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Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There's no concrete evidence that supports that god exists. <br/> Religion and the bible have too many contradictions and changes that I become less and less convinced in his existence... <br/> Evolution makes more sense to me. <br/> Animals adapt to their environment, and over huge amounts of time will evolve <br...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:74767_790", "native_pair": "74767_790", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? <br/> FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION", "How come people aren't still evolving? <br/> How are you so sure we are not? <...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:823_802", "native_pair": "823_802", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry.", "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said has anything to do with science. This is a theological view of the world. . This is all pseudo-science. I understand if you are religious, just dont ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:785_816", "native_pair": "785_816", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?", "think about it, it's impossible for evolution to NOT happen. the weak die, the strong continue to breed. this strengthens the species. a...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:824_813", "native_pair": "824_813", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry.", "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:785_809", "native_pair": "785_809", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "What - is God coming in the year 2100 to judge us then? Not in 2000? <br/> Why would God have to tweak anyhow. The guy is all-powerful. So he created some single-celled organisms billions of years ago, and then said to himself \"I'm going to set this thing called evolution going and see what happens. Yes, I'll twe...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:780_822", "native_pair": "780_822", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "its simple, how would we be able to adapt to different enviroments. Over time we adapted to what suited us best otherwise why arn't we one skin colour, why are there so many types of animals", "Evolution does occur and it has been documented, and studied. i invite you to read this: http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:79918_788", "native_pair": "79918_788", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of evolution. The data may have been insufficient, but evolution did occur. <br/> When different alleles are expressed due to external factors, this is evolution.", "You can actually see evolution happen. Fruit Flies are quite useful for ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:803_794", "native_pair": "803_794", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I like to think both are true. <br/> 1. God created the first things (i don't think adam and ever were really human, maybe single celled. but man had a hard time believing that so we made the first creatures Man) <br/> 2. Those things God created Evolved to fit their surroundings. (there is proof of this, you can ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:58082_29310", "native_pair": "58082_29310", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doesn't have all the answers (no scientist would try to counter you on that one) and that there may easily be halfway point between faith/science where evolution and creationism can ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:821_778", "native_pair": "821_778", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening.", "Define \"order and detail.\" Existence isn't a BMW. You are falling for the old 'watch maker' argument. You fail to recognize the significance of self replicating systems within a nat...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:43519_770", "native_pair": "43519_770", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Define \"order and detail.\" Existence isn't a BMW. You are falling for the old 'watch maker' argument. You fail to recognize the significance of self replicating systems within a naturally selecting environment. A good read: \"The Selfish Gene\" by Richard Dawkins. Not as aggressive as his more recent \"The God D...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:770_785", "native_pair": "770_785", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_821", "native_pair": "817_821", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_823", "native_pair": "817_823", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There's no concrete evidence that supports that god exists. <br/> Religion and the bible have too many contradictions and changes that I become less and less convinced in his existence... <br/> Evolution makes more sense to me. <br/> Animals adapt to their environment, and over huge amounts of time will evolve <br...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:74767_801", "native_pair": "74767_801", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said has anything to do with science. This is a theological view of the world. . This is all pseudo-science. I understand if you are religious, just dont try to hide it as science. Science never has been about theology. It is about the scienti...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:816_780", "native_pair": "816_780", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Define \"order and detail.\" Existence isn't a BMW. You are falling for the old 'watch maker' argument. You fail to recognize the significance of self replicating systems within a naturally selecting environment. A good read: \"The Selfish Gene\" by Richard Dawkins. Not as aggressive as his more recent \"The God D...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:770_58082", "native_pair": "770_58082", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry.", "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening." ]
