Official Debate: Are the Gospels based on a true story?
October 29, 2012 at 4:39 am
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2012 at 4:44 pm by Rayaan.)
Are all the Gospel accounts on the life and teachings of Jesus based on a true story? That is the topic of the debate.
The participants in this debate are DeistPaladin and chi pan.
DeistPaladin will be arguing that the Gospels are not based on a true story of Jesus. Chi pan will be arguing that they are.
This is a debate on a specific version of the historical Jesus - i.e. as depicted in the four Gospels of the NT, specifically - and whether or not they are true, accurate, has any corroborating evidences, and/or whether or not they compose a consistent story. Along the way, the debaters will be discussing some of the details of the historical Jesus such as when he was born, when he died, how he died, what was his ministry, what he said, and what he preached exactly.
There is going to be four rounds altogether: (1) Opening Statements; (2) Response to Opening Statements; (3) Rebuttal of Responses; and (4) Closing Statements.
The time limit for the responses is 5 days. The time limit may be extended later, if needed.
This thread is closed for everyone else except for the participants and the staff.
However, all the (non-participant) members can discuss the debate or their thoughts on it in the following thread:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-15500.html
DP and chi pan, please adhere to the rules, discuss maturely, and have fun.
Rayaan
The participants in this debate are DeistPaladin and chi pan.
DeistPaladin will be arguing that the Gospels are not based on a true story of Jesus. Chi pan will be arguing that they are.
This is a debate on a specific version of the historical Jesus - i.e. as depicted in the four Gospels of the NT, specifically - and whether or not they are true, accurate, has any corroborating evidences, and/or whether or not they compose a consistent story. Along the way, the debaters will be discussing some of the details of the historical Jesus such as when he was born, when he died, how he died, what was his ministry, what he said, and what he preached exactly.
There is going to be four rounds altogether: (1) Opening Statements; (2) Response to Opening Statements; (3) Rebuttal of Responses; and (4) Closing Statements.
The time limit for the responses is 5 days. The time limit may be extended later, if needed.
This thread is closed for everyone else except for the participants and the staff.
However, all the (non-participant) members can discuss the debate or their thoughts on it in the following thread:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-15500.html
DP and chi pan, please adhere to the rules, discuss maturely, and have fun.
Rayaan
