I'd love to see some Christians with degrees in theology and experience in apologetics, especially well-known people who have published books and engaged in formal debates, come to the forum to discuss and debate issues related to Christianity. Is it possible to attract such Christians to the forum? Inviting them would be a great boon to the forum, in my opinion.
Having well-known atheists and skeptics come to this forum would be really cool too.
Invite "professional" apologists and theologians t
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Well, I can try Dan Barker or Matt Dillahunty as the skeptic. Can you try William Lane Craig, Frank Turek or John Lennox as the Christian apologist? I'd like a debate in which the members here can participate.otseng wrote: Sounds good to me.
How about if some people can get a well-known skeptic to debate here, I'll then approach a well-known Christian to debate him?
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I'd rather invite the skeptic and apologist to debate head-to-head. I think that way they'd be more willing to participate. Most popular apologists are too busy to participate in anything else. However, we could perhaps open it up to a few questions from the audience at the end.
Any topics we should suggest for them to debate on?
As for list of apologists, I'll reach out to the below list. Even though it's a little dated, it is still a good list.
https://apologetics315.com/2009/06/100- ... pologists/
Any topics we should suggest for them to debate on?
As for list of apologists, I'll reach out to the below list. Even though it's a little dated, it is still a good list.
https://apologetics315.com/2009/06/100- ... pologists/
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A Q&A would be good, and we members here could always cite the debate or critique it on other threads.otseng wrote: I'd rather invite the skeptic and apologist to debate head-to-head. I think that way they'd be more willing to participate. Most popular apologists are too busy to participate in anything else. However, we could perhaps open it up to a few questions from the audience at the end.
We could have the debaters argue for and against the existence of the Christian god, but I'm open to other issues in apologetics.Any topics we should suggest for them to debate on?
I see Kyle Butt on your list. I've emailed him and have spoken to him on the phone. I can ask him if either he or somebody he knows can debate on the Christian side. He may even know an atheist who can argue against him.As for list of apologists, I'll reach out to the below list. Even though it's a little dated, it is still a good list.
https://apologetics315.com/2009/06/100- ... pologists/
I'll get back to you.