Quotes About Debate

The debate became vicious. And Dad and I went from merely talking about providing compassionate alternatives to abortion, to actively working to drag evangelicals, often kicking and screaming, into politics. By the end of the Whatever Happened to the Human Race? tour, we were calling for civil disobedience, the takeover of the Republican Party, and even hinting at overthrowing our "unjust pro-abortion government.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

The author says those who often claim to be tolerant are tolerant of those who agree with them – which is no one's definition of tolerance.

Atheists have had to resort to wild speculations to give chance more of a chance.

Atheists must make a positive case that only material things exist. That's why instead of debating "Does God exist?" I prefer to debate the question "What better explains reality: atheism or theism?

As in the past, political scientists and sociologists will continue to debate the existence of the power elite or the extent and influence of the military-industrial complex as the iron cage of bureaucracy slowly closes.

Indeed, this is an important characteristic of the globalization debate: the tendency toward glorifying all things indigenous even when they deserve to be left in the past.

if you don't argue, you can't give in...

The bonobo would first of all urge the atheist to stop "sleeping furiously." There is no point getting all worked up about the absence of something, especially something as open to interpretation as God.

The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.

And don't get pulled into trying to debate or refute them. Any kind of engagement with a thought can pull you into a downward slide. Just recognize them when you see them, and turn back to your constant inner prayer.

He wrangled late into the night with his senior tutor in theology over the concept of the doctrine of the lesser evil and the higher goal; that the end may justify the means and yet not damn the soul, providing the parameters of the impermissible are never breached.

Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

Religions say that spirit/mind is real while matter is negligible. Materialistic philosophies, such as classical science, say that mind is just an illusion caused by the interactions of material objects and processes. Contemporary physics is starting to dimly comprehend that this distinction is false, but it will probably take a long time before this view becomes widely accepted. This is much more than just a dry philosophical debate. People get killed over this stuff.

Conversation is king; content is just something to talk about. —Cory Doctorow

Food?" he asked. "Is that your answer to every disagreement?" Eshonai asked, breaking her song. "It's hard to argue with your mouth full," Thude said.

Jasnah didn't want to merely prove her points. She wanted to drive them right into your skull, with a flourish and a pithy epigram.

somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.

You should never debate an idiot, Shallan. No more than you'd use your best sword to spread butter.

Not contradicting a point and proving it are different things.