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How do you debated a Muslim?
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RE: How do you debated a Muslim?
(March 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: There is a guy at work who is a Muslim, and he will not let me me get in a word in.
If he's that inclined to shut you out before you even have evidence to debate with, imagine what he'll be like when you do. I think it's a waste of time to try and discuss the issue with someone who seems so terrified of hearing a contrary point-of-view.
Quote:Also as I do not who the Quran, what are the pages that show it's not a religion of peace but of its a brutal religion?
I think it's a bad idea to try and debate a religion without a good grasp of its teachings. It won't take long for him to rebut your claims with information that you aren't aware of, and that will simply reinforce his belief and give him the impression that you're less interested in teaching him anything and only interested in 'proving him wrong.'

If you're willing to invest the time, learn from him. Ask him about his beliefs, and what they're based on. Discuss those beliefs with him in a genuine fashion. You'll learn about his belief system, and in discussing it he may begin to find holes in his own logic. Worst that can come of it is that you have a better understanding of Islamic beliefs.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

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How do you debated a Muslim? - by Gooders1002 - March 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Minimalist - March 15, 2013 at 7:02 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by paulpablo - March 15, 2013 at 7:11 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Simon Moon - March 15, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by KichigaiNeko - March 16, 2013 at 5:10 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by paulpablo - March 16, 2013 at 8:34 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 16, 2013 at 8:40 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by paulpablo - March 16, 2013 at 9:01 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 16, 2013 at 9:03 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Tonus - March 16, 2013 at 9:48 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 16, 2013 at 10:51 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Minimalist - March 16, 2013 at 3:16 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by KichigaiNeko - March 16, 2013 at 9:19 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Cato - March 17, 2013 at 4:52 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Angrboda - March 16, 2013 at 3:48 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Brian37 - March 16, 2013 at 3:50 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 16, 2013 at 9:53 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 17, 2013 at 5:33 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by jots - March 17, 2013 at 6:02 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Tonus - March 17, 2013 at 8:06 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by KichigaiNeko - March 17, 2013 at 5:38 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by jots - March 17, 2013 at 6:10 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 17, 2013 at 6:26 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 18, 2013 at 11:57 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 17, 2013 at 8:00 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 17, 2013 at 8:34 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Tonus - March 17, 2013 at 9:53 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by ManMachine - March 18, 2013 at 12:24 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 19, 2013 at 6:29 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Phish - March 19, 2013 at 6:32 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 19, 2013 at 6:37 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by The Grand Nudger - March 19, 2013 at 12:52 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by jesus_wept - March 20, 2013 at 6:05 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 20, 2013 at 9:39 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 20, 2013 at 11:11 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 20, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 20, 2013 at 11:36 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 20, 2013 at 11:54 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - March 20, 2013 at 12:18 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 21, 2013 at 9:31 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 21, 2013 at 10:07 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 21, 2013 at 12:10 pm
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by Dawud - March 22, 2013 at 8:13 am
RE: How do you debated a Muslim? - by KichigaiNeko - March 22, 2013 at 8:24 am

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