I can't imagine an event like that ever going well...
Last year at uni, I met a fundamentalist Christian after having walked past him and his atheist friend in the library. They were discussing "Gospel truths" and I couldn't resist not correcting his wild claims. Long story short, a Muslim girl who did what I did (eavesdrop) ended up inviting us to the Muslim midday prayer meeting thingy that they have. Afterwards, my Christian aquaintance, 3 Muslim guys & I went to one of the cafes for a chat.
The conversation was fascinating to me because I had only just deconverted 2-3 months prior so I was in a position of intellectual freedom where I could ask questions to both parties and learn something. The Christian on the other hand was preaching it up big time. He wouldn't let most points he tried to make slip by without getting the Muslims to acknowledge it in one way or another. I remember he explained how [in his opinion] the Christian justice system was better than the Muslim system. He also shoved down their throats the idea that "four witnesses" to Jesus' story is better than Muhammad's isolated revelation. Basically, he was there to refute whatever was thrown on the table whereas the Muslims would answer my questions and his without getting us to agree to any extent.
This is my long winded explanation of why I think those events wouldn't work!
Last year at uni, I met a fundamentalist Christian after having walked past him and his atheist friend in the library. They were discussing "Gospel truths" and I couldn't resist not correcting his wild claims. Long story short, a Muslim girl who did what I did (eavesdrop) ended up inviting us to the Muslim midday prayer meeting thingy that they have. Afterwards, my Christian aquaintance, 3 Muslim guys & I went to one of the cafes for a chat.
The conversation was fascinating to me because I had only just deconverted 2-3 months prior so I was in a position of intellectual freedom where I could ask questions to both parties and learn something. The Christian on the other hand was preaching it up big time. He wouldn't let most points he tried to make slip by without getting the Muslims to acknowledge it in one way or another. I remember he explained how [in his opinion] the Christian justice system was better than the Muslim system. He also shoved down their throats the idea that "four witnesses" to Jesus' story is better than Muhammad's isolated revelation. Basically, he was there to refute whatever was thrown on the table whereas the Muslims would answer my questions and his without getting us to agree to any extent.
This is my long winded explanation of why I think those events wouldn't work!
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
