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I will prove biblically and logically that all humans are not under predestination. I will also provide solid proof that humans do have free will, and a conscience. If I can prove that humans have free will and a conscience, and can tackle the claims of predestination then pro should win this debate. Also between my opponent and I it should be agreed upon that our only sources should be the bible because it is the only trustworthy evidence in religious disputes
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1. predestination-the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation......http://dictionary.reference.com...
2. freewill- made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary:........http://dictionary.reference.com...
I accept
I first provide scriptural grounds and rebuttal my opponents claim and explain why we have free will and that we are not predestined by birth. Then I will move on to logic.
NWTOHS-New World Translation Of the holy scriptures.
Now I'm not sure what bible my opponent is using but please accept the scripture that mines provides over my opponents. Since my bible is translated from the original words on all texts.
Romans 8; 28-30...."Now we know that god makes all his works cooperate together for the good of those who love god, those who are ones called upon according to his purpose, Because those whom he gave his first recognition he also foreordained to be patterned after the image of his son, that he might be the first born among many brothers. Moreover, those whom he foreordained are he ones he also called; and those whom he called are also declared righteous. finally those whom he declared righteous he glorified."
Let me first make it clear that what this verse is talking about is completely different than what my opponents proposal is suggesting. Of course god is omnipotent and can do anything and has the power to do what he wants. My opponents stand is that we are all predestined the life we have and choices we make by god. I am here to tell you that this is completely false The fact that we have free will contradicts that statement but I will talk about that later.
Romans 8 28-30
What this verse is saying is basically, those who god first recognized(those at the last supper with Jesus) those who were first saved by Jesus at the last supper, at that point and no point before that, they were then saved and declared righteous. We all know the first people saved by Jesus were his followers at the last supper. These were the first recognized that this verse is speaking of. So god didn't foreordain these particular ones to saved. But after they were saved he obviously foresaw them being cleansed of there sins. There is a big difference here......God didn't predetermine there entire life and all there decisions. What this verse clearly shows is that after these people made certain choices of there free will, in result they were saved and god foreordained them after that particular point to be declared righteous. So this clearly shows a cause and effect relationship. This also shows tat god has the power of predestination. But that doesn't mean that god used this power on us from birth. Were not robots were humans.
Just think about it. Why did Jesus need to be sacrificed for our sins. because humans were rebelling against him. Perfect example being Adam and eve and then the great flood. If god constantly used his power predestination. Then why would god waste the life of his only son? If god knew before hand that humans would rebel against him then why did he create us in the first place? Fact of the matter is god didn't create us all to be good and to follow him like robots. If that was the case then the world would be peaceful and there would be no evil. But god created us with free will. There is no other logical explanation for the presence of disobedience and why people don't believe in god.....If we all followed god because we were made to follow god threw predestination,then our loyalty wouldn't have came from the heart. Or be sincere. So god created us with free will so that our loyalty would be sincere and because we want to follow god. God didn't want artificial robot love, but instead he wanted us to worship him by choice. He gave us the choice of accepting him So that our worship would be willingfull.
So in the point of these paragraphs is that god may have the power of predestination. but this isn't used on humans from birth. This is extremely evident in the case of Adam and eve. If god predestined Adam and eve to be good forever and follow his commands then they wouldn't have sinned. If god had known this he wouldn't have created them. Thus the only conclusion to make is that god gave all humans free will.( it could also be said that he didn't look into the future before the Adam and eve incident. Reason being is that he may have wanted human decisions to play out, if god would have looked into the future on this then I would have never happened.)
Humans have free will evident by the choices we make
So first a scripture.......Romans 2; 15
"They are the very one who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts, while their conscience is bearing witness with them, and between their own thoughts, they are being accused or even excused."
So this scripture obviously establishes the presence of free will and proves that it is used by all humans. Having a conscience is having the free will to do what one decides. As I've proven earlier humans lives, choices, and way of life are a choice that we all have the free will to decide. We are not predestined to make the choices we make or the right ones. Evident by the existence of Satan. Evil was never present until he came into the equation. he was once a angel. But he felt god didn't deserve to be sovereign and felt he should be worshipped over god. If god knew this then why would he have created Satan? God didn't predestinate Satan to be evil. Satan had free will just like the rest of the angels and humans. He had the free will to make his decisions..........Jeremiah 17:9......." The heart is more treacherous than anything else, and is desperate. Who can know it?"........this proves that we have free will. We have the ability to ruin our lives or to have a chaste life.( not that I'm all goodie too shoes, just saying...lol)
We arnt foreordained to salvation
1.salvation- preservation or deliverance from danger or destruction.
-New world translation of the holy scriptures.
acts 16;30-"men, what must I do to be saved? And they said, "Believe in the lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
If he was already predestined to be saved why would he be asking for the choice to be saved. He had the choice to believe in Jesus and be saved or to not believe and to not be saved. This proves the existence of free will and the presence of choices we make everyday.
Philippians 2:12 " as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work our your own salvation with fear and trembling."
This shows that salvation has to be obtained by working for it. So obviously we arnt predestined to salvation or damnation.
Matthew 7:13- " Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, That leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
So in life you can take the easy way and be led to destruction. Or you can take the hard, right way and e a great life.
That life meaning salvation. So salvation is obtained threw free will. Not by birth.
So in my case I have proven the existence of free will,Distinguished salvation from predestination, and have adequately rebutted the claims of humans being predestined all the action we take.
1. if Adam and eve were predestined to sin, then why was god disappointed when e found out? If he already predestined it then why did he show emotion?
