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The Bible is right.

The I believe the Bible is right! The definition of right in this debate is: Right: in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct in judgment, opinion, or action; fitting or appropriate; most convenient. Resolution: The Bible is right! Rounds: 1. Approval 2. Arguement 3. Rebuttal 4. Rebuttal 5. Conclusion Rules: 1. Debate must be respectful. 2. Debate must stay on topic. 3. Intelligent and witty comebacks(sarcasm)is tolerated. 4. Super natural, Metaphysics, suspected fantasy is not allowed. Because it is non-provable from either side. Only teaching and practices allowed. 5. All resources must be provided. 6. Con/Against must provide proof the Bible is not right.
Be it resolved that youth are too apathetic and narcissistic to make a difference in the world.

"Recently there has been many surveys taken, these show that since 1982 Levels in narcissism had risen by 30%." There is no way to confirm these statistics because you didn't post and sources. "This does influence us to be like them in some extent which is a factor to some of the percents listed above." TV personalities can influence people to some extent, but it is up to the person to decide if they want to pursue university then apply for a prestigious and well paying job, shouldn't that be enough incentive for one to not be apathetic? I believe narcissism doesn't drastically change if our youth can change the world or not, vanity does not change the fact that we can change the world. For example if a doctor or an aspiring doctor was very narcissistic it would not change the fact that they may be one of the hardest workers in the world. So this is why I believe our you is NOT apathetic or narcissistic.
Be it resolved that youth are too apathetic and narcissistic to make a difference in the world.

I believe that youth now a days are way too apathetic and narcissistic to make a difference in the world. Recently there has been many surveys taken, these show that since 1982 Levels in narcissism had risen by 30% . Without a doubt, we all realize that in this new generation we have been exposed to very much more garbage shows on TV , these are shows such as jersey shore. This does influence us to be like them in some extent which is a factor to some of the percents listed above. This is because without a doubt the people on those shows are the representation of the new generation for new kids and everybody , they influence everybody! I don't know where the generation is going yet but it is definitely not going in a good way by the looks of the whole new youth are just overall very lazy and self centered. This is my opinion.
LOL is better than DOTA by most of the publics consensus

nah.. u still cant say that lol is better than dota. if everyone says that 1+1=11 is it the way it is?everyone has different opinions. so in my opinion u can only say that more ppl prefer lol than dota but not better i am a rookie and this is my first debate so.. if i misunderstand anything or say anything wrong sry hehe i knw i suck lo
LOL is better than DOTA by most of the publics consensus

Resoultion - LOL is better than dota by most public consensus. That means the mass majority of people consider LOL to be better. How do we gauge this, by activity. People actively play LOL because they like it better 27 million play LOL daily - http://www.forbes.com... only around 800k play Dota daily - http://steamcharts.com... By majority, the vast amount of people prefer LOL
Minecraft beats roblox by every point

1. Roblox does not trick you, they themselves DO NOT get involved with other gamers and their content, that being said, because so, any game that has special items that you need to buy is at the fault of the user. Like I said also, you didn't need that blue flaming sword and ninja mask. 2. SOMEONE KISSED, OH NO, THIS ISNT GOOD AT ALL, GAMES WITH PERSONALITY IS NOT OK3. How do you know robloxers are the ones attacking minecraft, griefers are everywhere. Thats a terrible, false, and unleading accusation with NO EVIDINCE to back it up. 4. Video or it didn't happen.5. You need a better belt, you're rambling is showing. Anyways, the whole "parents dont want their kids to play it" line is so confusing, what were you talking about? Roblox or Minecraft, and before, you showed no evidince for a claim like that.6. Minecraft has a fair share of bad videos, the only reason why those "songs" have a large majority of likes is simply due to a large fanbase than roblox has, its an unfair advantage. 7. Free to what? 8. Everything in roblox is created by USERS, if you saw minecraft blocks, it was user named, people are lazy and like to make clones. That is an irrelevant reason. 9. Roblox teaches people coding. 10. Minecraft is marketed as a game. Roblox is marketed as an online community hub, or basically, Roblox isnt in a water where they can get awards, since it isnt marketed as a full fledged game. 11. Even people I met have played roblox. My previous reasons still stand, as its been showed NONE of them have been countered. My previous rebuttals still stand, for the have no been repaired.
Minecraft beats roblox by every point

