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Atheism is good (I'm bad with titles)

The questions you have posed are interesting and very legitimate questions, that everyone should be asking, even those who claim Christianity. I would like to point out some fatal flaws in your argument and I encourage you to continue to research and solidify your positions based on evidence. In your first statement you are making the assumption that God is a human being, or something created at best. Christian doctrine does not teach this. In Christian doctrine, "God is infinite, meaning having no beginning and no end."(Christian Theology, Ryrie, pg 18) This means that God cannot be a human or a created being. The basic answer of who created God is "nothing" because if God is infinite, this means He can have no beginning. God is also not male or female and carries no racial features that we as humanity have. It is not impossible that an infinite being has no beginning, it is simple mathematics. In order for God to be infinite in power, he would have to be able to create "something from nothing" or as it is known in the theological community "ex nihlio". While it may be possible that the theory you describe is how the universe started, my question would be where did the tiny universe come from? With that in mind I will answer your statement "Atheism is good." Words have more meaning than people know and even a three word phrase can have severe implications for humanity. On the outside this may seem like a harmless statement but it has implications. The first is that with no belief in God, comes good. But what is good? where do you get this definition? And if there is good this means there must be evil, or else we could not understand what good is in the first place. One could argue that humans as a community decide what is good and evil and this is viable, but the ramifications are horrid. This means that if 51% of humanity agrees that killing people because of their beliefs is acceptable, it is now good and right. This creates a Might makes Right mentality and the implications of this way of thinking are seen in places like North Korea and South Sudan, where a majority of people have decided that what they want is the only right. I argue that if 100% of people agree that killing because of belief is right, its still wrong. This means that right and wrong cannot be decided by man, but an infinite God. So the answer to the question "is atheism good" in my opinion is no. This does not mean those who are atheists aren't good, this means that the concept of not having a God that decides right and wrong, where humans begin to make those calls is dangerous and leads to atrocity. I pass the floor to my respected opponent
Atheism is good (I'm bad with titles)

How can God be real? Sure there's a white old guy in the clouds that made a universe! Makes perfect sense, not. I'm not saying that it's wrong to believe in him, I just don't get it! Why can't I make stuff appear out of nothing? What created God? I know that the Bible said that he was always there or that he made himself (I think). But both of them are impossible! A man can't create him self if he did exist before he created himself, and it is impossible for some thing to just be there fore ever and ever. I know that the Big Bang theory sounds a little wacky. You might be saying: " But you said something can't just magically appear!". Actually there are there is a theory that the universe was tiny and small in form but all of the universe was still there. And everyone knows that if there is something so compact, it's bound to expand. So that's what it did, expand. Thus the Big Bang theory was born. I'm sorry if I have insulted you and if I got any facts wrong, but what do you think about Christianity and Atheism?
In the United States, private ownership of handguns ought to be banned.

Let's start with my opponent's arguments. My opponent's first point is the firearm purchases at gun shows require a background check. I do not see how to is relevant to banning handguns, as firearms not requiring background checks wasn't a point made to ban handguns. The problem is that handguns are used for crime, and gun shows aren't the problem. My opponent's second point is that gun shows have law enforcement presence, however, again, the problem with handguns are primarily used for crime, and gun shows aren't the problem. Next, again, is about background checks, which aren't the problem, it's crime. The fourth myth is not topical, it's not a reason not to ban handguns. Neither is the fifth myth. Or the sixth, since crime is the issue. The seventh myth isn't a reason to not ban handguns either. On to the eighth myth: just because people don't want to ban handguns, it doesn't mean we shouldn't. The majority of the people didn't want to end slavery, but with did because it was morally justified. The ninth myth says we should look to the Constitution, but there's an elastic clause within the Constitution, meaning the Constitution is not a justified moral system, so we shouldn't take action based upon it. And the tenth myth is not about handguns. On to my points. My opponent does not respond to any of them, meaning... My opponent concedes that banning handguns will reduce homicide and femicide. Limited handgun accessibility means less criminals, and a smaller illicit market. Banning handguns reduces crime. You should vote for banning handguns because my opponent concedes that I reduce homicide and femicide.
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

