Conservapedia:Debate Topics
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Debate topic suggestions, organized so that it's not necessary to delete them.
(Note: If some topic is miscategorized, it can be cut and pasted without affecting the relevant links.)
Political debates
Conservative/Liberal
- Debate:Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal
- Debate:If Jesus were alive to day, where on the political spectrum would he fall?
- Debate:Why does the right side of the political spectrum tend to be more religious?
- Debate:Should there be a consistent standard on human rights applied to left and right?
- Is it possible to be conservative and know there is no possibility of there ever being a "God" and/or higher being?
- Debate: Why do political views appear to be correlated with others?
- Debate:Which is more important, economic or social conservatism?
- Debate: Why have conservatives let themselves get a bad name?
- Debate: How do conservatives view the Open Source movement and software?
- Debate: When are you lot just going to grow ? Conservative
Political Parties
- Debate:What kind of leader will Democrats make if they run from debates on Fox?
- Debate:Are the Democrats capable of fighting terrorism?
- Debate:Do we all know what Democrat Presidential candidates stand for yet?
- Debate:Preferred Democrat for the White House?
- Debate:Does Republican equal conservative? Does Democrat equal liberal?
- Debate:Third Party Debate
- Debate:Why are most actors turned politicians Republicans?
Political Figures
- Debate:Giuliani's lack of social conservative viewpoints should not stop you from voting for him.
- Debate:Is Sarah Palin an asset or a liability to John McCain's candidacy?
Barack Obama
- Debate:Obama's preacher.
- Debate: What is sufficient proof that Obama is a Muslim?
- Debate:Is Obama a Muslim?
- Debate:Was McCain's threat to pull out of the debates a political stunt?
- Debate:If Obama Was Conservative
- Debate:Is Obama being unfairly criticized, or is too much being expected of our new president?
- Debate:Is Obama an Atheist?
- Would anybody consider President Barry Soetoro a Muslim?
- Debate:What will Conservapedia be like if Barack Obama wins the election?
- Debate:Was it legally necessary for Obama to retake the Oath of Office?
George W. Bush
Abortion
Gay Marriage
- Debate:Should gay marriage be allowed?
- Debate: Should we criminalize homosexuality?
- Debate:Is homosexuality responsible for totalitarianism?
- Debate:Does Single sex schooling promote homosexuality?
- Debate:Should the federal government have the power to define marriage?
- Debate:Is homosexuality a mental illness?
- Debate:Are there any elements of choice
- Debate:Why are there so few homosexual athletes
Religious Freedom/1st Amendment
- Debate: Should Westboro Baptist Church be allowed to protest funerals as free speech?
- Debate:Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?
- Debate:Should politicians be allowed to misspeak?
Guns/2nd Amendment
- Debate:Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?
- Debate:Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?
- Debate:What level of Gun Control is appropriate?
Immigration
- Debate:Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?
- Debate:Illegal Immigrants: Is it too late for US?
Military/Interrogation
- Debate:Women in the Military?
- Debate:Is a candidate's military record relevant anymore?
- Debate:Is "Coercive Interrogation" consistent with Christian Values?
- Debate:Define torture
Drug Legalization
- Embryonic Stem Cells: Why or why not?
- Debate:Should pharmacists be forced to fill legal prescriptions they personally object to on moral grounds?
- Debate:Are alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine gateway drugs?
- Debate:Should marijuana be legalized?
- Debate:Should government restrictions on smoking be tightened or rolled back?
Other
Economic debates
- Debate: Did World War II end the Great Depression?
- Debate: Can there be price controls without shortages?
- Debate: Counterfeiting: A Moral Hazard
- Is our freedom to consume what we want whenever we want worth the cost (i.e. environmental, social, economic, etc.)?
- Debate:Is the 2009 Stimulus Plan the right approach, and if not what would be?
Trade
- Debate:Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?
- Debate:Why do we still have an embargo on Cuba?
Healthcare
- Debate: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare: a proper ruling?
- Debate:Is the Bush administration's Conscience Rule a step forward or backward for U.S. Healthcare?
- Debate:Should Americans be required to buy health insurance?
Education
- Debate:Does Abstinence Only Education help or hurt us?
- Debate:You think these Phd's are nuts?
- Debate:Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?
- Debate:Should students learn a foreign language?
Foreign Policy
- Debate:Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?
- Debate:Should American companies be allowed to send their own troops into a war which America is participating in?
- Debate:Can a rogue nation be thought of as a sovereign nation?
- Debate:Has Russia reinstalled stealth communism?
Middle East
- Debate:Is it even possible to install democracy in a Muslim country?
- Debate:Is democracy even possible in Iraq?
- Debate:Which is a more powerful ideology, Islam or communism?
