azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Quebec Separation
Side: Quebec should not secede

I think Quebec shouldn't secede. You people with the other opinion might say otherwise. Well, first, let me say the reasons why I think the way I do. I think that if Quebec secedes it could be dangerous. If they secede, Canada will be upset. They will want their land back. Their solution to this quandary, might be to declare war. Having Quebec just secede isn't enough time gain enough allies to fight the war. Keep in mind, Canada is much bigger, which means they have bigger and stronger forces. Quebec is much smaller, so they won't be as powerful. This leads to me saying that it's most likely Canada who is going to win. Sure, Quebec might be unhappy with them being in Canada, but it's useless just to go through all this trouble to secede, when Canada is most likely gonna have them be apart of Canada again.
Debate: Quebec Separation
Side: Quebec should not secede

Quebec should not secede. Why , because it would separate Canada and it's culture. Even though freedom is law Canada should not be separate from other parts of Canada.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: Replace it

Well, considering the fact that just about every religion in the world is practiced by people in the U.S we should actually replace "In God We Trust" with "In God, Allah, Buddha, Odin, Thor, Loki, Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Azathoth, Ra, Anubis, Osiris, and Set We Trust" or something along those lines. or we could just say "In Every God We Trust".
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

How would you include the Atheists and Agnostics? Hahaha.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

our nation is founded on christian-judeo values not on values that say screw god
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

No. A large part of this country's founding, and the only part that was concerned with any religion, was for religious freedom.While this is confusing for christians, try to stay with me.Freedom from religion does not mean freedom for christians to force everyone else to be christian.It means that you are allowed to be christian, but basic human respect dictates you cannot force others to believe what you believe and that govenment which both christians and non-christians are a part of, should not take favorites - the currency takes favorites, the "under god" in the pledge takes favorites. Therefore it is unconstitutional. Christians are and have been blatantly thumbing their nose at the constitution for generations now.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

actually you dont have to say the under god part plus atheist do the same thing like taking points off a students grade if he says god bless you ps god bless you and i just want to debate
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

1. That teacher wasn't an atheist to my knowledge nor yours.2. That story probably wasn't even true, it was a fox story, basically a right wing tabloid.3. Why not put "in Alla" we trust, or Zeus, or the flying spaghetti monster? Because it offends Christians. So what part of referring to your god within government might be offensive to non Christians do you not understand?It is really annoying how blinded so many Christians are to others on earth. Try looking at something outside of your own narrow and self-absorbed perspective and you might see the hypocrisy of all this Jesus stuff infiltrating the US government.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

jesus is real and he is messiah you should do some reaserch and find that the red sea scrolls are real and that jesus is therefore real ha
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Tablets containing the Enuma Elish are real too, and older than the dead sea scrolls. Does that mean the Gods and events contained therein are real? Finding old scrolls and tablets doesn't mean that what is written on them is true.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Funny. Earlier you said to iamdavidh "I just want to debate." I provide you a debate. Instead of responding you downvote me. I don't think you really want a debate.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

actually i do but your comments have been rude and non of the things you have said are relevent especially the cussing and attacking my religeon but you want to debate lets go we might as well see this 14 year old debate against a older person
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

I think you have mistaken me for somebody else. Please point out where I was rude to you or cussed at you.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

did you not say that my religeon was phony also i must point out that i am significantly outnumbered
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

I did not refer to your religion as phoney. I do believe it is inaccurate, but I did not belittle it in such a way. I also am 99% sure I didn't cuss at you, since I don't do that to anyone, and I DEFINITELY would not do that to a kid . I think you are confusing me for a different opponent. Whic is somehwt understandable, since you are debating numerous people. But I would appreciate if you tried to keep your accusations more accurate. Thanks.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

i apologize and i will try harder to not accuse you or any other person and i believe it may have been the other man the one that seems to be significantly more rude than you
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Apology accepted. If I do come off as rude or insulting, make sure it is me and copy and paste my comment to me as a response or as a message. If I was legitimately rude, I will apologize to you, although you may also have misunderstood me, and I will try to clarify, if that is the case.I stand my ground, but I try to attack arguments, not the people who make them.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

okay thank you for being understanding and once more i apologize for falsely accusing you
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

