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Topic
#2636

To worship God is to worship a murderer.

Status
Finished

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

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

CalebEr
Parameters
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Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
15,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
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Description

THBT: To worship God is to worship a murderer.

-Definitions-
Worship - to honour or show reverence for as a divine being or supernatural power.

God - the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe. For this debate, we will be discussing the Christian God.

Murder. To kill a human being.

-Burden of Proof-
Pro bears the larger burden, as they are the one proposing the idea of God being a murderer. Con must simply refute all allegations and maintain the status quo.

As the Bible is the only document regarding God, it shall be regarded with 100% accuracy. Anything that is stated in the Bible can be used as evidence. Debate about the actual reliability of the bible and the existence of God is for another time.

-Rules-
Forfeit = Instant loss
No kritks
Definitions are agreed upon

You have accepted this debate, and therefore have agreed to comply with the rules. You may use kritiks if you wish, but that will simply be against the rules, to which you will be penalised.

I don't plan on complying with the "no kritiks" rule for this one. Dock points if you wish.

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@Checkmate

Because that is not the definition of murder.

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@Checkmate

I will preface this with the fact that I'm not a Christian.

Your definition is dishonest.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder
": the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought"

By simply making your BoP "God has killed" you create a truism. No Christian argues that God does not kill, as that would be undebatable... they only argue that the killing is just/lawful. That position is debatable for both sides.

But you know this, as you say: "If I add the word "unjust"', a religious person may argue that God cannot act unjustly and that all the murders were justified as God is Omnibenevolent."

By shutting out all avenues of debate for the opposing side, you have chosen a cowardly and dishonest route for debate. That's what is wrong with your definition.

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@seldiora

What's wrong with my definition of murder.

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@Fruit_Inspector
@Sum1hugme

If I add the word "unjust"', a religious person may argue that God cannot act unjustly and that all the murders were justified as God is Omnibenevolent. The point is that God has murdered period, no emotive words.

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@Checkmate

You should probably add the word unjustly to the end of your definition of murder

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@Checkmate

Redefining the term "murderer" or "murder" will not lead to any type of productive discussion.

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@Checkmate

To be fair though, I could pull the 9,000 IQ move with saying you are still alive in heaven or hell so you never truly die lol

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@Checkmate

Come back when you have the correct definition of murder. It’s like saying 1=2 and you define 1 as 2.

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@Checkmate

Yeah with murder defined so broadly I don't think you can lose.

I don't think I made this possible to loose for myself.