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  • This House believes that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

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    GIMMICK: You must use a prop in your speech. If you do not use a prop, your team cannot come first.

    UNSW IV · Round 1 · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that Sam Altman is going to heaven

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    GIMMICK: ChatGPT is one of the panelists. A panel member will enter their tracking into ChatGPT. ChatGPT will arrive at a decision that cannot be changed.

    UNSW IV · Grand Final · 2025-07-05

  • This house would release this information to the public

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    You are a trusted priest in the Vatican currently hearing confession from the Pope. The Pope has just confessed to you that he has lost his faith for some time now and no longer believes in God.

    Diliman Debate Open 2025 · Schools Finals · 2025-07-05

  • This house prefers a world where individuals held a strong belief in memento mori

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    Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning "remember you must die." It serves as visceral reminder of the inevitability of death and the transient nature of life.

    3rd Butuan Intervarsity · High School Finals · 2025-07-04

  • This House prefers religious beliefs of Collective Salvation, rather than religious beliefs of Individual Salvation.

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    "Collective Salvation" is the religious belief that the actions of members of a religious group collectively influence the salvation of the group to which they belong, while "Individual Salvation" is the religious belief that salvation is determined solely by one's own actions.

    Diliman Wom*n and Gender Minorities 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-06-30

  • This house supports the use of religion in promoting climate sustainability

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    The heads of religious organizations such as the Dalai Lama and the Indonesian Ulema Council have heavily pushed for the protection of the environment and the implementation of environmental sustainability. This is based on the common core tenets of religions, that promulgate the idea of "stewardship" over Earth.

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-24

  • This house prefers a world where Christianity did not adopt the reforms of the council of Nicaea

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    The Council of Nicaea was a church council held in the year 325AD, The council came together to come to a concensus on official church practices. The results of the council were as follows: The creation of the Nicaean Creed solidified the holy trinity (father, son and holy spirit) as opposed to Jesus being subordinate to god as a mortal (could commit sin) The Council of Nicaea also proposed a variety of adminstrative reforms, such as strict internal church hierarchy, established rules for moral conduct of the clergy, and outlined uniform punishments for breaching rules (also known as heresy).

    Norwich Online 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-06-21

  • This House prefers a world in which oracles exist.

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    An oracle is someone capable of providing prophecies. These prophecies are expressed vaguely, in poems or riddles, but they are always accurate. Oracles cannot choose what they prophesy about and only see very limited parts of the future—fixed points that cannot be changed. Oracles are rare: only a few hundred exist at the same time, distributed proportionally to the population around the world.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Semi-final · 2025-06-19

  • This house prefers a world where the two-kingdoms doctrine was the dominant Christian worldview

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    The traditional ontological belief in Christianity is predicated by a hierarchical theory of structure, where authority flowed from the top down, and laws—both moral and civil—were seen as expressions of this divinely ordained structure, with the church playing a central role in interpreting God’s will and enforcing moral order. In contrast, the Two-Kingdoms doctrine holds that there is a separation between the divine and the earthly. In this view, all people and institutions in the earthly realm are equal in nature and authority. Law in the earthly kingdom is judged by human reason and justice rather than divine hierarchy, and no person or institution mediates another’s relationship with God.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · EFL Finals · 2025-06-17

  • This house, as a sectarian minority leader in an authoritarian Islamic state, would actively encourage their followers to conceal their religious identity even when not under duress

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    Sectarian minorities are groups that differ from the dominant sect of a religion in beliefs, practices, or identity. These typically include religious communities such as Shia Muslims in Sunni-majority countries, or other smaller Islamic sects (e.g., Ismailis, Ahmadis, and etc.).

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · EFL Finals · 2025-06-17