"A woman who has a baby in her stomach does not have the right to kill it before it is born because it is her own dang fault!"

I would like to point out that a woman who has a "baby" in her stomach is already in the process of digesting it though the stomach's protein-digesting enzymes and strong acids.

"killing a baby is killing an innocent life. Why? well first of all, you don't give the baby a chance to live."

If you don't give the "baby" a chance to live, then how can there be a life to kill?

I propose a point system to upvote/downvote debates based on their seriousness, originality, controversy, etc., and give more attention to the ones with higher upvotes.

Since 2 is defined as 1 + 1 (at least in base 3 and above), 2 != 1. If 1 = 2, then mathematics would fall apart because everything would equal everything else. Example: 666 = 1337 (which may or may not be true ;) ).

Proof by contradiction:

1 = 2

1 + 1 = 2 + 1

2 = 3

Since 1 = 2,

1 = 2 = 3

Repeat:

1 = 2

1 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 1 + 1

3 = 4

Since 1 = 2 and 2 = 3,

1 = 2 = 3 = 4

and so on.

You can also go in the negative direction:

1 = 2

1 - 1 = 2 - 1

0 = 1

However, 0 is defined as 0 + x = x and 1 is defined as 1x = x by the existence of 0 and 1 axiom. Therefore, if you try to substitute 0 for 1 or 1 for 0, you get contradictions: 1 + x = x and 0x = x. Since an axiom cannot and must not be contradicted, 1 != 2.

"Look at the British Colonial empire — the most magnificent empire that the world ever saw. The old Spanish boast that the sun never set in their dominions, has been more truly realised amongst ourselves." - Sir Henry Ward, 1839

You cannot assume the universe will collapse upon itself again into a singularity. Current understanding of the universe dictates that the universe will expand indefinitely, causing the density of matter and energy to asymptotically approach zero, hence the death of the universe.

Your theory lacks a mechanism to cause the universe to contract after the aforementioned period of expansion. Scientists have already concluded that the force of gravity has been overcome by the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, which had led to the general acceptance that our universe will die a cold and dark death.

"America" is not the original name used to refer to the political region that lies between the Dominion of Canada and the United Mexican States; its original name is the "United States of America".

Britain is a region within the United Kingdom.

Example: England --> Britain (England + Wales)--> Great Britain (England + Wales + Scotland)--> United Kingdom (England + Wales + Scotland + Northern Ireland)

Keep them imprisoned in a dark room with a very comfortable couch and a large TV with 5.1 surround sound constantly playing Fox News and the worst of American Idol, while only feeding them McDonald's menu foods multiple times a day.

'God' is a concept, authority and/or symbol conceived by humans to explain extraordinary events, to unite and control people to work towards common goals, and/or to act as the perfect role-model whose qualities and/or actions are to be duplicated to the best of the abilities of the worshipping practitioner.

God(s) is/are everywhere and nowhere as the idea of him/her/it/them is/are ingrained in the human mind, yet nonexistent in the natural world. The average human being will not be able to interact directly with (a) God with absolute certainty that what he/she is 'interacting' with is actually God; instead, most humans must place faith in the words of a minority who truly believe they can interact directly with God.

The idea of God(s) is fed and reinforced perpetually by various cultural forces and the inability of individuals to comprehend bizarre, marvelous and/or inconceivable phenomena on a regular basis. However, as science has progressed evermore to explain a staggering number of natural phenomena, especially those once classified as 'miracles', human belief in God has been dwindling increasingly.

Ultimately, no one can be certain of what God truly is because, like the ideas in a novel, there can be many interpretations of the same ideas that were devised by other fellow humans. Unless humans today are able to interrogate the many people who originally spread the various ideas of 'God', we may never know what each of the hundreds of known Gods truly are.

Arguably, if you set the point of reference on the immovable object, it will always be immovable as it stays at the centre of the universe while everything else moves about it.

However, since there is no such thing as an immovable object, and every force is unstoppable, this argument has little meaning.

0. Infinite wishes

1. Ability to clearly see anywhere in the past and future

2. Ability to live normally without sleep

3. Fully maximized cognitive abilities

(Several assumptions are made regarding the details of each wish.)

The embedded YouTube video directly addresses those two commonly used sources as arguments against global warming. Enjoy!

I say we wait a while longer and then tag him according to his performance relative to every other US president in history ;)

Rationally, I would rather be on this website because it exposes me to new ideas and forces me to think. Video games (in general) arguably have the opposite effect in that they are repetitive and thus mind-numbing.

Irrationally, I would rather play video games because they're more fun and less exhausting mentally.

some people may find video games less fun than debating

Macs are PCs, ever since Apple abandoned PowerPC and began to use Intel-based processors in their products.

Since modern Macs are a subset of PCs, PCs > Macs.

Technically, users are already anonymous since users' true identities are not normally attached to a given user name.

Anonymity gives people a greater sense of freedom to express their ideas, especially those that are unpopular at the time, and it pushes society to explore new directions and question strongly held beliefs, leading to further development as a civilisation.

Being able to express something anonymously is especially valuable in societies that impose deterrents against free speech because it is acts as a layer of protection for people's safety.

Uncomfortable ideas should be freely explored and anonymity helps in driving such discussions.

"Examine what is said, not him who speaks." - Arab Proverb

While the president should literally be allowed to "declare" war due to constitutional rights and freedoms, the president should never be allowed to begin a war based on his/her personal feelings towards a foreign country.

Should the need for war arise, the call will be answered by a collection of political representatives of the general population. If just one person, in this case the president, personally feels the need to begin a war while all others do not share the same belief, that lone individual should not be allowed to go against the collective beliefs of the majority opposition as that individual is most likely wrong in his/her judgement.