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Money DOES buy happiness
Let's put an end to this ridiculous claim that 'Money does not buy happiness.' The problem is that people go over board in this arguement all the time and claim that money is the ONLY ingredient for happiness; 'Oh if you had AIDS and were filthy rich you wouldn't be happy. Oh if you had millions of dollars and your family all died in a car crash you wouldn't be happy...' NO SHIT! But nothing is the TOTAL ingredient for happiness. Different things add to and subtract from happiness. All things being equal money ADDS ADDS and ADDS to your happiness because you can afford to have things that make you happy. Yes having great people in your life adds to happiness more than money but that doesn't mean money doesn't add to it also (again all things being equal)
Being forced to work 40 hrs a week to survive makes me less happy then if I didn't have to.
Being able to hop a plane and go anywhere anytime would make me more happy than if i can't.
Being able to live in an immaculate house right on the beach would make me more happy then an average home in congested shitsville.
Being able to financially spoil people i love would make me more happy than if I couldn't, etc, etc, etc...
When you go into any major city, how many homeless and lower class people do you see skipping through the streets? Now think about all of the fun and happy things that rich people do. They might not skip through the streets, but they have their own ways of fun. I think money does buy happiness, but not lasting happiness. Lasting happiness can only be obtained from self-acceptance, love, friendship, and having a healthy balance between relaxation, hobbies, family, and work. Also, people need to keep in mind that too much money can lead to jealousy, greed, showing off, snobbishness, etc., so if you ever win the lottery, don't let it get to your head. ;)
When I didn't have money I didn't have a computer. Then I had a little money and bought a computer but I didn't have internet access. Now I have money and internet access and I can post debates and arguments on CD and piss a lot of people off. This makes me very happy ;)
I agree, money in today’s society equals contentment, which equals happiness. While this is certainly not a absolute, the truth is our society revolves around money. If you do not have money, you are going to have a difficult time finding a decent roof over your head. Another life necessity is food. While there are food pantry’s where you can get a free meal, people really need money to obtain food for a healthy diet.
Money doesn’t just buy our “basic necessities” anymore as the lines are becoming quite blurred as to exactly what a basic necessity it. We are in the technological era were the majority of people have a cell phone (including children and teens). Computers and internet is another thing. Those thing are not free—you need money.
If you don’t have money you are in poverty. Poverty is a dreadful and stressful feeling. To worry about how you are going to pay bills is the direct opposite of content, thus, unhappiness.
So on a philosophical level money is really not the point of life (or at least mine), but in reality we live in a society that revolves around it. Being we are social creates and really can’t escape that, our happiness depends on how we can actually live in that reality.
Money allows you to buy things in order to obtain a precieved better life. It does not necesarrily lead to a true better life. People work jobs they hate to afford things they do not need. That big 80 inch plasma TV you worked overtime for? Well, now what? That new dining set must be next. What it all comes down to is this consumerism society, the modern plague that has afflicted society starting with the wealthy and trickling down to the lower half of the middle class. Lost are out hunter gathering instincts, replaced by nesting instincts which are embraced by our modern femenist society. People no longer have the ability to enjoy the little things in life that bring happiness and must work their @$$es off to attempt to fill this void with lavish material items.
Money does buy happiness because money is a slave to me. My money makes me more money,sometimes my money makes me more money in a month than I make working, and this is good.Take money away and there is no happiness,so money does equal happiness.
Money only brings happiness to those that are vain, untalented, selfish, greedy ,self-centered, etc. Money is not the center of my universe. I do not worship it or even desire to have it. Money is only the root of all evil.
"He that is of the opinion money will do everything, may well be suspected of doing everything for money." Ben Franklin
Oh yeah God is the root of all evil! Tell that to the person who was about to murder their spouse for cheating but refrained from doing so because they believe that God is watching. How about that damn evil Mother Theresa too
Oh yeah God is the root of all evil! Tell that to the person who was about to murder their spouse for cheating but refrained from doing so because they believe that God is watching. How about that damn evil Mother Theresa too
Now why would someone murder an adulteress in the first place? Oh, right! The bible punishes adultery with death.
Mother Teresa was no longer faithful at the time of her death. She realised the lack of voice of Jesus, the lack of presense.