2. If we are predestined to salvation then why does the bible exist? IS not the bible instruction to salvation?
3. If Satan was predestined to be evil, then why didn't god get rid of him? Why did he create him in the first place?
4. If humans don't have free will then how do you explain choosing to commit suicide? If god doesn't like us killing ourself then why do we have the ability to kill ourselves? Couldn't he just remove the thought from ever existing?
christfollowertilthend forfeited this round.
Well since my opponent forfeited, All of my arguments are confirmed without resistance. I stated earlier the terms for witch I should win this debate with this statement witch is....."If I can prove that humans have free will and a conscience, and can tackle the claims of predestination then pro should win this debate"
I have effectively done so while proving these points.....Humans have free will evident by the choices we make, and We arnt foreordained to salvation.
1..Romans 2; 15
2....Jeremiah 17:9
3......acts 16;30
4....Philippians 2:12
5.....Matthew 7:13
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Beauty is Objective
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A clarification of terms:
By beauty, I am referring solely to the physical attractiveness of human beings as appreciated by other human beings. Other interpretations are welcome, particularly if they are used to make salient points, but it should be understood that this is not, at its core, a debate about beauty as an abstraction (even if it may turn out to be just that!)
By objective, I am not referring to a Platonic or otherwise metaphysically incorruptible standard in relation to which people can either be right or wrong. What I'm talking about is a shared perception of beauty which, by virtue of its being shared and therefore not pure subjective opinion, can be described as objective.
Mt two main contentions:
1. There is in operation in our society (Western) an objective standard of physical beauty. With some maneuverability, all people stand somewhere along a continuum of physical beauty, and can rightly (in the sense of correctly, not morally) be described as 'more' or 'less' physically attractive.
2. In the majority of cases, people choose their partners in accordance with where they place themselves and their partners on this continuum. While there will be some variation in the accuracy with which people place themselves and others (for instance, good-looking people with low self-esteem), there are enough people with reasonably accurate perceptions for the general trend to what one would expect in a world with an objective standard of beauty.
I look forward to being argued out of this view, as the one thing I'm sure we can all agree on is that we would all be better off were I incorrect!
not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an objective opinion.
I'll begin with a hypothetical piece of research to illustrate my second contention, hopefully using it as a foundation for the somewhat more abstract first contention. To clarify, this is not a piece of research which I, nor to my knowledge anyone else has done; the aim here is present a scenario and what I think its outcomes would be. My opponent is of course free to disagree with both the predicted outcome and my analysis of what that outcome would suggest.
Photographs are taken of 1000 couples. For the sake of ease when sorting through, all of the couples are heterosexual. Care is taken to choose couples randomly; the people choosing the couples to photograph are not given any information about the experiment, and will therefore be unbiased. Each partner in the couple is photographed seperately, with one close-up of the face and one full body shot. The photographs are separated into male and female piles, throughly shuffled then placed into two large plastic wallets, each containing 500 photos (one wallet for men, one wallet for women).
Both wallets are then given to a neutral third party. Obviously, this third party has no idea which man is coupled with which woman. The third party is then given the instruction to rate every person, male and female, out of 10 for attractiveness, writing the number in the bottom corner of each photograph. After this has been done, the people who origonally took the photographs come back in and sort the couples into the correct pairings.
I put it to my opponent that there are two possible outcomes to this experiment, one which would suggest that beauty is subjective, the other that it is objective. The outcome which would suggest the former would be that there is little or no correlation between the numerical value for attractiveness assigned by the third party, and the partners that people have chosen in real life i.e. there are plenty of 10's with 3's, 2's with 7's, 9's with 1's and, of course, 5's with 5's and 6's with 6's. If this were the outcome, we would rightly infer that the third party's evaluations of each person's attractiveness was subjective.
If, however, there was significant correlation, a very different picture emerges. Let us say, for instance, that in 90 percent of cases, couple match up within 1 'attractiveness point' of one another in either direction e.g. 5's with 6's, 5's and 7's, 9's with 8's, 9's and 10's etc. This would be a far more difficult outcome to decode. We might be tempted to say that the results are largely coincidental, but what if the experiment were repeated ten times over, with different couples and different third parties with the same results? At some point, we would have to recognize a greater stucture at work. I put it to my opponent that the following conclusions should be drawn from this second outcome, which, for the record, I regard as the far more likely of the two.
1. There is a standard of beauty that the vast majority of people share.
2. That the couples corellated with the third party's evaluations of their attractivenesses shows that not only that he is subject to this standard, but also that the majority are the couple are 'plugged in' as it were.
3. Where there are exceptions to this correlation, the rule is proved further. It would be absurd of me to say that all people follow the standard religeously, but to say that most people do to some significant degree seems obvious.
4. People instinctively, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say empirically, place both themselves and others along a continuum of attractiveness that is largely shared. Moreover, couplings tend to adhere to that hierarchy, rooted in kind of evolutionary-capitalist logic of supply and demand. Average-looking people, aware of their position, will tend towards other average looking people, and even when they aspire to be with persons higher up the scale, those higher up the scale correct for this by denying them access.
I'll leave it that for now and let my opponent respond to this hypothetical and my conclusions. Of course, I've only just stratched the surface here, not to mention having largely avoided contention one for the time being, so I look forward to seeing what new directions my opponent takes us in :)
Since I'm taking the agnostic position, I believe my role in this debate is to "poke holes" in Pro's case and see where the discussion goes. We can first start by analyzing Pro's case, which essentially boiled down to a hypothetical example that showed that there are shared standards of beauty within a society.