No worries .
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

first: this "story" as you put it couldnt fool 33 percent of the world if it were fake second: everything must come from something except god because he is almighty. third: you dont affect me because i love those who dont love me.now your turn
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Sure it could. First, that's only 1 in 3. Second, it offers nice things to people who agree to believe in it, so of course some people would want to believe in it, just in the hope that it is right. Third, people who were indoctrinated in it from birth and have known no other alternative will naturally find it quite difficult to look at it rationally. Fourth, those 33% have a pretty wide range of opinions on what exactly the Bible says, and have fought with each other about it since pretty much the beginning. Fifth, some of them have been lied to about science and history, so they don't even have the proper facts to make such a decision.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

very well but the thing is that i was indoctrined and i have studied many of the well known religeons in fact at one point i wanted to be a pastor.also one in three is alot if you think about the amount of people on earth i also agree that many christians fight about it but this is mostly due to the fact that some want the rules to be easier and last i just want to add that i want to be a congress man and am glad you are participating with me since i need practice
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

First off, best of luck to you in pursuing your dreams. I am honored to be able to help you polish your debate skills.I too have studied religions of a wide variety. I was raised Christian, but my parents weren't usually too strict about it and they allowed me to find my own path. Up to this point I have come to a few conclusions: a) all religions rely on faith to some extent. Faith, by itself, isn't necessarily bad, but it is not a viable way of discerning the truth. It is, at its heart, belief without, or in spite of, evidence, therefore it does not encourage actively pursuing the truth. b) because all religions are reliant on faith, they are extremely limited in their ability to establish veracity over another. Essentially, the only way you can "know" that you are in the right religion, is to have faith in it. You can't normally prove it. And for most people, it ends up being whatever time and place they grew up in that determines their faith. That seems pretty random for universal truth, doesn't it?One other facet of Christianity's popularity that I stupidly forgot to bring up is that it is the religion that has been associated the most with exploration and successful military conquest. Prior to Constantine, Christianity was relatively minor in Rome, although it was growing. By this point, before Christianity, Rome was the most advanced and powerful nation in the world, and they were already looking to expand even further than they already had. Constantine was converted to Christianity, and he instituted Christianity as the state religion of Rome and all of its territories. Following this, Rome became even more powerful and conquered pretty much all of Europe. Any land they conquered was forcibly converted to Christianity, as per the orders of Constantine and his successors. Eventually Rome would lose its power over places like England, France, Germany, etc. At this point, the Church was in the middle of the power struggles, and were promoting many of them. This wasn't really about religion, more about greed and politics, but it had a powerful effect due to the fact that Christianity was the primary religion of the laity. Eventually, internal corruption and foreign alliances pushed back the Roman Empire, creating a Europe that was filled with many Christian Kingdoms. These Kingdoms flourished due to a variety of factors and eventually were able to send ships and armed forces all around the world. They established colonies everywhere they could, and frequently forced locals to convert, just like the Romans did to them. They also brought diseases that killed off many indigenous populations, taking their native religions with them. So part of the wide spread of Christianity was luck, part was better technology, part was slaughter, part was conquering, part was warfare, part was disease, part was the Church giving into greed. None of this establishes any veracity of Christianity. More to say, but this is already WAY longer than I planned.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

so are you saying that in order for a religeon to flourish the belivers must truly believe? and that even agnostics and atheists must belive?because in my openion it takes more faith to be an atheist or agnostic since christianity is every where. also i agree that the church is corrupt which is why i am non denominational because i believe that all christians should be classified under one name instead of a bunch of branches also i must add that we christians are anoying at times and that we have been persecuted since we were established ps im not saying you are persecuting
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

