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Victorian Rose

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Just as an FYI:

I took the guy up on his invitation and I have studied apologetics, creationism and debated the subject for years. Frankly, I don't see any indication that this guy is well prepared but he claims to have thousands of hours of Bible study under his belt. After debating creationism for over a year I don't think he is going to have a lot of supprises for me.

Grace and peace,
Mark
 
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Victorian Rose

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mark kennedy said:
Just as an FYI:

I took the guy up on his invitation and I have studied apologetics, creationism and debated the subject for years. Frankly, I don't see any indication that this guy is well prepared but he claims to have thousands of hours of Bible study under his belt. After debating creationism for over a year I don't think he is going to have a lot of supprises for me.

Grace and peace,
Mark

I would wish you luck however you don't need it because you have God on your side. You don't need good luck when you have God. :) May the Lord bless you and guide you.
 
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Victorian Rose said:
I would wish you luck however you don't need it because you have God on your side. You don't need good luck when you have God. :) May the Lord bless you and guide you.

I apperciate your kind words of support and like you, I feel God is the defender of His Word not luck. My biggest concern is that this guy was a professing christian for 20 years and then for whatever reason he is now challanging Christians to a debate. There could be a lot of reasons we know nothing about, I do have one suggestion though. Every now and then when you are praying remember this guy might just be a backsliden believer who is looking for the truth in all the wrong places.

Grace and peace,
Mark
 
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catlover said:
Debate is not my finer points, one of you folks, take him up on it!!!Please.

I don't think debate is one of his finer points either, we can't even get through the invitation thread. He has no concept of forum rules or even a specific topic of debate. I really don't know what he hopes to accomplish but I doubt very seriously he can stand up to Christian Apologetics or has a clue what is.

I'll be glad to debate this guy if he will follow the rules of the forum and agree to an actual topic.

Grace and peace,
Mark
 
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I've made a post in that thread, not to debate but to give an answer to a question asked. Why is he aiming at fundie's only, and why aren't the Reformed members answering the call? I've yet to see a debate where a member of the Reformed Church lost to a non believer.

preacher :hug:
 
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e=mv^2 said:
Ok.. so maybe it was not really preperation but more of a seething bitterness that I should have given the warning about. This guy gets nasty fast.

Yea, he went right into his rant on genocide and didn't want to accept the forum rules. I love a good debate but this guy was just all over the road. I wanted to try to reach out to him because it seems the way the Canaan was conquered gave him some real problems. Still, there has to be rules in a formal debate and if he does not abide by them its a big waste of time.
 
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Street Preacher said:
I've made a post in that thread, not to debate but to give an answer to a question asked. Why is he aiming at fundie's only, and why aren't the Reformed members answering the call? I've yet to see a debate where a member of the Reformed Church lost to a non believer.

preacher :hug:

Do they even know about it.

I've been hanging out there a bit - hadn't noticed this section for one thing - but I haven't seen anythign about this debate....
 
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