azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

Fools wake up to the wars in your homes,schools& work places; in your boroughs in your own cities, is everything to be blamed in the name of God or religion? Take accountability for your action and stop refusing the obvious that you are the blood thirsty one who runs blindly to shed innocent blood. Has not the Messiah told you what is the acceptable sacrifice? It is the word of God, it is Christ and nothing else will do. Be still and know God is God and not you, Give the word of God to self others and God! What is this word of God? It's justice and compassion and goodness and correction!
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

If only been on this website and it amazes me what some people's beliefs are. It's called putting your differences behind you. Religion doesn't cause a war, it's the people who do. Religion might be the thing that there fights for but its the people.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

Religion is not a living being. It can't start wars. That's also like saying its guns that start war. No, it's the person behind the reason that starts the war. If this were just a world of reason and not people then there would be no wars because only people can start it. People also say it's the southern flag that the reason why there is war. Can to flags stand up and start a fist fight? No because flags aren't living beings. It's the person that starts the wars. All those things that I said like the flag, guns, and religion can be the reason for a war but they never started a war. That's when people can put there differences behind them. For example: people think religion caused the war between the world and ISIS. No it's the ISIS that started it. Not the religion. There religion is the reason but the religion never started the war.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Completely false. Consider this: If religion never existed, no one would have ever started a war in the name of religion. How many wars have been fought over religion? I'd imagine in the hundreds...
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

"I'd imagine in the hundreds..."The key word there is "imagine".
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

You honestly believe that there has been 99 or less wars fought over religion? Throughout all of history, just 99 or less? Try a google search for once.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

You tell me to do research? When you're the one imagining statistics?
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

It was an estimate. Turns out, I was correct. Read for yourself. Religious War - WikiIn their Encyclopedia of Wars, authors Charles Phillips[disambiguation needed] and Alan Axelrod attempt a comprehensive listing of wars in history. They document 1763 wars overall, of which 123 (7%) have been classified to involve a religious conflict."
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

You obviously have a stronger imagination if you believe that there haven't been wars fought over religion...
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

I admit that there were the Catholic Crusades and Inquisition. But to claim that there were over 100 wars solely about religion sounds a bit far fetched.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Did he not say he "imagines" a hundred or so? That is just another way of him saying he's guessing.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

Exactly.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

That may be their reason. But there are far more things that succumb war like land and power of the authorities. Man at those times desired power and wealth and would use any means to start a war, even making a petty excuse just to claim it. The religion did not cause the war, ti was the people`s decisions that made it happen.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Without using the excuse of "religion" it would have been slightly more difficult or challenging to convince the population that this was a just war. By using the veil of religion as the "priority", they could more easily rally the population's support by claiming that they are operating on god's will. It's a very useful tool. It would still happen, but without it, it wouldn't be nearly as easy to start a war for land and power and such.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Wars caused by Christians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_war
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

Wars caused by christiansChristians are people, which proves my point.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

You said one war that jesus or god or allah or christianity started. and my above post showed wars started by Christianity.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

So Jesus, Buddha, and/or Allah started those wars? Is that what you are implying?
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

how can something that doesn't exist start a war.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

I can imagine one of the reason why these wars begins is because of the different religions views. The religions have several guidelines and these guidelines are sometimes causing a mess. Like when someone draw the prophet Mohamed some Muslims get really angry cause it's against there religion to do that. Another thing about religions is that you become a part of a group, and as a group you stand a lot stronger then a single person. So when someone draw Mohamed, the Muslims get angry because they know they can. When you insult or argue about a religion you insult a group of people. It's much easier to start a war when you're already a gathered group. So does people start the wars or the religion? Well, a religion consist of a bunch of people, so people start the wars, but mostly of the time because of the religions guidelines/views, and the fact that they together as a group are able to start the war.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

I made debate a long time ago saying does religion cause war and people responded and answered and they said yes it does cause war here is a link of the debate i made
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

From the bible(Joshua 11:6-15)And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” 7 So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them. 8 And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them … until he left none remaining. 9 And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire … And they struck with the sword all who were in [Hazor], devoting them to destruction; there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. … And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every man they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed. 15 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. (Deuteronomy 7: 1-2)When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2 and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally.[a] Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.(Deuteronomy 7 :16)You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to youFrom the Qu'ranQuran (2:191-193) "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah."  Quran (2:216) "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Quran (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them" Any way the men and the religion are one and the same.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Religion has never caused a war. Religion is not a moving breathing entity.A religion is a collection of people with the same ideals, a people that follow a set of rules and as I've pointed out rules that have commanded war.You have done something very similar by taking all of these verses without ever searching for a backdrop or context to it simply to prove your point.I have simply pointed out that the bible shows that war was called for.I did not have to look very far for an inkling of an explanation to the above mentioned verses. And if you were actually to read the Bible you are so ready to condemn you'd know that as long as the children of Israel were not in danger then the "Lord" let all the other nations around them be whether they worshiped him or not and blessed them for at least respecting that they were his chosen people.I have read the bible, and I do know of the context of the verses, the issue is that these situations happened at all, God is all-everything, and his thirst for blood is basically infinite as well, he has called for slaying of first born, genocide, holy war, and a global flood that mindlessly slaughtered millions if not billions of living entities, including again children.Hell, I would raise hell if i Knew people wanted to hurt my Children for no reasonThe very fact they are in danger is God's doing and the fact that there is a chosen people is ridiculous.Who is accountable for WWI AND WWII? For Napoleon's Wars? For Alexander the Great? For General Petraeus? or Should I say the United States? The Civil War? The American Revolutionary War? The War in Libya?I'm sure they have their separate histories and many complex causes. Religion is a tool like any other, it can be used to condemn and condone the same actions based on one's interpretation of scriptures.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

