RE: Official debate with local pastor.
January 23, 2012 at 5:54 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2012 at 5:56 pm by Doubting Thomas.)
I agree with Reverendjeremiah. Don't let him argue from the presupposition that God exists and Jesus was his son & only way to salvation, blah blah blah. Make him prove that God exists before you let him go on. And none of this "Look at a rainbow/a baby's smile/creation" bullshit. Argument from design is not factual.
And don't even think about going unless he's buying your dinner, then order the most expensive thing on the menu, and don't forget dessert. That's the only way I'd take time out of my busy schedule and agree to talk religion with someone whose motives are to try to convert me. Personally I wouldn't even agree to have lunch with a proselytizer if there was absolutely nothing in it for me. I've already debated with countless fundie Christians, I'm not going to be converted by just one more.
And don't even think about going unless he's buying your dinner, then order the most expensive thing on the menu, and don't forget dessert. That's the only way I'd take time out of my busy schedule and agree to talk religion with someone whose motives are to try to convert me. Personally I wouldn't even agree to have lunch with a proselytizer if there was absolutely nothing in it for me. I've already debated with countless fundie Christians, I'm not going to be converted by just one more.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
