Is this a rare talent for a female?

[DrenchedInHisBlood]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

 

[SeventhFisherofMen]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

just curious why does gender have anything to do with being able to answer a question? Not trying to be annoying just sincerely wondering why would a male be accepted by you to answer in such a way but a female it could be considered rare?

 

[Occams Barber]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

Amazing!!!

A woman who can actually think?!

OB

 

[The Righterzpen]

Just curious; how many discussions have you listened to on apologetics? (What she's saying is pretty basic "Apologetics 101".) This doesn't seem to me to be anything earth shattering, or beyond the pale of general human intelligence.

But besides that; it's a little puzzling why you think this is an unusual trait for women? Maybe you need to spend more time around people who spend time thinking?

Also I see a certain degree of immaturity in her answers. I don't think it's stupid to ask the question about pain receptors and why atheists have morality. I think that question can be answered in general by the fact that all human beings are created in the image of God and "emotional pain receptors" are probably part of the process of natural conscience. Animals too have "emotional pain receptors" they can feel emotional pain; both from humans as well as the suffering of other animals. So thus consciousness I think is probably more an aspect of the breath of life that comes from God; than it's a consequence of being made in God's image.

The difference between man and beast is that man can contemplate his accountability before God. My cat has a certain level of awareness and she certainly can learn what behavior I will tolerate and what I won't. That's intelligence. But my cat has no concept of accountability before God; despite she likely has some awareness of the existence of the Creator. (All life does.) But that's the difference between intelligence and sentience.

We can also talk about artificial intelligence and what it means to be a life form; but that's another subject.

The other thing I see in her is a lack of understanding that atheists do have morality. Some of the most moral people I know claim to be atheists; which seems odd on a belief comparison level. Why would one who does not believe in God feel the need to be moral when they claim no accountability? There are a lot of people who claim to be atheists but aren't serial killers.

So what keeps the claimed atheist from living out the belief system that says "I'll do what ever I wish because I'm the master of my own fate and there's no consequences for my behavior." Most atheists don't live like atheists. And if it's really about "survival of the fittest" what does it matter if society doesn't approve of my behavior either? It's just one human opinion against another. Which serial killers is what atheism fundamentally should produce. But how many atheists are cereal killers? And are all serial killers atheists?

Not that atheism hasn't produced serial killers. Look at the Soviet Union or China. The system itself is atheistic in nature and how many people have these sociopathic leaders genocided? We could ask the same questions about many of our own leaders; (who claim to be religious even). There's a special place in the Lake of Fire for people like Anthony Fauci!

But questions like this are part of general philosophy and ethics. And they cross into theology when one starts talking about existentialism. None of this is anything new, ground breaking or earth shattering.

Granted, women do think differently than men; (there are sex based differences in the brain) but that has nothing to do with intelligence or the ability to acquire knowledge.

I'm a 52 year old female who spends a lot of time studying the Bible and doing research. Am I "smarter than the average bear"? (Probably.) but I'm also well practiced at this. I've been doing these types of investigations for probably about 40 years now.

I think if you want to start a channel on apologetics; you need to listen to some lectures / debates / podcasts on apologetics.

 

[Bradskii]

I have a sister in Christ...

I'd normally skip these type of threads, but as a couple of people whose opinions I respect have been here and checked it out, I gave you 5 minutes of my time.

All I can say is that I'm concerned about two things. The first has already been mentioned in that you think that it was impressive 'for a girl'. You really need to work on that.

The second is that you think it was impressive in the first instance. It's a very long way from being that. So you might need to work on that as well. Maybe start a few threads in the apologetic sections of the forum and listen to what others are saying. And as @The Righterzpen said, watch and read a lot of podcasts, videos and debates. You'll need better arguments against non-believer claims apart form 'It's stupid!' I don't think you're ready to start a channel just yet.

And hey, give your car seats a once over with the vacuum cleaner. Clean car, clean mind...

But good luck.

 

[Robban]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

Gave it a try, could not pick up a word of what she was saying,
sounded more like Donald duck.

 

[PloverWing]

As others have pointed out, in this age of female professors and bishops and prime ministers, why on earth do you think that women who speak and think clearly are rare? Good grief.

Regarding the apologetics undertaking, I've seen lots of bad Christian apologetics videos on YouTube. A close friend of mine is an atheist who enjoys talking about religion with me. She'll show me an apologetics video, and then I do damage control and talk about how Christianity can be a worthwhile religion to follow in spite of the video that we just watched. With that in mind, here are some thoughts about making an apologetics video:

1) What I see on the video here is an interesting first draft. It's not ready for posting to YouTube yet, but it could be a starting point.

2) The conversation in the video rambles for longer than it should. You can use it as a starting point, but work with your partner to identify the main point(s) that the two of you want to make, and write a script that states those points clearly in a paragraph or two. You're going to lose your audience otherwise.

3) Make sure that the questions your video answers are questions that atheists actually ask. The puzzle about the rock that's too heavy to lift is really just a philosophy puzzle about infinity; I don't think it's a question that really drives people to accept or reject religions. The real questions people have, and the real objections people have to Christianity, are hard to answer, but they have to be engaged if the conversation is going to be meaningful.

4) If possible, include an atheist or agnostic on your team. Show them your script before you make and post the video. If there's no point at which they say "You know, that's a good point", then don't post the video. You win the bonus prize if they say, "Hey, I've never thought of that before. You've given me something to think about."