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:785_43519", "native_pair": "785_43519", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said has anything to do with science. This is a theological view of the world. . This is all pseudo-science. I understand if you are religious, just dont try to hide it as science. Science never has been about theology. It is about the scienti...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:816_809", "native_pair": "816_809", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doesn't have all the answers (no scientist would try to counter you on that one) and that there may easily be halfway point between faith/science where evolution and creationism can ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:821_578317615", "native_pair": "821_578317615", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I call the god that creationists believe in the \"God of the Gaps.\" Early man's understanding of the universe was extremely limited. People did not know that earthquakes were caused by tectonic plates shifting. Therefore the idea of earthquakes being the work of an angry deity seemed logical, but man's understand...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:578317615_74907", "native_pair": "578317615_74907", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Define \"order and detail.\" Existence isn't a BMW. You are falling for the old 'watch maker' argument. You fail to recognize the significance of self replicating systems within a naturally selecting environment. A good read: \"The Selfish Gene\" by Richard Dawkins. Not as aggressive as his more recent \"The God D...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:770_824", "native_pair": "770_824", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\" and \"God\" is like believing that a puzzle can be solved by waving a magic wand. I mean, God wouldn't actually touch the pieces with his godly fingers would he? <br/> You clearly don't understand evolution. Read a book or two.", "Peppered...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:822_800", "native_pair": "822_800", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of evolution. The data may have been insufficient, but evolution did occur. <br/> When different alleles are expressed due to external factors, this is evolution.", "I call the god that creationists believe in the \"God of the Gaps.\" Ear...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:803_578317615", "native_pair": "803_578317615", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Peppered moths is the ULTIMATE straw man. <br/> The peppered moths experiment was a bad experiment and did not show evolution. That how ever doesn't mean that other experiments/observations don't show evolution. <br/> There is loads of evidence to support evolution. <br/> Genes <br/> Fossil record <br/> Carbon dat...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:800_788", "native_pair": "800_788", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Just a note to the creationists. Please use the \"Convinced me\" link correctly. <br/> You're supposed to click this if the person's argument convinced you that Creationism is true. Some of you seem to be clicking anything and everything on the right hand side. <br/> This will not help you win the debate by the wa...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:798_80854", "native_pair": "798_80854", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? <br/> FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION", "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said h...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:823_816", "native_pair": "823_816", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry.", "I used to think that belief in God was reasonable before the theory of evolution. However, the \"who created the creator\" argument seems to apply here. An all-knowing all-powerful loving, merciful, personal God is as complex ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:785_74907", "native_pair": "785_74907", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Actually, we are evolving. Look this one up; every generation our small toe is becoming increasingly smaller. Eventually, we'll end up losing it. <br/> I know it's a small, simple, seemingly useless appendage and who really cares about it, but it is evolution at work.", "sabrejimmy, <br/> I have not tried to pro...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:820_806", "native_pair": "820_806", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry.", "Why is this up for debate? I understand that people have religious beliefs and stuff, and thats fine by me people should be able to do what they without being judged on every move they make, but it's scientifically proven that...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:785_72483", "native_pair": "785_72483", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\" and \"God\" is like believing that a puzzle can be solved by waving a magic wand. I mean, God wouldn't actually touch the pieces with his godly fingers would he? <br/> You clearly don't understand evolution. Read a book or two.", "There is...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:822_785", "native_pair": "822_785", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "its simple, how would we be able to adapt to different enviroments. Over time we adapted to what suited us best otherwise why arn't we one skin colour, why are there so many types of animals", "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> W...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:79918_823", "native_pair": "79918_823", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Science can prove that evolution is the beginning of life. <br/> The big bang theory is a term used to describe the bursting of molecules that begun the creation of the universe. The universe started out as a hot, dense space. Scientists know that because now nearby galaxies are moving further and further away and...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:80854_814", "native_pair": "80854_814", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?", "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doe...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:824_821", "native_pair": "824_821", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these factors, how do you sabrejimmy account for the different racial characteristics of moder...