Lets just reiterate the definition of "objective" in more common terms. For something to be objective, there must be right and wrong answers regardless of cultural or historical differences. Math, for example, is objective. In this case, Pro's main contention is that there is a large degree of uniformity in how individuals judge "beauty." I have a few objections to raise to that point:
1. Different Cultures, Different Standards
To prove that beauty is objective is to strongly imply that it is cross-culturally binding. While a given culture may have a general consensus about "beauty," these conceptions can often vary drastically. For example, being overweight in certain - often poorer cultures, such as Ghana - can be seen as something that is generally a cultural positive [1]. This could partly be explained by the cultural connotations attached to the the quality of being overweight, perhaps affluence or health. If your hypothetical experiment were to be conducted in a different culture with a different conception of beauty, it should come as no surprise that answers would vary. Given that objectivity replies a "right" and a "wrong" in terms of physical beauty, Pro needs to demonstrate that particular cultures are "wrong" in regard to what they perceive as beautiful. Obviously the fact that people have varying opinions does not act as direct proof against something being objective. The question that I'm posing to you here is how do you decide which cultural standards to adopt?
2. Majority opinion does not imply objective truth.
A corollary to my last point, people over history have held radically different views on a wide range of issues. Standards of beauty have shifted enormously across cultures. All a consensus opinion does is tell us the state of affairs at the time. It does not follow from the fact that most people label person X a 7-9 that those who labeled him a 10, 6, 5... are "wrong." According to a recent Gall Up poll, only 40% of Americans believe in evolution, yet no reasonable person would doubt the objectivity of evolution based on an appeal to majority opinion [2].
Those were my two main contentions with this line of thought. I look forward to a response and continuing the debate in future exchanges.
I'll begin with a summary of an argument made in Sam Harris's most recent book, The Moral Landscape, about the objectivity of well-being. The central point of Harris's book is that science can help us determine moral values. In order to demonstrate this, Harris responds in advance to the criticism that while something verifiable by evidence, such as evolution, should rightly be described as objectively true, human well-being is by its very nature a subjective and culturally contingent experience/phenomenon, and cannot, therefore, be treated the same. Harris's rebuttal to this involves an analogy with health, which I summarize as:
1. Health, like well-being, is an undefined term, and can be considered culturally contingent. Other cultures may consider certain physical states signs of good health, whilst we would disagree. It would be tempting, therefore, to call health subjective.
2. This in no way detracts from the fact that the distinction between a dead person and an alive person is about as clear a distinction as we can make.
3. Those who define good health as a dysfunctional body, constant pain and short lifespan are not engaging in an intelligible discussion, or at least not a discussion that uses any common or useful terms.
Now, to apply this analogy directly to the idea of beauty would be problematic, but there are some parallels:
1. Beauty, like health, is an undefined term. It is clearly culturally contingent, as my opponent pointed out. It is indeed tempting, within these parameters, to call beauty subjective.
2. This in no way detracts from the fact that there may be a person in this world to whom nobody is attracted. There may also be a person considered at least partially attractive by everyone (Consider, perhaps, a woman who is overweight but with a face considered attractive in the west; such a person would be thought of as at least partially attractive to both westerners and cultures such as the ones my opponent referenced earlier). That these two scenarios are unlikely does not mean that they are impossible. If true, what could it possibly mean to say that the two cannot be differentiated between in terms of beauty? Beauty is a word that we use to describe an aesthetic opinion, just as health is a word we use to describe an opinion about what is preferable in terms of our physical condition. But these are the terms of the discussion. We would be objectively correct, as objectively correct as it is possible to be, in calling a 30 stone person unhealthy. Would we be wrong (could we, in fact, be considered anything other than right) to call the person considered beautiful by everyone on the planet beautiful?
3. Those who describe a high degree of beauty as repulsiveness or terminal ill-health are not engaging in an intelligible discussion, or are doing so using terms that are essentially unrelated.
There are, of course, schools of art which value problematic, disturbing, or otherwise aesthetically displeasing images above those considered traditionally beautiful, but I would reiterate that my argument is for the objectivity of beauty in terms of human attractiveness to other humans. An unattractive person considered beautiful from an artistic standpoint is only able to be considered as such because of a lack of beauty in the sense that I define it for the purposes of this debate.
I look forward to my opponent's response to these points.
I recently finished The Moral Landscape, and found it fascinating. However, it should be pointed out that no where in the book does Harris mention aesthetic values.
As for the list of points about beauty, I feel I set a bad precedent by accepting the hypothetical scenario put forth in the first argument. While I can accept that one is valid, the idea that there is someone in the world who no one considers attractive is beyond the limits of what I can accept. There are over 6 billion of us, and people's tastes in beauty are extremely diverse. The fattest woman to give birth, Donna Simpson (now 700 lbs, working way to 1000 lbs.), has a considerable male following that pays for some of her meals and access to cameras which record her eating [1].
Moreover, I can't accept the second hypothetical of a person who everyone on the planet considers beautiful. The world population currently hovers at around 6.7 billion, and the statistical probability of even a few of us labeling this Adonis or Aphrodite as "not my type" or "she's okay" is astronomical to the point of near certainty. What you need to do here is set forth an objective criteria for beauty instead of relying on a hypothetical consensus opinion. Harris in The Moral Landscape outlines an objective guide to morality based on the well-being of conscious beings, but still leaves considerable room for moral disagreements that he is fully aware may never be solved [2].
