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Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

well the real question is is there someone listening and if there isn't whats the point also if god knows all sees all heres all etc then wouldn't he already know what your going to ask for (or she for political correctness) and if thats the case would't all your prayers be answered before you asked them and if thats the case do you still need to ask?(my mom says yes) so its kinda interesting to think about. so i bet you wonder why i'm on this side opposed to the other it comes down to the simple fact if on the off chance my prayer gets answered with a yes (which for me isn't all that often) then it takes a lot less time and effort.and it gives me brownie points with the man(or woman) upstairs
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

Prayer is extremely important. I think you should act as if everything depends on you but pray as if everything depends on God. It'll never steer you wrong. (Well there are always exceptions...)
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

"It'll never steer you wrong" except when it steers you and the plane you are flying into the Twin Towers.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

The poster you put up pretty much summarizes my views. If prayer helps people get through the hard work however, then more power to them- but in the end, hard work is the tried and true way to be the most effective in anything you do, unless those matters are of a metaphysical sort.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

I believe in facts that can be demonstrated. On those grounds, there's no contest. Prayer may or may not do some good; it makes some people feel better (though the God to whom they pray seems to have an uncanny resemblance to Santa Claus or Mr. Wizard). The effectiveness of work is visible.The only prayer I've ever thought either worth the breath it took to say it, or sufficiently respectful of any God worthy of the name, is "Help me to have a better understanding of your will, which will always be the right thing to do, along with the willingness and courage to do it."
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Not doing anything can solve something, but if you do hard work you don't let it be a coincidence.If you pray you expect the coincidence to happen and if it doesn't you think you haven't prayed enough, if it does you think it worked and start believing in whatever religion told you to do it even more.After you believe even more you start taking seriously even things you previously thought were absurd... and a fundie is born (and every time that happens a happy kitten dies of cancer).
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer requires hard work and visa versa

WARNING: Open mind required.Hard work is prayer. I find this kind of debate very frustrating as is presumes so many things that causes it to become a false dilemma. What is your definition of prayer? And how do you know what hard work is?I understand that many people do not believe in God, prayer or anything remotely religious, and that is fine, but to those of us who do - we can often see the results of prayer where hard work will simply not change anything. So from the perspective of a person who does believe in prayer and hard work I think that these two are not mutually exclusive.When I work hard and I know that the work I do is in line with God's will (which I establish through prayer) then prayer and hard work are two elements of the success I have in life.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

A lot more objection towards Hard work than just prayer:GovernmentVatican Moscowenemies toward hard work. finally, an argument that'll get liberals to favor the Capitalist belief though ;)
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Haha, right...because all liberals are socialists who just think everyone can smoke pot and put flowers in their hair, sing songs about peace, and everything will be alright. I personally want people to be lazy, do nothing, and allow the government to send them steak dinners every night. ;)
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

Hey, that's my life in a nutshell except the part about putting flowers in my hair and I never heard AC/DC sing about peace, but I live off steaks, mad cow be damned, and I grow my own skunk. I owe it all to hard work, I had a massive stroke at 38 and now I pray every night.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

First, I was being sarcastic. My point was that pyg occasionally likes to stereotype liberals (usually in jest).Second, how are you on the prayer side if you "owe it all to hard work". Your story is inspiring, and if religion helps you great, but what's going to make the bigger difference is your actions, not prayer. If, on the other hand I am completely missing your point then go ahead and disregard the second paragraph.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

i was stereotyping liberal thinkers into those who believe that the government should help people instead of encouraging them to "pull themselves up"...if Liberals do believe in Laissez-Faire, then i guess you'd be right.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

So there's no middle ground between Laissez-Fair economics and full blown socialism? That's like me driving a mile west to fill up on gas, and people saying "he's going to California." No one wants pure socialism: it sucks. Calling people socialists when they want to adjust the system to try and help the many is counterproductive though (unless you just want to scare people into supporting your side, in which case I guess it would be very useful).
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Take the story about the ants and the grasshopper - the ants worked hard all day long and had food for the winter; the grasshopper sang and, come winter, died.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Guess god was busy getting Eccentric clients... article
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