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:809_780", "native_pair": "809_780", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "So why don't we have talking monkeys? <br/> That's a red herring. <br/> Monkeys haven't evolved to talk(by talk im guessing you mean speech) because they are incapable of speech. <br/> We on the other hand have evolved to talk. <br/> Yes if we are descended from monkeys that doesn't stop monkeys from existing. We ...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:801_785", "native_pair": "801_785", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Peppered moths is the ULTIMATE straw man. <br/> The peppered moths experiment was a bad experiment and did not show evolution. That how ever doesn't mean that other experiments/observations don't show evolution. <br/> There is loads of evidence to support evolution. <br/> Genes <br/> Fossil record <br/> Carbon dat...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:800_770", "native_pair": "800_770", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "think about it, it's impossible for evolution to NOT happen. the weak die, the strong continue to breed. this strengthens the species. argument over. <br/> however, creationism and evolution are not exclusionary. i don't believe in a god simply because of the unbelievably minute chance of a god (or gods) existing"...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:813_806", "native_pair": "813_806", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these factors, how do you sabrejimmy account for the different racial characteristics of moder...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:809_79918", "native_pair": "809_79918", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "How come people aren't still evolving? <br/> How are you so sure we are not? <br/> Could you please show some evidence that we are NOT evolving? And dont say, because we would notice if we were. <br/> Solid varifiable evidence if your key to proving your point.", "I just don't see why it matters so much. We're h...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:802_62156", "native_pair": "802_62156", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said has anything to do with science. This is a theological view of the world. . This is all pseudo-science. I understand if you are religious, just dont try to hide it as science. Science never has been about theology. It is about the scienti...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:816_822", "native_pair": "816_822", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I call the god that creationists believe in the \"God of the Gaps.\" Early man's understanding of the universe was extremely limited. People did not know that earthquakes were caused by tectonic plates shifting. Therefore the idea of earthquakes being the work of an angry deity seemed logical, but man's understand...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:578317615_58082", "native_pair": "578317615_58082", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?", "Really? What if I my opponent has ACTUALLY been brainwashed and indoctrinated since birth? Would that make your arguments any weaker?" ]
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:824_789", "native_pair": "824_789", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Peppered moths is the ULTIMATE straw man. <br/> The peppered moths experiment was a bad experiment and did not show evolution. That how ever doesn't mean that other experiments/observations don't show evolution. <br/> There is loads of evidence to support evolution. <br/> Genes <br/> Fossil record <br/> Carbon dat...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:800_789", "native_pair": "800_789", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Evolution does occur and it has been documented, and studied. i invite you to read this: http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/evol/lizard.html <br/> and give you your thoughts. thanks", "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:788_824", "native_pair": "788_824", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_794", "native_pair": "817_794", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Evolution is a science. All the refutes I have seen (which I will rebuttal after this) have nothing to do with science. Their claims are theological claims. Lets first know what science is. Science is known through the scientific method. The scientific method deals only with the natural world. Creationism tries to...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:814_788", "native_pair": "814_788", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "What - is God coming in the year 2100 to judge us then? Not in 2000? <br/> Why would God have to tweak anyhow. The guy is all-powerful. So he created some single-celled organisms billions of years ago, and then said to himself \"I'm going to set this thing called evolution going and see what happens. Yes, I'll twe...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:780_804", "native_pair": "780_804", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Actually, we are evolving. Look this one up; every generation our small toe is becoming increasingly smaller. Eventually, we'll end up losing it. <br/> I know it's a small, simple, seemingly useless appendage and who really cares about it, but it is evolution at work.", "I like to think both are true. <br/> 1. G...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:820_58082", "native_pair": "820_58082", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening.", "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\" and \"God\" is like believing that a puzzle can be solved by waving a magic wand. I mean, God wouldn't actual...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:43519_822", "native_pair": "43519_822", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? <br/> FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION", "think about it, it's impossible for evolution to NOT happen. the weak die, the...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:823_813", "native_pair": "823_813", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doesn't have all the answers (no scientist would try to counter you on that one) and that there may easily be halfway point between faith/science where evolution and creationism can ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:821_74767", "native_pair": "821_74767", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_29310", "native_pair": "817_29310", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these factors, how do you sabrejimmy account for the different racial characteristics of moder...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:809_800", "native_pair": "809_800", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these factors, how do you sabrejimmy account for the different racial characteristics of moder...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:809_814", "native_pair": "809_814", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "all i have to say on this issue is that there is actual evidence to support evolution!!", "There is not God. I just use him in my arguments to make sarcastic comments. Sorry." ]
