Conservapedia:Debate Topics

Debate topic suggestions, organized so that it's not necessary to delete them:

Philosophical debates

1. If there is no objective truth, then is the claim "there is no objective truth" also not an objective truth?
2. Henry Ford said, "I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's [darn] is the history we make today." George Santayana said "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Which was closer to being right?

Religious debates

1. If God does not exist, can anything be morally wrong?

Political debates

1. Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal
2. Define torture
3. Should the United States have entered World War I?
4. Should the United States have entered World War II?
5. Should the United States have eliminated communism in North Korea as General Douglas MacArthur wanted?
6. Did racism play a role in the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
7. Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
8. If President Roosevelt had known about the Pearl Harbor attack in advance, would it have been wrong for him to allow the attack in order to wake up the American public and motivate Americans to fight and win the war?
9. Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?
10. Was world war inevitable?
11. Does "free trade" increase wealth or simply redistribute it?
12. Is it even possible to install democracy in a Muslim country?
13. Is democracy even possible in Iraq?
14. Should President Jimmy Carter (at the urging of Henry Kissinger) have allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States in 1979 to receive medical treatment, over the objections of the Iranian people?
15. Should we have given the Panama Canal back to Panama?
16. Should government allow an unchecked economy, or are regulations necessary in private business?
17. Should the United States leave the United Nations?
18. Crusades... Good or Bad?
19. Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform? See Michael New
20. Which is a more powerful ideology, Islam or Communism?
21. Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?
22. Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?

Scientific debates

1. Does Intelligent Design deny the Existence of God?
2. Does Darwinian natural selection suggest that bigotry is a necessary self-defense mechanism?
3. Does Darwinian natural selection suggest that homosexuality is bad for the survival of a species?
4. Is Darwinian natural selection compatible with Marxism?
5. Is the theory of macroevolution true?
6. Conservapedia: Is Giving Birth the Bible Way Better?
7. Should Creationism/Intelligent design be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution in public schools?

Debates about Conservapedia

1. The liberal quotient of Conservapedia; what is it? Does it matter?
2. Does bias impair Wikipedia's reliability?
3. Should the term list entries be included in Conservapedia's entry count?

Funny, maybe?

1. Should chunky stew be eaten with a fork or a spoon?

Other

1. Were the Puritans right to banish (expel) people for religious reasons?
2. Does the high abortion rate among African Americans explain the quadruple extreme premature birth risk among the same population?
3. Was the third crusade successful?
4. How should Conservapedia work to avoid having a conservative bias?
5. Is infinite regression ever valid as a form of reasoning, or acceptable as a way the universe works, or came to be?
6. Is a first cause of a process necessary, always possible, or sometimes impossible?
7. Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?
8. Can Objectivism develop beyond Ayn Rand's original formulation?
9. Can any man live without some code of morality?
10. Does the universe include everything, or does something outside the universe exist?
11. Is global warming evident, and if so, is this the fault of man, and how must man stop it?
12. Is the Bible a reliable source of history against which one may check all other sources?
13. If the universe is young and it takes light millions of years to reach us from far off stars, how can we see them?
14. Is it wrong to have a Christmas tree?
15. Did God create evil?
16. Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality?
17. Is it possible to be both Jewish and Christian at the same time?
18. Can Conservapedia Succeed?
19. Is Conservapedia fair and balanced?
20. How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals?
21. Should Bush pardon Scooter Libby?
22. Should the USA and other industrialized nations resume the building of nuclear power plants, an activity that is now effectively suspended?
23. Is the Pope the Antichrist?
24. Is it easier to ask for permission, or for forgiveness?
25. Do hardly any entries on conservapedia cite sources?
26. Which Christian denomination is the most true to the central teachings of Christianity?
27. If Jesus was alive to day, where on the political spectrum would he fall?
28. Should We Support Democrats For Life.org?
29. Women in the Military?
30. Is religion relevant in todays society? / Should Religion Play a Large Role in Modern Societies?
31. Corinthians 11:14 and the traditional image of Jesus
32. A poll requested by Aschlafly regarding the new color format
33. Bible (New and Old Testament) Words of God
34. AntiSemitism
35. Should students learn a foreign language?
36. What exactly is Conservapedia?
37. Quality of References
38. Could God create a rock so heavy that he himself could not lift it?
39. God, Earth and Global Warming
40. Why does the right side of the political spectrum tend to be more religous?
41. If there were no religion, would we find another reason to kill each other?
42. Was the media attention needed?
43. Is NPOV and wiki culture an example of a postmodern culture?
44. Natural Disaster versus Act of God
45. Is Rush Limbaugh in touch with reality, or just an uneducated opinionated conservative mouthpiece ?
46. Conservapedia:Major bias in conservapedia
47. Conservapedia:Why is the evidence in favor of evolution so darn convincing?
48. Conservapedia:Should there be a consistent standard on human rights applied to left and right?
49. Should American companies be allowed to send their own troops into a war which America is participating in?
50. Why is there something rather than nothing?
51. What is the Sabbath day?
52. Is it possible to be a conservative and not a religious person or even an atheist?
53. Giuliani's lack of social conservative viewpoints should not stop you from voting for him.
54. Should Richard Stay?
55. Is President Bush good for America?
56. Is the Iraq War a success?
57. Does Single sex schooling promotes homesexuality?
58. Does the Resurrection negate Gods Sacrifice of his only son?|Does the Resurrection negate God's Sacrifice of his only son?
59. Is the murder of 3,000 people just a few or is it a lot? Does it make a difference if the murdered people are Americans?
60. If the Bible didn't contain a creation story, would anyone even consider the idea of a young earth?
61. If most Muslims learned their religion from their parents, just like us Christians, they will probably be hard to convert. So what can we do to save their souls?
62. If most Christians learned their religion from their parents, just like us Muslims, they will probably be hard to convert. So what can we do to save their souls?
63. Does mainstream Islam endorse violence?
64. Does the Conservapedia entry for "Bible" need revision to clarify that The Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah of God and His Gospel and Church?
65. On the issue of Jews/Jesus/Bible...
66. Is atheism morally wrong?
67. Does the Bible display poor ethics and morals?
68. Does the media really have a liberal bias?
69. Two sides to a coin. The liberals use of Swift Boat
70. Conservapedia Debate Topics full of far left liberal netroots
71. Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal
72. Should known communists be banned from editing at Conservapedia??
73. Conservapedia:Where do you personally look for facts and information on topics "When did Brahms live" or "Why did Monet paint grainstacks?"
74. What makes the Bible a reliable source of knowledge besides tradition?
75. Who was the last Democrat to quit due to ethics and what year was it? Is it fair for Republicans to due the same?
76. Conservapedia:Is it okay for Conservapedia to have biased articles?
77. Conservapedia:On whether certain articles on human anatomy should be pre-emptively blanked and protected
78. Conservapedia:Who deletes entire discussion items from here? And why?
79. Conservapedia:Why should we be afraid of God?
80. What kind of leader will Democrats make if they run from debates on Fox?
81. Compare and contrast conservative Christians' unquestioning faith to that of the Party in the book 1984.
82. Debate:Why do we still preform Baptisms?

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