ANNOUNCEMENT: New Debate Forum Created

Ooooh kiddies we have a surprise for you today; a new forum has been created for the express purpose of facilitating formal, structured debates! Initially we thought of this as a 1-on-1 debate forum, and indeed you can, but it's now also the arena for tag-team showdowns of intellectual prowess. Ideologues beware: you might very well have to stand toe to toe with someone who has more than rhetoric!

Anyways, for the purpose of facilitating a more formal debate environment, we have to lay down a few ground rules:

1. Only the recognized debaters may post in the debate thread. Each debate thread will be paired with a discussion thread that the commoners might rant in, but any posts made in a debate thread without permission are subject to immediate deletion by the staff.

2. There will be a poll conducted at the conclusion of each debate to determine the victor.

3. Subject material can be anything, but the debate itself has to adhere to some sort of formal structure. What that structure is is up to the debaters, but you might take some ideas from the FIRST DEBATE EVAR:

THEISTS V. ATHEISTS: GOD, DOES HE EXIST?

On the theist team so far we've got myself and matthewchris, on the atheist team it's just fucking faggot for now but it's open to invitation. At the moment it looks to be a 2v2 but only time will tell.

The forum will remain invisible for a short while while the particulars are organized regarding rules and such, but we're on the brink here folks, and the edge of the universe never looked so damn good.

Clutch your picture of Richard Dawkins tight atheists, there's a storm coming.

Yo put me on the theist team, brah.

Show those spoon-lovers what for, you nutty atheists.

Can I just say that this is a rare opportunity for you guys to actually learn something about me: Nap...... I mean fucking faggot.

Teach those goddamn theists a lesson uni!

I want to be on the Super Theo-Squad.

Wait whst the teams i wanna be on, i like getting yelled at!!!

Me and Kali have decided it's just going to be a 2v2. fucking faggot still has a space open though.

Sure, i'd love to. can't say iv'e argued with or against Uni to much. This'll be an experience. Is there a set time and date?

I didn't say you were on. fucking faggot has to pick, and I was just saying he had yet to find a team mate.

Also, it might be helpful to have a good understanding of theology, religious philosophy, and know your Holy Books.

Ok, no problems.

I want to practice my debate skills

Although I most likely will not have something to say

I dont really have a news source were to get information from :|

Maybe I should just watch...

astudy like i am, so far i ahve about 10 holy books and am writing what they are about.

10? What ones?

Bible
Toran
book of Mormon
kitab-i-Aqdas
Avestus of Zavathustra
adi-Grath of the Sihks
Bhagavad-Gita
Urantia Book (don't count this one, so technically nine)

I'm sure by "Toran" you meant "Torah" and "Koran".
And I am not familiar with most of those...

You only really need to read one to get the gist of it.

Ya pretty much the torah is the only thing Somewhat different.

@ The Shaw Ya i have really bad hand writing, and do that for my H's and N's

I generally dont like these kinds of structured debates as they often devolve into people talking besides eachother instead of actually debating man to man, but we'll see how it turns out.

Also I dont think a general vote is the ideal way to determine the winner of a debate as people tend to simply favor the person that holds their views instead of the person that had the best argumentation. A jury, which could provide an extended motivation for their choice could be better in minimising this kind of behaviour.