azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

"Now when something comes to be in a certain state, such as mature size, that state cannot bring itself into being. For until it comes to be, it does not exist, and if it does not yet exist, it cannot cause anything."That would be true if the state itself did physically exist, but it does not. "Mature size" is not a "thing" in the world. It's a quality of oak trees that some people perceive of certain trees. If all of the oaks on Earth died "mature size oak" would still exist because it only exists as a concept in the minds of humans. Conversely, if all humans died, "mature size oak" would disappear, because there would be no philosophers to declare, "this is a mature size oak".Trees need no outside supernatural force to manifest some property that isn't intrinsic to them to begin with.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

"To explain the change, can we consider the changing thing alone, or must other things also be involved?"The problem here is that "thing" is pretty poorly defined. An acorn does not magically transform into a tree. Instead, the molecules within it used their stored energy to build the first shoot. That shoot then takes in carbon dioxide from the air and uses that to build new plant cells, which in turn grow more and more. So, from the perspective of the carbon, nothing has changed. It used to be floating in the air with its two oxygen pals and nows it's in a plant cell, part of an oak tree. At no point did that molecule attain "treeness".
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

That is attempting to answer a the question of the chicken or the egg in disguise. You have a good point, but it does not prove a god exists.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

The funny thing about this debate is that regardless of which side you're on, you're there based on faith. I like to think that God intended this. Science and a belief in God do not have to be mutually exclusive of each other. I believe God intended us seek knowledge and question things...even Him. I also believe His design ensures that we'll never find all the answers. For everything science brings to the table, it won't be able to prove "scientifically" that the universe and everything in it, is a result of random happenstance. I don't knock those that question His existance because I didn't always believe. Like many, I believed because my parents taught me to believe. A time came when I realized that there would ALWAYS be something to be discovered, questioned, and debated, and I asked myself how likely is it that such a universe just happened? I have great respect for science and it's power to make things both good and bad, but I put my faith in God and will bet that He'll keep science questioning forever.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Science is not a 'matter of faith' it's a matter of evidence. There is evidence to support both 'the big bang' theory and evolution. See link below:
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

'..regardless of which side you're on, you're there based on faith.'No faith is the belief in something with inadequate evidence and in the case of God, lots of evidence to the contrary. Science is based on evidence.'Science and a belief in God do not have to be mutually exclusive of each other.'Indeed. There are scientific reasons why people believe in gods.'I believe God intended us seek knowledge and question things...even Him.'You can believe whatever you want but if it adversely affects the lives of others, you should be held accountable with reasoned inquiry.E.g. I may believe that the sun sets in the Indian ocean every night because my parents and community say so but if I punch those who dissent from my belief I should be forced to face reason with evidence.'For everything science brings to the table, it won't be able to prove "scientifically" that the universe and everything in it, is a result of random happenstance.'That's your assumption. Perhaps it's akin to a 10th century peasant saying 'never' when conteplating the lunar landings.'A time came when I realized that there would ALWAYS be something to be discovered..'So?'..I put my faith in God..'But why?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

So your saying that you believe in God because you have nothing better to do??? What about J.r "Bob" Dobbs... I mean at least there is some humor there!! What about budah or what about the sun "You can see that!!!"
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

I'm just going to say yes. Any questions about that?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

I'll put it this way, Life to exist without a deity of some sort (I personally belive it is my Father in Heaven but I'll debate that some other time) is near impossible, for example, a species is now defined as a group of organisms that can succesfully breed and create fertile offspring in the wild, so if, let's say, a homo habilis once did evolve from a homo erectus, the chances of just one evolving is near zero, but since species cannot breed out of species then how would humans evolve and populate the earth?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Simple, we've documented evolution in current years. We've seen it happen. Yes, the chances are very small that something will successfully evolve which is why it takes millions of years for new species to arise.For example, the monkey family has an extra set of chromosomes. WELL GOD MUSTA DID IT! No, occasionally in evolution, a set of chromosomes will become fused. Chromosomes have end caps on them to tell RNA where to stop coding. Chromosome 3 in our genome is actually a smashed together 15 and 16 from the monkey family, proven by the matching DNA and the site on the chromosomes where there are two end caps are illogically joined. Then there's fossils and anthropological remains to show the progression. That's how. Do your research.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

