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The bible is true

The first thing that the person taking the pro argument must acknowledge, is that if he admits the bible is true it is infallible. At that point he must be aware he can not pick and choose points within the bible, but that the bible is true as a whole. He will then provide evidence as to how history supports the bible and the stories within it. I in turn will offer rebuttals and provide my own points as to how history does not support the bible and how historical evidence does not support it. 1. The first Round is accepting the debate and acknowledging the aforementioned terms. 2. The second round I will start by establishing why i believe history does not support the bible. I will provide points as to why i believe this, and provide evidence and invoke stories within he bible to support my point of view. for the pro, he may offer rebuttals to my point, and in turn establish his own points as to why history does support the bible. 3. The third round i will offer rebuttals in response to my opponents answers and also further revise and solidify my points. I then will offer a conclusion the same will go for my opponent he will then offer more rebuttals and solidify his points. Then he will state a conclusion. Voters will the vote based off of who has made the better argument, and whether history supports the bible or does not. They will determine from our arguments whether or not they believe the bible and the stories within it are in deed true
Debate org is boring

Why do you talk like that? Im not trying to be rude or anything i just want to know. Because your sentences don't make any sense. Did you just learn english? Every sentence you makes a reader have to become a detective and decipher your message. Please learn basic grammar skills; thats very important especially on this site. Anyway i wasn't contradicting what i was saying. I was just showing you that you made this debate with your own free will. so why would you care about other people's debates if you can make your own, just like you did this one.
Debate org is boring

Thanks for your retort about my Opinion. I want to tell you only one thing. You said "that's why Debate.org gives you the freedom to create your OWN topic. if you don't like other people's debates make your own. Like you did this one." Okay, like your idea I make my own topic " Debate org is boring" but you did opposition my idea with "that's why Debate.org gives you the freedom to create your OWN topic. if you don't like other people's debates make your own. Like you did this one." I think it's your idea's deadly contradiction~^^ I dare say one more word : do not use coarse language to make the Internet world beautiful. You can do it! Yeaaaa!!!!!!!!!
Debate org is boring

Ok first of all your explanation of the site was garbage. Debate.org is a social media based site that allows users to debate on a certain topic chosen by one person. Debates consist of 2 parties, arguing over a topic one of them has created. depending on the topic the creator of the debate will decide his side and the side he wants the other party to debate on (Pro/Con) On the site you can also create Polls and Forums on certain topics. Ok so lets start with my rebuttal to your statements. 1. First, it's too hard to find interest topics in Debate org. (Rebuttal) If you mean its to hard to find *interesting topics to debate on then your a complete idiot because thats why Debate.org gives you the freedom to create your OWN debate topic. 2. All most of topics are even common. (Rebuttal) Ok so your saying "All or most topics are common" which i have no idea what that means but coming back to number 1 If All of the topics are common (assuming you mean overused) thats why Debate.org gives you the freedom to create your OWN topic. if you don't like other people's debates make your own. Like you did this one. 3. Also Few of topics are absurd. You can easily discover the topics like ' Cats or Dogs which is better?', ' pro or cons about wearing school uniform' and 'Is God really' etc. These kinds of topics disturb us to find real interest topics. (Rebuttal) Ok as you can see on the left side of your screen the debate genres "Cats and dogs which is better" would probably go in Entertainment or Miscellaneous. "Pros or cons about wearing school uniforms" that would go in Education or Fashion. "Is God really" ....lol (assuming you mean real) That would go in Religion or Philosophy. Debate.org is not just for you other people use this site as well and there are some topics people want to debate on and just because they don't correspond with your interest doesn't mean their "absurd" topics 4. Second, rap battles are destroyed identity about Debate org. As I said before, Debate org is a site about communicated debate topics. However these days there are many presumed posts, like rap battles. The point is rap battles is not a debate. If these kinds of things are spread, Debate org will lose their identity. When it happens Debate org and another humor site is might be same. Debate org without debates are boring. (Rebuttal) Ok... No it won't lose its identity... The site is literally called Debate.org i'm pretty sure most people know what a debate is. Just because a couple of people post rap battles does not mean the site will lose its purpose. And also that genre would probably go in Music or Entertainment. This site does not orbit around you. *But for all the people who do post rap battles i suggest https://www.rappad.co... This site (kind of similar to Debate.org) allows you to start a rap battle and wait for someone to accept it you can also record a rap with your voice if you want to have an actual battle. The site also has a Forum And you can post your songs. Every month the site host a Cypher you can give your song that you made to the cypher and if you get enough votes on your song the winner receives $250.
Debate org is boring