so are you saying that in order for a religeon to flourish the belivers must truly believe?Not at all. In fact I am pretty sure that many members of all the big religions are only there in the hopes that if it is right they well have a good afterlife. What I'm saying is that to truly believe requires faith, not evidence or rational inquiry. and that even agnostics and atheists must belive?Nope. Concerning Atheism, that is entirely about not believing. Atheism doesn't tell you what an atheist believes, it tells you one type of explanation that they don't believe in. It is not a religion, because it is not a decision normally arrived to faith. Neither is agnosticism, because they either don't know what to believe, or don't think that anyone CAN know the truth about these issues. So also not a religion. because in my openion it takes more faith to be an atheist or agnostic since christianity is every where.The idea that truth can be determined by the popularity concept is a common logical error known as argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the majority"). The idea is, just because a lot of people believe something, does not believe it is true. The most common example is that a thousand years ago, almost everyone agreed that the earth was flat. It looks flat. They didn't have reason to believe it wasn't. But even though it made sense to everyone to conclude that the Earth was flat, it obviously wasn't true. Also, while there are Christians in every country, and while it is the most popular religion in the world, Christianity isn't dominant every where. There are also over a billion Muslims, as well as very large numbers of Hindus and Buddhists, and countless other religions. Almost all of these religions claim to be the "One True Religion", but since they differ so much, they obviously can't all be completely true. Observing that makes one wonder if any of them are true, and if they can't prove it through demonstrable evidence and solid reasoning, I see no reason to believe any of them. In conclusion, atheism doesn't take any faith at all, since I don't believe in anything that requires faith.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Nearly 100% of people thought the earth was flat and stars were holes in the sky, or gods, for far far longer than the Christian religion has existed.So what is it about the blind belief of a mere 33% of humans for only 1700 or 1800 years of history (a blink of the eye in terms of human existence) makes you think they absolutely must be right?Your argument seems to be more against the existence of a Christian god than for. Minus it's a fallacious argument to start with, it would be like "1 out of 1 thousand people believe this, look at all these people that believe this, it must be right."
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

it was also on msnbc and besides even your news sources are biased just on the other side
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Prove our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values. And even further, let's just pretend for a moment that you were right, the we have implemented Separation of Church and State from the very beginning with the Bill of Rights.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: Yes

so wrong, our nation was founded on the values of choice and freedom, not christian values. this is the continuous fundamentalist argument that has been shown again and again to be untrue.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

I do not know. Loki is a god of mischief and trickery. I would not trust him to any great extent...
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

you are very foolish first off loki does not exist because there is only one god and he does deserve his name on the worlds most powerful nations money
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: Yes

There's this thing called "sense of humor". Again, I sense that you lack empathy.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Honestly, removing it would just create a huge problem and become a much bigger hassle than if we just let it be.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

if we said in every god we trust you would offend christians, muslims and jews so think about it
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Then wouldn't it be better to not have the phrase at all? Why don't we just use E Pluribus Unum as historically has been the case?
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

good point but still why do atheist care its not like they have to say it and if they dont like in god we trust then you can use another type of money in fact make it easy and move there
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Because it's a matter of principal. If we are going to have a constitution then we need to abide by it. If people moved away every time they discovered a flaw in their country, nothing would ever get solved.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

If they feel offended because the government isn't endorsing their religion over all others, then maybe THEY should be the ones to get out of the country. Though, I doubt that the majority of Christians, Muslims or Jews really care what the pledge says.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

ONe should not have to pledge a belief in God in order to pledge their allegiance to this country. It's that simple. It should be removed from the pledge. It was not in the original pledge, and has been a part of the plesge for less time than it was not part of the pledge so we should undo that mistake. Same reasoning with the money. It is not the motto of the United States. E Pluribus Unum is and that should be the only thing on our money as it represents what we are far better than In god we trust.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

In Allah we trust!In Yaweh we trust!In Thor we trust!In Zeus we trust!In Apollo we trust!I don't support one religion dominating a currency over the other.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

God should not be endorsed by any government function, period.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: Yes