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:29310_785", "native_pair": "29310_785", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Just a note to the creationists. Please use the \"Convinced me\" link correctly. <br/> You're supposed to click this if the person's argument convinced you that Creationism is true. Some of you seem to be clicking anything and everything on the right hand side. <br/> This will not help you win the debate by the wa...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:798_801", "native_pair": "798_801", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? <br/> FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION", "I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:823_803", "native_pair": "823_803", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening.", "There's no concrete evidence that supports that god exists. <br/> Religion and the bible have too many contradictions and changes that I become less and less convinced in his existenc...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:43519_74767", "native_pair": "43519_74767", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of evolution. The data may have been insufficient, but evolution did occur. <br/> When different alleles are expressed due to external factors, this is evolution.", "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:803_822", "native_pair": "803_822", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?", "Just a note to the creationists. Please use the \"Convinced me\" link correctly. <br/> You're supposed to click this if the person's arg...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:824_798", "native_pair": "824_798", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I call the god that creationists believe in the \"God of the Gaps.\" Early man's understanding of the universe was extremely limited. People did not know that earthquakes were caused by tectonic plates shifting. Therefore the idea of earthquakes being the work of an angry deity seemed logical, but man's understand...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:578317615_788", "native_pair": "578317615_788", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\" and \"God\" is like believing that a puzzle can be solved by waving a magic wand. I mean, God wouldn't actually touch the pieces with his godly fingers would he? <br/> You clearly don't understand evolution. Read a book or two.", "Life has...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:822_778", "native_pair": "822_778", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "How can that be? How were you brought up? Did you go to church? Sunday school? Pray before meals? Pray at school? Pray at night? <br/> I remember at the age of 7 when I started questioning the Lord's Prayer in school. And God. It didn't make sense. So I stopped assuming God was real, and stopped saying the Lord's ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:790_816", "native_pair": "790_816", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_785", "native_pair": "817_785", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Really? What if I my opponent has ACTUALLY been brainwashed and indoctrinated since birth? Would that make your arguments any weaker?", "all i have to say on this issue is that there is actual evidence to support evolution!!" ]
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:789_29310", "native_pair": "789_29310", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur? <br/> FINAL ANSWER: EVOLUTION THROUGH CREATION", "I just don't see why it matters so much. We're here. Whoop-de-doo. So go on an...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:823_62156", "native_pair": "823_62156", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Peppered moths is the ULTIMATE straw man. <br/> The peppered moths experiment was a bad experiment and did not show evolution. That how ever doesn't mean that other experiments/observations don't show evolution. <br/> There is loads of evidence to support evolution. <br/> Genes <br/> Fossil record <br/> Carbon dat...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:800_578317615", "native_pair": "800_578317615", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I used to think that belief in God was reasonable before the theory of evolution. However, the \"who created the creator\" argument seems to apply here. An all-knowing all-powerful loving, merciful, personal God is as complex a creature as I can imagine, so complex life cannot be explained by a complex creator.", ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:74907_74767", "native_pair": "74907_74767", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doesn't have all the answers (no scientist would try to counter you on that one) and that there may easily be halfway point between faith/science where evolution and creationism can ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:821_804", "native_pair": "821_804", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening.", "Why not both? Why can't God have created a way for evolution to happen. <br/> Who says that God did it himself? <br/> Who says that God didn't cause the Big Bang or evolution to occur...