I wish I could be on the other side but it's my nature to take the reins when it comes to my life.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Praying may work sometimes, but is not a reliable option. Praying is only hoping for something you wish to happen, which it never always does (That's how world is). It is just wishing, not physically doing anything for it to happen.When working hard, you actually do something for a favorable result. You may pray that your work will be successful as you do the work, building up effort. But overall, hard work is effective.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Praying is like looking for a shortcut or looking for an easy way out :P . While hard work guarantees to get things done.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Both are effective in different ways

Hard work is something you can see happening, and something you have an active part in at all times. Prayer is having faith in someone else. Whether you are religious or not, at all times in your life you must trust in someone else.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

PRAYER IS FAKE. YOU ARE TALKING TO YOURSELF. Work is real. Nothing Fails Like Prayer.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Prayer does dickall.Sorry people, but your act of praying is nothing short of being delusional.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

I disagree, and apart from trying not to be too offended, I don't think you are fully looking at prayer. I can't say if prayer is necessarily helpful or not. However, even if there is no God, and the prayer is futile, at least psychologically it can, CAN, help people get through things. Even biologically, and this is something doctors have no explanation for, people have somehow survived unbeatable illness through sheer will. Well, if will can get you through that, and prayer can give you will, then maybe that can help. Also, think about doing hard work- if you do lots of charity work because you want to get to Heaven or whatever, who cares? The important thing is that you're doing it. The reason is less important than the end result. Personally, I believe in both hard work and prayer, but even from a secular point of view, it has at least some benefit.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

Prayer is not delusional. Think of prayer as trust. If you do not trust, how can you take chances in life?
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

Hard work no question, this doesn't even have to be debated.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Both are effective in different ways

Hmmmmmmmm, ..So based on this chart, you can only do one or the other? That sucks.
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Hard Work

The first problem with prayer is that you may not get what you want.The second problem is that if you eat beans and on the other island that you KNOW you will never be someone has his/her own beans, and you don't want them to eat those beans because you think your 'eating beans' is special and wouldn't be so special if the guy/girl somewhere else would eat HER beans.Did I mentioned I had a few beers?
Debate: Which is more effective, prayer or hard work?
Side: Prayer

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Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I prefer tea because there is a lot of different flavors to choose from. Coffee on the other hand, I've tried but don't really like. I don't understand why so many girls my age are into Starbucks, and coffee. It isn't anything special.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

You live in Washington and you're dissing Starbucks? You're a disgrace to your state.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Starbucks coffee is pathetic, too bitter and too much cream.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I like herbal tea. Especially "sleepy time" Yum! That stuff is good. I don't like coffee. I don't think it tastes good. It's nasty.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I drink a load of coffee and would struggle with out it but tea is just so nice and relaxing and it is part of my culture. Also you can get loads of different types of tea many of which have an array of health benefits.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I'll go with tea...i like it more than coffee and well...i can drink it with anything really...grilled cheese, labne(lebanese food), cookies....
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Tea is healthier in many more ways than coffee. I much prefer tea but coffee feels like you are more energized but tea gives you more of a healthy energetic feel than coffee because it is natural caffeine though not as much as coffee and coffee causes more teeth rotting than tea.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I prefer tea to coffee, because tea has many flavor, and coffee usually make me can't sleep, and tea don't make me like that. If I can't sleep, I feel very tired, and of course, I don't like that. So, I don't like coffee so much. But I think coffee is a good drink, too.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

The British empire was built on cups of tea and I wouldn't go to war with out one!!
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Neither. both are yucky!! :p . . . . . . . . . . . .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Tea enables us to refreshen our senses drastically and if you put in cardamom, cloves and fresh ginger there is no kind of milk product which can give you these many benifits sith a very refreshing taste
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

coffee smells good but dusnt taste good infact if u drink it u may get pimples whereas in da case of tea u can add flavours ..
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I drink three mugs of coffee daily. I have never gotten a pimple from coffee. You can add flavor to coffee as well but I prefer my coffee black.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Tea is good hot or cold it comes in many flavours and helps with stomachaches, warms you up in a cold season (If you don't like hot chocolate). Besides coffee has caffeine unlike herbal teas.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I say tea because it help you heal and coffee makes people stay up all night and not let them get any sleep will coffee on the other hand help you go to sleep and help you fill better not like the other options
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

