In Favor of The End of Faith.

He has not countered any argument posed in the speech. Because of this He cannot win. The purpose of me posting the speech is b/c the argument needed to prove my resolution is too long to be contained on this website. I wanted to debate this issue so i created a debate that allowed anyone to counter any part of the argument they desired. I would respond by defending it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If my opponent had listened to the speech he would have realized that His argument does not Counter my Resolution. I will restate my resolution now. I am going to capitalize it not to be offensive but so that people skimming the debate will not over look it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY RESOLUTION, AS STATED: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I AM IN FAVOR OF PUTTING AN END TO THE ACT OF BELIEVING SOMETHING IS TRUE WITHOUT USING THE BEST EVIDENCE/REASONING AVAILABLE. " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I purposefully AVOIDED using the word "FAITH" because it can be argued that everything we believe is according to faith. If my opponent had listened to the speech he may have realized that. As you can see my opponent's argument DOES NOT address my resolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'll use the rest of this round to explain the different degrees of faith and show you that my resolution does NOT apply to all of these degrees. Faith (i. e. "belief that is not based on proof. " ) Can be shown to have all of the following degrees. A. > Believing something to be true when tantamount evidence/reason suggests otherwise. B. > Believing something to be true with complete lack of evidence/reason. (Blind Faith) C. > Believing something is true b/c some evidence/reason suggests it is but the best evidence/reason suggests otherwise. D. > Believing something to be true b/c the best evidence/reason available suggests it is. What we typically refer to as religious "faith" falls into A,B, and C. My resolution applies only to A, B, and C. It does not apply to D. My opponent's argument is entirely based upon faith in the "D" degree. Everything he has said about Newton and gravity, etc. falls in the "D" degree. Therefore my opponent's argument does not apply to my resolution Vote PRO. You may be wondering why is "D" even a degree of faith at all? Well it is becuase nothing, absolutely nothing is definitively provable. Everything and everyone you know may be nothing more than a figment of your imagination. Just as gravity may have been a figment of Newton's imagination. It is fundamentaly impossible to definitively prove that it is anything more. <<< >>>> The *best*, emphasis on "best", evidence/reason suggests that everything you know isn't just a figment of your imagination. As you can see this is Faith Degree "D". ---------------------- I will state again, MY OPPONENT HAS NOT COUNTERED MY RESOLUTION SO YOU MUST VOTE PRO. ---------------------- it should also be noted that by saying "putting an end" I do NOT mean forcefully.