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:43519_823", "native_pair": "43519_823", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "its simple, how would we be able to adapt to different enviroments. Over time we adapted to what suited us best otherwise why arn't we one skin colour, why are there so many types of animals", "How can that be? How were you brought up? Did you go to church? Sunday school? Pray before meals? Pray at school? Pray ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:79918_790", "native_pair": "79918_790", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You lost me--- 99% of what you say speaks IN FAVOR of evolution and AGAINST creationism <br/> --- At most you point out that science doesn't have all the answers (no scientist would try to counter you on that one) and that there may easily be halfway point between faith/science where evolution and creationism can ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:821_814", "native_pair": "821_814", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Science can prove that evolution is the beginning of life. <br/> The big bang theory is a term used to describe the bursting of molecules that begun the creation of the universe. The universe started out as a hot, dense space. Scientists know that because now nearby galaxies are moving further and further away and...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:80854_800", "native_pair": "80854_800", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Just a note to the creationists. Please use the \"Convinced me\" link correctly. <br/> You're supposed to click this if the person's argument convinced you that Creationism is true. Some of you seem to be clicking anything and everything on the right hand side. <br/> This will not help you win the debate by the wa...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:798_814", "native_pair": "798_814", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Why is this up for debate? I understand that people have religious beliefs and stuff, and thats fine by me people should be able to do what they without being judged on every move they make, but it's scientifically proven that the evolution is correct. What's your point?", "Not it's not. But along your line of a...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:72483_822", "native_pair": "72483_822", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific community agrees: Evolution happened and is still happening.", "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?" ]
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:43519_824", "native_pair": "43519_824", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Not it's not. But along your line of argument, believe in \"Creationism\" and \"God\" is like believing that a puzzle can be solved by waving a magic wand. I mean, God wouldn't actually touch the pieces with his godly fingers would he? <br/> You clearly don't understand evolution. Read a book or two.", "I like t...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:822_58082", "native_pair": "822_58082", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Evolution is a science. All the refutes I have seen (which I will rebuttal after this) have nothing to do with science. Their claims are theological claims. Lets first know what science is. Science is known through the scientific method. The scientific method deals only with the natural world. Creationism tries to...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:814_74907", "native_pair": "814_74907", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You can actually see evolution happen. Fruit Flies are quite useful for this experiment since the breed, live, and die so quickly. You have to understand evolution happens because of mutations and they survive because those mutations have made it easier for the creature to survive then the others. ie. natural sele...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:794_820", "native_pair": "794_820", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There's no concrete evidence that supports that god exists. <br/> Religion and the bible have too many contradictions and changes that I become less and less convinced in his existence... <br/> Evolution makes more sense to me. <br/> Animals adapt to their environment, and over huge amounts of time will evolve <br...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:74767_802", "native_pair": "74767_802", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Unfortunately, most of what sabrejimmy says is a load of crap. <br/> This is what makes these kinds of debates pointless. You have some idiot creationists, who don't understand anything about science. <br/> sabrejimmy hasn't attempted to learn anything from this debate. He continues to ask ridiculous questions. <b...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:804_816", "native_pair": "804_816", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Evolution does occur and it has been documented, and studied. i invite you to read this: http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/evol/lizard.html <br/> and give you your thoughts. thanks", "I used to think that belief in God was reasonable before the theory of evolution. However, the \"who created the creator\" argument s...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:788_74907", "native_pair": "788_74907", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Actually, we are evolving. Look this one up; every generation our small toe is becoming increasingly smaller. Eventually, we'll end up losing it. <br/> I know it's a small, simple, seemingly useless appendage and who really cares about it, but it is evolution at work.", "its simple, how would we be able to adapt...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:820_79918", "native_pair": "820_79918", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "How can that be? How were you brought up? Did you go to church? Sunday school? Pray before meals? Pray at school? Pray at night? <br/> I remember at the age of 7 when I started questioning the Lord's Prayer in school. And God. It didn't make sense. So I stopped assuming God was real, and stopped saying the Lord's ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:790_74907", "native_pair": "790_74907", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "If you can, then please do so. Illuminate us with your facts! <br/> Do you have brain scans of the first humans? How about average organ sizes? Hair patterns? Facial characteristics? Heart rate records? <br/> Speaking of these factors, how do you sabrejimmy account for the different racial characteristics of moder...