Was that the Biblical law in 3,000 BC? Yeah that sounds about right. I won't go into a Bible debate about the Law of the prophets vs the changes Jesus made to the law, all i will say is this; THis is such a typical reply from an anti-christian, to fire back with examples that are ancient. What else you got up you sleeve a speech about the crusades? TODAY, in this country and millenium, how many christians murder aduteress' and back up their actions with the Bible? I assume since it's 2010 we should use examples less than 5,000 years old! Even if you think the Bible is totally bogus and you simply view it as a tool to disipline the population then ok fine, go ahead and look at it like that. Go ahead and role your eyes when christians explain why the laws of Jesus have superceded the Old Testament laws. If you think this is illogical fine but you still need to admit that that is how christians think. They ARE NOT under the belief of the OT law anymore so why do liberals keep using the OT laws as a rebuttle to christian ethics in the year 2010?
Was that the Biblical law in 3,000 BC? Yeah that sounds about right. I won't go into a Bible debate about the Law of the prophets vs the changes Jesus made to the law, all i will say is this;
Quick summary:
A guy threatens to kill his wife, presumably Christian, for adultery.
The bible suggests death for adultery.
Therefore invoking "god stopped me" doesn't fit.
THis is such a typical reply from an anti-christian, to fire back with examples that are ancient. What else you got up you sleeve a speech about the crusades?
You speak not of Landru... you are not of the body!
The evil perpetrated and endorsed by your religion ought to make you at least concerned.
TODAY, in this country and millenium, how many christians murder aduteress' and back up their actions with the Bible? I assume since it's 2010 we should use examples less than 5,000 years old!
How many Nazis today kill Jews in concentration camps? It's a bad religion for allowing this in the first place.
Even if you think the Bible is totally bogus and you simply view it as a tool to disipline the population then ok fine, go ahead and look at it like that. Go ahead and role your eyes when christians explain why the laws of Jesus have superceded the Old Testament laws. If you think this is illogical fine but you still need to admit that that is how christians think.
I know that that is how most Christians think, but then you have your "brothers" quoting Leviticus to suggest killing fags and dikes... kinda take away the certainty from your position.
They ARE NOT under the belief of the OT law anymore so why do liberals keep using the OT laws as a rebuttle to christian ethics in the year 2010?
If you want to talk percentages than my first does totally fit, the amount of christians who would murder because of the bible can not even approach the amount of christians who would restrain themselves from murder because of their belief in the bible, so my statement surely fits. Not to mention the person who is murdering because of the bible is WRONG. Now I would put a ton of money on the theory that their are more people who fall over the edge and murder because they have a core belief that there is no final accountability then there are people who would murder because the old testament says they should.
I disagree with gay threats of violence. THe christian who knows how to correctly interpret the bible also is against this. The main message constantly given in christianity is humility. To say to yourself 'I know that person A and B are sinners, but if i want to point a finger at a sinner all i have to do is look into a mirror.'
If you want to talk percentages than my first does totally fit, the amount of christians who would murder because of the bible can not even approach the amount of christians who would restrain themselves from murder because of their belief in the bible, so my statement surely fits.
Throughout history, millions have been killed in the name of, or because of portions of, the bible.
Yet some people in modern times ceased killing despite being Christians.
I think people not killing is in spite of, not because of, the bible. The bible condemns so many to death, it must merely be that some people have superiour morality that causes them to ignore it.
Not to mention the person who is murdering because of the bible is WRONG.
So god's word is wrong? Maybe you just have superiour morality.
Now I would put a ton of money on the theory that their are more people who fall over the edge and murder because they have a core belief that there is no final accountability then there are people who would murder because the old testament says they should.
Not many people believe that there is no accountability. Further, those people who accept that there are no gods punishing us for our behaviours will still have personal morality hardwired into us from evolution.
However we can easily point to people who kill fags because leviticus said to do it, or kill witches because the bible said it was a good idea.
I disagree with gay threats of violence. THe christian who knows how to correctly interpret the bible also is against this.
Many clergy and Christians disagree with you.
The main message constantly given in christianity is humility.
Except for those parts that discuss wars and genocides, killing sinners, and praising god. Seriously, there's a lot of stuff in that book, and humility is only a bit of the whole.
To say to yourself 'I know that person A and B are sinners, but if i want to point a finger at a sinner all i have to do is look into a mirror.'
In one part, yes, but then in another "never suffer a witch to live."
Whether you like the story line of the bible or not is a seperate issue. I do have a hard time with God's commands to wipe out this or that person or group. We are entering theology if we start talking about God's reasons for doing so and the greater good of his grand plan, etc. But here's the thing, you are correct that people murder in the name of the bible but the bible does not teach you to do that. That's like saying America, my great country, teaches me to murder and enslave. Can you imagine the things i can justify for myself by reading the history of the US and claiming to be a rebel for the forefathers. It would be like me killing a black person and saying i was taught to do so by the originators of the constitution, then throwing a bunch of civil war stories at you. You are all over the place with your interpretation of the bible.
