Your logic is flawed because it is one-sided. If only God can determine that there is a God then only God can determine that there isn't a God.
This is not a negation of my logic, just extending it. It stands as fact that only God can determine if there is God or not, and only God knows what kind of God he is. It is not possible for human to determine it, as much as it is not possible for human to even observe God. Thus, with this alone, I have won this debate, because my opponent cannot prove that God cannot lie or that humans simply misunderstood his word. The very nature of God is such that humans cant understand God at all. Since only God can determine which Christian(maybe follower of God) is true Christian(true and actual follower of God), and my opponent isnt God, it very much follows that my opponent cannot prove his position at all. Now, he might claim "I am God", but that would mean the rest of us arent Gods, which then goes back to original problem of how non-Gods cannot determine who is God. It would also not solve the problem of lying God.
The word church does not mean faith nor does it mean a mere place of worship, but an actual system of spreading and teaching the faith. This is the only interpretation that makes sense because otherwise the true christianity can be lost and corrupted. How do you determine what scriptures are canon and how to interpret them? There needs to be an earthly authority who's job is to both guard and spread God's word.
My opponent here just repeats the logical fallacy from round 1. If the rest of us can decide that Catholicisim is wrong, then that disproves his position because his position is that only Catholic Church can decide. But if only Catholic Church can decide, then it follows that my opponent and the rest of us cant decide, making it impossible for us to decide that my opponent's position is right.
This is an egregious strawman of my position. The pope is only able to become the pope through the approval of many other bishops who all are part of the line of apostolic succession. The pope cannot "determine religious truth" unless he is indirectly approved by the apostles and hence by Jesus and hence by God.
Even if we were to replace "pope" with "Catholic Church", we would still have the same problem. Your position is still that Catholic Church determines religious truth, which then is a concession that you dont.
Because the catholic church has been teaching the biblically true version of christianity for 2000 years, which we know is true because it was the church started by Peter who was given authority by Jesus and told that his church is incorruptible, even if the pope somehow started inventing unchristian "religious truths" the true christians in the church would immediately catch him in his error and depose him.
Pope of past did commit many crimes, historically. You dont seem to be addressing that argument at all. So since pope did error, it follows that Catholic Church made error in selecting him, which then just destroys your position that catholic church can determine what is right.
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Make the debate which says that fire magic and blood magic are beneficial. Fire magic is magic of worshipping fire and making food offering to the fire to gain favor of Sun God. Blood magic is when person uses his own blood as offer to the Gods to gain their favor.
I'm not a Christian but I've been thinking about religion lately and one of the conclusions I am drawing is that the most accurate form of Christianity is Catholic. I'm not saying it is true in the sense that I believe it to be fact, but in the sense that it is more true to the original Christian teachings than any other denomination.
I will make a debate about fire magic and blood magic.
Did you by any chance become a Christian? If not, we can have a debate about some less popular religions. I know you doubt fire magic and blood magic. I cant really prove how good they are, other than that they feel really good. Also, early Christians used to practice fire magic by burning of food, but the actual fire magic consists of worshipping fire and offering food to the fire. It must be food you like to eat, like chocolate or some other really good food. The main logic behind fire magic is that the Sun is God made of fire, and all fire on Earth is his offspring, and feeding nice food to his offspring grants favor from the Sun God.