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:809_790", "native_pair": "809_790", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Really? What if I my opponent has ACTUALLY been brainwashed and indoctrinated since birth? Would that make your arguments any weaker?", "So why don't we have talking monkeys? <br/> That's a red herring. <br/> Monkeys haven't evolved to talk(by talk im guessing you mean speech) because they are incapable of speec...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:789_801", "native_pair": "789_801", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "So why don't we have talking monkeys? <br/> That's a red herring. <br/> Monkeys haven't evolved to talk(by talk im guessing you mean speech) because they are incapable of speech. <br/> We on the other hand have evolved to talk. <br/> Yes if we are descended from monkeys that doesn't stop monkeys from existing. We ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:801_824", "native_pair": "801_824", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "You can actually see evolution happen. Fruit Flies are quite useful for this experiment since the breed, live, and die so quickly. You have to understand evolution happens because of mutations and they survive because those mutations have made it easier for the creature to survive then the others. ie. natural sele...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:794_80854", "native_pair": "794_80854", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "There's no concrete evidence that supports that god exists. <br/> Religion and the bible have too many contradictions and changes that I become less and less convinced in his existence... <br/> Evolution makes more sense to me. <br/> Animals adapt to their environment, and over huge amounts of time will evolve <br...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:74767_823", "native_pair": "74767_823", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "How can that be? How were you brought up? Did you go to church? Sunday school? Pray before meals? Pray at school? Pray at night? <br/> I remember at the age of 7 when I started questioning the Lord's Prayer in school. And God. It didn't make sense. So I stopped assuming God was real, and stopped saying the Lord's ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:790_788", "native_pair": "790_788", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "all i have to say on this issue is that there is actual evidence to support evolution!!", "I call the god that creationists believe in the \"God of the Gaps.\" Early man's understanding of the universe was extremely limited. People did not know that earthquakes were caused by tectonic plates shifting. Therefore ...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:29310_578317615", "native_pair": "29310_578317615", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "What - is God coming in the year 2100 to judge us then? Not in 2000? <br/> Why would God have to tweak anyhow. The guy is all-powerful. So he created some single-celled organisms billions of years ago, and then said to himself \"I'm going to set this thing called evolution going and see what happens. Yes, I'll twe...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:780_806", "native_pair": "780_806", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent, observable, and falsifiable that makes it scientific rigor. I would recommend going tohttp://www.asa3.org/aSA/resources/Wiens.html for more information on radiometric dating.", ...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:817_814", "native_pair": "817_814", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Were we magically created in a few days or an outcome which was processed throughout billions of years? <br/> Which is more realistic? <br/> Which was more likely to happen?", "Radiometric dating can be done in many ways. Today there are over 40 different techniques to do it. It is the fact they are independent,...
1
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:824_817", "native_pair": "824_817", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "This is this common view of the creationist argument. None of what Sean said has anything to do with science. This is a theological view of the world. . This is all pseudo-science. I understand if you are religious, just dont try to hide it as science. Science never has been about theology. It is about the scienti...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:816_820", "native_pair": "816_820", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "How come people aren't still evolving? <br/> How are you so sure we are not? <br/> Could you please show some evidence that we are NOT evolving? And dont say, because we would notice if we were. <br/> Solid varifiable evidence if your key to proving your point.", "all i have to say on this issue is that there is...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:802_29310", "native_pair": "802_29310", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "Peppered moths is the ULTIMATE straw man. <br/> The peppered moths experiment was a bad experiment and did not show evolution. That how ever doesn't mean that other experiments/observations don't show evolution. <br/> There is loads of evidence to support evolution. <br/> Genes <br/> Fossil record <br/> Carbon dat...
0
{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:800_778", "native_pair": "800_778", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "all i have to say on this issue is that there is actual evidence to support evolution!!", "Just a note to the creationists. Please use the \"Convinced me\" link correctly. <br/> You're supposed to click this if the person's argument convinced you that Creationism is true. Some of you seem to be clicking anything...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:29310_798", "native_pair": "29310_798", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}
Debate topic: evolution vs creation
[ "I have to contradict phro and say that the peppered moths do show evidence of evolution. The data may have been insufficient, but evolution did occur. <br/> When different alleles are expressed due to external factors, this is evolution.", "There is no argument need to be made. <br/> The entire scientific commun...
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{"id": "evolution-vs-creation_evolution:803_43519", "native_pair": "803_43519", "split_group_id": "evolution-vs-creation"}