Instigator / Con
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rating
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debates
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Topic
#5852

Do dreams have divine or spiritual meanings to them?

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Debating

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Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
1500
rating
3
debates
33.33%
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Round 1
Con
#1
Opening:  thank Pro for accepting this debate. My goal is to disprove the idea that dreams have divine or spiritual meaning. I will argue that dreams are simply a product of the brain, and have no special significance.

First argument:  According to Medical news today.com dreams are nothing more than "stories and or image's created  by our minds while we sleep."  The source also notes that over 95 percent of dreams are forgotten by the time a person gets out of bed. This is consistent with the fact that the average person dreams many times during the night, not just once.  Unless Pro wants to argue that divine or spiritual beings treat dreams like Twitter accounts, and then delete 95% of their own messages, it doesn't make sense to claim that dreams are divine or have meaning, given how often we dream and how little we remember them.

Second Argument:  Another reason why dreams are not spiritual in nature or divine is how easily they can be manipulated. For example, a person can control their dreams by using lucid dreaming techniques. This shows that dreams are not the result of divine or spiritual intervention, but are instead the result of the brain's activity. Scientists in four international labs were able to ask questions of individuals who were aware that they were asleep. While the responses were limited to eye movements or facial expressions, this demonstrates that dreams are influenced by physical phenomena, not by divine or spiritual forces. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-entered-peoples-dreams-and-got-them-talking

Third argument: I understand that Pro intends to make an argument based on personal experiences. However, I would like to remind both my opponent and the readers that personal experience is not evidence. If we accepted personal experience as evidence, especially from a dream, then our bar for evidence is so low that we might as well believe what anyone tell us. No matter how absurd, because it was their personal experience and therefore valid.

Conclusion: Dreams are a psychological phenomenon, not a spiritual one. We dream many times during the night, and forget most of them by the time we wake up. Also, dreams can be manipulated by both the dreamer and others, which shows that they are not the result of divine or spiritual intervention. 
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