If he won't let you get a word in, why debate him? Tell him next time you are to debate, that it is a give and take.
The way debates should work is that, one party makes a claim, the other party has a chance to refute it. As soon as he starts to change to another subject, tell him you won't move on until one of you concedes the preceding point, or you get to an impasse. When theists get cornered logically, they tend to try to change the subject.
Why bother trying to find passages that show it is not a religion of peace? Just debate him on the existence of a god. There is no need to debate him on particular attributes of his god, religion, or texts until the existence of a god is established in the first place. Might as well debate him on the color of the invisible dragon living in your backyard.
But if you want to debate on the unreliability of the Koran, go for it. It won't work, though. Theists are pretty talented at coming up with ad hoc arguments on the fly as to why your interpretation is wrong for certain passages.
The way debates should work is that, one party makes a claim, the other party has a chance to refute it. As soon as he starts to change to another subject, tell him you won't move on until one of you concedes the preceding point, or you get to an impasse. When theists get cornered logically, they tend to try to change the subject.
Why bother trying to find passages that show it is not a religion of peace? Just debate him on the existence of a god. There is no need to debate him on particular attributes of his god, religion, or texts until the existence of a god is established in the first place. Might as well debate him on the color of the invisible dragon living in your backyard.
But if you want to debate on the unreliability of the Koran, go for it. It won't work, though. Theists are pretty talented at coming up with ad hoc arguments on the fly as to why your interpretation is wrong for certain passages.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