Therefore it is not Religion that is responsible for wars but people. Is that a logical argument of causation?They are one and the same.Why in a world with a God wouldn't that happen?I said a just God.All religions on this earth agree on one thing; God gave us free will.If they believe in an omniscient God then they are fooling themselves.Would you prefer to give up your free will and have every decision made for you in favor of a perfect world.Why do you ask?Alas that is the only way you would have a perfect world because as long as there is free will some will chose good and some evil. simple as that.Baseless assertion.You are not being very logical are you?I believe I am, the Jews would have been eradicated eventually were it not for God's discriminate choice/ You are not being very logical are you? Let's talk statistics. What is the probability of an army of 400 defeating an army of 400,000 and that's an underestimation because i have no desire to consult Exodus at the moment?The probability is probably close to zero, but so many myths have such numbers.How so?An omniscient God can't not know every path that his design is going to take, and therefore knew when designing it.As for your analogy, it doesn't even get started unless you created all aspects of the scenario.If we go by the Bible's version of history....(Not worth copying over all, you get the point)How did God not see that coming?yet women all over the world use it simply because they time and again chose to be irresponsible and then to simply discard their responsibilities.Sanctimonious much?Maybe you think you have no power to shape your life. I certainly do.That's debatable.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

When it comes to the English Language you seem to be an authority unto yourself therefore my pointing that they are not the same would be pointless as I assume would be my pointing out that the thesis statement also clearly differentiates between the two.If they believe in an omniscient God then they are fooling themselves.You are yet to explain why that is. Why do you ask?I ask because if you want free will for yourself. Then you should want it for others. And with free will comes both ends of the spectrum; that is good and evil. Baseless assertion.So you tell me how with everyone being free to chose and do as they like can there be a perfect world. I believe I am, the Jews would have been eradicated eventually were it not for God's discriminate choice/And you see that as just. You don't seem to have anything against the rampant cruelty of man just the perceived cruelty of God.Unless you can Go back in time. It would probably be best for us to work with the figures we have at hand.How did God not see that coming?Perhaps he did but he saw the other potentials of man and all his other creationsSanctimonious? I have simply stated a fact. Did I say I have never done any wrong? Never. I acknowledge that I have sinned like any other man. I am just not one of those people who will say whatever goes goes and take no stand simply to make myself feel better about my own wrongs. if you want to assert that all women are responsible when it comes to their bodies, BC and pregnancy go ahead.I have a feeling that If i told you God says the sky is blue because the word God was mentioned you'd pronounce it red. And that's not what I'm here for. I'm here to hear about other people's objective and logical argument against religion simply because though my belief in a God is absolute. I have a lot of questions. And sometimes the best ways to find answers is to look at the other side of the coin.Thanks for your time. It was really nice to talk to you. Bye. Be Good.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

When it comes to the English Language you seem to be an authority unto yourself therefore my pointing that they are not the same would be pointless as I assume would be my pointing out that the thesis statement also clearly differentiates between the two.Are you telling me that a religion can exist without people? Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups.You are yet to explain why that is.It's because an all-knowing creator would not be so if they didn't know before they creating, exactly what their creation would do, this is designed, there is no room for choice.So you tell me how with everyone being free to chose and do as they like can there be a perfect world.Perfection does not exist, you are arguing fantastical parameters. And you see that as justNo, but for a chosen race they seemed pretty impotent.You don't seem to have anything against the rampant cruelty of man just the perceived cruelty of God.You are yet again making a baseless assumption also, If God is perfect and cruel then cruelty is perfection, if man is flawed and cruel, then it is nature, the difference being that God should know better.Unless you can Go back in time. It would probably be best for us to work with the figures we have at hand.Which are?Sanctimonious?Yep.if you want to assert that all women are responsible when it comes to their bodies, BC and pregnancy go ahead.Absolutist statement, firstly you stated that Women that take the pill are irresponsible, why is this?I have a feeling that If i told you God says the sky is blue because the word God was mentioned you'd pronounce it redWhy exactly would I do that, the situation is that if God said the sky is red, then from evidence and from consensus and my own experience I'd say it was blue.And sometimes the best ways to find answers is to look at the other side of the coin.You look, but do not seem to entertain. You cite logic, but can't see the logic that omniscience precludes free will and if the creator has said property he must be evil.It seems to me that you feel comfortable labeling me as you've done several times in the post that I'm disputing.You state that your beliefs are absolute, if this is so and you are a fan of logic then you have to be able to admit that you can't deviate and are thus stirring the pot.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

