azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Atheism

nihilism is the meaning of life because Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose other than, perhaps, an impulse to destroy. While few philosophers would claim to be nihilists, nihilism is most often associated with Friedrich Nietzsche who argued that its corrosive effects would eventually destroy all moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions and precipitate the greatest crisis in human history. In the 20th century, nihilistic themes--epistemological failure, value destruction, and cosmic purposelessness--have preoccupied artists, social critics, and philosophers. Mid-century, for example, the existentialists helped popularize tenets of nihilism in their attempts to blunt its destructive potential. By the end of the century, existential despair as a response to nihilism gave way to an attitude of indifference, often associated with antifoundationalism.It has been over a century now since Nietzsche explored nihilism and its implications for civilization. As he predicted, nihilism's impact on the culture and values of the 20th century has been pervasive, its apocalyptic tenor spawning a mood of gloom and a good deal of anxiety, anger, and terror. Interestingly, Nietzsche himself, a radical skeptic preoccupied with language, knowledge, and truth, anticipated many of the themes of postmodernity. It's helpful to note, then, that he believed we could--at a terrible price--eventually work through nihilism. If we survived the process of destroying all interpretations of the world, we could then perhaps discover the correct course for humankind.god is not real
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Theism

Nietzsche had a lot to say for himself and a lot of his “ philosophical “ arguments are little more than him airing his personal grievances against Christianity ; all of what you say might hold sway with individuals who claim to be armchair philosophers for me Nietzsche was interesting to a point but he was also barking mad and spent a good part of his life in an asylum for the insane
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Atheism

Although I respect religious people, I do not think God exists.You might say, if there was no God, then how was the universe created? Then, I'll say: nobody knows. If you're saying that God created the universe, then God came before the universe? That doesn't make sense.If God didn't create the universe, then God created the Earth. I say: I believe the Earth was created by the Big Bang. Also, if God created the Earth, and the humans, and all the animals at the same time, then why weren't there any humans or a bunch of the animals when dinosaurs existed?God is up in the sky, watching over us. I say: the only thing I see in the sky are clouds, above the clouds airplanes, and above airplanes outer space. I don't see anything in the sky apart from clouds and airplanes. I don't see any people, or any gates in the clouds, either.
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Theism

The ignorance in all of this is pretty clear. Of course you can't see god he's a spiritual being. If God didn't exist then how is one capable to feel guilty or love or any type of feeling. You can not expect that cells make up feelings or neurons.. it's God he created Adam and Eve to love and to value, without God we don't have existence. And what about the numerous of evidence presented from people who have allegedly died and gone to heaven, of course you may say oh a hoax but out of the thousands it can't be a hoax some have to be true. For the past 10,000 years at a minimum, the most important changes in human existence have been driven by cultural developments occurring in the realm of human ideas, God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we would know him. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he keeps the question of his existence squarely before us.Look throughout the major world religions and you'll find that Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius and Moses all identified themselves as teachers or prophets. None of them ever claimed to be equal to God. Surprisingly, Jesus did. That is what sets Jesus apart from all the others. He said God exists and you're looking at him. Though he talked about his Father in heaven, it was not from the position of separation, but of very close union, unique to all humankind. Jesus said that anyone who had seen Him had seen the Father, anyone who believed in him, believed in the Father.Jesus Christ reveals God to us - Photo of a man reading the Bible to learn more about Jesus Christ.He said, "I am the light of the world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."14 He claimed attributes belonging only to God: to be able to forgive people of their sin, free them from habits of sin, give people a more abundant life and give them eternal life in heaven. Unlike other teachers who focused people on their words, Jesus pointed people to himself. He did not say, "follow my words and you will find truth." He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me."15What proof did Jesus give for claiming to be divine? He did what people can't do. Jesus performed miracles. He healed people...blind, crippled, deaf, even raised a couple of people from the dead. He had power over objects...created food out of thin air, enough to feed crowds of several thousand people. He performed miracles over nature...walked on top of a lake, commanding a raging storm to stop for some friends. People everywhere followed Jesus, because he constantly met their needs, doing the miraculous. He said if you do not want to believe what I'm telling you, you should at least believe in me based on the miracles you're seeing.16
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Atheism

