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The united states is white privilege driven. Whites are privileged in the united states to the point of nausea .   Whats your take it....is there?

Lying can be sometimes good or bad

Does anyone out there know that Christmas, easter, halloween, and valentines day are all pagan holiday? My question is, why do Christians adopt these pagan beliefs and call them "worshipping/giving thanks to God"...its more like "worshipping (pagan) gods"

If you don't believe me check these out:

www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/holidays2.htm

www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/.../celeb.htm

Should all African Americans that can show roots in the u.s. for at least 100 years be given 1 million dollars if they agree to leave the united states and renounce their citizenship?  

Should the united states Government that paid reparations to other nations pay reparations to African Americans that do not like it here and want to build a new life in Africa?  

matthew 5:17-18

This in short tells us that all laws are correct, indefinately correct. Therefore the laws in the Old Testament are correct.

 Deuteronomy 21:21
'All the men of the town must then stone him to death. You must banish this evil from among you.'

I think about the Questions a child will eventually ask at a certain age like the birds and the bees and the purpose of having a sexual relationship. How he or she was born, puberty and getting married. I'm not so sure it's a healthy idea to have same sex couples teaching children about life.  Gay couples are using sarrogate mothers carry their child and then they raise the child but at some point in the childs life he or she will ask Questions. Like why did you bring me here like this?

So...is it emotionally healthy to allow these situations to occur? And should the mental and emotional future of the child be considered in the discussion?

First let me start by saying that i am against all forms of violence except in the case of criminals with weapons in their hands or a home invasion.  That being said.... 

In the news today a black girl walked up to a white girl and said hey pretty little girl and threw a cup of Acid in her face. The black girl ran away and it is not yet determined who she was.  Anyway the white girl was taken to the hospital , her face was disfigured. The television crew interviewed the lady and she said that she had no enemies and she did not want to look over her shoulder for the rest of her life. she...she said she just wanted to know...why.

I watched this on television today and a tear rolled down my face. I could feel the pain the white girls voice and the anguish in her little heart.  And i thought "is this the kind of America that the future holds?"  

Then I thought her Question....why? I'm sure blacks ask the same question. Why are so many drugs  being placed in our neighborhoods? Why are our schools so run down that some of them don't even have enough books? If my dad can't find a job why is the littlest infraction taking away his freedom and making it even harder for my dad to get a job? How come the utilities are so high that my mom and dad can't even turn on the air conditioning? I...I can't hardly sleep at night it's so hot and i'm so tired in school that i can't really focus in class. I am so freakin hungry everyday my little stomach hurts. I stole a candy bar the other day but i got caught.now i have a juvenile record....whats that? Why is life so rough? my friend got caught selling dope the other day, his dads in jail too he couldnt find a job either. Why are their so many police hanging out in my neighborhood waiting for somebody to do something wrong? my clothes stink, moms welfare check was barely enough to pay bills i have to wash my clothes in the bath tub. Hey..how come all the white girls fathers have jobs? Their dads barely finished high school so how come their dad can get a job but mine can't? How come they always have lunch money and their clothes don't stink. And they have air conditioning in their home and i saw their dad smoking a joint the other day and one day he was using a water bong but he never goes to jail......why                    

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It seems that in the west there are ongoing efforts to remove the association of Islam from Islamic terrorism, depict Islam as a religion of peace, and strongly disassociate the violent terrorists and Islamists we fight in the Iraq war from proper or true Islam. The burqa has been spun as an attempt to make a woman feel safe and undiscriminated against, Muslims in certain European states are being accomodated in a manner that seems to exceed for example, the allowances that we would make for bizzarre sects of Christianity, or Jews.

Islam itself is a violent religion. In countries where it is a state religion, human rights suffer tremendously. Women are frequently second-class citizens, homosexuality is illegal, other religious practices are either illegal or violently attacked, honour killings occur, and wife beating and rape is much more prolific. When you read the Islamic terrorists' manifestos and ideology, you often see references to unambiguous praise of violence or intolerance of others. They aren't making it up, they quote their own holy book.

