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  • This house prefers a world where people have full access to their records

    Infoslide

    Kiraman Katibin, also known as the "noble scribes", are angels in Islamic tradition who are entrusted by God with recording each person's good and bad deeds — collectively known as the noble records. On the Day of Judgement, these records are reviewed and weighed to determine whether one will receive eternal salvation or eternal damnation

    Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-24

  • This House, as the Pope, Would publicly denounce God

    Infoslide

    You are the newly elected pope Leo XIV. For the entirety of your life, you have been a devoted Catholic who believes that God does everything with a greater goal in mind. A few days after your inauguration, God manifests before you during your private prayer and announces that there is no grand plan behind human suffering. He simply releases some form of disaster (Black Death, COVID, tsunami) once in a while for his entertainment.

    Jesus Cup 2025 · Silver Finals · 2025-05-24

  • This House Prefers a World in which monotheistic religions preach the existence of both God and a powerful devil, rather than a world in which they preach that only God exists.

    Utrecht Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-24

  • This House would whistleblow about the existence, capabilities and characteristics of Horizon.

    Infoslide

    You are a top artificial intelligence engineer at a leading AI firm developing an experimental artificial intelligence called “Horizon” using human brainwave data. Horizon produces continuous output indistinguishable from human thoughts. You have run a series of tests on Horizon and believe it to be indistinguishable from a human consciousness and several times as intelligent. You have voiced your concerns to your firm's management team, but they still intend to use Horizon to power a new AI product.

    New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-23

  • C) This House prefers a world with SoulVault

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    C) The "SoulVault" is a chip that is implanted in each person's brain at birth and records all their memories and thoughts. It also bifurcates these moments in boxes based on how the person perceived these moments emotionally (e.g. happy box, sad box, etc.) The contents of this chip are not accessible to anyone, including the person while they are alive. As soon as they die, the contents of the chip are made accessible to their heir. Once viewed, memories self-erase and the contents cannot be accessed ever again. The contents of the chip can also not be copied or recorded using any external device.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-05-17

  • This house believes that Lucifer was legitimate in bringing knowledge to humanity at the cost of exiting the Garden of Eden.

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate: In Christian tradition, Lucifer is a fallen angel who rebelled against God and later is associated with the serpent in Eden who tempted Adam and Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. This act gave humanity knowledge but led to their expulsion from the Garden.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-17

  • M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)

    Infoslide

    M2: Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarter Finals · 2025-05-17

  • M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)

    Infoslide

    M2: Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Novice Semi Finals · 2025-05-17

  • This House prefers a world in which human beings continue to live alongside the gods

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "alongside the gods" is a pagan concept in which human-like gods, minor gods, and other deities, in a literal sense, commonly live alongside human beings, where they actively immerse and partake in personal and social human affairs. As time progresses, this concept becomes more figurative and metaphorical.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-17

  • This house supports the Vienna Secession movement

    Infoslide

    The year is 1897 in Vienna, and a new art movement is challenging the establishment. The Vienna Secession movement argues that art must evolve with society and reflect contemporary ideas, rejecting old conventions and art styles as outdated and obsolete.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-17

  • This House, as the Creator, would grant the Creature a companion.

    Infoslide

    An individual (the Creator) successfully brings into existence a unique, intelligent, and sentient being (the Creature) through artificial means. Due to its unnatural origins and distinct appearance, the Creature is met with universal fear and revulsion from society, leading to profound isolation and suffering. Driven by this anguish and rejection, the Creature commits acts of violence against the society and the loved ones of the Creator. The Creature then confronts its Creator, demanding that a companion of its own kind be made, promising that if this is done, they will both retreat from human society and cause no further harm.

    KUDC x HYDS KIDA National Championship 2025 · Rookie Finals · 2025-05-16