Instigator / Pro
4
1377
rating
62
debates
25.81%
won
Topic
#1552

Illuminati exist

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
3
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

SirAnonymous
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
7
1532
rating
3
debates
100.0%
won
Description

No information

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Gist:
Self-defeating argument, as con pointed out.

1. Sorry for procrastinating
The first bit here was surprisingly good, as information in the source showed some form of Illuminati existed at one time (which con agrees)... The other two paragraphs were meaningless to the resolution. This actually did continue in R2, with pro trying to say con conceded for agreeing they at some point existed, but that doesn’t stand the WTF test as it was already stated to disagree with current existence.

2. Now for the meat and cheese
Aborted babies... Not topical.

3. the word pharmakeai means
No.

4. the word pharmakon means
No.

5. 911
Ok, something which might tie into the resolution. Bush read children’s books, I am left very curious how this connects, but it is at least coherent. Con does well in pointing out that were they to exist and be involved in the reading of children’s books, them not covering up this supposed leak would imply a lack of the implied conspiracy covering it up.

6. Demolay
Something about demons and Walt Disney. Con confesses to being a knight, and explains if the illumine existed they would prevent these hints to their existence (unsure how it’s a hint, but well played).

7. Rothschild
Rich families exist.

8. Symbolism
Satan and Santa, notably not anything about the illuminati.

9. Opening Arguments (from con)
Too many members needed for the conspiracy to be able to be a secret conspiracy, even leveraging that 7 people is too many to keep a secret ala Watergate. They would lack the money to pay all these millions of members. They would have no reason to keep themselves secret. ... and of course pro not being killed for trying to expose them.
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Arguments:
See above review of key points. I want to say it fell apart in R2, but it already did in R1, merely R2 failed to continue it, and at a certain point when so little even touches the resolution, I am not going to try to connect the random disconnected dots to ill-defined the Gish Gallop. The biggest problem is the more broad and crazy it gets, the less believable it is. It’s more or less not just about the normal hypothetical illuminati, but the particular one with the millions of members and making all medicine poison etc pro is arguing in this debate.