Instigator / Pro
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1
notoraot
1500
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#4022

Christianity is what holds the society morals together

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
24
Better sources
0
16
Better legibility
1
8
Better conduct
0
8

After 8 votes and with 55 points ahead, the winner is...

Intelligence_06
Tags
Religion
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Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Six months
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
Intelligence_06's avatar
56
Intelligence_06
1731
rating
167
debates
73.05%
won
Description

It seems that christianity is the only religion to encompass all the moral problems of one's soul and convert it into a just logic of cosmogonical organization. A good historical example of that was the concept of compassion - something that seems unthinkable to someone from archaic period. Taking Homer's Illiad heroes as examples, the paradigms of an greek archaic society, they are presented as proud men, being valued by tehir physical power only.
The figure of Jesus, in the other hand, presented the figure of a man in a vulnerable position as symbol of power for the first time in history. This symbol perfectly represents what christianity pursues - humility, forgiviness, love and compassion - isn't it what guides social conduct nowadays? Isn't it the virtues that, for example, all heroes in fiction have? Or the virtues people try to mimic when they want to look good in other people's eyes?
It seems to me that only in christianity we can see this characteristic - no other religion in history before had a character like Jesus, someone who forgivess a prostitute or is represented as someone who loves his enemies.

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Savant
#8
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:

Full forfeit

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Lemming
#7
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:

Actually there 'was compassion in the Iliad,
I don't know how 'much,
But I 'do remember one piece,
Priam tearfully supplicates Achilles, begging for Hector’s body. He asks Achilles to think of his own father, Peleus, and the love between them. Achilles weeps for his father and for Patroclus. He accepts the ransom and agrees to give the corpse back.

Jesus 'does have a lot of that consideration for others though,
In his teaching,
And such can make for a functional society.

Seeing on how notoraot isn't there for the rest of the debate though,
Intelligence_06's argument noting that other religions hold their own cultures and societies together as well.
Never get's refuted,
Might have bee hard to refute such an argument,
But notoraot was gone.
Thus loses out in conduct and argument.
Intelligence_06 also uses a source for China,

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oromagi
#6
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:

full forfeit

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Slainte
#5
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:

Clear win.

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rayhan16
#4
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:

Terrible from Pro.

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Barney
#3
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:

Lame!!!!!!!

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RationalMadman
#2
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:

FF .

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Bella3sp
#1
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:

FF by Pro.

Arguments:
Con made arguments, pro did not.

Sources:
Con had one source, pro had none.

Legibility:
How can I give this a tie when pro never spoke? Con spoke, while as pro didn't.

Conduct:
Con never forfeited, pro forfeited all rounds.