The bible from the beginning tells us that prophets like Moses, Joshua, etc, are to do EXACTLY as God the father tells them! Now God the father's direct interaction with prophets and his orders to kill have long since ended. And even way back then you were not permitted to become a Billy The Kid and start killing without God's direct permission. Think of it this way, today it is a total different story for the government to commit capital punishment than for Joe Smith to take the law into his own hands. Many people understand and back up that distinction. How much higher is God's authority than the U.S government? If you admit more leniency for a government approved execution than a revenge murder than you should start to realize the difference between God ordering a death and a man just randomly killing someone. If you want to think about the issue a little deeper consider this, God kills everyone! If a 98 yr old dies of old age God just killed him. Anyway, God's direct interaction with prophets are over! These murder spree stories of the Old Testament are comparable to the president's orders to go to war with Germany and start murdering a bunch of innocent Germans who probably hated Hitler on the inside. Life has always had necessary evil, in the OT days God was the law, God was the sheriff, God was the King, etc. If you don't like that then that is not the point. The point is those days are long gone and christians are NOT allowed to play sheriff! They are NOT allowed to hang gay people because of Leviticus! If you are baffled that God would order the execution of gay people thousands of years ago then you are definately not alone i wonder this myself. But i can't help but realize that technically God murders everyone (because everyone dies). You can't play God nor can you take the law into your own hands, they are related concepts and people who murder in spite of the bible are playing God
But here's the thing, you are correct that people murder in the name of the bible but the bible does not teach you to do that. That's like saying America, my great country, teaches me to murder and enslave. Can you imagine the things i can justify for myself by reading the history of the US and claiming to be a rebel for the forefathers. It would be like me killing a black person and saying i was taught to do so by the originators of the constitution, then throwing a bunch of civil war stories at you. You are all over the place with your interpretation of the bible.
The bible is an authoritative text that preaches ways to behave, it is not the same as a historical document.
Many people understand and back up that distinction. How much higher is God's authority than the U.S government? If you admit more leniency for a government approved execution than a revenge murder than you should start to realize the difference between God ordering a death and a man just randomly killing someone.
The problem I have is in someone pretending to be moral on god's behalf when it is clear that god has no issue killing people or casting plagues. In other words claiming morality from the bible makes no sense.
You can't play God nor can you take the law into your own hands, they are related concepts and people who murder in spite of the bible are playing God
As usual, you just stated your opinion without any references and your opinion isn't worth the electric it took to post. Why don't you do everybody a favor and start a topic entitled file 13. This way you can put all those opinions in one place and make it much easier for new comers to see what a dumb ass you are.
As usual, you just stated your opinion without any references and your opinion isn't worth the electric it took to post. Why don't you do everybody a favor and start a topic entitled file 13. This way you can put all those opinions in one place and make it much easier for new comers to see what a dumb ass you are.
I read it, did you? I doubt if you read it. You never read anything and that is why you are so stupid. If something doesn't fit in your imaginary world, you just ignore it. It says right at the top in giant words;
"USE WIKIPEDIA AT YOUR OWN RISK"
One cannot make it any simpler than that. Even a Neanderthal man could figure this one out. One that believes so much in evolution surely would have evolved far enough to out do a Neanderthal. With this new evidence at hand one can logically rule out evolution, Darwin thanks you.
I read it, did you? I doubt if you read it. You never read anything and that is why you are so stupid. If something doesn't fit in your imaginary world, you just ignore it. It says right at the top in giant words;
You're a Pravda fan aren't you?
By the way, ever heard of psychological projection?
One cannot make it any simpler than that. Even a Neanderthal man could figure this one out. One that believes so much in evolution surely would have evolved far enough to out do a Neanderthal. With this new evidence at hand one can logically rule out evolution, Darwin thanks you.
Did you know that you share DNA with H. neanderthalensis? Cool huh?
Might explain why so many creationists look unevolved... they must be Neanderthal DNA reservoirs...
Money is not everything in life. Life is about enjoyment and love not about luxury. Money can buy luxury but not the actuall happiness. Imagine you have lot of money but dont have family and freinds. And even if you have some freinds then how can you say that they are your true freinds, they may be feather freinds!!!!
Today you have money thats why they are with you but wat about tommorow????
May be you can purchase everything in this world BUT you cant purchase the true love from money.
Oh really, do you know a super-rich can lose half his life due to obesity,tensions over his business;certainly you can go for shopping but it would be meaningless if you don't have companions to take with you;there are somethings more precious than money