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  • This house prefers a world with widespread belief in divine indifference

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    "Divine indifference" is a concept suggesting that if a deity exists, it does not actively interfere in the natural world or human affairs. Proponents argue that the deity created the universe and its laws but doesn't engage in daily events or individual lives. This contrasts with "divine intervention," where a deity actively influences events and responds to human actions and prayers.

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-11

  • This House Hopes that the next Pope is Cardinal Tagle rather than Cardinal Ambongo.

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    For the purposes of this debate, there are two main factions within the upper ranks of the Catholic Church, each with a frontrunner for the next Pope. The liberals advocate for a more progressive approach to LGBTQ+ inclusion, divorce, abortion, interfaith relations, climate action, and expanding the role of women within the Church. The liberal frontrunner for the next Pope is Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle from the Philippines. Tagle shares similar views to Pope Francis and, if elected, would become the first Asian Pope. The conservatives emphasise tradition, doctrinal continuity, and strict biblical interpretations. They seek to uphold established teachings on abortion, contraception, and marriage, and oppose radical departures from scripture. The conservative frontrunner for the next Pope is Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ambongo has been critical of many of Pope Francis's policies, including the doctrine of _fiducia supplicans_ which allows priests to bless unmarried and same-sex couples. If elected, he would be the first African Pope.

    Glasgow Ancients 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-11

  • This house would forbid the relationship

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    You are a devout Muslim, committed to faith and tradition, having immigrated to a western liberal democracy. Your 21-year-old daughter walks in with a white boyfriend. She knows this is haram. At dinner, you question him. He respects religion but follows none. Later, you speak to her alone, reminding her of faith and family. She argues that love matters more than tradition.

    Kings College London Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-05

  • This house supports the glorification of Periyar as the father of Dravidian politics.

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    Periyar was a social activist and politician who founded the Dravidian Self Respect Movement against oppression at the hands of caste-Brahmins. He popularised the demand for a sovereign Dravida Nadu (Land of the Dravidians/ South Indians) and later founded the DMK party in Tamil Nadu which forms the state government to this date. He also pioneered the anti Hindi protests in the 1930s and is widely accepted as the Father of Dravidian Politics. Periyar believed that caste equality can only be achieved with the annihilation of Hinduism, publicly burned images of Hindu gods like Rama and Krishna, and encouraged widespread religious conversion. He encouraging his followers to incite violence against upper castes. Despite championing Tamil identity, Periyar preferred the English language because he believed that Tamil is barbarian, and lacking modern verbals forms.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-05

  • This house opposes the ‘Leave it to God’ philosophy

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    Leave it to God in Ghana is a narrative whereby in situations that seem hopeless or difficult to handle, Ghanaians turn to whichever religious deity they believe in and wait on the deity to fix the problem instead of attempting to solve the problem or taking action

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-05

  • This house prefers the Eastern philosophy of karmic rebirth and moksha over the Abrahamic conception of heaven and hell as a model of moral consequences and afterlife.

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    Certain schools of Eastern Philosophy (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) see the moral consequences of one's actions (karma) unfolding across one's life and subsequent lives. The soul is constrained to a cycle of rebirth, trapped within the temporal world (saṃsāra), until it finally achieves liberation from this cycle of rebirth (mokṣa). In contrast, the Abrahamic model (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) posits a one-life system where, upon death, one's entire moral determination is judged by God and sent to Heaven or Hell for eternity.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • This house, as Moses, would accept the dream as a divine calling and abandon his princely life in Egypt.

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    Ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations in the world, where Israelites (a growing minority population) were seen as an internal threat and subjected to enslavement, used as labourers to build Egypt’s monumental cities and temples. The Pharaoh, fearing their increasing numbers, ordered the death of all newborn Hebrew boys. To save her son, Moses’ mother placed him in a basket along the Nile. As fate would have it, he was found, adopted and raised by the Pharaoh’s daughter, the princess who was also sympathetic to the plight of the Israelis. Raised as an Egyptian prince, Moses grew up with unparalelled access to education, power, and privilege, indistinguishable from the ruling elite. Moses' own mother was his wetnurse, and he grew up in knowledge of his Hebrew heritage. Moses then experiences a dream (commonly considered to be divine calling) which calls upon him to save the Israelites. Moses then would have to abandon his princely life in Egypt for an Exodus leading the Israelites in a journey through the desert with limited resources, instability and uncertainty - in search of the Promised Land.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-05

  • Assuming feasibility, This house would elect the Pope through direct voting by all Catholics instead of the papal conclave

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    The papal conclave is the process by which the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church elects a new Pope. It is a gathering of the cardinal electors, convened to choose the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Catholic Church.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-04-05

  • This House would keep the Akashic Records

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    The Akashic Records are a metaphysical archive containing every thought, memory, event, and future possibility of every being across all time. By pure chance, you have come across a laptop that grants readable access to these Records. While not difficult to use, you must search intentionally for information; knowledge is not given all at once or automatically. Due to their mystical nature, nothing you learn from them can ever be forgotten. You may choose to keep the Records or destroy them forever.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Grand Finals · 2025-04-05

  • This House prefers religion with non-denominational model over a denominational model

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    The non-denominational model of religion lacks formal divisions or sects within religious organizations, such as Islam and Buddhism. In contrast, the denominational model is characterized by clearly defined theological doctrines, structured leadership, and specific traditions that define each religious group, such as Roman Catholicism.

    13th Zamboanga Debate Open · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-04-05