Do you know about the site name 'Debate org'? Debate org Do you know about the site name 'Debate org'? Debate org is a site that people communicated their debate topics. Each people can enter their debate topics and another user can send up their opinion after they judgment themselves. Also, they can do One to One discussion with the user who exhibits idea. Do you think it is fun? It seems its fun enough but, I think hmm.... not really. First, it's too hard to find interest topics in Debate org. All most of topics are even common. Also Few of topics are absurd. You can easily discover the topics like ' Cats or Dogs which is better?', ' pro or cons about wearing school uniform' and 'Is God really' etc. These kinds of topics disturb us to find real interest topics. Second, rap battles are destroyed identity about Debate org. As I said before, Debate org is a site about communicated debate topics. However these days there are many presumed posts, like rap battles. The point is rap battles is not a debate. If these kinds of things are spread, Debate org will lose their identity. When it happens Debate org and another humor site is might be same. Debate org without debates are boring.
God's existence - it is reasonable to infer a supernatural cause of existence

it's not really an argument from ignorance. what we observe are violations of nature, apparently. that's not based on ignorance but observation. medical sitautions are somewhat different because we always have observed natural excplanations. it would be expected there would be a medical cure. (thought to note, in another debate I have, I don't see some things that l00k supernatural happen to atheists that happen to thesis, such as some healings) it's like seeing a bike rolling and assuming it had been pushed. something unique such as existence itself is in its own category. con ignored by response to quantum random things come into existence. this is where matter is to begin with, the quantum level. there is nothing that we've ever observed that didn't have matter to begin with, and then appear. it's hard to understand con's points about thermodynamics. except to say ive cited a definition of higher to lower energy potential, and applied that to the universe. con points ive never heard applied to thermodynamics before
God's existence - it is reasonable to infer a supernatural cause of existence

To clarify for Pro. Pro stated "quantum happenings only occur where there is matter to begin with. quan tum happenings dont explain where matter came from." Pro's "quantum happenings" are subatomic particles popping in and out of existence as explained by https://en.wikipedia.org... and the Lawrence Krauss video. In a vacuum of empty space there is no matter, no energy, no radiation, no atoms, no full particles. There are in this vacuum of nothing however, physical fields from subatomic particles popping in and out of existence. So without matter, subatomic particles popping in and out of existence is unstable enough to eventually generate energy and therefore matter. From this fluctuation, energy and matter come. Pro claims "the higher to lower energy explanation i gave indicates something should have caused the universe that was of a higher energy, yet there is no explantation. even con's points about thermodynamics doesnt explain anything here" I explained the zero energy universe where no matter how high positive energy gets (matter), there is enough negative energy (gravity) to cancel it out to exactly 0 total energy. So, the high to low energy explanation is explained by my sets of [matter, gravity] Pro claims that the cause of the universe is a higher energy...ok even if there were a higher energy, it would be cancelled out by negative energy to equal 0 total energy. To conclude, it is unreasonable to infer a supernatural cause of existence given Pro's argument in total, because a lack of an explanation for an apparent violation of scientific laws does not therefore mean there is a supernatural explanation. To infer a supernatural explanation because of a lack of knowledge (ignorance) is to appeal to ignorance or to commit the argument from ignorance fallacy. Pro has specifically employed the "god of the gaps" argument from ignorance, where committers of the fallacy find gaps in our current knowledge and fill them with ideas of supernature/god/magic. Why this is a flawed argument: I provided an example where a patient tells his doctor that since no medical science can currently explain the signal that activates secondary tumors, that there must be a supernatural explanation. The patient does not provide HOW this unexplained phenomenon is solved by supernature; he merely asserts it after appealing to ignorance. Pro's position on cosmology and quantum mechanics is analogous to the patient's position on medical science.
One plus two is twelve.

I think anyone who supports this viewpoint needs to retake elementary school math. I don't mean to sound rude about it but it I think that it quite obvious that 1 + 2 = 3 and NOT 12. Allow me to demonstrate. Say you have 2 apples. Now imagine that I give you one more apple. How many apples do you have? Three apples. There is no possible way that you could have 12 apples unless I somehow had the ability to create 10 additional applies out of thin air. Anyway, I think that example alone says enough about my viewpoint. I look forward to seeing how, if possible, anyone could disagree with me.
Resolved: NASAs Space Exploration Program should be kept open.

