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Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
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Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 6:09 pm
We'll play by a few simple rules:
I. No personal attacks
II. No Threats of Eternal Damnation
III. You cannot use anecdotal evidence to support your claims (i.e. "My mother saw God when she had a near-death incident and she talked to Jesus")

The debate doesn't necessarily have to be a Deistic God vs. Atheism debate (although I'd prefer that) and I'm fine if whoever comes up to debate me defends the god of their religion.
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 6:29 pm
We have an actual debate area, you know. Though I wouldn't hold your breath on getting a decent opponent; in the last debate we couldn't even get the theist to follow the damn rules.
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 6:49 pm
(December 25, 2014 at 6:29 pm)Esquilax Wrote: We have an actual debate area, you know. Though I wouldn't hold your breath on getting a decent opponent; in the last debate we couldn't even get the theist to follow the damn rules.

Could you move the thread into the proper area?
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 6:59 pm
You are going to go in very unsatisfactory circles with theists on this subject.
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Indeed, as recent examples have shown.
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 7:21 pm
(December 25, 2014 at 6:09 pm)RonaldReagansGhost666 Wrote: We'll play by a few simple rules:
I. No personal attacks
II. No Threats of Eternal Damnation
III. You cannot use anecdotal evidence to support your claims (i.e. "My mother saw God when she had a near-death incident and she talked to Jesus")

The debate doesn't necessarily have to be a Deistic God vs. Atheism debate (although I'd prefer that) and I'm fine if whoever comes up to debate me defends the god of their religion.

i just want to put this out there ROFLOL .
none of the theists on this forum will give a proper debate and will run in circles. but if you want to debate them fine by me ill be sitting back from the side lines.
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 7:49 pm
(December 25, 2014 at 6:09 pm)RonaldReagansGhost666 Wrote: II. No Threats of Eternal Damnation
This just disqualified about a dozen of them.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 7:52 pm
We have a dozen regulars?
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 7:57 pm
(December 25, 2014 at 7:52 pm)Elskidor Wrote: We have a dozen regulars?

How you feelin' Elskidor?
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RE: Any Theists on AF, I Challenge You to a Debate on the Existence of God
December 25, 2014 at 8:47 pm
(December 25, 2014 at 6:49 pm)RonaldReagansGhost666 Wrote:
(December 25, 2014 at 6:29 pm)Esquilax Wrote: We have an actual debate area, you know. Though I wouldn't hold your breath on getting a decent opponent; in the last debate we couldn't even get the theist to follow the damn rules.

Could you move the thread into the proper area?

You're fine where you are, I just figured I'd point you in the right direction if and when the time comes.
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