Roblox tricks you they want you to pay a lifetime because they want your money. Ad the guest are stupid I saw two kiss. Roblox has a lot of fighting on most serves. And do you know some people on roblox ruin minecraft. Some people like to go over there and cheat and hack. I saw this youtube video that before minecraft had no online daters and people from roblox came and started online dating. Minecraft beated roblox in the rap battle. Minecraft is not so boring. Some parents don't even want there kids to play I saw it on a online site. Minecraft is all yours and your free you have your own admin. Roblox have stupid ideos on youtube and minecraft songs have lots of likes and videos like sky does mine craft and are you saying clay cannot be used to be turned into bricks. Are you also saying roblox teaches you anything. And lets go to the copying part. Roblox copied minecraft. When I played I saw these bricks that was just like the minecraft ones which I do not understand and they never had those bricks before and now installed them are they really trying to copy minecraft. Minecraft also has won an award before. Even people I have met played minecraft. Five reasons why Minecraft beats roblox 1. Roblox community has been ruined and there has been no complaints about minecraft having bullies if there was there must be a reason 2. Minecraft you are able to instal mods and buildings look better and realistic and easy to do. Roblox is just plain old any model. 3.Roblox is just a game about to other games. Minecraft is a very challenging game which gets players excited 4.Devin said what does Gta have to do with this then why is he talking about Mario and call or duty 5.Roblox is a lego rip off cause its a copy off of legos and how there heads look like a curved shaped thing which cannot even be described. Roblox is too blocky you may minecraft is but its not there are different shapes. Last but no least spawn killers that kill repeatedly at your spawn and noobs who frs you so they can come in your base to kill Wikipedia minecraft that's where I found my resource
Minecraft beats roblox by every point

Roblox sucks its not even on Xbox to start. The games suck. The multiplayer is stupid. Minecraft you can single or multiplayer. Roblox there are noobs. Minecraft has skills roblox little kids just click on an enemy and rage quit when they die. Also there are online daters and perverts. I would even rather to play GTA. Minecraft teaches you things like sand is used to make glass. The game is not bad it on phone ,Xbox, and pc. The swords on roblox look ugly and whack.Minecraft has better stuff,but roblox is just a game that likes to copy and accepts any game any model. Roblox gets boring and hard to script and make servers for people to come in. The explosions are weak. There heads look like they were carved from trees. Its a lego lego rip off. Minecraft it does not get boring. Roblox people walk so slow they cant even make a dunk in a hoop. Minecraft players are more nicer. Roblox is a piece of crap. Roblox is a game that was rushed. Roblox makes youpay every time and you have to pay 233-433 bucks.Minecaft s only 20 bucks not so expensive. Minecraft graphics are awesome and you can buy texture. Notch took his time.
Mind & Matter

Let me clarify that I'm not coming from a theological frame work, I think you can be a dualist and maintain agnosticism at least. Anyway, AnthraSight never replies to my argument from reason and so his case remains self-refuting. But in reply to his argument, first, the mind may influence the distribution of energy, without altering its quantity, but I agree that such an influence still violates energy conservation. Second, but the human body doesn't seem causally closed, as the conservation of energy applies only to closed systems! If anything science therefore wouldn't be able to explain the mind, which isn't at all surprising for the dualist.
Mind & Matter

I accept the challenge! I just have one argument but it's sufficient. Any action of a nonphysical mind on the brain would entail the violation of physical laws, such as the conservation of energy. eg, When a person decides to walk across a room, it is generally understood that the decision to do so, a mental event, immediately causes a group of neurons in that person's brain to fire, a physical event, which ultimately results in his walking across the room. The problem is that if there is something totally nonphysical causing a bunch of neurons to fire, then there is no physical event which causes the firing. This means that some physical energy is required to be generated against the physical laws of the deterministic universe — this is by definition a miracle and there can be no scientific explanation of (repeatable experiment performed regarding) where the physical energy for the firing came from. (1)Citing Sources(1) Baker, Gordon and Morris, Katherine J. (1996) Descartes' Dualism, London: Routledge
Mind & Matter

