RE: Debate with a Christian
March 6, 2014 at 7:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2014 at 7:58 pm by discipulus.)
(March 6, 2014 at 7:18 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Okay. My pick >> You need to prove why you believe the Bible is a credible source to establishing the existence of God. (The One and Only God, using your terminology)
How about this for a debate topic:
"Has God raised Jesus from the dead?"
The topic is concise and when defended, will satisfy your request for both demonstration of the reliability of the ancient biographies of Jesus's life as well as demonstrating via inference to the best explanation that God did in fact raise Jesus from the dead as the climactic event of His ministry and thereby furnishing proof that He was God incarnate.
If we agree on the topic, I assume you will seek to refute this and I will seek to affirm it.
(March 6, 2014 at 7:20 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Hearsay is not proof. Fables passed down through the centuries is not proof. You believe it so it must be true, is not proof. You learned it from Bible scholars, is not proof.
Just so we're on the same page. lol
I will be using historical documents and eyewitness accounts to support my arguments.
I will not be using hearsay or fables to support my case.
I will not say I believe it therefore it must be true to support my case.
The research, scholarly articles and publications of New Testament scholars will be used when needed as support for my case.