Section 1: That may be so, but that was because they only work when the mane 6 realize why their frilends in the first place and what friendship really is. Twilight was only corrupted because she lost hope in her friends who were, at the time, corrupted with negative (and to some, an opposite) attitude. Discord knew what it took for the elements to work, so he planned around it. The elements are still stronger than him, all he had to do was out smart the users. His plans failed when Twilight started reading the letters that she had sent to Princess Celestia throughout her time in Ponyville. Section 2: I haven't contradicted myself at all. To contradict myself, I would have to had said something that went against a point I was trying to prove. All I've done was explain that Tantabus could still be a threat, there is nothing contradicting about that. Section 3: I'd like to point out that my opponent admitted that I won. If the readers would notice, the title of this debate is "Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underrated Character in My Little Pony" with my opponent debating pro. By him saying that she is an overrated character (which is what I'm supposed to defend), he's admitting defeat. Nightmare Moon could come back. Especially if Luna is exopsed to dark magic. Tantabus can still be considered a threat to all of Equestria. Since it spawns form Luna's dreams, she can still be considered a threat for it. My opponent admitted that Princess Luna is overrated and therefore, so is Nightmare Moon.
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

Section 1: Nightmare Moon didn't fear the Elements of Harmony, but rather the fear of loss. Just as her expression when Luna saw Princess Celestia after the fight. She feared being outcasted and exiled back to the moon. This was more of a fear than that of the elements of Harmony. My opponent is incorrect as the end of Episode 1 season 2 the Mane 6 with the Elements of Harmony fail to defeat Discord leading to the corruption of Twilight. (http://tvtropes.org...) Section 2: My opponent is contradicting his own points here. We can see that Tantabus is there to punish Luna for Nightmare Moon and thus that episode was more of Luna's punishment and her excessive worrying that is over blown. It is this kind of worrying that put some people in the nut house and definately fits the punishment here.We can see that Nightmare Moon is completely overrated as my opponent has dropped the following points.-Nightmare Rarity-Disappearnce of Celestia-Nightmare Moon's power against Sombra.-Nightmare Moon's power growth.-Elements of Harmony's weakness.-Gak.With that I can see no other reason but to vote Pro in this debate.Thank you.
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

I'll admit that I did rebuttal a little, but I'd like my opponent to notice that I did make my own argument(S). I brought up Tantabus and how he can be a problem. I also pointed out that some people are still afraid of her, and that may be a possibility of her return.Section 1: Luna thought that she broke the Elements of Harmony, but she was clearly wrong. My oppoenent could easily see the look of fear on Nightmare Moon's face as they reformed by the magicall powers hidden within the main 6. This clearly shows that she can't stop them, and is scared of them. With Discord, he didn't do much, he just took them and sent the main 6 to a maze. Once they found and retrieved the Elements they easily beat Discord. I'd also like to point out that my opponent said that they have failed a lot, but only provided once and they didn't really fail. Theyr were taken from the main 6. They can't use what they don't have.Section 2: Yes Tantabus is a dream creature, but he can get out and be a problem. Luna said it herself: Tantabus will grow powerful enough to leave the dream world and turn the world into a living nightmare. This sounds like more than a nightmare than a simple dream creature.Tantabus isn't even a dream creature. A dream creature is created in between reality and the world of dreams and therefore act as a link between the two. They are spider-like creatures, who devour people in the dream world and real world. This falls in with the theory that if someone dies in a dream, they'll die in real life. I say this is a theory because it's "impossible to tell (answer if you're referring to the question)". http://www.scienceforums.net... http://www.symbolique.net...
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

I would like to note that my opponent has violated the rules by refuting my arguments in the second round instead of posting his own arguments and shall lose conduct at minimum, but I will now further my own arguments. Section 1: Though there was jealouscy between the two, but we can see that it did not fully manifest until after the Battle with Sombra. We can see that this gave her stregth as she turned into Nightmare Moon in that clip. Section 2: My opponenet is greatly mistaken. There are several times when the Elements of Harmony failed. We have to observe the first battle with Discord and they failed there. It was not just because of the "Discord" that existed between the Maine 6, but was more of the fact that it takes time. The Elemens of Harmony didn't defeat Tirek as it was the Power of Friendship which they unlocked at the season finale. Again another misque on my opponent's part. Not to mention that Nightmare Moon destroyed the Elements of Harmony in the Second Episodes. Section 3: Tantabus is a key factor. Despite being mostly a dream beast. We can see that it has many of the same abilities that Luna has, but it is different. It is a mere punishment for Luna and what Tantabus did was its job by tormenting Luna. There was no real harm done, but more of a Nightmare. (http://villains.wikia.com...)
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