Yes because God has pulled me out through the hard times, and is the one and only God who loves unconditionally and is fair. If you want a scientific view He created this Earth and there is no way this Earth could have been created by some accident. A cell with its complicated parts could not have been created by an accident either, but only by God and his perfection.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

yes because without hope whats the point in living so why dont all you non belivers do a test shoot yourselves and get back to me on God and the Devil
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

of course he is just have faith it will help you in the end i hope you people who say no dont burn i shall pray 4 u so ok
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

what makes me feel more and more correct that there is no god is that the explanations just boil down to "of course he [exists]"
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

an example of the fear employed to get people such as yourself to believe i suspect
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

Yes, i do. I used to ponder upon the idea of there not being a God, but now im sure will all my heart that there is a God. No matter waht anyone else says.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

“God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” (1 Jn 4:16).
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

..if not, they go to hell to be tortured forever. Lovely.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

Check out this supporting evidence, it is the best argument for the existence of God that I have ever read.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Just a flaw with your initial argument. "Suppose they are. That is, suppose there is no Uncaused Being, no God. Then nothing could exist right now. For remember, on the no-God hypothesis, all things need a present cause outside of themselves in order to exist."That's assuming time has a finite beginning. If you believe that God is and always was, and considering that we don't see time having an end, then why does time (an infinite dimension, therefore) have to have a beginning?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

It is so much easier to not believe in God than to believe in him.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

...therefore God exists. The logic is inescapable!Oh, wait, no, I forgot... the difficulty of holding a belief has nothing to do with it's validity. Silly me!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Obama

Quick question for those of you who are both atheists and Democrats (which, if my Republican friends are correct, that's all of them). Most atheists I know think that anyone who believes in God is a moron. So here's the question:Is Barack Obama a liar or a moron? He says that he is a Christian, which, according to those atheists who believe Christians are morons, makes him a moron. Either that or he's lying about his beliefs. I've always been curious about people's opinions on the matter. Thanks!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

I don't think he's a moron -- quite the opposite actually -- but it's a simple fact that an atheist would almost definitely not be elected President of the United States. Thus, any politician will have an incentive to delude themselves and avoid thinking about the question too much. So I would say he's not a moron or a liar, he's simply choosing not to seriously question his faith.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

How dare you jump into a debate with your false premises disguised as a cogent argument... in order to put down other people's belief systems and the President of the United States! What have you done lately... I guess just spread poison.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Here's my take on seemingly intelligent people believing in god's existence. In the end, its all about emotion and absolutely nothing to do with intelligence. Take fear of death, for example. That fear can be so great, only hoping for heaven can keep the fear under control. People are just superstitious, except they don't see themselves as that because that's what the ancients were, and people are modern now. Yeah, right1
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Define the term God

The term, god, is not defined in this so called, babble.Never debate a man who cannot define the terms of his propositions. When the term, god, is mentioned there are as many meanings to what god is as there are people thinking of god. God: a term that denotes a supreme authority.Even the Ten commandments implies the presence of other gods who too are worshiped. Conclusion: All men/women believe in a god whose existence and authority are predicated upon the intellect of Its' creators.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

People that don't believe in GOD have no structure in their lives.That is the people that is always complianing and being miserable.They have nothing to live for.Just remember the world is temporily.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Oh really?...I think its safe to say that i dont need to depend on a imaginaryman to persue my dreams and live a good life.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

ludacris ad hominem assertion by someone who, of course, presents no evidence for his argument
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

Yes I believe in God. I also believe in religion because I'm Irish/Italian and I was raised Catholic because there was no other choice for me....but yes, I believe there is a God.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

so if i was french irish does that mean i would have to half-believe in god, or believe in a different god? If you feel compelled to believe your parents that doesn't mean they are right.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: religious hypocrites

I do believe that their is something that created everything in the universe and i called it god because that is the word or term I grew up with but i do not believe in religion and it belief that theirs books came from the divined that is a load of crap and religion is just the earliest form of government
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