When considering the notion of an objective standard of beauty, one is generally inclined to feel that objective standards are discovered rather than invented. Harris claims his moral code is discovered, as do theistic moral codes predicated on a belief in God and his commandments. The reasons for this are apparent as "invented" standards are inevitably subject to cultural influences and are a "product of the time." In terms of beauty, these facts require discovering some sort of objective standard to which beauty can be judged, and in doing so weighs several factors (if we're talking personal beauty these might be body type, height, weight, facial structure, etc.) "appropriately" and comes to a final judgment that affords it the status of "objective."
In conclusion, I would just like to reiterate what I had said earlier; namely, these hypothetical examples about "universally" beautiful or ugly people cannot and do not exist until proven otherwise. Note that when someone responds "she is beautiful in terms of traditional standards, but she is not my type" there is nothing objectively wrong with that person's opinion. Subjectively, we can easily judge person A as highly attractive and person B as not so, but attempts to universalize judgments of personal beauty (as this is what the conversation has focused on) will inevitably become appeals to majority opinion and suffer from a general lack of information (i.e. the hypotheticals) in an attempt to universalize.
I look forward to Pro's response and concluding arguments in the next round.
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...
[2] Harris, The Moral Landscape 2010.
I'll begin my concluding argument with a last ditch defense of the hypothetical. The 'beautiful' person in my scenario was not someone who everybody on the planet considered truly beautiful; it was a person to whom everybody on the planet was at least partially attracted. I admit that it would be incredibly unlikely or any one person to be considered truly beautiful by all people, but a person for whom everybody shared some level of attraction seems realistic. I think that if such a person existed, and I imagine they do, it would be empirically negligent of us to refuse the conclusion that he or she possessed some quality intrinsic to their appearance that caused a particularly high degree of aesthetic or sexual response in observers.
For me, the question would no longer be 'Is this person beautiful?'; beauty is an aesthetic category, and as such should be measured by aesthetic response. When the response is positive, even minimally so, across the board, we must conclude that the object responded to fulfills the criteria for possessing that quality.
The question we would have to ask at that point would be: 'Why is this person beautiful?'. A positive aesthetic or sexual response is not arbitrary. There will always be a complete and theoretically discoverable set of reasons for that response. It may be, for instance, that that person carries a particularly high number of signs of evolutionary 'capital' i.e. the external signifiers of good genes/survivability/health. Alternatively, it could be that such a person fulfilled enough of the world's many and varied cultural criteria for beauty to be considered (again, I must stress, at least partially) attractive by persons from every culture. For example, a large nose may be considered a symbol of female attractiveness in one culture, perhaps on historical or religious grounds. A large nose is not considered particularly attractive by most men in the UK, but large breasts are. A woman with both a large nose and large breasts would therefore be considered at least partially attractive by both cultures, regardless of how disparate those culture's tastes, in a larger sense, may be. Again, it may seem as though this hypothetical stretches the boundaries of believability, but consider the scope for facial and body manipulation in the future, when plastic surgery and even cybernetic technologies have reached the heights of science-fiction. I would be truly amazed if it were not possible, given the possibility of designing person's appearance down to the smallest detail, to create a body that was not, at least partially, attractive to everybody.
Now, while I don't want to dodge my opponent's challenge to deliver an objective standard of beauty as a foundation for my claims, I feel it necessary to take another leaf from Harris's book. While Harris does argue for the objective value of well-being, he does not present a firm, unarguable foundation for what well-being is. Rather, he posits that well-being consists of something like the absence of suffering, and indeed the presence of happiness, in the experiences of conscious creatures. Of course, the experiences of conscious creatures are subjective, but the brain states that cause those experiences are not. Building on this point about the material reality of experience, Harris argues that science can help us decide what a morally good action is because science is well placed to describe the various brain states that arise as the results of our actions.
What I'm arguing is that, just as we can come, through scientific endeavor, to understand the complexities of the brain states than coincide with happiness and suffering, so too, through empirical study, can we come to understand the qualities and attributes that human beings find beautiful, and why. As our knowledge of these relationships grows, we come ever closer to a complete conception of what a beautiful thing must be, in order to provoke these responses. 'Koinophilia', an evolutionary theory that describes why sexual creatures, when choosing a mate, are more likely to choose inividuals with a large number of 'average' or 'common' features, due to those features having proven their evolutionary value, is an example (if true) of an instance in which the empirical observation of an objective reality brings us closer to that understanding. [1]
To conclude then, the prevailing myth that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' does not ring true. To come at the problem of personal judgment from a different angle, perhaps beauty should be regarded entirely apart from opinion, as a truly objective substance. To take this hypothesis to its end-point, when the mechanics of sexual selection are truly well understood, it should be possible to say that a man who describes a particular woman, a woman which study tells us is particularly gifted in terms of sexual suitability, as ugly, is in fact wrong. That differences of opinion exist is only enough to conclude that individual observers' apprehension of reality is inconsistent.
Thanks to Con for giving me a really enjoyable first debate on the site, one in which I must admit to having played devil's advocate. The more contentious the subject matter, the more interesting the debate!
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...
P1: Partial Attractiveness
Earlier in the debate the concept of a "scale" of beauty was brought up, and while I dismiss these ratings as subjective judgments, Pro believes there is something deeper. As to Pro's point about whether the world could be "partially" attracted to a given person, I believe this point essentially becomes meaningless because even rating someone as a 4 out of a 10 indicates "partial attraction" as would a 2 or 3. Even a 1 doesn't preclude the possibility of partial attraction if going by a 1-10 scale.