Section 1: That video may be canon, but it's not what created Nightmare Moon. She was created out of Princess Luna's jealousy towards Princess Celestia. Though the battle with Sombra revealed Luna's full potential (possibly), it didn't awaken a darkness with in her. When she realized that no one is around to appreciate her and turned on her sister is when the darkness awoke. http://villains.wikia.com...Section 2: When it comes to the Elements of Harmony and nightmare moon, it's not as much of a contest as my opponent claims it is. In the first episode, we were told that the elements of harmony were "the most powerful magic in ponydom", meaning that there isn't anything stronger as far as anyone ones knows. The Elements of Harmony prove this time and time again, being used to defeat powerful villains such as Nightmare Moon, Tirek and Discord. So far no ones been able to stop them. Now if we add that power to an already powerful pony, I'm sure their power will grow. That's why when Princess Celestia easily defeated Princess Luna with them, it was just that, easy. As far as we've seen, no one can match up to the their power.http://mlp.wikia.com...Section 3: Nightmare moon hasn't been forgotten and is still a threat, plus some people were (and probably are) still afraid of her. You see this in Season 2 Episode 4 when Princess Luna comes to visit Ponyville for their Halloween celebration. You also see how Princess Luna fears the return of her evil form, which as we see is possible in Season 5 Episode 13. If you look closely it almost looks like Princess Luna. This could mean that there is still evil inside of her, and Tantabus could easily be the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon. If my opponent would care to take notice, at the end of Season 5 Episode 13, Tantabus wasn't destroyed but returned to Luna. Who's to say that he/she couldn't find the opportune moment to gain enough power to sneak out and go hide in a villains dreams? This would eventually give Tantabus enough power to leave the dreams and bring darkness and nightmares to everyone.
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

http://www.youtube.com...I would like to thank my opponent for this debate and now it's time to get into this debate. I would like to start off first here with the Battle against the Crystal Kingdom. Luna and Celestia both faced off against Sombra, but it was shown that Luna was stronger than Celestia. (yes the video is cannon as confirmed by the producers) This was probably where the Darkness truely began to form Nightmare Moon. When we saw what Celestia's worst fear was it turned out to be Princess Luna. In that battle Sombra confirmed this. After Sombra's attempt to frighten Luna by making her see her worst nightmare, similiar to when Twilight went to the Crystal Empire and was possessed by Gak (the purple and greenish entity) and this was confirmed by a second time. Luna was able to over come the Gak since the Gak is darkness. Princess Luna trasnformed into Nightmare Moon for the first time and gone as far to completely anhilate Sombra to the point to where he turned into a spirt that wasn't again seen until Season 4. Continuing on the Pre-Season one relm we also have to look at is the comics series. In issue 6 Part 2, Nightmare Moon's Gak and darkness possesses Rarity and creates a Nightmare Rarity. Though the major difference here is that Nightmare Rarity actually refers to herself as Nightmare Moon and Rarity as a completely different character. (The comic is shown in video two) http://www.youtube.com... already shows an extreme amount of her power. Now let's get into the series part. Firstly, I would like to point out just how much her power grew from episode 1 to episode two. Here we can see that in the second episode not only did her power cause Princess Celestia to disapear, but she ended up growing taller and her horn grew longer. The show confirmed that the longer the horn of the alicorn proves how powerful the magic is and how supperior it is, kinda like an alpha male. This shows her power growth. Later this is compared to Tirek, Nightmare Moon is shown to have her power mimic Tirek's Nightmare Rainbow. This already shows that her power is under played as it is over that of Tirek's. This already shows that her defeat by the Elements of Harmoney were overrated as she was stronger than Tirek and Celestia. We can see that the defeat should NOT have happend. Your turn.
Resolved: Nightmare Moon is an Underated Character in My Little Pony.

Second round is contruction arguments, no reubuttals. Third Round is Rebuttals. Forth Round is rebuttals and conclusions. No trolling. No kritics or counterplans. No semantics, the definitions provided are those that are to be used in the debate. BOP is shared. If any of these are violated then all 7 points shall go to the opposition of the one who violated the rules . DefinitionsNightmare Moon- Nighmare Moon is the villianous character version of Princess Luna who returned from the Moon in episode 1 and 2 season 1. After her defeat by the elements of Harmony she returned to become Princess Luna. Underated- to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate ( . http://dictionary.reference.com...) Note that this isn't just reguarding these two episodes, but exspands into more then realized.
we never landed on the moon

Sorry about the FF last round, I was really busy with other things.Anyhoo, the debunking of my opponent's second theory why it was faked-Simply, the moon module touched down on solid rock, with a thin sprinkling of lunar regolith. The engines moved the regolith, as can be plainly seen in this photo below of Apollo 16, but there is no reason to believe thatit would put a crater in solid rock. Thank you and vote reason, vote logic, vote Con! [1]http://www.telegraph.co.uk...
we never landed on the moon