So I have two questions:

1. What do we have to gain from pandering to Islam? Appeasing it? Welcoming it with open arms? Are we simply trying to make allies with the middle east and southwest asia? If that's the case we'd have to implement Sharia law and only allow one religion: (the correct form of) Islam. Are we trying to simply prevent immigrants from being persecuted? If this is the case why aren't we instead supporting secular institutions that protect apostates from violence? It seems roundabout but my reasoning is that since most (sane) people don't want to attack Muslims, instead they are intolerant of Islam, secular institutions such as these would provide a gateway for those Muslims who wish to leave their religion without being killed, thus they could become respectable citizens. Is this an attempt to prevent a double standard? I see many people explain that Christianity, another violent religion, was allowed into our countries. That's true, but wasn't it bad enough for the west to adopt and support Christianity for the last several centuries? Don't all the wars, racism, genocide, and erosion of science indicate that it's a bad idea to import violent religions into your culture? What good could come from adopting *another* violent religion?
2. If you truly, utterly believe in embracing Islam into the west, I expect you to feel the same way about embracing Nazism, White Supremacy, Black Nationalism and all the other intolerant, racist, and violent ideologies so that they can be pandered to and assimilated into our culture. I expect you to support these organisations and ideologies having special accomodations made in the workplace, in schools, in government, and so on. If you object to this, I want a coherent, logical explanation why you can't embrace these ideologies, but welcome Islam (which like them is severely intolerant and violent).

In addition to the amendments currently in the Consitution (can be debated as well), which of the following should also have been included:

1810: No U.S. citizen shall accept a foreign title of nobility.

1861: The institution of slavery shall not be declared unlawful.

1876: Religious leaders are forbidden to occupy government office and denied all federal funding

1876: The Senate shall be abolished.

1878: The offices of the President shall be abolished and replaced with an executive Council of Three.

1893: The nation shall hereafter be known as the United States of the Earth.

1893: The Army and the Navy shall be abolished.

1894: The Constitution shall hereby acknowledge God and Jesus Christ as the supreme authorities in the affairs of man.

1912: Marriage between certain of the races shall be prohibited.

1916: All acts of war shall be put to a national vote. All those affirming [voting "yes"] shall be registered as a volunteer for service in the United States Armed Forces

1938: Drunkenness in the United States and all the territories is forbidden.

1947: Individual income shall be taxed at a rate no greater than 25 percent.

1948: The right of citizens to voluntarily segregate themselves from others shall not be denied.

1971: All citizens have an inalienable right to an unpolluted environment.

So debate these proposed amendments (proposed means that 2/3 of the House or Senate voted for a discussion, but was incapable of earning the required 3/4 for ratification) on their utility, effects, and whether or not it/they should have passed.

I myself am 14 years old but many of the people I argue with appear to be much older than me so I set up this debate to find out how old the average debater on CD

also when arguing can you put your age please

Some claim that animals have minds, even souls, and so should have certain rights. Many people have a great deal of animosity to this idea.

However, the fact is, the word "animal" is from the root word "anima", which means soul. If animals do not have a soul, I suppose we ought to call them something else.

How about a symbol that stands for "the creatures formerly known as animals."

Interesting discussion I got into today

Say we lived in a Laissez faire economy, and all competition was gone due to Walmart taking over and selling literally everything (including oil). Would a company this large be able to afford to exploit and underpay its workers? Would the workers have a way of beating the business economically?

Abortion should be made illegal execpt in certain cases. I think that the fetus has a life and that fetus did not asked to be planted in the mother. For those of us that supports abortion, do you think that abortion will make a person become more responsible for their actions? How many people are having reapeated abortion? Can we not consider adoption instead of abortion? Why sould the government continue paying for the repaeated abortion of those on welfare causing a constraint in taxpayers?

I suggest you guys read up on the case Roe Vs Wade whic hwas decided by the Supreme Court and the real truth behind this case and abortion.

Guys post your thoughts. Anyone who would like to challenge me, i am open for challenges. Also check up my other arguments such as death penalty etc.

Ignoring whether there is a God or not, is the Christian God, in the context of the Bible, evil?

You know what they say, pay back is a bitch.

And if they can't take a joke, screw them ;)

If God got Mary pregnant, does that make him a rapist?  Should Joseph been mad at Him?  Isn't that like inner species sex/breading or genetic engineering?  Why couldn't He just plop His son on earth fully grown?