So, you are telling me that the universe was made by a bunch of gases which went boom. Then after a long process it became the Earth. Just a little question about your theory. Who made these tiny gases? Who made life? It would take more than just a coincidental arrangement of atoms and molecules to form a single living cell. Science does not explain life AT ALL. What happens in the afterlife? Or, what is outside of the universe? is it just empty space? How far does it lead us?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Then the question is: who or what made God. Where did God come from.Atheists have an answer for this, you don't: he came from the very fertile imagination of man.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

That's way, way too long man! Can't you cut it short and write it in, well, shorter words?Cheerios!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

ITS TOO LONG YAA I FEEL LAZY TO READ THIS BIG LARGE STORY , BUT I AM INTERESTED.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

But how can you be certain it's god and not Satan?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

i believe in god so i won't go to hell ^.^
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

what absurdity is this then you want to say that a person will escape hell if he believes in god..............................then i think so all the terrorists and wrongdoers will escape HELLIn my opinion our conscious is the HELL, if you do wrong it will hurt you..... it is not going to see if u believe in GOD or NOT
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

I have faith and believe in miracles, and I believe in God
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

just because you have faith and believe in miracles you believe in god....................point out the godly miracles........
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

yes of course.people used to say all this stuff that wasnt true and i would just prove them wrong.it is hard to believe but thats life
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

hmmm - what argument would you use to prove them wrong exactly? since that is what we are interested in here...
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

i believe in god, but i do not believe in man. man has twisted the idea of god to a point where people with authority in churches have mixed ideas about god.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: YES!!

I usually want to stay out of these types of debates, but I'm voting just to get the YES!! side off of 666 votes (that's just sick irony). Yes, I believe in God. I am a Christian, and I hate it when God and science are compared. I don't see why God couldn't have just set evolution in motion. Genisis says that God made Adam from the dirt and dust. That is exactly where the small mammals that we supposedly evolved from came from. :-o It makes you think doesn't it.Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

"I don't see why God couldn't have just set evolution in motion."Because according to the bible god created all of the various species at the time of creation. This makes evolution impossible.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Wow. There's not a lick of logic to your argument.Have you watched Ricky Gervais talk about Noah's Ark. And how absolutely impossible it would be to get 2 of every species in to that ark. Thiink of all the different species in all the different continents. He's hilarious!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

Of course! Have you ever seen a sunset or thought of how a human body works??
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Yes. How do these things prove the existence of a divine being?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Nothing and no one can prove or disprove the existence of a divine being. If so, we wouldn't need this debate. In my mind these are just two examples of things that could not happen by chance. I think there has to be something/one bigger than all of us who has the "master plan" and is responsible for all of creation.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Define the term God

That's not a very good reason for believing something. Your argument boils down to "I might not be able to prove it but you can't disprove it so I'm going to believe it because it makes me feel better".Your phrasing of "something/one bigger" shows that you don't even have a clear idea of what it is you are believing in. You also show that you're willing to let your imagination get the better of you by arbitrarily piling on assumptions to an already vague concept offering no justification as to why that assumption might be true (i.e. "master plan". What master plan? Where did that come from?)
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

I understand the position that you are speaking from, but1. How did the creator come into existence?2. Why does this creator have to be a God? As I understand, this debate has basically come down to disputing the credibility of the Christian god, which does not necessarily have to be the creator.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

No, this debate is staying true to it's title "Do YOU believe in God?". I gave you my belief. I clearly see that your's is opposing. Fine. If you would like to debate these other issues, you can start another debate. Obviously no one has the answers to your questions. If so, this would not be the most popular debate on the site!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

The most basic proof of God’s existence is simply what He has made. “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that [unbelievers] are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). “The heavens declare the glory of God / And the firmament showeth His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1).
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