Nation safty.The chance of Yellowstone erupting is 1 to 730,000. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov...The U.S. country has indeed been changed since 911.NASA sucks.35% is a small # we already cancelled the space shuttle program and have to use Russia's and we're doing fine with that.Actually I don't like what Obama has done in the White house (not because he's african america) because he's boosted unemployment rates and the national debt.Satellites.That's the united states' you forget there is hundreds of other countries in the world besides the U.S. These collitions have increased and we would have never known it if it wasn't for Dr. Kessler.NASA $NASA spends a lot more then they are budgeted so if this keeps up. It could cost us quadrillians of dollars to get off this planet. (I waited to the last round for refute. Save the best for last.)Get off the RockIf God wanted us to leave Earth he would have told us or even put some of us on other planet. http://www.youtube.com...
Resolved: NASAs Space Exploration Program should be kept open.

1. The Challanger is a hudge example here on NASA herts.2. The government is still punishing NASA for there screw ups and besides that the nation's saftey is better then going to Mars. (sorry I could find my doc. but I found it now.) ----NASA doesn’t work efficiently McMillan 10 (Graeme, McMillan, Journalist, written Aug. 2010,http://io9.com..., accessed Nov. 21, 2011, AL) How badly is NASA being run? According a US Governmentreport, worse than you may think, with more than 50% of programs over-budget and past-deadline... and some of the others having no deadline at all. According to New Scientist, a new report from the Government Accountability Office looked at 18 separate NASA programs, and found that five of those were operating without any deadline whatsoever, and only three of those with deadlines had managed to meet them and stay within budget. Amongst those ruining NASA's reputation, the Mars Science Laboratory is running 25 months behind schedule and 26% over original cost estimates, and the Glory climate satellite is a staggering 53% over budget. ----NASA satellites are ineffective Borenstein 11 (Seth Borenstein,reporter for NBC, written March 4, 2011, http://www.msnbc.msn.com..., accessed Nov. 29, 2011, AL) For the second time in two years, a rocket glitch sent a NASA global warming satellite to the bottom of the sea Friday, a $424 million debacle that couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency and its efforts to understand climate change. ---NASA overspends Hecht 09 (Jeff Hecht, contributor to Newsscience.com, written March 3, 2009, http://www.newscientist.com..., accessed Nov. 21, 2011, AL) Veteran reporters have come to expect big NASA spacecraft to be delivered behind schedule and over budget. Cost and schedule overruns are standard problems in military and civilian aerospace projects, but NASA - at the insistence of Congress - has been trying to clean up its act. How well is NASA doing? So far, not very well, says the Government Accountability Office in a new report covering 18 NASA programs. Each is big - projected to cost more than $250 million - and collectively, the projects are expected to amount to more than $50 billion
Resolved: NASAs Space Exploration Program should be kept open.

I really hate that text, it's hard to read. But, nevertheless, I thank my opponent for "their" opening arguments and will begin. Since my opponent has devoted no time to rebuttals, I will focus all my energy on attacks. Before I begin my attack, I would like to point out, that my opponent is taking the "lazy way out" and providing absolutely no analysis or original argumentation instead cutting and pasting from various newspaper sources. This is nothing more than plagiarism. I implore my opponent to actually take the time and construct an original argument… 1) NASA kills astronauts and NASA does not take necessary precautions. My opponent is making the argument that NASA should be shut down because of one tragedy several years ago. They make the argument that because one group of engineers. I also would like to point out that their first argument completely negates their second argument as it explicitly says "Through analysis and our ability to call back on our experience with tile, it was judged that that event did not represent a safety concern." They did check. They are experts. They made a mistake. That mistake, sadly, cost lives. My opponent is advocating the shutdown of a program, which does much good for thousands of people, based off of a single error or miscalculation. Furthermore, much of what is said is just conjecture by the person being interviewed, they state several times that they only "believe" this or that to be true, they have provided no evidence supporting their claims. Even a statement in an article still needs to have evidence surrounding it. All I see is conjecture. 2) Over budget and more expensive How NASA decides to use the minute amount of money given to them by the Federal Government is there problem. I will reiterate, "in 2009, NASA's budget was 17.78 billion dollars." They can use this money however they please. And, for the record, I would like to state that 17.78 billion dollars is not all that much money in terms of the entire federal budget. The entire Budget of NASA combined from its founding is about as much money the Department of Defense received in 2010. Whether or not their estimates were off by a few million dollars does not mean we should shut down the entire program. I also would like to point out, "G. Scott Hubbard, a professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, estimates for every 1 dollar spent on the space program, the United States government makes 8 dollars." So for this 17.78 billion dollars spend, the United States government will make around, 142.24 billion dollars. Exactly how can my opponent say this is a bad thing? So for all the money NASA spends, it still makes much more than that. To sum up, my opponent has not even taken the time to construct a case from his sources, has utilized sources which are nothing more than conjecture without much scientific fact or reasoning (the facts that are in the article completely contradict the conjecture), and has dropped every single one of my arguments.
College should be entirely government funded.