Secondly, Pro tries to frame beauty in a universal context, but these attempts unfortunately fall flat when faced with cultural realities and the vast number of ways that individuals have construed aesthetics values through a cultural framework. Pro briefly elicits the idea of evolutionary traits as a potential objective framework, but the idea of quickly dropped in favor of the "partial" attractiveness argument. In response to Pro's large nose/large breasts argument, what if I introduce a third culture that values small breasts and a small nose? Clearly in that culture the large breasted, large nosed woman would be out of luck. What Pro must do here, to account for the cultural discrepancies in beauty, is to be able to make value judgments about how one culture's standards are objective better than another in terms of aesthetics. Instead of going this difficult (but necessary) route for proving objectivity, Pro relies on this "partial attractive" argument that logically becomes meaningless given the degrees of the term.
P2: Brain States/Further Appeal to Evolution
Note how Harris actually lays down a broad, but concrete framework for determining whether action X is ethical. That standard is well-being, and while Harris moves from there, Pro has yet to establish a starting point beyond majority appeal. We must know more than simply that a group of individuals think about aesthetics values to lay down an objective beauty standard, even if these judgments can be corroborated in the brain. Even if we conducted an fMRI on the entire world at t1 and somehow learned, through an immense amount of time an effort, which people were found most and least attractive this says nothing about whether these standards would remain constant if tested later at t2.
Pro has hinted at an evolutionary objective standard, but unfortunately since this is the last round it's not clear if he has thrown down the gauntlet and claimed evolutionary traits as objective. It would be a little peculiar for Pro to claim this, and yet not follow evolutionary ethics (I'm pretty certain he does not as Harris does not.) I'm not sure whether I should address this since I'm not even sure Pro is making the argument that evolution objectively determines our beauty standards. Nonetheless, evolutionary theory implies that women prefer taller men, particularly men taller than themselves [1]. In this sense, would it be sensible to even expect a universal standard for say, a 5'7 male? A 5'2 female might find the man's height perfectly acceptable and given him an 8 of 10 while the same man might immediately be excluded as a potential mate by a 6'0 female. This standard would appear objective only to the individual and fail at universalization, which is a necessary component at an all encompassing objective standard.
In conclusion, I thank Pro for the insightful debate on a philosophically pressing topic. While I feel I answered all of his arguments sufficiently, I am well aware that there may be those who disagree. My role in this debate as the "agnostic" was simply to counter his arguments, as someone who is arguing that "Bigfoot does not exist" as Pro can not provide direct evidence against Bigfoot's existence. Pro has repeatedly appealed to majority opinion and the occasional hypothetical scenario to make his point, but arguments concerning "partial attractiveness" fell into meaninglessness and a discussion on the evolutionary influence of objective beauty would have been fascinating, but unfortunately only appeared briefly in the last round as a semi-argument.
I encourage a vote for Con, but wish the best for Pro in his future debates.
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...
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Reasons for voting decision: Both exibited excelent conduct and S&G, though Con gets Conduct for accepting that Pro was having a time conflict. PRO had an emense mountain to climb, regarding their burden. I think that PRO was confusing objective with social subjective, when something is subjective by nature, but accepted by a society as a social norm. However, I give great props to attempting this feat and still doing fairly well at it.
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What is it? These non-alcoholic tea blends are brewed with the intention of being mixed with spirits and even wine and beer for an easy, tasty approach to cocktail mixology. Owl's Brew is the stuff you want on your side when you're having guests over and want to create a party drink but don't want to spend your night mixing and shaking and measuring and muddling.
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About me (shortly) - My name is Aleksandar and i am programming for over 8 years. I love programming and i create small programs and games in my free time. I graduated at High School for PC Engineering and Programming and I will soon start at 'Game Programming Science' College.
About the game - Game mechanic is pretty simple - 2D Real-Time Platform Strategy game. Before any level, player chooses up to 5 heroes that he will use in that level. Every hero have stats (damage, magic damage, defense, magic defense, speed, range, etc.) and most of them have special power. So, the player should also create tactic and strategy while choosing that 5 heroes. Ally heroes are moving to the right, enemy heroes to the left. The point of every level is to destroy opponent's base. Player spend golds when spawning any hero and there is housing that prevents the player from spamming heroes. There is also spells (heal, arrows etc.) but we are planning to remove them.
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I'm loving the chalkboard trend so I decided to use it on this mini album for our trip to cedar point last year. The album is 6x6 so it's a pretty good size to work with for a mini. My biggest goal for this album is to start using my silhouette to make more embellishments and rely on store bought stuff less. I want to start using up my massive paper stash and this is a good way to start!
For the mat on this page, I used some faux stitching rectangle die cuts I had bought from lil inkers back in December. I love the way it came out on the black white-core cardstock. It looks very crisp and fresh.
The layered letters were all made on my cameo, but I used Sure Cuts-a-Lot not the silhouette studio to create them. I've used SCAL for years with my Cricuts before I got the cameo, so I'm more familiar with some of the advanced cutting features on there than on the studio. Specifically, I know how to make the shadow borders with SCAL but not studio.
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Cielle Bragin, pastry chef of Eating House
Why she's Food 50: We always have room for her playful and balanced desserts, no matter how stuffed we are from dinner.
Since stepping into Eating House's kitchen as pastry chef almost a year ago, Cielle Bragin immediately found her sweet spot in composing complementary finishes to chef-owner Giorgio Rapicavoli's savory dishes. Her always-changing desserts play with different textures and contrasts of sweet, salty and sour to excite the palate. Recent standouts: Banana cake with peanut ice cream, Thai coffee reduction and tamarind curd, and carrot cake with pineapple and coconut and cream cheese ice cream (!!) that may be the best deconstructed anything we've tasted.