"A religion is a collection of people with the same ideals, a people that follow a set of rules and as I've pointed out rules that have commanded war." ricedaraghThe man is right its not a breathing moving entity. Look at the religious beliefs of Greece, it is still a pylosophical belief under the category religion but because no one follows it anymore. There are no wars about it. It still exists however and if the masses belief in it a war might start over it. No belief no matter how suinister can start a physical fight without people. People are the equation needed for a war. If the GErmans just ignored Hitler, where would his power come from- it would diminish into nothing and he'd just be one more whacked out ideologist.If you look at every religious war you would realise that people must participate in it for the war to start. Not even in the case of the HEbrew Bible where God tells people to go to war, the war wouldnt start without participation from said people.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

The question is, "True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people"Well, you can't separate the religion from the people, but you can have a people without a religion, whether they choose to be belligerent or not.So it was people, but it was because of religion that the wars were started, therefore religion has caused wars.Is it the only reason? Obviously not, but as with your Hitler example, the people will have to believe in the ideal to get behind the agenda.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

All I am saying is that every religion is an ideology. It is like words on a piece of paper, empty and worthless. It only gets life when people are placed in the equation. I dont believe people should blame something as lifeless as an ideology, its avoiding the problem, not making a solution.Every belief needs someone to enforce it, the only way religion can start a war is if it enforces itself.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

You are quoting the Old Testament, and Christians do not live by Jewish law. Jesus fulfilled the Law and brought teachings of peace and love for neighbor. The first century Christians lived by his teachings, shunning war and violence. It was not until after all the original apostles of Christ died that true Christianity became tainted with outside teachings and became warlike.True Christians today do not take part in war.Here's an example: WW1 and 2 found "Christians" fighting to wipe out their spiritual brethren, Protestant and Catholic, in other countries over nationality--because the government and their false religious leaders said they should do that. They betrayed their God for nationality. True Christians did not take part in any wars because that would mean at the most, killing their spiritual brothers, and the least killing their "neighbor", a teaching going against the true God and Jesus Christ.
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: False

You are quoting the Old Testament, and Christians do not live by Jewish law. Jesus fulfilled the Law and brought teachings of peace and love for neighbor. The first century Christians lived by his teachings, shunning war and violence.That's all lovely, but are you saying God was wrong?It was not until after all the original apostles of Christ died that true Christianity became tainted with outside teachings and became warlike.It was probably when growing numbers meant Constantine started to take it seriously.True Christians today do not take part in war.Well that depends on what one terms a true Christian, although I do agree with the sentiment, if one is to be a true Christian then they should follow to the letter everything Jesus said, if they deviate even slightly then they are not true Christians, right? a teaching going against the true God and Jesus Christ.I would like you to confirm for me a few things if you don't mind.1 Is the Old Testament trustworthy? 2 If Christians do not live by Jewish law, does that mean that the ten commandments and all other OT decrees are null and void?3 If the Jewish laws are not what God wanted in the end, why did he make his "chosen" people, a people that he helped out of many a scrap, a people that through the OT/Torah he warned not to follow false Gods and prophets by pain of eternal damnation, have to completely switch to a new set of laws taught by a man? (Surely Jesus must have been an affront to their centuries old teachings)
Debate: True or false. Religion never caused any wars, it was only people
Side: True

I'm not saying God was wrong, only that God is bringing about the fulfillment of his purposes in various ways at various times.In the days of ancient Israel, God supported his people in war, sometimes aggressively, sometimes defensively. But when Jesus came, GOd's SON, he instructed the first century Christians NOT to engage in war, that they should live by the brotherly love principle.COnstantine was a pagan politician, firstly. HE was the one who decided Christian doctrine, and wrongly so. God is the only one with that authority.A true Christian does not PRACTICE deviation from belief, altho they may sin, become SINCERELY repentant, CHANGE their BEHAVIOR, and be forgiven.Yes, the Old Testament is trustworthy.Christians do not live by the Jewish Law as given to Moses, although many of the PRINCIPLES embodied in that Law were REPEATED for Christians. These principles have never become null and void.We have not completely switched to a new set of laws through Jesus. As above, many of the PRINCIPLES of the old Law were REPEATED for Christians. But Jesus FULFILLED the old Law with his death, and hence, it has completed the purpose for which God made it.Jesus was an affront to the Sadducees and Pharisees' teachings because they had perverted, subverted, God's original Law with weighty add-ons. Jesus set them straight on these things, for which they murdered him.