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  • Does alcohol cause cancer?

    @Joeseph ;heroin is far less harmless than alcohol in terms of its affects and the side affects and social affects. 

    So if you disagree with all the medical research and findings that alcohol is much more harmful than heroin where is your evidence?

    Surely a person of your grate stature and experience will be quick to provide evidence to back up your claim. So are we going to see your reason and or evidence?

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  • Does alcohol cause cancer?

    Just_trollin should start their own thread instead of threadjacking. I will also respond that the life expectancy can be shorter due to discrimination, stigma, and criminalization of a systematically marginalized group.

    Usually a trifecta of hateful rhetoric, laws, and violence can lead to anxiety and stress which can cause many adverse health effects including suicide. Just take the example of the myth that you can cure a lesbian by raping her. That's bound to lower her life expectancy.


    There seems to be no limit to the depth that some users will sink to.
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  • Does alcohol cause cancer?

    I don't normally respond to trolls, but the flaw is so extreme and obvious I felt I should make an exception.


    Yes, let's cherry pick a study from the nineties and ignore that technology changed drastically in the relevant field since then. Climate change deniers do this too. Cherry pick an old study when there was still room for good faith scientific debate on the subject.

    At the end of the day that's all the deniers have, a cheap bag of tricks.
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  • Does alcohol cause cancer?

    @Joeseph ;ARGUMENT TOPIC : BARNDOOR SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE FOOT .....AGAIN

    So here we go again with the resident lieing nit carrying on and we all know that he will never answer a question hes been done like toast on and made a grate bo boo as usual. So all you really need to do is keep scoffing down all your Guiness sewer water and Jameson gut rot and it will be no surprise that all the village hippies who did heroin will still be alive and laughing there heads off at your funeral.

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  • Is there good evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?

    @MayCaesar

    Excellent point. Who knows how much knowledge, all types, has been lost in wars combined with different nefarious scorched earth campaigns. One thing we know for sure, man has been obsessed with the idea of eternal life. all through history. Osiris, the Egyptian god of the resurrection was around a couple thousand years before Jesus. Fact is there is no verifiable evidence of that happening. There is evidence of floods and such, but facts give rise to stories, stories do not give rise to facts. Total coincidences aside.
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  • Is there good evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?

    @Factfinder

    Seriously though, this does raise an interesting question: to what extent are stories based on something that happened in reality and was somewhat loosely reinterpreted, and to what extent are they just made up? With people such as Socrates, Jesus or Buddha, there is a lot of certainty in that even if the individuals in question did not exist, their image represents groups of individuals that did. Whether Socrates was one man, or a group of philosophers, or even no one in particular - virtually every historian agrees that Socratic teachings did exist in the Ancient Greece and influenced Plato, Aristotle and others. Things become blurrier when we talk about stories such as the Trojan War or the Great Flood: while these stories were likely inspired by some real wars and natural disasters that took place, it could be that they are not directly related to any particular event and are just ancient stories that carried through generations, or even outright fiction. My understanding is that Homer did not just make up the story of the Trojan War, that the story or a part of it existed in the Greek folklore prior to him - however, how much of it did he make up? "Troy" itself may have been his invention.

    It is easier with modern fiction: with, say, The Lord of the Rings, we know very well who the author is and what sources he drew inspiration from. It is not so simple when talking about history and fiction from millennia ago, especially given countless instances of destruction of stored knowledge. How much knowledge was lost when the Alexandria Library was destroyed is hard to assess, but it is quite likely that if that knowledge miraculously returned, we would be shocked by how much we were missing. Perhaps we would instantly understand the Bronze Age Collapse, one of the greatest historical mysteries to date.
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  • Are Homophobes Perverted?


    @just_sayin

    I'm a bit confused. How do the sexual health issues you raise support your argument that homosexuality is a sin? 

    As for my statement regarding perversion, it was a play on words, a way to play along and comment on @Bardardot's stance, which I would bluntly call nothing more than a reflection of language fu*cking! And this is regardless of whether he is intentionally mocking people with an aversion to gays or not; his argument is still a dumb one and does nothing productive. 

    Neither your nor @Bardardot's argument holds up to scrutiny. Both arguments are not based on evidence-based epistemology. They are void of knowledge that has been obtained objectively—that is, knowledge obtained through verifiable facts and empirical evidence.


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  • Should TikTok be Banned Everywhere?

    What the House of Representatives voted on was to demand Tik Tok be sold so that China will not compromise phones and computers.  This decision is not about banning Tik Tok personalities, short videos, or about free speech, but about addressing China's unethical use of technology. 
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  • Are Homophobes Perverted?


    @just_sayin

    I'm a bit confused. How do the sexual health issues you raise support your argument that homosexuality is a sin? 

    As for my statement regarding perversion, it was a play on words, a way to play along and comment on @Bardardot's stance, which I would bluntly call nothing more than a reflection of language fu*cking! And this is regardless of whether he is intentionally mocking people with an aversion to gays or not; his argument is still a dumb one and does nothing productive. 

    Neither your nor @Bardardot's argument holds up to scrutiny. Both arguments are not based on evidence-based epistemology. They are void of knowledge that has been obtained objectively—that is, knowledge obtained through verifiable facts and empirical evidence.


    Bernie claimed that no one ever offers any reason for their objection for homosexuality.  I provided 2 lines of argumentation.  I did not say that because something is unhealthy it is automatically a sin.  I made 2 arguments.  

    You said my arguments don't hold up to scrutiny.  Please explain.  If you don't accept the religious tradition, fine, but it is a long held religious belief based on clear directions in the Bible given in response to sexual activity that deviates from the biblical teaching that sex is between a male and female within marriage.  I'm not asking you to agree with the biblical belief, only acknowledge that it is a reason that people give for their objection of same-sex relationships.

    The health issues are what they are.  Are you denying that LGBTQ+ people have several increased health risks?  On the debate main page right now is @Dreamer 's debate on if drinking causes cancer and how it should be sharply curtailed because of it.  We have debated mandating behaviors due to COVID.  So whether or not you would agree with restricting sexual practices due to health risks, the argument has been made.  Again, I'm not demanding you agree with the conclusion, just acknowledge that the argument has been made.

    There are many health studies on LGBTQ+ issues.  It would be hard to argue that there are no differences in health outcomes - especially regarding HIV, and certain cancers.  You don't think such evidence is empirical?

    Please don't put words into my mouth. My argument was merely a clarification of what I meant by being perverted, and a critique of your argument, which appeared as a non-sequitur, whereby you are trying to use health issues to confirm your stance that homosexuality is a sin.

    If you want to talk more about health issues related to LGBTQ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++..................., then okay, but that is one hell of a huge debate topic. ;)


    @just_sayin
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  • Is there good evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?

    Now, it's one thing to say that Jesus did exist. However, it's quite another to say that he resurrected. As for existence, the consensus among biblical and historical scholars (including those non-religious) is that Jesus did exist as a historical figure.

    Thus, while I think there is a likelihood he did at least exist, I am not convinced that this original post counts as sufficient evidence regarding resurrection. In addition to that, there exists a lot of conflicting information about who Jesus actually was among both the Christian and Judaism religions. According to many Jews, he was nothing more than a political rebel!

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