Resolved: Ireland Does not Exist

My Rebuttals 1) Ireland And Snakes My opponent shows a statue, claims it is mythical, and then argues that similar statues must also be mystical. However, my opponent has attempted to lead you astray from the truth. Allow me to explain: We all know that Benjamin Franklin discovered the connection between lightning and electricity: We also need to realize that not all of the ancient deities were purely mythical entities- a lot of those “gods” were historical men that people added mythological attributes to, something that was common in less intelligent cultures. Diodorus: “The gods, they say, had been originally mortal men, but gained their immortality on account of wisdom and public benefits to mankind, some of them having also become kings: and some have the same names, when interpreted, with the heavenly deities, while others have received a name of their own, as Helios, and Kronos, and Rhea, and Zeus. ” (1)(Eusebius: The preparation of the gospel). “According to Plato, the earliest Greek Kings whose names were recorded were those of Atlantis. ” (2) Now, what is more likely, that there was an ancient god who was able to control the lightning, or that one of the ancient kings of Atlantis, namely Zeus, discovered the connection between electricity and lightning? This theory actually explains how Atlantis was so technologically advanced. That Atlantis was an advanced society was proved by a 2001 expedition, where researches discovered the lost city of Atlantis (3). Now, if we recognize that Zeus was actually the Emperor of Atlantis, we realize that other statues that resemble each other are likely to also be real. Therefore, St. Patrick actually existed. But if that doesn't prove it, here is a video where St. Patrick explains theology to the Irish, thus proving he really went there: (4). 2 Angels My opponent uses the fallacy of equivocation. She equates devil's angels with angels. However, I can forgive my opponent, as we live in a culture full of anti-intellectuals and bad theology. Allow me to educate you with proper theology, via the based-on-reality T. V. Series Supernatural (5). As this show is now in its 10th season, it obviously must be spouting out irrefutable doctrinal points, or else the sensitive conservatives would have demolished this heretic blasphemy out of existence. In the T. V. Series Supernatural, there are both demons and angels. One angel I want to look at in particular is Castiel. The angel Castiel plays a fictional person named Misha Collins in real life. One important point to look at was the Mishapocalypse (6). Here is an example of how the Mishapocalypse went down: As you can see, I have Mischapolypsed your argument into refutation. 3 Sexiness Ugh. David Tennant. He was so sexy, his hair had its own story arc: . .. where was I? Right. My opponent completely refuted my argument that someone as sexy as David Tennant was crafted from Scottish roots, not needing the influence of the mythical Ireland. I cannot argue with her on this point, we are in agreement. However, I will re-shape this argument, one that hopefully my opponent will concede to: The ancient druid religion was very mystical, and not much is known about it (7). However, from what we do know, they did influence that magical Merlin, who helped make Camelot a wonderful kingdom, and also helped King Arthur be the honorable leader his society needed. Merlin's adventures were luckily chronicled on television (8). Also luckily, the titular character, Colin Morgan, is of Irish origin. Now, he may not be what one may consider sexy, but he is just the most adorable guy any fandom can have: So I argue this: only someone as adorable as Colin could have come from such a land as Ireland. Rebutting Rebutted Rebuttals 1 The Doctor Lies My opponent presents a weak argument, namely, that River Song was telling the truth when she said the Doctor always lies. Clearly, this is simple to refute, as this would mean that every statement the Doctor made is automatically false. It is much more likely that River was lying when making the statement. Also, this statement was made in reference to the 10th Doctor, while the previous doctors were the ones who visited Ireland. 2 Drunk People Given that my above argument stands, my earlier argument that the Doctor is prevented from drinking alcohol effectively destroys this argument. However, if my opponent does refute argument 1, I should provide a stand-alone argument for this subject. Reality is a crutch for those who can't handle too much alcohol. Alcohol affects the brain in many different ways, even beyond that which scientists can discover. Drunk people experience reality in a completely unique way: time and space both become distorted. Now, given so much evidence for a multiverse (9), it is entirely possible that the drunk people may be visiting Ireland in a separate universe altogether. 3 Anarchy My opponent argued this is irrelevant, but that is true only if none of my above arguments remain unrefuted. If so, her last attempt effort to win the debate resided on the fact that no power (government) can claim authority (force) over all of the counties (subjective boundaries) of Ireland. Her issue with anarchy, though, is that she makes a critical error when she says, “Anarchy is actually the balance to immoral systems. ” My opponent is making the baseless assumption that there is actually morality in this world; good and evil. She argues that anarchy would make a balance, but if morality didn't exist, we would not then need a system of the (inherently religious belief of) justice. Since my opponent is arguing for objective moral values, and since objective moral values can only exist if God exists, then the only way she can make her argument valid is to prove God's existence. Otherwise, God doesn't exist, so the abstract entity that we call government can take the role of providence, and can call a piece of land whatever it likes, namely, Ireland. 1 . http://www.argyrosargyrou.fsnet.co.uk... 2 ibid 3 . https://en.wikipedia.org... 4 5 . https://en.wikipedia.org...(U.S._TV_series) 6 . http://www.urbandictionary.com... 7 . https://en.wikipedia.org... 8 . https://en.wikipedia.org...(2008_TV_series) 9 . http://www.math.columbia.edu...