Debate with a Christian

[Esquilax]

Esquilax, pre-debate discussion is, as I would have thought you would understand, essential to a fruitful debate.

This is not the first thread that you've been asked for your references, though. It's also not the first where you've failed to provide any. It's actually a bit of a trend.

Is it not evident that several people here who have wanted to debate me have not actually been up to the task? What fruit would be gained by haphazardly and recklessly entering into a debate with someone who is actually unable to defend their position? A great many internet debates are never finished due to this lack of preparation.

I am cautious and careful in my method and am so for a reason. So bear with me please.

I can understand a certain amount of preparation, but at a certain point, whether or not your opponent can defend their position well- or at all- is really the question that a debate is made to solve, don't you think? If someone debates badly, that just means you've won; by now it just feels like you're trying to have the debate in the prep thread.