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Affirmative Negative
Argument 2 ● Non of the religions instruct ● The ‘Holy war’ in the Quran
people to commit evil ○ Doesn’t exist
List arguments in bullet-point format. actions. ○ Jihad = righteous
● Some people misunderstand intention
You may use phrases; complete about principles of religions. ■ Help the
sentences are not required. All religions always try to oppressed
teach an individual to be a ■ Have
better person. The reason religious
why everyone said that freedom
religion is the cause of wars ○ Doesn’t specify that
because it is used as a the fighting has to be
scapegoat for everyone to an actual fighting
put a blame on.
● The suicide bombers shout
“Allahu Akbar” before they
explode. The terrorists use
religion as an excuse or say
like they are doing this for the
god’s sake. These people
made religions look bad in
other people eyes.
● Actually, “Allahu Akbar” is
translated from Arabic means
“God is great” and every
Muslims say that word as a
daily routine, but terrorists
misuse it. In attacking others,
yelling that word affirms that
this act is done for the sake of
Allah which againsts the real
meaning of “Allahu Akbar”.
●
Sources https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013
List websites, articles, videos, quotes, /10/16/10-people-who-came-out-
and authors/organizations. of_n_4086176.html
https://www.gotoknow.org/posts/8499
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http://www.manager.co.th/dhamma/vi
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Debate Format
Audience Vote
Audience members will vote on who they believe makes the strongest, most well-supported arguments:
● the quality of the arguments presented.
● the quality of challenges (to your opponents) raised.
● the clarity, organization and cohesiveness of the argument.
● the quality of supporting evidence.