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| Blasphemy ShouldBe Illegal, And Things Should Be Illegal Because They Disagree With Someone's Beliefs? |
| In a debate in school, the team who were against us kept bringing up the subject of religion and how God created us and if we were meant to change then he would've given us that ability (This house would ban cosmetic surgery was the topic) and I think that they shouldn't have used this argument. Debates should incorporate facts, not opinions. But that's just my view, let me know what you think (Atempt at irony) |
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Aye! I would personally vote yes. I would keep it on a personal level between my 'God!' and myself.
My guess at cosmetic surgery is, if man brings a charge of blasphemy against you he hasn't got a leg
to stand on. However, if my 'God', brought one against you, you'd not only lose both legs but you'd
be right up to your neck in the mire, too. That's just my personal opinion.
Guess the legality of your motion is: ''did man make 'God?'' or did 'God' make man?''
A great philosopher once wrote: ''if 'God' did not exist it would be necessary to invent him!'' |
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Is it Blasphemy if you're an atheist? Or only blasphemy if you're a believer? Making it against the
law is against all the freedoms we have fought so hard to keep! Ridiculous! |
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Like i've said before there are the religious out their who would love to bring back the good o'l
days of pacifying freedom of expression.
The title makes my point that this type of thinking still exist and given the right leadership in
certain countries this could happen as it happens in the middle east under Islamic rule.
DOWN WITH RELIGION! |
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No, blasphemy should absolutely not be illegal. People are allowed to believe anything they want,
but that belief is not automatically held sacred, it can be and should be challenged, examined,
taken apart, put back together and tested strenuously to see if it is factually true. If not, then
it ought to be strongly criticized. |
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First anything and everything is relevant to debate (including personal beliefs or opinions) and
it's up to each contestant to choose which combination of arguments will make the most persuasive
case. Sometimes depending on the judge or audience you need to leave all beliefs and opinions off
the arguments, other times those may be the appeals that win your case.
Second, in a democratic society with constitional protections to freedom of thought and speech then
"blasphemy" simply cannot exist anyway. It is not blaspheming if you have a protected right to say
and think what you want. A church or church goer could accuse you of blasphemy but it would have
zero legal bite or implications whether the claim were true or not.
Third, in defense of cosmetic surgery consider 1) Some of it reconstitutes normal lives for people
with terrible injuries and they have a right to medical help, 2) Both members of a couple may agree
and benefit from one of them getting cosmetic surgery so what's wrong with that?, 3) Some people
have noses or other features so oddly shaped it interferes with normal daily interactions with
others (a witch style nose pointed down past the lips perhaps) and turning that feature into
something more mainstream can enhance employability and even day to day face to face human
interaction. |
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Definitely not. Freedom of speech and all that. Blasphemy laws should be confined to history where
they belong. |
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I myself am a Christian, and still I feel that using God to state one’s case has no place in a
debate unless the debate is about God. Or it becomes a three-ring circus. Since no one really
knows God, those who use God in a debate can really say anything they want and ascribe it to God.
It is an "undebate-like" and facile way to stymie the opposing group. |
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Freedom of Expression. God has redeemed us from the mindset that my teeth will rot from my father
eating grapes. So I am accountable for all I say and me alone. Blaspheme is illegal in heavenly
terms. Our simple blaspheme are lies and gossip. |
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"Opinions", "facts", "beliefs" are all very important words, and how they are defined makes all the
difference. Beliefs can be either true beliefs or false beliefs. (refer to Aristotle's view about
what is truth). One may have good reasons for his beliefs i. E. Supported by facts and/or sound
reasoning, but the view may still be a false belief. Someone else may have a true belief without
really knowing or having any good reasons for that belief. Facts are reality, at least as best we
can approximate reality. Sometimes we have the wrong facts or mispercieve or are given false data,
etc. Opinion is subjective type of thinking, but one's opinion may be based on true beliefs or not.
So it gets rather complicated. To say it is someone's opinion that God created man and assume it
may not be based on sound evidence and reasoning could, itself, be considered rather prejudicial
opinion without adequate evidence to back it up. On the other hand if the Christians believe that
God created man and have good reasons for this belief, it does not necessarily follow that cosmetic
surgery is wrong, etc. So, the advice is to try one's best to have clear thinking about things. |
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Well in America there are many freedoms in the constitution but freedom from being offended is not
one of them. In fact such a law would of necessity be directly contradictory to some of the freedoms
that are guaranteed such as speech, religion, and potential freedom of the press. So any such law
would be unconstitutional and illegal. |
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Since this is my debate, I might as well voice my opinion.
Lord Daniel, while I respect your opinion, I have to disagree.
Something disagreeing with your own beliefs isn't ground for something to be illegal.
If someone said to me, "Your belief in the power of cake is complete and utter drivel"
I wouldn't then press charges.
I would show them the power of cake.
I also wouldn't want certain pieces of music being banned because they disagree with someone's
beliefs.
Gay's wouldn't be allowed.
Neither would anything other than rich white people or rednecks in some cases.
I believe that beliefs should be kept in a private life.
And that making something illegal because it disagrees with your beliefs is in a fashion bubble
wrapping religion.
They have believed through so much, a little more blasphemy will probably not traumatise them to the
point of needing to press charges. |
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