You have also made a valid point .That being said who is to say that the government should be responsible in any way for mess ups. Sure a majority of students do really want to learn and have a brighter future but who will take the blame for all the lost funds . Who will pay off the government's debt ? There really is no other way other than the statistics to show that it is not in the best interest of the government to pay for college education . It is definitely way be safe then sorry !
College should be entirely government funded.

I can prove this to be a fact because i know people that have done this in all my years of college. It also shows when the students end up with bad grades at the end of the semester . t shows that all this money has been spent on supplies , computer labs , books and new classrooms just so that at the end of the semester students are left with failing grades and low gpas. Statistics show students who pay for their education out of pocket generally do better in school and maintain high gpas!
Sources

Those aren't bad sources! Everyone knows facebook is a great way to get a multitude of answers to a question in a hurry. Furthermore, even Einstein has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com.... So you know that many people who are on facebook are actually very smart with high IQs. As for me, I've received backlash for citing this book in my political science courses: http://www.amazon.com... I once quoted this speech while studying abroad in Israel. And have often used this survival guide prior to going camping or on outdoor hikes: http://www.goodreads.com...
Sources

Well I usually get low marks for my sourcing on anything I do or write, so I accept! I've often quoted this webpage for all my debates and undergrad research papers: http://www.wikipedia.org... I'll often cited this book to prove my superior moral philosophy and scientific understanding for the creation of the universe: http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org... Furthermore, I often consulted with this user as a principle advisor for anything requiring objective feedback or intellectual honesty. http://www.debate.org...
Sources

This debate is to see who can supply the worst possible source for any debate. You are allowed to attempt to validate your opponent's source. Voters choose who had the worst sources. You must supply three sources each round without repeating type of site. The source is whatever page the like takes you to. No sites that contain viruses. I'll go first: [1] http://www.mafa.com... [2] bigassmessage.com/1e828 [3]
Sources

Yours: Wikipedia: Though not always 100% accurate on details, Wiki is usually fairly reliable, especially if you're only using it to get a basic overview of a topic. KJBO: Actually a great source for anything relating to the bible. DDO: Not very credible, however the sources given there could have value. Mine: http://thejigsawpuzzles.com... https://translate.google.com... http://dogspooping.tumblr.com... Thank you! This was fun.
Sports stars are paid too much money

Thank you for your response. Here's my rebuttal. Firstly, I'll be focusing on my opponent's argument that sport stars earn most of their money from endorsements. This really depends on the player and how well known they are. My opponent also claims that talent doesn't play into endorsements that much. How likely is a company going to endorse a football player if they can't score a touchdown to save their life? Marketability taps into how much talent they have. I'd also like to point out that the bare minimum pay of an NFL player is around $295,000 a year without endorsements. [1] Wouldn't you love to make that much as a minimum? To compare, the average American family has a household income of $52,250 a year. [2] Keep in mind that the NFL doesn't know for sure how much the player can make in endorsements. It really depends. Secondly, I'll show the eight week boot camp system for someone looking to be in the Navy, as I couldn't find the exact training for a football player. Here's week one: "The first week will also be filled with conditioning, swimming, marching, drilling, and most importantly, attending Navy classes. Everything you do from this point on is designed to prepare you for what lies ahead. You will push your physical limits and achieve higher performance levels than you ever thought possible." In the first week alone you'll push yourself beyond your limits. [3]Here's a more grueling example I found from week six: "Another academic test, and perhaps the most challenging of all, is the Confidence Chamber. Inside the Chamber, you and about 100 other recruits will line up and put on a gas mask while a tear gas tablet is lit. You’ll be ordered to remove your mask and throw it in a trash can while reciting your full name and social security number.... Every Sailor before you has mastered it and so will you." Who would go through this?! This are only two examples of the training program for the eight week boot camp. You have to use live firearms, march in formation, learn CPR, do battle scenarios, learn Navy customs, recognize flags, the list goes on and on. Football players don't have to do all of this. Their training is probably also extreme, they have a very low death rate like I stated in my opening statements. According to a survey, 28% of veterans suffer from PTSD or Depression. [4] How often does it happen with football players? Thirdly, I'll address the first argument made by my opponent in their response. I think it depends on your rank, whether you're part-time or full-time, etc. And when the draft did exist not all men had to go. It was a lottery and you had to be 18-26-years-old. You also have to pass a physical and mental exam. [5] That eliminates all men to a smaller portion size. Thank you. Peace. Citations[1]http://nflsalaries.org...[2]http://www.mybudget360.com...[3]http://www.military.com...[4]http://www.military.com...[5]http://www.militaryspot.com...