I will argue for substance dualism and my arguments are two in number. I thank whoever dares this rapid debate! The mental does not have extension in space, and the material cannot think. Although mental states, such as beliefs and desires, may causally interact with physical states. Consider a computer simulation in which the bodies of the creatures are controlled by their minds and the minds remain strictly external to the simulation. The creatures can do all the science they want in the world, but they will never be able to figure out where their minds are, for they do not exist in their observable universe. This is a case of substance dualism with respect to computer simulation. This naturally differs from a computer simulation in which the minds are part of the simulation.1 Minds perceive intramental states differently than sensory phenomena, and this cognitive difference results in mental and physical phenomena having seemingly disparate properties. These properties are irreconcilable under a physical mind.2 Furthermore, if all of our thoughts are the effect of a physical cause, then we have no reason for assuming that they are also the consequent of a reasonable ground. However, knowledge is apprehended by reasoning from ground to consequent. Therefore, if physical-ism were true, there would be no way of knowing it! Haldane says: "If my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain, I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true ... and hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms."3 Likewise, Lewis concludes: "If minds are wholly dependent on brains, and brains on biochemistry, and biochemistry (in the long run) on the meaningless flux of the atoms, I cannot understand how the thought of those minds should have any more significance than the sound of the wind in the trees."4 Sources 1) Chalmers, David. "The Matrix as Metaphysics". David Chalmers' Home Page. Retrieved 2013-01-24., Note 6. 2) Prinz, Wolfgang (January 1992). "Why don't we perceive our brain states?". European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 4 (1): 1. doi:10.1080/09541449208406240. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 3) J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds, page 209 4) C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, page 139
The Reverend Wright scandal with Barack Obama will prevent him from having a chance to become prez.

To conclude this debate you did not do a very decent job at adressing the points raised. Your attepmts were...entertaining to say the least, but they fell short of an actual response to my points. You said: This proves my point, he has been his priest for 23 years and has never heard any of these remarks before. His judgement is hurt severely. But Obama says: Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely... You failed to prove anything, Obama said he realizes that his Former pastor has made comments like these in the past. You say that Barack claims to never of heard anything like this before. You say: If I had a uncle who called certain people with passion, that they are n@#$%^ or other hateful speech, I would not be friends with them. so you would disown a family member like an uncle due to some racy statements? The whole speech that Barack made was about unity amoung race. How we should accept all even those who hate and show them we are better than that, and we are willing to come together and remove our differeneces. You say Obama still did not tackle the issue head on about race and Rev. Wright. Did you even read the speech? (or whatch it?) I gave segements of it here, and every display I provided, was very straight forward and honest. As far as national polls go, USA Today/Gallup polls show Obama leading McCain by three points. Newsweek shows Obama 1 point ahead of McCain, nationally, as well as a CNN poll. The polls aren't what matters. You must remember McCain has a high poll # because he is the only republican choice, on the other side the split between Clinton and Obama is getting more and more difficult for undecided voters and democrat voters every day. And by the way this speech added an extra 2 point lead against Hilliary, so I guess the Rev.Wright issue didn't affect as many voters as you think. Thank you for the debate, it was stimulating and enjoyable. I hope to debate you again sometime.
The Reverend Wright scandal with Barack Obama will prevent him from having a chance to become prez.