I am a tea supporter,not because of the health factor because of the taste. While black tea and unsweetened coffee have just about the same health factors, the taste in tea is just more enjoyable.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

i choose tea because its healthier than coffee because of the beans and thats their just groody the only coffee i like is french vanilla and thats not good for my health nor yours.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

It rhymes with victory
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Perhaps.......But napalm in the morning SMELLS like victory!
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Tea

Even when there were more breathing allies before you awoke to smell the napalm?
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Coffee wins in consumption over tea worldwide. Or if you were asking for individual preferences, mine is flavored coffee. Coffee also provides a convenient vehicle for the consumption of mass quantities of cream and sugar.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Coffee wins in consumption over tea worldwide.Or if you were asking for individual preferences, mine is flavored coffee. Coffee also provides a convenient vehicle for the consumption of mass quantities of cream and sugar
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Tea
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

its just stores compare cafe coffee day and some man standing and making tea with a vest and lungi ondecide
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

COFFEE!!! WHY DO YOU THINK STARBUCKS EARN SO MUCH??? IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE COFFEE!!
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Coffee is the best by far!
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Well. It depends.On a cold morning I gotta go with hot coffee.But on a hot day, it's iced tea.
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

Tea: Plants in boiling water.Coffee: Zing pop fabulous smells scents tastes let's add some flavors shall we WOOP I'm awake now wow! Looking forward to that coffee yum it's so warm and FLAVORFUL and has consistency yum pop zAng
Debate: tea or coffee
Side: Coffee

If anybody doesn't like Starbucks, they're an enemy to other people. Don't you know that? I mean seriously... who doesn't like Starbucks?
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

Outsourcing is bad because it destroys jobs for Americans. the people who lose their jobs must now find a new job they may not be as well qualified for as their old job. these people will also have more financial problems for some time which will slow down their spending on non-necessary things. this will hurt the economy in America as well as lower the quality of life for Americans.With companies outsourcing they do not need to maintain as many facilities in the US and thus they are not taxed and thus the government does not make get money for the services it supplies. also companies that outsource do not need to follow the same production requirements as those of companies staying in the US. Outsourcing is good for some businesses not necessarily the economy or the American people. when companies outsource they nearly always save money, and are able if they want to reduce the prices of their products or keep them much lower than the competition. this hurts the small companies that can't outsource.in the end it is about what think is a greater good. I personally value people living better lives where they can find work doing something they like or are good at vs letting a business make more money that most workers won't even notice.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

"Outsourcing is bad because it destroys jobs for Americans."Perhaps the more correct statement is 'outsourcing is bad for americans as it reduces their employment opportunity'.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

Granted, outsourcing is not good for American jobs. This is obvious. Outsourcing is a byproduct of globalization. Globalization is process where societies and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and execution. This integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flow, migration, and the spread of technology has benefited millions of people throughout the world. Outsourcing has put millions into work. We can't blame companies because of global competition. In terms of requirement and regulations, most companies opt to leave the U.S. because of those requirements because they are only trying to compete globally.Comparative Advantage is the most critical aspect of outsourcing and globalization because it is hard for America to compete with China in labor since China has cheap labor. However, the street goes both ways. If China didn't produce the limitless number of products, how much more money would you be buying things if those were produced in America. Probably, anywhere from $5-10 dollars more per product. Look at some of you everyday things in the house and you will discover what is made in China, Japan, India, and Mexico.Yes, it is a major problem that America is slowly losing economic strength in the world because of our lost of mass production. We don't produce any goods anymore. All we have is service due to the endless number of products we are offered to buy.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

