Proposals for Debate Resolutions for Business Meeting - Friday January 21st, 4:30 PM - ICC 2nd Fl

[Andrew Marsh]

My Philodemic Friends,

Please use this thread to submit your resolution ideas for the next
round of debates. I would ask you to put your best foot forward in
these resolution topics as these resolutions will be for Merrick
Season and we want to showcase the best ideas the Society has to
offer. These proposals will be compiled and presented at the Business
Meeting on Friday, January 21st, 4:30 on the Second Floor of the ICC.
Please endeavor to submit resolutions with will foster creative,
original and accessible debate.

Cheers,

Andrew

[Jon Askonas]

Resolved: Walmart does more harm than good.
Resolved: A Federal healthcare mandate is unconstitutional.
Resolved: Science destroys the necessity of God.

[Will Downes]

R:The Establishment of the State of Israel advanced liberty.

[Matt Cantirino]

Some of these might be overwrought and esoteric, but we haven't had a
solid theology debate in a while.

Resolved: The "Donation of Constantine" / Edict of Milan ruined
Christianity.
Resolved: Nature is inherently corrupt.
Resolved: Nature is the medium of grace.
Resolved: Mankind is inherently evil (last debated in Fall, 2007)
Resolved: Moral progress is possible.
Resolved: Martin Luther did more harm than good.
Resolved: Faith and reason are compatible.
Resolved: Salvation depends entirely upon the free choice of the will
(Jansenism v. Jesuitism)

[Sean Rosenthal]

Resolved: The Categorical Imperative is Absurd
Resolved: The Declaration of Independence is Absurd (or the ideas of
the Declaration of Independence are absurd)
Resolved: The Declaration of Independence represents American values
more than the Constitution

As to the theological topics,

Resolved: Job should have cursed God (or something about the book of
Job).
Resolved: Eve is responsible for Adam's downfall.
Resolved: Humanity deserved Noah's flood.
Resolved: Judas is a hero.

[Sean Rosenthal]

Oh, and since the patriot act is up for renewal soon, I think it's a
good time to have a debate on that topic.

Resolved: The Patriot Act should be repealed.

[Corina Kwami]

I second Resolved: Eve is responsible for Adam's downfall.

This would be a really interesting debate...As the business meeting
falls on my birthday and I would more than likely bring beignets if I
was there, can I propose a vote?

Cheers,

Corina

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[Rahul Xavier Singh]

Resolved: The Purpose of Life is to be of Service to Others.
Resolved: The Purpose of Death is to replace the Past with the Future.

Rahul Singh | Internet Architect

To empower people through the Internet to create a better world.

Anant | http://anant.us
1055 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20007

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s mr.rahul.singh

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Sean Rosenthal <frighte...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nick Iacono]

Resolved: The presidency of Ronald Reagan did more harm than good.

Resolved: The presidency of Bill Clinton did more harm than good.

Resolved: The presidency of Ronald Reagan was superior to that of Bill
Clinton.

Resolved: The presidency of George W. Bush did more harm than good.





On Jan 18, 3:54 pm, Rahul Xavier Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Resolved: The Purpose of Life is to be of Service to Others.
> Resolved: The Purpose of Death is to replace the Past with the Future.
>
> Rahul Singh | Internet Architect
>
> To empower people through the Internet to create a better world.
>
> Anant |http://anant.us
> 1055 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 250
> Washington, D.C. 20007
>
> o 202.905.2818 | m 202.390.9200
> s mr.rahul.singh
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Sean Rosenthal

> <frighteningf...@gmail.com>wrote:

> > philodemicsoci...@googlegroups.com<philodemicsociety%2Bunsubscr i...@googlegroups.com>
> > .

[Alex Henderson]

Resolved: Octavian Augustus was a two-bit thug.

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[Sean Rosenthal]

Off of Iacono's resolutions,

Resolved: The impeachment of Bill Clinton was justified.
Resolved: George Bush embraced conservatism. (governed as a
conservative, something like that).

On Jan 19, 4:11 pm, Alex Henderson <aln...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Resolved: Octavian Augustus was a two-bit thug.
>

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