"On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation", this doesn't prove anything, he was the pastor for 23 years. "Where has Obama said "I have not heard any offensive comments from my church before"?", This proves my point, he has been his priest for 23 years and has never heard any of these remarks before. His judgement is hurt severely. " Obama made a great point in his speech on this very issue. Would you disown your familiy member or very close friend if they said some things every once and a while? We only know Rev. Wright through sound bites played over and over again on Fox.", If I had a uncle who called certain people with passion, that they are n@#$%^ or other hateful speech, I would not be friends with them. Sometimes you don't see bad things until after awhile of having a relationship, Obama has had him for 23 years. Also "After Barack made this speech on race relations and Rev. Wright you really can't say Obama "still hesitated to answer these questions". He tackled this issue head on, and as I would argue that he shouldn't of had to answer for Rev. Wright, he did. Plain and simple.", No he didn't many individuals feel he did not answer the reasons why he is still with him. Presidents have to appeal to a vast array of people. Having a afrocentric view is going to lose support. He did this speech, but before that he was sending people other than himself to answer this probelm. He gave a good speech about racial divide, but it's all talk, actions speak louder than words. "ignorant undecided voters", this is what wins elections, he will keep his core support, like you, but when it comes to ignorant undecided he loses. Infact Obama had a double digit lead nationally with independents, now John McCain does. Obama gave a heartfelt speech, but he has already lost a lot of support from individuals he needs to win. One speech will not win him an election, when his judgement is put into question. He says he has never heard anything like that in 23 years, either is is dumb, which he is not, or arrogant, which he is not, so he must not have good judgement, which is the only thing to his truest heart of who he is. Vote Aff.
The Reverend Wright scandal with Barack Obama will prevent him from having a chance to become prez.

My link that I posted wasn't supposed to be any thing else but the text to Barack Obamas speech in full text. You make it seem that I sent a link to a "liberal" site. If you cliocked on the link I sent then you can see that it was only the text of the speech, also on that same page it has a video of the speech. So I did not send a "bias" site as a source. If it makes you feel better here are some links that are the exact same thing I sent above just from other sites: http://themoderatevoice.com... , http://www.iht.com... , http://blogs.wsj.com... If I may quote the speech again: "On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation" Two main things. Obama called Wright out on his hurtful statements but he also refers to him as his "former pastor". The term "former" indicates that he may not be his regulare pastor. Where has Obama said "I have not heard any offensive comments from my church before"? I would like to say that your connection to a single church in Illinois and an entire Nazi regime is ridiculous. And You haven't answered my questions above. Obama made a great point in his speech on this very issue. Would you disown your familiy member or very close friend if they said some things every once and a while? We only know Rev. Wright through sound bites played over and over again on Fox. Would you say Bush is responsible because Dick Cheney shot someone in the face? No. After Barack made this speech on race relations and Rev. Wright you really can't say Obama "still hesitated to answer these questions". He tackled this issue head on, and as I would argue that he shouldn't of had to answer for Rev. Wright, he did. Plain and simple. This does not hurt the Obama image at all. I think because he wasn't afriad to adress this head on, with intellect and honesty, people admired this. Yes alot of ignorant undecided voters will not know about his speech as a whole and some how thnink Obama is responsible for his Former reverends remarks, and not vote for him, but for the ones who decided to give sometime in watching/reading the speech will really see the kind of man Barack Obama truly is.
The Reverend Wright scandal with Barack Obama will prevent him from having a chance to become prez.

My opening argument: Did you even whatch Obamas speech on race relations? He said something about Wright, which I think clears this mess up alot. The link to the entire text of the speech (Which I will be quoting alot):http://www.huffingtonpost.com... "I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed." ****** So Obama has come right out and said that Wright has made controversial statements. He also disagrees on some politics. But what else does Obama say about Wright? ****** "And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. He contains within him the contradictions - the good and the bad - of the community that he has served diligently for so many years." ***** Look we can say what we want about Rev. Wright and his offensive statements. But Obama makes a good point. Think of Wright as your uncle or grandfather or aunt, whatever. Someone in your family says something crazy everyonce and a while, but that does not mean you should disown them. Thats not very Christ like. I thnik this speech saved him, he addressed the hard topic of racism, and I believe amoung many democrats, this is a turning point for the better. And to end my opening argument one last segement from his speech:"I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother - a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe." And to end with two questions: Can one honestly say they have agreed with every statement from church on issues of soceity and politics? and Would you get rid of a close friend or a family member when they say something a little outrageos?