RE: Debate with a Christian
March 6, 2014 at 7:56 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2014 at 7:57 pm by *Deidre*.)
(March 6, 2014 at 7:45 pm)discipulus Wrote:(March 6, 2014 at 7:18 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Okay. My pick >> You need to prove why you believe the Bible is a credible source to establishing the existence of God. (The One and Only God, using your terminology)
How about this for a debate topic:
"Has God raised Jesus from the dead?"
The topic is concise and when defended, will satisfy your request for both demonstration of the reliability of the ancient biographies of Jesus's life as well as demonstrating via inference to the best explanation that God did in fact raise Jesus from the dead as the climactic event of His ministry and thereby furnishing proof that He was God incarnate.
If we agree on the topic, I assume you will seek to refute this and I will seek to affirm it.
I don't like that topic. And the reason is, because I don't care about it. What I think is more relevant, and more 'interesting' to debate, would be a Christian (in this case, you) proving the validity of the Bible, and explaining why you see it as credible proof of God's (even Jesus') existence.
Most everyone here doesn't believe in God or a god, to begin with, let alone that Jesus was raised from the dead, or that God did it, or that they're both one in the same, etc etc...
Soooo....I think my topic idea is more relevant, and interesting.