 

[Tropical Wilds]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

Yes, I have met many women who have thoughts, opinions, and the means to express them.

 

[FireDragon76]

As others have pointed out, in this age of female professors and bishops and prime ministers, why on earth do you think that women who speak and think clearly are rare? Good grief.

Regarding the apologetics undertaking, I've seen lots of bad Christian apologetics videos on YouTube. A close friend of mine is an atheist who enjoys talking about religion with me. She'll show me an apologetics video, and then I do damage control and talk about how Christianity can be a worthwhile religion to follow in spite of the video that we just watched. With that in mind, here are some thoughts about making an apologetics video:

1) What I see on the video here is an interesting first draft. It's not ready for posting to YouTube yet, but it could be a starting point.

2) The conversation in the video rambles for longer than it should. You can use it as a starting point, but work with your partner to identify the main point(s) that the two of you want to make, and write a script that states those points clearly in a paragraph or two. You're going to lose your audience otherwise.

3) Make sure that the questions your video answers are questions that atheists actually ask. The puzzle about the rock that's too heavy to lift is really just a philosophy puzzle about infinity; I don't think it's a question that really drives people to accept or reject religions. The real questions people have, and the real objections people have to Christianity, are hard to answer, but they have to be engaged if the conversation is going to be meaningful.

4) If possible, include an atheist or agnostic on your team. Show them your script before you make and post the video. If there's no point at which they say "You know, that's a good point", then don't post the video. You win the bonus prize if they say, "Hey, I've never thought of that before. You've given me something to think about."

Now days the main objections I see young people have isn't stuff that traditional apologetics answers.

Many young people who are unchurched just see alot of meaningless rules and cruelty, and that is what they object to in religion the most, like not communing divorced people, banning books, or telling them their gay frieds are perversions of nature. They also see the moral hypocrisy on full display, like preaching how sex is a sacred thing that needs to be only between a married man and a woman, but then hiding child sex abusers. And with a plethora of other religions, there's no reason to take truth claims of one religion at face value anymore (after all, there are plenty of other religions with similarly seemingly meaningless rules).

 

[returntosender]

Amazing!!!

A woman who can actually think?!

OB

NICE!

 

[ViaCrucis]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

Women. They are women. And they are competent, intelligent, human beings.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Pommer]

My “atheism-lite” goes like this:
Is it absolutely necessary that my reality contain a god?

I come down on “no” and live as if I’m correct.

That’s about it.

 

[d taylor]

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Foolish to try and answer nonbelievers with human reasoning. If you can not support what you believe from The Bible to a nonbeliever. Then you need to grow in your faith and have confidence in in what The Bible states.

Your confidence (of your Biblical beliefs) should not rest on you being able to win over nonbelievers to what you believe. If you are not confident in what you believe, then the doubt is in yourself and not in what nonbelievers believe about God/the Bible. Of course if you have been exposed to bad theology, there is a reason to doubt what you believe.

 

[Aaron112]

Amazing!!!

A woman who can actually think?!

NICE!

Now to find a man ?

 

[Runningman]

I have a sister in Christ that has shared with me many times on how to answer nonbelievers who debate you with questions challenging Christianity. In all of the Christians I have met (without counting pastors or anyone with official ministry position), I haven’t found anyone else who has shared with me such detailed way of answering objections. So I want to ask people here, how often do you find females that are this way? I recorded our last conversation regarding apologetics which I will share below in my YouTube link with our phone convo being on speaker phone. Listen to it and tell me if this is a rare case. I don’t know if this is a special talent of a rare case or what, so I want to know what your opinion is. I had told her that I’m going to put it on my YouTube page because I’m planning to start in apologetics YouTube account and I want to start with my recordings of her answers.

There are two questions that I ask her in the video. If you don’t have the time to look at all of it, I’m just going to invite you to watch for the first 5 minutes where I ask the first question. I was sharing with her a time when I was witnessing to a coworker about absolute truths. I asked him how do we know right from wrong, such as why is it wrong to hurt other people? And his answer was that, we have pain receptors that shows you it’s absolutely wrong to hurt others. Just watch how she responds.

Non-believers are, well, non-believers. So f you quote scripture at them then that doesn't prove anything to them because the Bible is generally self-referencing. Something that references itself as its own truth isn't how most people become convinced.

At the same time, someone's testimony of something supernatural or divine may very well be true and I know this because I am a believer myself. However, speaking to someone who doesn't believe in what you may have experienced doesn't allow them to experience it themselves and get the kind of independent or third-party verification they may require to connect the dots between the words printed on Bible pages and the external world.

Try to Make points that you can back up with sound reason, logic, facts, artifacts, evidences, and tangible real-world proofs. Making non-falsifiable claims about things the Bible says may be accepted by those who trust the Bible, but it will end up in a sort of circular reasoning fallacy for non-believers, especially if you're attempting to debate apologetics with them.

In the Bible they speak of the various gifts and powers bestowed upon men like Jesus and his disciples. This not only enhanced the credibility of their message tremendously, but was effective at persuading hordes of people by giving them proof.

Bottom line is you're going to need to prove what you're saying is true. It also might not matter how good you are at it because any person will typically believe whatever they want and disregard the rest. Typically the best way to reach people effectively is if they like you. You can effect real change with love and then everyone will want what you have.