Even as Rapicavoli (a 2015 Miami Herald Food 50 winner) has lightened up his menu to include more plant-based dishes and vegetarian options, it's hard not to eat yourself silly at Eating House. The fact that diners always find room for Bragin's pitch-perfect desserts is a testament to her talents.
Where to find her: Eating House, 804 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables; 305-448-6524
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Caretaker accused of client cash theft
A West Hazleton woman faces charges after thousands of dollars went missing from a Freeland woman's bank account, court papers say.
Erika Rinaldi, 33, was charged by Freeland police with felonies for access device fraud and theft by unlawful taking. The charges were filed against her Jan. 16 and she was released Feb. 2 on non-monetary bail by Magisterial District Judge Daniel O'Donnell, Sugarloaf Twp.
Arrest papers state $17,108.23 was taken from a woman while Rinaldi was employed by Sweet Home Primary Care from Dec. 20, 2014, to Nov. 21, 2017.
Rinaldi was assigned to care for the bedridden victim, court papers state, and was told to take out money every month in one transaction from her bank, but Rinaldi made multiple withdrawals over that time and the account was overdrawn multiple times.
The incident was reported to police Jan. 15.
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A 19-year-old Hazleton woman faces charges after police say she provided a wrong name and birthdate during a traffic stop.
Jenny M. Arias-Tejada was inside a vehicle Weatherly police stopped for a violation Dec. 26 at 10 p.m. and she tossed a bag of marijuana out of the window as the traffic stop was initiated, police said.
She told police she provided the wrong identity because she was scared, court papers state.
Police charged her with possession of marijuana, false identification to law enforcement, tampering with evidence and depositing waste on a highway. The charges were filed Jan. 12.
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A Drums man faces charges after Tamaqua police say they found drugs and paraphernalia on him Jan. 14.
Killian Schelble, 21, faces possession of a controlled substance and use or possession of drug paraphernalia and was taken to jail Jan. 14 after failing to post 10 percent of $20,000 bail set by Magisterial District Judge David Plachko, Port Carbon. He posted the bail Jan. 18.
Schelble was encountered by police as they responded to a report of a suspicious male at Fegley Mini Mart, 30 Center St., on Jan. 14. As police searched him and his belongings, arrest papers state, they found a hypodermic needle, syringes and cotton and a container wrapped in masking tape that read, "DO NOT TOUCH." Inside the container was a plastic tube.
Police allegedly found a straw, methamphetamine, cash and two cellphones.
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Salute LLC, 300 E. Broad St., Tamaqua, was cited by the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for furnishing alcohol Nov. 17 to a person who was 19 years old in violation of the liquor code.
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I've found one of the best things about finishing a story is finally being able to put it behind you. It's sort of like the feeling of getting out of school for summer or starting a vacation. Liberating. Now that Return of the Dead is out though, I start turning my focus on the next project in the pipeline.
Some of you guys might be wondering when the third book is coming. While I have already started writing it, at this point I'm still in wait and see mode about releasing it. It just all depends on how the release of Return of the Dead goes. If enough people are checking it out, and saying they want book three in the series when they drop a review, that will definitely encourage me to focus on getting it done faster. For now, I guess you'll just have to stay tuned.
What is coming for sure is a free zombie story. The page for Dead Souls is going to be a new project I will work on from time to time and available to read on my website for free. The first episode will be uploaded next week, and I will add to it whenever the next part is ready. New episodes might be added once or twice a week, or once every two months, depending on the response and how much of my time is focused on other writing projects.
So, I hope you'll check that out and if you like it, make sure you sign up for my newsletter or follow on Facebook and Twitter to keep up as new episodes are added. While I might consider releasing it in book form eventually, right now it is just a way to thank you guys that have been reading, and hopefully keep you entertained between releases.
Aside from ROTD 3 and Dead Souls, I have another book and sequel planned out that I am dying to work on. It takes on the traditional zombie outbreak from a new angle, which I'm pretty excited about. The zombies are more of a backdrop for other storylines, but still the cause of conflicts. The characters are still all taking shape, but I think it has some solid potential. It is entirely possible the first book of this story might be the next release if interest in ROTD3 isn't there yet. Once again, you'll just have to stay tuned.
For now, I'm getting ready for our summer road trip. Going to do some exploring in 5 different states, and probably get a half dozen other ideas for zombie stories and settings along the way. And I will probably stop to grab a beer and eat a Zombie Burger in Iowa and read a whole lot of the books I have been meaning to catch up on. Hope you all have a great summer and stay scared!


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When Tom Herman first arrived at Texas, he reiterated time and time again that his team would be the most physical and disciplined on the field. That was not the case today. After a promising start to the game with a Holton Hill pick six on Maryland's first pass attempt, the Longhorns fell apart – in every aspect. Although Texas tried to mount a comeback during several crucial moments of the game, Maryland always struck back. Although the results speak for themselves, it's necessary to dive in deeper to this game and what exactly happened.
