell to pay for it. We were going to go to a horrid place full of torture, sorrow, pain and fire for eternity. No going out. Ever. But, Jesus died a horrible painful death with his arms and legs nailed to a cross to save us from that torture. Just for you, me and everyone else. If you choose to go to hell anyway, thats your choice, but Jesus died for me sos I could go to heaven and Im not going to tell him he did that for nothing. I hope I made at least a small difference. Thank You.
The common concept of heaven and afterlife is nonsensical

The concept of afterlife, how you get there and what it entails is contradictory and completely irrational. I argue that heaven is not a place that can make sense by common biblical and contemporary descriptions. My opponent will ultimately be defending why heaven and afterlife is a legitimate place that all morally good people should strive to and how this makes sense given the knowledge we have today about the world around it. Heaven: a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. Pinnacle of happiness. Afterlife: life after death, the next world, the hereafter, the afterworld, eternity,kingdom come; immortality First round acceptance only.
That The Drinking Age Should Be Eliminated

first off let me elaborate on this whole letting them prove themselves. kids learn from experience, if they mess something up they figure out what went wrong and then fix it. so by letting them drink they can find out that it isnt always just fun and games. they will learn that drinking has some fatal side effects especially when driving. so i strongly believe that if they eliminate the drinking age kids will learn through mistakes or even see others mistakes and even if the drinking age is eliminated that doesn't necessary mean that they have to drink all the time or at all even.. POW POW GYPSY
The Christian God Exists

I accept. Resolved: The Christian God ExistsBurden of ProofThe burden of proof, of course, is on PRO who is affirming the resolution. He must be able to prove to us that the Christian God exists. DefinitionsChristian God -- The O3 God: omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), omnibenevolent (all-good) and the first cause. Exists -- have objective reality or being (1)Best of luck to PRO, and I eagerly await his arguments. [1] Google "exists definition"
National Socialism - The Answer

Hello. Notwithstanding the short lived shambolic chaos you are referring to. A) Socialism is an unachievable utopia. Socialism instantly collapses into some form of hierarchical and authoritarian social structure. B) Nationalism is nationalism whereas empiricism was empiricism. C) Who or what, Ultimately is the judge of righteousness? . . . . . . Do you think that it is the person pointing the gun? The thing is: Jews are normally, Quite a rational and peaceful group of people. Whereas extreme right wing nationalists usually have a tendency towards psychopathy. I know which group of people I would prefer to live next door to.
National Socialism - The Answer

National Socialism. What made a once ravaged state of Germans into an empire of a united and organised people intertwined all by a passionate leadership. Grown out of the dusts of a lost war, Adolf Hitler repurposed the German people and paved the way for a perfect society and world. With his war lost, Europe's fallen. The world's fallen to neo-Judaist globalists who are well-situated at the top as aristocrats and beneath them a society of disunity and backwards fascism. The world needs organisation and the history of National Socialism proves right to it all. From its roots to now, Its doctrine remains untarnished. All of what was done under the National Socialist government of Germany was reasonable and righteous. Talk to me. I'll educate you.
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

PRO'S CLOSING CASE 1. Just ask the Hindus. They're nice people. They'll explain the whole one tower, multiple ladders things to you.2. Which means Satan also tampered with your Debate. org account, for the third round, because you posted the link for the new pieace of evidence in the third round.3. Your story changes too many times, not buying it.4. I was actually saying your a hot girl waiting on the devil's very word. Literally, what the picture showed. I ain't no satan, c'mon now. NEW BREAKTHROUGH PRO just said Satan hacked his account! !! Subsequently of Satan hacking into PRO's flickr account and then hacking into his debate. org account for third round arguments----- We can clearly see Satan himself has invested interest in winning this debate for PRO, bossyburrito. Which means my theory, all along, was correct. Satan wants the hot girl, PRO, to win so satan worshippers will come to this site. PRO's case has failed as there have been too many admitted hacks, lies, false evidences presented to judges, and a BOP thats far from being met as such. But don't worry bossyburrito, we'll get Satan back!
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

1. Hindu's don't support our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and therefore they are doing the devils bidding. 2. Satan tampered with my Flickr account and made it seem like i faked that photo! THAT IS THE DEVILS WORK. 3. Ok, you got me. It was an L. It stands for Lord Obliterate Lucifer. 4.WTF. You try to say i am the devil, which would be like a tire wanting to make more potholes. I FIGURED IT OUT! CON IS THE DEVIL! It all makes sense now!
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

