(September 21, 2013 at 11:19 am)paulhe Wrote: I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum, apologies if I am not, first time posting and all that.
After a debate I had with a christian the other day, she was taken my argument and passed it on to someone else to answer it. Basically, this other person has emailed me taking up the christian corner as it were!
Personally, if it were me, I'd take issue with the Christian you were originally debating who seems to have set this dog on you and, even more egregious to me, she gave your email address to a complete stranger without your consent - but that may just be me. (Do you know the Christian personally? Or this philosopher apologist? Did she ask you if she could give your email address out or was this email a surprise to you?) If she can't hold up her side of the debate and has to pass the buck on to someone else than, in my opinion, you're under no obligation to give this new guy the time of day.
Unless you want to, of course.
I assume by your choice to share this email with the forum that you are planning on replying to this person?
There's no shame in asking the advice of someone with more knowledge than you in that subject (on either side of the debate), but if you enter into a debate with someone than it's my opinion that each party has assumed the obligation to make their own arguments and understand the arguments they are making, not just parroting what other smart people are saying or hand the debate off to an expert in order to win by proxy. Please don't take me wrong, I'm not trying to denigrate anyone in these forums who replies with arguments or advice, but, Paulhe, take the time to do the homework and understand why the arguments the AF members here are making are good ones and why the holes they are pointing out in this guy's arguments are valid.
It's always a positive thing to learn so take this opportunity and run with it.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
