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  • This house would ban religious proselytization in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation

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    To proselytize is to actively attempt to convert someone to one's own religious faith. Socioeconomic deprivation is defined in this review as the extent of relative disadvantage or lack of resources that contribute to standards of living.

    Vaagyudh 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-03-16

  • This house prefers a world where absurdism is the dominant belief system

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    Absuridism is the belief that the search for meaning and value in life is futile and instead individuals ought to accept the lack of inherent purpose. Examples include focusing on personal fulfillment, finding meaning in rebellion, or feeling liberated or comforted by the absurdity of existence.

    Warwick Open 2024 · ESL Final · 2024-03-16

  • This house would disallow religious leaders from publicly endorsing, rejecting, or commenting on any political party or candidate and their policies

    NTU DC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-12

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of social movements in a highly religious states to utilise religious rhetoric in forwarding their cause (e.g. using religious texts, seeking support from religious leaders, etc.)

    NTU DC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-12

  • This house would establish confessional political systems in post-conflict societies.

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    A confessional political system is when political and institutional power is proportionally shared among religious sub-communities. In the Lebanese confessional system positions in cabinet, parliament, and civil society are apportioned based on the demographics of the population.

    The UCD L&H Vice Presidents' Cup 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-03-09

  • This house regrets the Protestant reformation

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    The Protestant Reformation, was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine.

    Cardiff Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-03-09

  • This house would openly reinterpret the sacred texts of this religion to better align its beliefs and teachings with societal norms.

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    You are a devout member of a religious organization whose beliefs and teachings diverge from societal norms, often labeled as a \"cult.\" Upon the retirement of the current leader, you've been appointed to succeed them and assume the role of guiding the community forward."

    The Kansai 2024 · ラウンド4 · 2024-03-01

  • This house supports the existence of religious courts.

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    Religious courts include courts like the syariah courts in Muslim countries and the Beth Din (Jewish courts) in Israel. These courts adjudicate on religious matters, such as conversion, marriage, and divorce. Religious courts also exists side by side with secular courts, which adjudicate on matters based on the federal law of the country. Religious courts will only have jurisdiction over its believers."

    The Kansai 2024 · ラウンド4 · 2024-03-01

  • This house believes that the queer community should actively promote queer theology at the expense of critique to religion.

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    Queer theology is a theological method that has developed out of the philosophical approach of queer theory. Queer theology begins with an assumption that gender non-conformity and gay, lesbian, and bisexual desire have always been present in human history, including the Bible."

    The Kansai 2024 · ラウンド4 · 2024-03-01

  • When they are not part of that religion, This house believes that feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)

    LUMS Intervarsity 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-03-01