1. Mormons don't help Satan, just ask them. Muslims don't, just ask them. Buddhists don't, just ask them. Hindus don't, just ask them. Jews don't, just ask them. Chineese traditionalists don't, just ask them. The only groups that seek to help Satan and therein are the only ones you can conclusively say help the hypothetical devil are the ten groups I offered in the previous round. And DDO doesn't offer any of those 10 groups as choices.2. "Do you have proof that a glitch in the system didn't skip 777?"--That's not my BOP hombre."I have proof of 666, as shown here:http://www.flickr.com...;See now this comes back to my original question: Who is PRO? This photo as of 2:15 A.M. was submitted, according flickr.com, 15 minutes ago. Now 15 minutes ago, according to my profile's record, I just posted my Round 2 argument. All the other photos, the one's with l............................................o.........................................l beneath them, were posted 2 hours ago: well before the debate. So as it appears to me the original evidence was so inconclusive that PRO tamperred and submitted new evidence. BUTPRO did this in such a panicked rush that he forgot to cover his tracks.Viewers please, at this moment, go to:http://www.flickr.com...The image is not even a blow-up. PRO forgot to fake the zoom-in. This new "evidence" labeled "PROOF" is just a picture on the paint program with red brush on it. Look to the "4" and "," and "9" under the red scribbles.Now onto his last leg: "If you looked closely at the letters, you will see that the final L is actually an I! This stands for Lucifer Oughta ingestpoison" 1. Not Buying.2. Your evading the question by acting like that wasn't a "L." We all know it was.3. So it comes back to the question. Who is PRO? And what is PRO's motivation to be tampering with such evidence to prove DDO a satanic site? Could PRO, himself, be the.... http://www.sodahead.com... ? Your case is dead.The only thing in question, sir, is you.
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

1.Every religion that is not Christianity indirectly helps Satan conquer heaven! 2.Do you have proof that a glitch in the system didn't skip 777? I have proof of 666, as shown here:http://www.flickr.com... 3. If you looked closely at the letters, you will see that the final L is actually an I! This stands for Lucifer Oughta ingestpoison. My case stands.
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

"there are choices other than a complete and total belief in the Christian God. I find this to point directly to satanism"I counter with saying I do not find it directly pointing to satanism. And plus some Christians don't believe in hell. If Debate.org's choices of religions followed as: What most closely relates to your spiritual beliefs, check any that apply:1. Luciferianism _____2. Palladists _____3. Our Lady of Endor Coven _____4. LaVeyan Satanism _____5. The Yazidis _____6. Temple of Set _____7. First Satanic Church _____8. The Church of Satan _____9. Order of Nine Angels _____10. Sinister Tribes _____ If you do not see your gathering here, don't worry! Simply write it on this line ____________. It must contain the following letters: t. a. a. n. s. Your answer will be pending while we review it. Then you'd definitely have a case, but as it is--not so much. "this website had a total of 666 registered users"And then it had 777 users, which is an extremely holy number. In retaining said number, God forgave the website forever afterwards. Problem Solved! Now lets get to the real meat of the bones here.PRO has offered us a link. On this link we see three images. From right to left they zoom-in even more and more and more...until we arrive at the left image. I studied the image for awhile. At first it looked like a 6 and a 6 and then a confused 6 beneath those. Then more like two gas cans sitting on a log which was held up by the other gas can, all in a door way. And then it looked like a man's precious on a table that measured to 6.66 inches. But then I saw it. It wasn't the image itself we were supposed to be looking at. It was what was beneath those images.On this link ladies and gentlemen: http://www.flickr.com...You do indeed see something horrifying, and it comes in form of:"l"......................................................."o"................................................"l" Ladies and gentlemen if you put the three together you have...lol. Thats right....laughing out loud. Now lets ask ourselves why would there be a:"l"......................................................."o"................................................"l" Beneath each of these images. I'm not trying to start Salem Witch Trials or anything. I'm simply throwing a question out there. Why...would PRO put"l"......................................................."o"..............................................."l" beneath these images? Who is PRO really? Why would he be laughing at us when showing us these images? Why would PRO want to prove this site satanic? Maybe, just maybe, because if he succeeds in doing so he can attract satan worshippers here? So I ask againWho is PRO, really?
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

For my first argument, I will have to point to the fact that in the religion section on users profiles, there are choices other than a complete and total belief in the Christian God. I find this to point directly to satanism. You can also note that at one point in the past, this website had a total of 666 registered users, which is extremely unholy. For my last argument for this round, i would like to point to a satanic symbol in the Debate.org logo at the top of the screen. I have provided close up pictures of this horrible logo: http://www.flickr.com...
DDO is a satanic website that worships Satan.

Sorry that Im reposting this, my opponent decided to back out of the last one. In this debate I will try to prove that the website we are on right now, Debate. org, is a satanical website that worships Satan. Definitions (Dictionary. com) : Satan: The chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil. Satanical: Characteristic of or befitting Satan; extremely wicked; devillike; diabolical.
Smoking (All types, Including marijuana and Vapor) should be banned.

The reason I included vapor is because I wanted to cover all types of smoking. We should also remember that Vapor can also be toxic. It's an Illusion of safe smoking. "The nicotine inside the cartridges is addictive. When you stop using it, you can get withdrawal symptoms including feeling irritable, depressed, restless and anxious. It can be dangerous for people with heart problems. It may also harm your arteries over time."(www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/.../electronic-cigarettes) I also forgot to add that I wanted it to be Illegal around other people >< I apologize!
Smoking (All types, Including marijuana and Vapor) should be banned.