The offense was decent at times, and at other times bewildering. First of all, Texas has absolutely no rushing attack. The offensive line got out-physicaled by Maryland's front four practically the entire game, which did not help Kyle Porter and Chris Warren III. That being said, I am still baffled as to why Porter is playing over Warren. Don't get me wrong – Porter is a talented running back. But he's not Chris Warren. Sometimes, backs have to create holes for themselves and use their vision to gain positive yardage. For Porter, that trait is not developed. Instead, Porter hesitates when hitting the holes, and is not big or strong enough to shake off tacklers in open space. Yes, he's shifty, but that only matters if he can get to the second level. The coaching staff raved about Porter the entire offseason, and I now wonder if that's because the Texas run defense is so bad that they misguided Stan Drayton. The blame, however, does not solely fall on the running backs. The Texas offensive line, said to be one of the strongest units on the team (aside from RT) were dominated the entire game. Even All-American LT Connor Williams struggled towards the end of regulation, in which he accumulated two costly holding penalties. The RB's seldom had holes to run through, and Shane Buechele was under pressure inside the pocket all day long. A big reason for that was a lack of an abled body at the TE position. Converted WR-to-TE Garrett Gray got the start for Texas today, and his inexperience showed. Gray may have soft hands, but his blocking ability is subpar at best. The loss of Andrew Beck and the only real TE on the team hurts in a major way. Considering the circumstances, Buechele and his receivers had a decent day overall.
Shane Buechele ☠☠☠ pic.twitter.com/JT0VGOkFwO
— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 2, 2017
The main disappointment on offense was offensive coordinator Tim Beck's play calling. More often than not, Beck made highly questionable calls that did not place his unit in the best position to succeed. In short yardage situations, Beck often made repetitive and predictable play calls. The Longhorns went for it on 4th down three times today, and failed to convert once. In one situation later in the game, Beck elected to go for a 4th down conversion at midfield instead of letting All-American Michael Dickson pin freshman QB Kaism Hill deep. As a result, the Longhorns turned the ball over on downs and Maryland scored seven plays later. Although there were some bright spots, Tim Beck did not help his team today. Scoring only 21 points on offense is not enough to win in the Big 12. Tim Beck and his offense have a lot of work to do.
The Texas defense gave Texas fans horrifying flashbacks of the 2016 season. The Terrapins rushed for 263 yards on offense, frequently attacking Texas right up the gut for big gains. Where Todd Orlando is well-known for his extravagant schemes and the toughness of his players, that was clearly lacking today. More often than not, Orlando brought too much pressure or not enough pressure at the wrong times. For example, DeShon Elliot was brought up to the box in a running situation, but had nobody behind him to provide assistance. Once the Maryland rusher got to the second level, it was off to the races. Speaking of miscues, the Texas secondary did not look like the talented bunch that has been praised all offseason. The only defender that lived up to the standard was Holton Hill. Kris Boyd was beat in coverage all day. Brandon Jones looked lost and had no idea how to get off blocks. PJ Locke was nonexistent the entire game. This is not the physical defense that Orlando has a reputation of building. Granted, it's only the first game – but not a promising sign regardless. I lost count of how many poor angles defenders took as well as the poor effort at getting off blocks.
@TerpsFootball responds, 40yd #RushTD #TyJohnson. 3Q 4:29#Maryland leads #Longhorns 37-27
MARYLANDvsTEXAS #CollegeFootball pic.twitter.com/D32DKiOUfS
— Dust Valley Sports (@DustValleySprts) September 2, 2017
The most concerning aspect of the defense's performance has to be the run game. Once a rusher got to the second level, it was a foot race. It seems like Orlando's LB's are not hitting the proper gaps, or maybe his DL is not getting enough penetration up front. Whatever it is, this unit clearly lacks the physicality and discipline that is needed to succeed. If the Texas defense cannot hold the Terrapins to under 51 points, how will they fare in the Big 12? If they don't improve dramatically, not great. The first step is stopping the run.
Special Teams
Surprisingly, this unit had the best performance of the day despite several miscues. First, it began with a missed 42-yard FG from Joshua Rowland. Then, on Rowland's next attempt, the kick was blocked and returned for a touchdown. Not an ideal start on special teams for Tom Herman. Then, the tides began to turn. On a Maryland FG attempt, senior DT Poona Ford got a hand up and blocked the attempt, which resulted in a 65-yard touchdown return from none other than Holton Hill. Shortly after in the second half, Reggie Hemphill returned a punt for 91-yards and the score, thanks to a miraculous block by Malik Jefferson. While special teams did not score a single touchdown for Texas last season, this unit scored twice for Texas today and in large part kept the Longhorns in the game. Although there were several miscues that led to points, they can be fixed. I have faith that Tom Herman can sort this unit out, but that appears to be the least of his worries at the moment.
TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Reggie Hemphill-Mapps with the 91-yard punt return. #Hookem pic.twitter.com/iS11FcrJ1K
— Hookem Football (@hornsfootball) September 2, 2017
Overall, the Longhorns just did not appear prepared today. That just goes to show you that preseason hype is worthless if the results do not match on the gridiron. College football opening weekend can be a spectacular or heartbreaking thing. For Texas fans, this instance was unfortunately the latter. That does not mean that the Longhorn faithful should abandon ship. As the Texas coaching staff emphasizes time and time again, take it one game at a time. One loss does not mean the season is over. Texas fans are tired of a decade of mediocrity, and want the results immediately. At some point, they will come. But right now Tom Herman has many issues to address. Until they can be fixed, Texas fans will just have to do what they've done for the past decade – remain faithful and keep going. It's the only thing any football fan can do.
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I watched Texas lose to Rice and go 1-9 under Ed Price in 1956. In 1957, with virtually the same players, under DKR they went 7-3 and went to a bowl. Darrell not only taught football, he taught how to be a winner, on the field and off. Losing was always unacceptable. It still is in all other sports at Texas, but not in football. Maryland scoring 51 points should put Todd Orlando on notice for his job. This team needs to learn how to be TEXAS, winners.