We can all agree there is right and wrong. How something like the Holocaust is wrong. We have a moral standard. God exists, at least as a concept which represents the right side of something. What I can think is this is science vs morals. You can't deny the fact that science is correct. Morals also exist, but there are examples of morals clashing with science. Thinking off the top of my head, I use genetic engineering as an example. Is it ethical to use it on humans. Is it unethical to not use it when it can hold the key to saving lives? Also, many theories of science aren't proven, so technically, it isn't correct. When you say "God created the universe", where is the proof? How can an entity that can't be perceived have created our reality? Also issues like Hitler mass murdering Jews and other people existing contradicts a loving God. Why would evil exist in this world if God exists? If God doesn't exist, how could righteousness exist? How would we know right from wrong? Killing your neighbor wouldn't be wrong because it benefits you when you take their stuff. Humans are capable of the good side towards each other because God represents the good in human society towards each other. Because there is a right, there is also a wrong. That wrong is what benefits an individual, while the right is good for everyone. God is the good in everyone in one entity.
Debate: Does God exist?
Side: Theism

We can all agree there is right and wrong. How something like the Holocaust is wrong.Listen to what you are saying. If we all agreed it was wrong it could never have happened.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

This is a poorly asked debate question. That is like me asking someone from Ireland if they even know who Vishnu or Rama is ( God of India ). I believe that God and Jesus Christ do exist. I believe that according to my religion that what is said is true. Without a doubt I do not want to believe that when I die the screen goes black like my TV when the power goes out. That I refuse to believe, I want to think that I stand in front of the golden gates of heaven and that the doors open to me. We can look back into history and we can find flaws in the Bible. The flood that betook the Earth the flood that Noah had built an Arc for. Their are many religions that have their own excuses for the cause of that event! Back into many ancient religions a flood was caused by the Gods! All in all I lean like a mime into something YES i am unable to see BUT do I believe? Yes without a doubt! Think of a blind man, and ask him the question does the color blue really exist?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

"This is a poorly asked debate question. That is like me asking someone from Ireland if they even know who Vishnu or Rama is ( God of India )."I'm from the UK and I know who Vishnu and Rama are. I'll give you a hint; they're not the god/s of India."Without a doubt I do not want to believe that when I die the screen goes black like my TV when the power goes out. That I refuse to believe, I want to think that I stand in front of the golden gates of heaven and that the doors open to me."You're not arguing whether or not god exists; you're arguing whether or not you want god to exist. Clearly you do, as the life you currently have obviously isn't enough for you. Wanting something to happen doesn't make it so, unfortunately."We can look back into history and we can find flaws in the Bible. The flood that betook the Earth the flood that Noah had built an Arc for. Their are many religions that have their own excuses for the cause of that event! Back into many ancient religions a flood was caused by the Gods!"There is absolutely no evidence that a great flood occured on Earth. The reason many religions would share this story is more to do with religions copying other religions (eg, the copying of christianity from paganism)."Think of a blind man, and ask him the question does the color blue really exist?"An interesting question, but you obviously haven't thought this through. Asking a blind man if the colour blue exists will normally be greeted with a yes answer. Why is this? Because every single seeing person he has spoken to can confirm that the colour blue exists. He can be told the science behind it, and taught about how light reflects and refracts from different surfaces. Now let's consider another scenario. A blind man asks one hundred people if the colour blue exists. Of those one hundred people, some will say yes and some will say no, whilst many others will bicker over exactly what colour blue actually is. Of the people who say yes, when asked how they know the colour blue exists, they can not say because they themselves have seen it. They can only answer that lots of people they asked have seen it, and blue sounds like a really nice colour so they really really hope that it does exist. I wonder if the blind man would be able to give you such a sure answer under these conditions?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

I was under the impression that Bhagavan Vishnu was a god in the religion Hinduism and I guess its been awhile since I last checked so is Hinduism no longer in India ?Second ever read the epic of Gilgamesh? Utnapishtim ( I definitely don't remember how to spell his name ) tells Gilgamesh a story of how he obtained eternal life through surviving a flood that killed all men across the earth except for those that had been on the boat which I believe were his family and some animals ... that is a poem from Mesopotamia which I believe held the worlds first civilization, the Sumerians. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written between 2750 BC and 2500 BC ( or BCE which ever you prefer ). Their is also "The Five Worlds adn Their Suns" mentions the gods punishing the people with a flood and do not tell me that the Aztecs copied off of the Sumerians.I do believe that the points you stated regarding my 2nd paragraph were undebatable. Cheers
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

