Instigator / Pro
48
1508
rating
4
debates
62.5%
won
Topic
#73

Atheism towards The One True God is foolish and/or ignorant

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
18
9
Better sources
14
12
Better legibility
8
8
Better conduct
8
1

After 8 votes and with 18 points ahead, the winner is...

Mopac
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
Six months
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
30
1266
rating
119
debates
15.97%
won
Description

The existence of God is irrefutable, and denial of the monotheistic God is self defeating.

Con position is expected to argue the position of the atheist.

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@RationalMadman

Yes you are right, It was a pretty bad vote and it was stupid of me to vote. Is there a way to cancel it? if so I would like it to be done. It was the first time I ever voted on this site and I was more curious to see if it had any voting extra verifications, so I skimmed through the debate and made a pretty poor quality RFD. It still doesn't excuse my actions.

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@Kommandant_Nomad

Your vote is nothing short of disgusting in terms of quality of RFD, do not criticize someone you fallaciously voted against. You didn't even read the debate.

Mopac,you are currently losing the debate, admit it and carry on don't whine about it.

I don't think half of these voters read the debate.

These people who are voting for con might as well be saying a tree is a rock because they are not respecting what the dictionary says

The bible contradicts it's self a lot.

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@Our_Boat_is_Right

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>Reported vote: Our_Boat_is_Right // Moderator action: Removed<

3 points to Con (arguments), 2 points to Pro (sources). Reasons for voting decision: Pro basically says "the truth is the truth." Con refutes by saying there has to be evidence and you can say that about anything. Pro has no evidence, but simply states his religious beliefs. However, Pro used bible verses as sources.

[*Reason for removal*] While the vote on argument points is (barely) sufficient, sources are insufficiently explained. The voter needs to reference specific sources, explain why those sources were important to the case of one side, and compare the reliability of that side's sources to those of the other side's. It is not enough to merely say that one side *had* sources.
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@RationalMadman

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>Reported Vote: RationalMadman // Mod action: Not Removed

>Points Awarded: 5 points to Pro for arguments and sources

>Reason for Decision: Con never offered an alternative definition for God that could be sourced. The issue with this debate is that Pro defines God as truth itself and Con just says 'no it isn't just the truth because you say it is' but the dictionary that Pro used wasn't his/her own words so... Con loses by default.

>Reason for Mod Action: The voter sufficiently explains the argument points by surveying the main arguments and counterarguments in the debate, assessing their strength, and weighing them in order to reach a verdict. To award sources points when one side does not cite sources, the voter must "at least establish the relevance of the other side's sources." The voter does this. Therefore, there is no cause for vote removal.
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@bsh1

Oops. Sorry.

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@Dsjpk5

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>Reported Vote: Dsjpk5 // Mod action: Removed

>Points Awarded: 1 point for Conduct

>Reason for Decision: Con forfeited a round.

>Reason for Mod Action: In order for a voter to award conduct points solely for a forfeit, then, per the site voting policy, "the voter must also explain arguments, unless the debate is forfeited by half or more of its rounds."
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