- Debate:Is the Iraq War a success?
- Debate:Should the U.S.A. abide by a withdrawal timetable if the Iraqi Parliament votes for one?
- Debate:Should U.S. troops be subject to Iraqi law if that allows our continued presence there?
- Debate:Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?
- Debate:What should be America's policy toward Islam?
- Debate: Was Osama really killed in Abbottabad?
Europe
- Debate:Has Britain Declined?
- Debate:Has Britain become the 51st State of the US?
- Debate:Does the European Union pose a threat to the United States?
- Debate:Should the United States leave the United Nations?
- Debate:Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform? See Michael New
Environment
Scientific debates
Creationism/Intelligent Design
- Debate:Does Intelligent Design deny the Existence of God?
- Debate:Are Young Earth Creationists detracting others from the Faith?
- Debate:Creationist
- Debate:Should Creationism/Intelligent design be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution in public schools?
- Debate:If the universe is young and it takes light millions of years to reach us from far off stars, how can we see them?
- Debate:If the Bible didn't contain a creation story, would anyone even consider the idea of a young earth?
- Debate:Is Relativity in direct conflict with the Genesis account?
- Debate:If it could be unambiguously demonstrated that man is NOT the most evolved animal
- Debate: Creationism, Evolutionism and the 15 questions
- Debate: So who's right?
- Debate:Creationist
- Debate:How should we view the fact leading scientists do not believe in god?
Evolution
- Debate: Can you be a true Christian and believe in evolution?
- Debate:Is Darwinism liberal or is it conservative?
- Debate:Does Darwinian natural selection suggest that bigotry is a necessary self-defense mechanism?
- Debate:Is Darwinian natural selection compatible with Marxism?
- Debate:Is the theory of macroevolution true?
- Is the evidence in favor of evolution convincing?
- Debate:Can the science of evolution be separated from the philosophy of it?
- Debate: What does Evolution attempt to explain?
- Debate:Does the Theory of Evolution promote atheism?
Global Warming
- Debate:Is global warming evident, and if so, is this the fault of man, and how must man stop it?
- Debate:God, Earth and Global Warming
Other
- Debate:Who feels that scientific related articles should only reference published research papers instead of websites when dealing with research instead of application?
- Debate:Listing the Earth's most pressing needs in urgent order of fixing
- Debate: Should the United States defund the National Science Foundation?
- Debate:Should the United States begin Colonizing Space?
Debates about Conservapedia
Wikis
- Debate:Can Conservapedia become the next Wikipedia, is this good or bad
- Debate:Does bias impair Wikipedia's reliability?
- Debate:Does an encyclopedia define complex subjects, or insert more bias into them?
- Debate:Does altering the record of debate in a wiki 'Encyclopedia' render the entire thing a farce?
- Debate:Can/May/Should online wiki encyclopedias copy from each other?
Positions
- Debate:What is CP's position on Relativity? (and, in general, on physical sciences)
- Debate:Is Conservapedia representing a conservative POV or a Young Earth Creationist POV?
- Debate:The liberal quotient of Conservapedia; what is it? Does it matter?
- Debate:How should Conservapedia work to avoid having a conservative bias?
- Debate:How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals?
- Debate:Is it tasteless for Conservapedia to critique the Virginia Tech poem on the Main Page?
- Debate:Should Conservapedia be more open about sex related articles?
Characteristics
- Debate:Can Conservapedia Succeed?
- Debate:Is Conservapedia fair and balanced?
- Debate:What exactly is Conservapedia?
- Debate:Is it okay for Conservapedia to have biased articles?
- Debate:Is Conservapedia a 'Trustworthy Encyclopedia'?
Blocking Policy
- Debate:Has anyone ever been been banned for pointing out that many of the other entries on this site are in need of citation and evidence to back up statements?
- Debate:Do sysops block editing on pages when it seems their opponents are making strong points?
- Debate:Does Conservapedia censor opponents the way Expelled says ID advocates are censored?
- Debate:The 90/10 rule exists soley to squash debate, and should be eliminated
Other
- Debate:Should the term list entries be included in Conservapedia's entry count?
- Debate:Where do you personally look for facts and information on topics "When did Brahms live" or "Why did Monet paint grainstacks?"
- Is Conservapedia blinkered?
- Debate:Is the Conservapedia Logo in violation of US Flag Code?
- Debate:Should the Conservapedia logo be changed?
- Debate:Is it time to propagate Conservapedia in other languages/countries?
Media
Media Bias
Decency Standards
- Debate: To what extent should we have obscenity laws
- Debate: Should certain books be banned from libraries?
- Debate:Does modern music negatively influence children
- Debate:Is Anime and Manga Ok?