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Open Debate Challenge - Guidelines & Format

Format

The format of debates that I will engage in is:

  • Your opening - 1000 words or less
  • My response - 1000 words or less
  • Your response - 1000 words or less
  • My second response - 1000 words or less
  • Your closing - 500 words or less
  • My closing - 500 words or less

Links to websites, articles, YouTube videos, etc. are, of course, not allowed in the debate as part of the main argument. The point of a debate is to do research, and present an argument, not merely to act as a pointer to resources. Mentioning resources or videos in passing is fine, so long as the content of your argument is presented in your own words, by you, in the main text of your argument.

This format allows you to dictate the focus of the debate. So, if you would like to focus on a narrow topic which you think proves your position, that is in your control. I will just be responding to whatever is said.

I also may add an Appendix to the debate with further analysis of my own. The full text of the debate will be published under the Debates topic on this site.

Topics

Topics I will debate are:

  • Atheism & Agnosticism
    • Does God exist?
  • Catholicism & Orthodoxy
    • Is Roman Catholicism the true religion?
    • Is Eastern Orthodoxy the true religion?
    • Is the Pope the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth?
    • Has the Roman Catholic Church contradicted itself on the treatment of heretics?
    • Has the Roman Catholic Church contradicted itself on the treatment of the Jews?
    • Has the Roman Catholic Church contradicted itself on the death penalty?
    • Is Marian devotion, as practiced in Roman Catholicism, Biblical?
    • Is Marian devotion, as practiced in Eastern Orthodoxy, Biblical?
  • Other Christian
    • Does the Bible teach the Trinity?
    • Does the Bible teach the Deity of Christ?
    • Is watching combat sports (Boxing, MMA, American Football) sinful? (I affirm that it is)
  • Islam
    • Is Islam the true religion?
    • Is the Quran the Word of God?
    • Is Muhammad prophesied in the Bible (Surah 7:157)?

If anyone agrees to the above, and wants to debate, contact me on the About & Contact page to set it up.