Another reason why it was faked was because there was no blast carter under the L.E.M but there should of been some type of carter under it even in the N.A.S.A realistic drawing of the landing there was a carter draw in also it would of lest moved moon dust but yet when Neil steps on the moon the space dust would be moved yet when he steps right out of it he sees moon dust but the dust should be moved. The government had reason to do it to after the Russians put spunk in space the U.S.A was scared that it was a bomb so to clam the city down by putting a man in space but they panicked if they failed the Russians would have the confidence to take over so they faked it.
we never landed on the moon

Again, I can't tell which picture my esteemed opponent is referring to, but I can guess. The moon has no wind or air Correct, therefore the flag would stay stiff as there is almost no gravity. The American television show Mythbusters tested this in zero-g with no air resistance. This is at 2:00 in the video. http://www.youtube.com... I think that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the moon landing was, at least not on this piece of 'evidence' faked.
God

I meant for you to make a case for your religion, would you define your religion. Creationist? I'm just going to assume things since you haven't told me, just let me know if I'm wrong. Your first point is that people believe in ghosts and aliens, and there is no proof of either. I would agree with you, people should know by now that ghosts are fictitious. As far as aliens, we know that life can form under the right conditions, and we know that the universe is so vast. People who believe that aliens come here are crazy, but those who say that, with the universe so big, extraterrestrial life is probable, are not crazy. Your argument is that because he created people he can do what he wants? Assuming he did, then you're still wrong. If I have a child, me and a woman created a child. Then by this logic I have the right to do whatever I wish to said child. This is utterly false and everyone knows that. You are admitting that the bible is wrong... Well I guess no argument here then! :)
The American Revolution was justified

By justified I mean of course that the benefits (both political and humanitarian) were to outweigh the negative effects. But was the Revolution qualifed to be justified and idealizied as they currently are in American culture? These are my primary arguements. 1) Violence and Causlties- any matter in which the lives of people are put at stake should not ever be taken lightly. Due to the rebels' inability to compromise and their warmongering attitudes by the end of the Revolutinary war they would see the deaths of 49,000 casulties and nearly as many maimed and wounded. Was it worth the awesome price? 2) Undemocratic Democracy- one of the main propaganda cries of the rebels during this war was that of preachin the values of freedom and democracy. Yet, if the colonies were democratic, why did they go agianst majority opinion (that was loyal to the Crown) and engage in such a heartless war? In addition by freedom many of the colonists meant they were merely scared of the growing aboltion movement in Britain, and had the colonists been given representaition in London (as the West Indians later were) how much longer would the pro-slavery lobby had lived on? PS: And you don't think the Emmancipation Proclamation was a war measure too? Lincoln had promised not abolsih slavery, but used it as a threat agaisnt rebel states. When the South seceded, he merely kept his threat. The 13th Ammendment came later for other political reasons.
The American Revolution was justified

Alright, your numbers do make more sense now. Still, out of the Thirteen Colonies, assuming the high number of 33% for the loyalist population, and accepting your number of only 1/3 of the population in open rebellion that would leave 1/3 undecided at the beginning of the War. Many of that undecided 1/3 made up their mind after word came home that redcoats were firing on colonists. At that point you needed to pick a side. As far as the Acadians in Canada they had only tenuous connections to the colonies. They were a relatively recent acquisition of the Crown and were ruled without any representation whatsoever. For the most part they were French and neutral. They had no business if Englishmen wanted to kill Englishmen. "Also when the revolution started heating up, London declared any slave that could make it to British controlled soil would be free." This was clearly a war measure. No other slaves would be freed in the Empire by order of the government until the 1830's. If you can cut the legs out from under your opponents economy during a war most nations take advantage of it. As for Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation is in large part celebrated because it committed to the Union to the abolition of slavery. This would lead to the 13th Amendment banning involuntary servitude in the United States. This is another debate for another time. I covered a lot more ground than taxes, didn't even really spend all that much time on them. The vice-admiralty courts, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the lack of colonial representation are much more important. Taxes were simply the root of the controversy because they were the means by which the British government attempted to assert control over the colonies. As far as the altruism of the British government was the not reason the Ohio was closed to settlement. The lack of funds in the Treasury to provide military defenses for the new colonists was. During the conquest of both the Indian Subcontinent and Britain's African colonies the British never sneezed at using military force to achive their goals. To assert that the Ohio River Valley would have remained closed to white occupation for very long is doubtful. There was certainly more at stake and behind the motivation for the American Revolution or any other. The circumstances are far more complex. I won't attempt to argue that American conduct during or after the Revolution was perfect, or even close to perfect. To assert that the Revolution was unjustified though, that is a sweeping claim to make.