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The Igs
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I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect, now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of the prestigious Nobel Prizes, honoring individuals for achievements that makes people laugh and then think. What does this mean? Well, basically, scientists and researchers from around the world are selected because they have research that seems completely absurd. They are then voted on, discussed, and eventually cropped down to the final prize winners.
I know you're saying to yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an IgNobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against:
In the category of Linguistics -- Juan Manuel Toro, Josep B. Trobalon and Núria Sebastián-Gallés, of Universitat de Barcelona, for showing that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards.
In the category of Peace -- The Air Force Wright Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, USA, for instigating research & development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other.
In the category of aviation -- Patricia V. Agostino, Santiago A. Plano and Diego A. Golombek of Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina, for their discovery that Viagra aids jetlag recovery in hamsters.
Do you still think you're capable of something worthy of an Ig Nobel?
The reason I bring this up is because the Ig Nobels take place in Cambridge Massachusetts, the happy little home of MIT and Harvard. The ceremonies traditionally take place at Harvard and the informal lectures that follow several days later are at MIT. While I missed the ceremonies, I did make a point of going to the informal lectures.
The informal lectures are when you get a chance to actually hear the reasoning behind all of this research. Consider it a "Why" to the "Huh?!" Each speaker has 5 minutes to share all of their research and try to convince the audience that they aren't off their rocker. To avoid any speakers hogging the stage it's tradition to employ two members of the audience to help with moving the show along. When they asked for two volunteers I did the typical 6th grade "Me Me Me Me Me!" and waved my hand around from near the back of the lecture hall (actually, it was a subdued and altogether graceful raising of my hand). The MC picked me and said "Great, we have a time keeper! Do you have a watch with a second hand?"
Uh oh. I look at my watch. I stuttered for a bit. I look around at the 200 people in the room, all looking at me. I then look back down at the MC, at which point I had to confess.
"Actually, I'm wearing a binary watch."
Everybody around me and throughout the lecture hall just started laughing and clapping, it was pretty amazing. I was quickly handed a watch with a second hand by Mason '10 and was all set. I was teamed up with an associate time-keeper. Her job was to sit up front near the speaker and turn her cell phone up to an obnoxiously loud volume. My job was to call her every minute and tell her how many minutes were left in each person's presentation. Here's a picture of us exchanging phone numbers:
The rest of the ceremony went off very well, with me calling and her warning. We heard stories about homosexual mallards, bottomless bowls of soup, and vanilla extracted from cow dung, creating a great start to the day. I fully intend on going to both the ceremonies AND the lectures next year so I can get the true Ig experience.
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when did that take place?
Posted by: 0 on January 15, 2008
I think this Ig Nobel is like that only. These scientists/researchers are doing something which will amuze us at first but after attending their lectures it will lead us to some thinking which we never thought of.
These Ig Nobels are quite interesting people after all.
Posted by: Akshay on January 15, 2008
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Posted by: Piper on January 15, 2008
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Posted by: Mike on January 15, 2008
"rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards. "
haahahahhahaaaAHAAA!!! i think i died laughing! five times over and ummm i wont even start with the others!
snively i would kill to be you, especially for that binary watch :D
Posted by: Aditi on January 15, 2008
clocky and its AUTHOR??
she did get an ig...and was from MIT(where else!)
@ snively
is that a MOTORAZR that u are using?
Posted by: Anion on January 15, 2008
Yep, it's a RAZR. My other phone didn't survive frat rush (those log rides at 6 Flags are killer) so my parents had to ship me a new phone. Actually, now that I think about it, 4 of the 9 freshmen on my floor have had to replace their phones since we've started classes.
Posted by: Snively on January 15, 2008
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Posted by: Marissa on January 15, 2008
But anyway, MIT destroying my phone is something that should not happen to an intl student that has all of his friends' and familys' phone numbers !
I've just read what a binary watch is on the link you gave us. Can you actually read the time on it ?
Posted by: Isshak on January 15, 2008
Posted by: Rena on January 15, 2008
Absolutely, don't worry about it.
Posted by: Snively on January 15, 2008
BTW, take a look at Darwin Awards; the only prize you will receive after death.
Posted by: PS on January 15, 2008
Posted by: Masud on January 15, 2008
Yup, that was what I wanted to say... but my thoughts aren't under the control of my brain lately Tnx
Posted by: Sanja on January 15, 2008
Posted by: archimedes on January 15, 2008
*I want one* *lol, alarm clocks never wake me up...*
Anyway, great post! Also, that binary watch is awesome!!! *claps*
Posted by: Lauren on January 15, 2008
I'm totally going to those next year!! :-D
Posted by: Lauren on January 15, 2008
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Posted by: PFM on January 16, 2008
If you are an international student then only one will count towards testing requirement either SAT Reasoning Test or TOEFL and they'll take whichever is higher. So don't worry.
Posted by: Akshay on January 16, 2008
@Rena - The only time I got straight A's was second semester freshman year. So yeah, you're definitely not out of the running.
Posted by: Piper on January 16, 2008
Posted by: E. Rosser on January 16, 2008
I'm curious though... what were the reasons behind the rodent linguistics comprehension experiment? And... I wonder what backwards japanese sounds like.
Posted by: Hyun Jin on January 16, 2008
I play in the same athletic conference as Salem, nice place (although not the nicest drive there from Redmond)
sorry to add such a meaningless post, I was just pleasantly surprised by the Oregon tag. I'll be sure to wear my Oregon attire at MIT and we will have to fondly look back at our time on the other coast (even though neither of us live/lived on "the coast").
Posted by: Stephen Rigsby on January 16, 2008
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