There are large Hindu populations in Bangladesh, Maritius, Guyana, Nepal, and many other countries, so Hinduism isn't just in India.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

I was not planning on using every known country that worshiped Hinduism I was making the example that I am sure there are quite a few people in the world that do not know who Vishnu is and it is safe to say that Vishnu is a god of India but better put would have been Hinduism. and just 1 question why did you say they were not? what is the answer? "I'll give you a hint; they're not the god/s of India."
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

What are you saying? Many old stories state that a big flood happened at some point, therefore everything the Bible says is true, and therefore God exists? Can you not see the giant, gaping holes in that logic?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

no no no you missed the point in that part. the point was I was saying that there are flaws in the bible ... saying that there have been other accounts of floods due to different gods in different religions ... try reading a little slower =/
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

Xaeon I thought Vishnu was of Hinduism? Please explain to me who Vishnu is then.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: No

Vishnu was the main diety in hinduism (not india), and If I remember correctly, Rama was one of his manifestations and king of Ayodhya.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

I do not know who Rama is but Hinduism is their main religion by I believe the numbers to be above 75 % of the population so it is safe to assume that you can say a God is of India or the other places it is worshiped make it fine to refer to that God to be of that specific place rite? or am I off my rocker?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

There is evidence of a flood, overwhelming evidence...as well as evidence of the parting of the Red Sea and Jesus dying on the cross and preforming miracles as the gospel (good news) is made up of accounts of this. You kinda lost me on the blue argument...who says no to blue existing? People can say whatever they want. There is an indisputable fact that we as humans have an inclination to believing there is something else. I happen to believe that something is God and He sent Jesus Christ to earth for us. I think that the evidence falls toward the God side of things because the odds are way against us and the universe being random. Christianity was also not coppied from paganism I would like to know where you came to this conclusion. Christianity formed while Jesus was preaching the gospel. Don't think he was a pagan. Also, religions do not really copy eachother. They are all fundamentally different and each try to argue their differences not share their similarities. Islam's God is different from Christianity's and is different from Hindu's. Further, religion, to a true believer at least in my Faith walk, is a secular thing and was warned against by Jesus. God frowns upon religion as there is only one truth.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

Bravo, well put.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

Without a doubt I do not want to believe that when I die the screen goes black like my TV when the power goes out. That I refuse to believe, I want to think that I stand in front of the golden gates of heaven and that the doors open to me.This says it all. This is why most believers believe in god. There is no evidence for god, but in spite of that the need to believe for some emotional reason blinds them to the obvious lack of god in the universe.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

ok if we dont live for eternal life in some type of heaven then what happens when we die " the lights go out" or "we become a tree" ya ok first off why live if there is nothing to live for. secondly explain the miracles that happen today ( Lourdes, France the Shrine)Joke for humor
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

ok if we dont live for eternal life in some type of heaven then what happens when we die " the lights go out" or "we become a tree"As far as we know from the way the universe works, when you die, it is final. Your brain is what gives you your personality and self-awareness.ya ok first off why live if there is nothing to live for.Life is open-ended. There is no plan, no goal. We exist merely because we can. This means that we can only ever create a reason to live for ourselves. Religion is an example of this, people many years ago created a fiction unintentionally to keep themselves busy and to help explain life in a comprehensive way.secondly explain the miracles that happen today ( Lourdes, France the Shrine)A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature. Therefore using them to support your belief is to build a foundation upon the impossible. Instead of assuming that miracles are real, use scepticism to figure out how the illusion happened.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

Just because something sucks doesn't mean it's not true.Don't you see the foolishness in believing in something simply because you want it to be true?And the blind man analogy doesn't work because the blind man could verify the existence of the color blue through rational thought. Science tells us in detail about how the eye and the brain work together to perceive colors. It tells us nothing about God.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

That makes a lot of foolish people in the world billions of foolish people.The point in the blind man analogy was not to explain anything about God it was to show that a blind man cannot see blue and I cannot see God but I believe in God since I was raised to believe that way and that a blind man was raised knowing that the ocean is blue and the sky is blue.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

"That makes a lot of foolish people in the world billions of foolish people."Yes, yes it does.It's true that a blind man believes the sky is blue because he was raised that way. Also it's true that he would probably believe in God if he was raised that way. However, there's an important difference: the man can verify that the sky is blue by consulting scientific textbooks. He can't do that with God.Why is it that I trust a science book and not the Bible? Because science is based on evidence. Not just what you can see, but anything that can somehow be shown to exist. This belief based on evidence is the foundation on which we can build an understanding of the world. Without a foundation like this, you're just making shit up.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