Everybody forgets exactly how many jobs have been imported into America. While GM, Ford and Chrysler cut back, Toyota, Nissan, Fiat, Hyundai, Nintendo, Sony, and other overseas companies add jobs. According to the Organization for International Investment, the numbers of manufacturing jobs insourced to the United States grew by 82 percent, while the number outsourced overseas grew by only 23 percent. Moreover, these insourced jobs are often higher-paying than those outsourced.Outsourcing isn't a bad thing. What's bad is bad government policies which fail to help people who lost their job get retrained for a better paying job.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

You make great points here. The loss of jobs to overseas is painful for the people losing their jobs. If given the right re-training, they can weather this storm. Its not as easy if we are in an economic slowdown, and its harder to find replacement jobs. In normal times, its not such a big deal.The benefits are for the consumers, who now get the product at a lower price (and can spend their savings on other products). Also, the economy will move towards focusing on more productive activities that, potentially, give the US better export products.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

those numbers are wrong and are not accurately reflected by our TRADE - DEFICIT --- which with China alone has run at about $ 1/2 Trillion annually for at least the last 15 years.This $500,000,000 is money that could and should be IN OUR hands . This is reflected by the fact that most day to day consumer goods are MADE IN CHINA .... still.China has only recently hit an average hourly wage for manufacturers of about $3.25 / hour. While other Asian countries are coming on at about .50 cents / hour.The result is Americans loosing good jobs paying between $10 to $30 / hour to wage slaves.This results in less spending power by Americans and lower sales for business because Americans have less money to spend
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

I think it is bad. I mean, our economy is already going to crap, and the government wants us to put money in it, but if we don't have jobs, thus making no money, how can we help it?
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

Outsourcing American jobs offshore is bad, and we are just beginning to see the effects of our offshore binge. The scary part is that the majority of the offshore jobs are being sent by financial companies. So, now, someone working in a call center in India has access to my SSN, my credit card number, and all of my information. The security over there is so lax that they can easily steal that information and start opening up accounts in my name.Not to mention the fact that corporate greed is driving honest hard-working Americans jobs offshore. It's pathetic.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

Security is a big issue when it comes to outsourcing, however just as a chain is as strong as it's weakest link, the encryption that needs to be overcome is not particularly strong either, and this is the larger issue in terms of security. Nobody should be able to access your information even if they have the data, because of encryption. If the encryption is weak, then it doesn't matter where the information is, because it will be cracked. Indeed, most of the black market data racket is coming not from India, as one might expect, but from Russia's commodity driven economy. Also, perhaps corporate greed may be driving the American worker's job overseas, but it is giving the 3rd world worker new opportunities and helping to reduce their poverty.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

It's not the "hackers" that you read about in the news that I'm primarily concerned with. If the data is encrypted and the company has designed decent security in to their network, as you mention it should be relatively safe.I'm concerned about the people who have access to the data via call center applications, development environments, etc. It doesn't matter if the data or the session is encrypted or not, if they have access to it they can just store it on a removable media device or email it out to their personal account. Insider fraud is MUCH more prevalent than someone hacking in to the system from outside.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

I'm not sure where you get your facts but most offshore call centers have tighter security than us firms.
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Good

Every one on this post is making things so difficult easy example if there are two identical ipods and one is 165$ and the other exact same one is 100$ which one would you buy? If you answered the one for a $100 then congrats you just supported outsourcing case closed
Debate: Outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries: Bad or Good?
Side: Bad

That's not exactly the case. Sure, as a consumer WITH THE MEANS TO PURCHASE, I'm going to pick the cheaper one. But as a worker, I'm going to support keeping my job, even if it means paying an extra $65 for an ipod. As a government, I'm going to support whatever will mean more revenues for me to tax. As a consumer, I won't be shopping for ipods if I'm out of work because someone over seas took my job.Finally, as an economist, I'm not going to favor policies that would lead to a more polarized distribution of wealth, as I know that will lead to fewer consumers with the means to purchase luxury items.