Bible quotes are never effective arguments. If your opponent believes the Bible is an infallible source of truth, you have no disagreement to begin with. If you opponent does not agree with you, he does not believe the Bible either, and the quote carries no weight.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

if you have faith in God you will be happy forever.PLUS!who created the earth?God.who made people?God.who made the meteaor that destroyed the dinosaurs?God did it all!!!!!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Why did the dinosaurs exist millions of years ago when the bible says the world is 6000 years old?PLUS if you read the bible, it says that you can keep child slaves and beat them with a rod to the brink of death and God supports rape.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

"The most basic proof of God’s existence is simply what He has made."So you're saying that the universe exists, therefore God exists? This makes no sense. The universe could have been created without any God.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

"The universe could have been created without any God."Then who created it? Or what? Maybe not the God of the bible, but then, a Creator. The idea is, there's a creation, that means, there's a creator.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

How do we know it's a "creation"? Your argument is circular.If the fact that something exists necessitates a creator or cause for it, then a hypothetical "Creator" also requires a creator or cause. The only solution is either an infinite regress, or something which causes itself. The former is not a contradiction or impossible, just difficult to get your mind around, and does not imply the existence of a deity. The latter is easier to understand, but doesn't imply the existence of a deity either; why must the thing which causes itself be some sort of "being", let alone one with the attributes normally assigned to "God"?
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

"Created" was a bad word choice. The universe was not necessarily created, it could have simply always existed. From our human perspective it seems like everything must be created in order to exist - a tree must grow from a seed - but the Law of Conservation of Matter/Energy tells us that all that's really happening is matter and energy changing forms. So it makes sense that the universe could have simply always existed.-Secondly, even if the universe was created, it wasn't necessarily created by an intelligent being. It could have been created by non-intelligent physics or something like that.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

The argument could equally be who created the creator? It's ad infinitum. Current scientific theories suggest that our three, bordering on 4, dimensional universe is a phenomenon resulting from a much larger multi-verse. IE, we do not understand yet, but are trying. I think this is a better approach than "this happened, and this is the truth", utterly illogical.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

God is very real. This website will answer many of your questions.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

Spam.This site has a gigantic add trying to sell me a DVD for $11.95.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

ignore the dvd and click through the links on the left hand side. I cited this website because it has good information.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

Its arguments are all fallacious. It says the universe itself proves a god and then goes on to mangle and simplify what we know about physics and the big bang: That at the quantum scale causality breaks down so no first cause is necessary - and that the laws of the universe were structured different so as to allow many odd things. It is much simpler, says Ockham's razor, to suppose that the universe made itself when physics implies that it could've, or if that doesn't do it for you, that instead of invoking a unnecessarily infinite and intelligent first cause, invoke one with the only requirement: that it doesn't itself need a cause (again, not important because of quantum physics.)[First Cause fallacy]http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theodore_schick/bigbang.html) )It than cites prophecy as the main evidence of Christianity, without acknowledging the explanations of vagueness, pattern seeking, inevitability, self fulfillment, and retrodiction. It also doesn't acknowledge the apparent prophecies of the Greek oracles, or the Koran, or individuals like Nostradamus (who Christians presumably reject for the same reason's I reject the bible's prophecies.) There is the other issue of innumerable unfilled prophecies that Jesus never did as promised in the Old Testament, and which keep many Orthodox Jews in anticipation for the true messiah.
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: No!!

why is it trying to sell me movies bout god FOR ONLY 11.95!!!!!!!!!!
Debate: Do you believe in God?
Side: Yes!!

The greatest scientist of this century, Albert Einstein saw clearly that the universe is designed and orderly therefore, it must be the result of a mind not merely a matter of bumping around randomly if space. Einstein put it like this, "The order of the universe reveals intelligence of such superiority that it overshadows all human intelligence." So for all of you nonbelivers, yes there is a God and it doesnt take the amount of intelligence that Einstein had to tell that. Have you ever seen a sunset? Have you ever seen a newborn baby? That is God!!! If the moon was 6 inches closer to the Earth(literally) we would have such crazy ocean current and tide variations that it would make human existance on earth impossible. On the other hand, if it were 6 inches further away, our weather patterns would be so extreme that, likewise, human existance would be impossible. If you think that that is all just one big coincidence, then I would seriously question your intelligence.