○Formal Debate: The bible is a relevant piece of literature today
The bible is a relevant piece of literature today
Voting ends 10/25/2014 at midnight!
This is the first official Formal Debate!!!
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Atypican as the affirmative, Akulakhan as the negative.
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Affirmative: Atypican
Side Score: 12
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Negative: Akulakhan
Side Score: 13
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Closing: The Bible may be losing relevance, but today it is still relevant. At the very least historically relevant I'd like to thank Akulakan for getting the formal debate community set up andinviting me to participate in this demonstration debate. Let's pick a topic that is a little harder to debate next time :) Side: Affirmative: Atypican
Since there are still many churches today with pastors who preach to their trusting congregations from the bible, I would say that the bible is still a relevant piece of literature today. I could come up with other reasons that it is still relevant, but I don't think my opponent can successfully refute this single point so I will end here and go address his opening argument. Side: Affirmative: Atypican
Since there are still many churches today with pastors who preach to their trusting congregations from the bible, I would say that the bible is still a relevant piece of literature today. Relevant in the sense that, yes, it's still around... but that isn't really what we're debating. We're debating it's relevance to society and culture in the modern era. Ultimately, without the bible, we would be no worse off, perhaps even better off . It spreads antiquated mythology that is presented as fact, those "facts" are believed, and laws are enacted to enforce and preserve them. Those laws end up hindering progress. We'd be better off reading off the Odyssey as fact, at least that's a fable with some historical significance; my point being that the bible is easily disregarded as just one of many religious relics that society is awkwardly outgrowing. I could come up with other reasons that it is still relevant, but I don't think my opponent can successfully refute this single point so I will end here and go address his opening argument. Done! Side: Negative: Akulakhan
It's relevant in the sense that today it is still seriously influential in modern society. The rest of your argument concerns the quality of it's contents and whether or not we would be better off without it. THAT isn't really what we're debating. You admit that it has "some historical significance" so this is another way it's still relevant. The Bible is still a relevant piece of literature today. Side: Affirmative: Atypican
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 Closing;, I'd like to remind everyone that the bible is a book with a troubled history, a bloody, expensive, and worldly significant history. This is no longer the case. The bible is now a work that is worshiped by an ever retreating number of people in private affairs. The remnant legislature that Christianity has held behind is withering away by the year, and the bible's relevance in society today, tomorrow, and days after, is effectively nonexistent. I'd like to thank Atypican for being awesome and at least amusing the idea of a formal, structured debate. That makes you a badass in my book. Side: Negative: Akulakhan
Perhaps you've heard of the bible. It's an anthology pseudo-poetry collaborative effort by any number of writers a thousand plus years ago; of whom all claimed to be transcribing the word of God; of what is a mythical creature attributed with having created life, the universe, and everything; of which is the subject matter of the bible - the New Testament of which is noteworthy as being the best selling sequel anthology presumably until the anticipated release of "Annotated Works of E. L. James, The" in the near future. The;bible has spawned a large cult following with fans, whom prefer to refer to themselves as "Christians." Christians believe the bible to be the living word of God (see above), and so take it as a guide by which to judge do's and don't's, to derive empirical facts, and by which to deduce absolute truth. However, since the creation of the bible, the world has gotten a lot better at science and general judgement, and through these have we debunked the bible in nearly it's entirety, rendering the bible no longer relevant today. Side: Negative: Akulakhan
It is precisely because there are so many christians who (still today) take it as a guide that it is still relevant. Even though many people feel that it has been adequately debunked there are still multitudes who regard it as the inspired word of god. With as many people as there are who take this book seriously, it doesn't make sense to say it's irrelevant. Side: Affirmative: Atypican
Simply untrue; the relevance of something is not determined by it's existence and popularity. It's determined by it's significance in a certain framework, that framework being in this debate "today" (the modern age). The bible only slows or stunts the progression of society with it's inconsistencies and absurd claims on morality, history, and justice, that ultimately get enforced into laws. Christianity is currently defending, with the bible, the overwhelming opposing force that is our collective modern understanding of the world. It's only a matter of time before the bible is wholly disregarded as hoopla in all but a select few groups. In this way is the bible irrelevant, because it is due to not be significant. Side: Negative: Akulakhan
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