Superbly said and 100% true.I wish everyone thought this.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Yes, because it is favoring one religion over another. Simple as that.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: Yes

remove it! get it off the money, get it out of the pledge of allegiance! (it wasnt there originally anyway) keep the church and state separate the way it was intended!
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

It's a no-brainer.Minus Texas and Alabama rewrites of history, one of the founding excuses to make this a nation was to escape religious states. Even the 50% apx (yeah that's all) of Christian founders who wrote and came up with this country out of deep thought agreed religion should be personal and when it has power it can only do harm.Putting it on money was a silly, short-sighted, and dangerous political tactic pulled for the sole purpose of convincing idiots to vote a specific way.I don't believe Jesus ever lived, but being raised turbo super christian and with 18 credits in religious studies from a very academic university, I can say without any doubt that if that mythical character ever lived, he'd be sickened by present day US- christians.They'd be the modern version of pharisees... not that any christian today would even know what that reference is.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

but being raised turbo super Christian and with 18 credits in religious studies from a very academic universitySeriously, why on earth do you go round inserting this in your posts as if it suddenly validates every bullshit point you make? Its an epic fail and you just appear like an arrogant prick. If you have something interesting to say, don't say it then run and hide behind shit, just stay out there and accept the responses. I can say without any doubt that if that mythical character ever lived, he'd be sickened by present day US- Christians.I don't know much about modern day US Christians but from what I get from your bullshit posts I think He'd be more sickened by your horsecrap than by theirs considering you don't even believe in Him.They'd be the modern version of pharisees... not that any Christian today would even know what that reference is.In near every post you make you include several jabs at Christians and their lack of knowledge in their faith. What do you even get from that, all it looks like is a poor little atheist who hasn't made shit from life so with his time he pokes at Christians that he doesn't even know and proceeds to judge them as though you are worthy of such a position. What makes you think you know all about each individual Christian and the amount of reading they do of the bible? You don't know so shut the fuck up and get a life.P.S. I corrected your grammar in this post - you deemed the term 'Christian' as unworthy a few times of a capital 'C' but my spell checker corrected you - funny that, it doesn't do that for 'atheist' does it?
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

P.S. I corrected your grammar in this post - you deemed the term 'Christian' as unworthy a few times of a capital 'C' but my spell checker corrected you - funny that, it doesn't do that for 'atheist' does it?Does this disparity in capitalization give you a sense of superiority?
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

First off, it wasn't you that was jabbing at my faith therefore I was not exactly referring to you when I posted. Anyhow, so you are asking if I feel superior because Christ gets a capital 'C'? Not exactly, no, superior isn't the word I would use.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

First off, it wasn't you that was jabbing at my faith therefore I was not exactly referring to you when I posted. Anyhow, so you are asking if I feel superior because Christ gets a capital 'C'? Not exactly, no, superior isn't the word I would use.What word would you use?
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Well I think its safe to say that He earned the capital so I guess 'happy' is the word I would use to describe how that makes me feel, perhaps even 'ecstatic' just to be adventurous :)
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

And the purpose of pointing out that 'atheist' isn't capitalized by your spell checker, was?
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

A sudden observation shared between an atheist and Christian :) You are very inquisitive.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

A sudden observation? And when I accuse Bob (hypothetical person) of being a half-witted overweight loser, that's just an observation too, right? Your apologetics are all too transparent.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Well, there is a very big difference between calling Bob a half-witted overweight loser to noticing that atheist doesn't have a capital. Besides, if it bothers you that much then just convert to something that gets a capital? ;)
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: yes

Well, there are many differences. That being said, that there exists differences does not refute the commonalities. Which is what is the analogy is meant to express. Just because something happens to be an 'Observation' does not mean it isn't stated to feel superiority. However small.
Debate: Remove "In God We Trust" from pledge and U.S. Currency
Side: No

Of course not, the observation was merely a sudden one that I felt needed shared with the person I was in discussion with, who just so happened to be him ;)