To address your claims of the dangers of vaping: There is a difference between a substance possibly having side effects in unhealthy people and a substance definitely causing cancer. The risks of smoking compared to those of vaping are like the risks of walking on the highway compared to the risks of walking on the sidewalk. Vaping is mostly safe, and the same arguments you made against its safety can be made for caffeinated beverages and fast food, so I assume that you want those banned too. What you have yet to do is form an argument explaining why smoking and vaping should be banned, and you were not clear with your last sentence. Your initial post said you wanted smoking and vaping to be illegal. Are you now saying you want them to only be illegal is another person is nearby? What if that person is also smoking or vaping? Is it still a crime? Are you suggesting that if someone is smoking or vaping in his or her own home and others are around, that should be a crime? You need to make your position clear. You should also explain why you think that whatever you are arguing to ban should be illegal. As to why I am against what you initially posted, laws that ban activities that only harm the individual partaking in the activity(assuming that the individual has been apprised of the dangers) are unjust. This has been shown in our various drug laws which have been more damaging to society than the drugs they banned. If I am smoking in my home, in my car, or by myself on a street corner, then nobody is affected except for myself. This is especially true with vaping because unlike smoking, vapor does not linger and the vaporizer stops putting out fumes when I am not puffing it. If you think that it should be illegal to smoke near others, then if I walk up to a smoker who is smoking, should he be arrested? Are you talking about smoking in public buildings? If so, that is already banned so that workers are not exposed to concentrated smoke.
Gay Marriage Is Absolutely Okay

Alright. First of all - there is absolutely NO evidence backing up your claim that more men are raped than women. 1 in 4 women in the United States have experienced or will experience a rape, Opposed to the 1 in 33 men. Don't try to tell me that men are raped more than women are. Second of all, No matter where a gay person is, They are more likely to be the victim and less likely to be the instigator of a rape. Prison rapes happen regardless of sexuality. Rape rates among gender and sexuality here are not up for debate. Your claims are factually incorrect and incredibly disrespectful to women and the LGBTQ+ community. Marriage is not anti-gay. The only thing limiting gay marriage historically has been straight people. Why is it so difficult for you to understand that getting married isn't something gay people want out of spite? It's marriage. We don't want to spite Christians, We want to get married and live with our partners in a loving and committed relationship. Your second and third claims I have already refuted. LGBTQ+ rights are not subject to the slippery slope because marriage is between two consenting adults. Animals cannot consent. Children cannot consent. The LGBTQ+ community has rallied around keeping pedophiles out of the community. Therefore, Your point is moot. Let me say this one time. Marriage is NOT exclusive to Christianity. Allowing gay people to marry is NOT an attack on Christianity. It has no effect on the validity of a heterosexual, Christian marriage. So why are you so bent on saying that it is? The Bible doesn't explicitly state that gay people should be barred from marriage. And the reason why being gay has been taboo is because of the homophobia bred by generations of shaming and oppression. From a "biological" perspective - we NEED a population decline. Humanity is draining the world of its resources faster than they're replenished. While that's a whole different argument, I'd like to address the fact that out-of-control population growth is the opposite of what is needed. Homophobia has never stemmed from concern. Young people are not discriminated against by voting laws. Children do not have the mental capability to consistently make educated, Informed, Rational decisions until teenage years - such has been proven by neuroscience. Allowing children to have an influence in policy making would be unwise. What do you mean - discriminating about an injury? That makes no sense. Discrimination is only good if you are not being discriminated against. You, A heterosexual, White, (likely) upper-class man, Have never experienced institutionalized discrimination. Your exact demographic has always been powerful in the United States and thus discrimination isn't something you've experienced. The fact that you think discrimination is somehow a good thing is concerning.
Gay Marriage Is Absolutely Okay

After reading your points, I have a few counterpoints to make. As said by Block19, A few of your arguments made little sense. Eating pork in a mosque isn't illegal, But it's extremely disrespectful to the religion as a whole. Not eating pork is something the entire religion does because the Qu'ran explicitly says so - the Bible makes vague references to homosexuality at best, And it's the interpretation that lends itself to homophobia - not the Bible itself. Basing an argument about the civil rights of an entire demographic on this isn't valid in the slightest. For your second point: Christians are not the only people who get married. Hindus get married, Muslims get married, People of every religion get married. Atheist people get married. Religion doesn't affect the validity of a marriage, And that rule applies to same-sex marriage. Regardless of whether or not a gay person is religious, And regardless of whether or not that religion happens to be Christianity or not, The marriage is still legally recognized. If Christians disagree with other religions, Then by your logic, People of every other religion shouldn't be able to get married, Because it doesn't "respect their beliefs. " That logic is very flawed. For your third point: if you sincerely believe that hundreds of years of persecution, Slander, And oppression was based on overpopulation, That's your problem. Because that's entirely incorrect. However, That is not the issue to be addressed. If someone were homosexual, They wouldn't have reproduced anyways, And plenty of heterosexual people don't reproduce, So in this situation why are only gay people discriminated against? Discrimination is based in hatred and hatred alone. That is why gay people have been denied rights for so long. I look forward to your next points! I'm enjoying having this debate :)