If you couldn't see something that was unbelievable and absolutely ludicrous would you believe it if you couldn't see it?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

You mean like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?No. Not without some kind of evidence.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

Great points hats off to ya Wolfman
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

Good Job and analogies it really does start all from faith. Even without religion or believing in god. Having faith in things is important in life whether it relates to doing good in school getting a good job having good health overall faith in yourself. Faith that there is something better than the world life we live in.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

The ending of this is fantastic! I never thought of it in that fashion
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

I really don't know what you were aiming at here...
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

The evidence suggests that God does not exist in the sense that my dog exists but that he does exist in the sense that my love for my dog exists.Love is real. God is real
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: NOPE

What absurdity is this DOG is a living thing created by the SCIENCE........................God is just an imaginary figure created by the lazy human mind to have lame excuses.................
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

This is an impossible question to answer mainly because we really don't have the means of figuring shit like this out...Agnostics and Science: Who the fuck knows, anything is possible at this pointChristians: Yes, because the bible says so.Atheists: No, because i've never seen any evidence saying otherwise (and psychics and ghosts don't exist no matter how many people claim they do).Buddhists: It is what it is.Nihilists: No and who gives a fuck.Satanists: No, and live your life to the fullest.Philosophers: There are a million answers to the Universe, God happens to be most of them.Politicians: CHANGE!yep, everyone has a different answer. So far though, most people believe in God and say he does exist.So, according to about 90% of the people in the world, yes, he does.Does it mean it's true? no. But it does mean that's what most people will tell you.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

"No, because i've never seen any evidence saying otherwise (and psychics and ghosts don't exist no matter how many people claim they do)."Claims of supernatural powers:Confirmed by experiment: 0%Refuted by experiment: 100%
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

lulz, for a second i thought you were serious though.yes, most psychics have been proven to be fakes, but many haven't. are they real? i would say that 99% of the psychics out there are bullshit artists. the other 1%... i have no comment. I do know one personally who has scared me sometimes with her predictions though (and she's just a little old lady living in a trailer home). ghosts, idk. probably not. if so, i truly believe there is a science behind it, and not the spirits stuff. but who knows, maybe one day we'll figure that one out.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

you DO know your tagged as yes don't you? (;
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

my point was that it's impossible to answer, but most people you ask will say yes, so the answer so far is yes.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

oh I wasnt responding to your post
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

why are people so skeptic, just because there isnt much evidence, doesnt mean that God doesnt exist!Im only a teenager, but i believe that there has to be something out there watching over us all, otherwise nothing really makes u cant sense.We have to have faith...I agree, what happens when you die? it's hardly like a tv going blank. Your soul cant just die.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: No

if v r not skeptic then tell me how can a person live in an illusionary world where fields like science make it clear & prove d myth," 'god exists!'is just a myth & nothing else"?
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: yes

I live in south korea so I'm not really good at English. If there are some wrong Grammers or words, just turn to a blind eye , please.... My opinion is this. God really exist.I've never seen him before, but I can assure that God exist.When Most scientists are faced on problem which is beyond of his or her ability, they usually rely on the BIBLE. because BIBLE tells eveything. Have you ever found something wrong in the BIBLE? May be you haven't. because it's real. real God and Jesus story.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: Why worry

I've found plenty of information in the bible that is questionable. Is it wrong? Not my call. The bible is more of a book to read and take from it what moves and motivates you to create a world that gives you power and happiness. The bible makes many claims but cannot back up many of it's claims. It was great for it's time and they continue to change it to bring it into more of our times, but it doesn't make it more valid. Your belief is your belief. But you must respect and distinguish the difference between fact and faith. And in the question of something that exists you can argue over faith and fact all day long; your feelings vs reality. Then you can get even deeper and go into what is reality. I won't bore you with my philosophies. I don't know if a "god' exists nor do I spend my days wondering. I just exist as the world and I allow it to exist. I believe in humanity and strive to help people reach their inner happiness and peace.
Debate: Does God really Exist???
Side: Why worry

It really is nobodies call on whether or not anything in the bible is true false or questionable. There is no proof either way. The most people argue about is proof vs faith good points :l