Atheists: what's the best way to handle a friendly debate with a creationist when

**Demon Lord Ruby-Linz** · 03-31-2009, 12:21 AM

they start rambling Bible? I'm just not sure how to even get a person to listen to me when all he wants to do is go on and on and on about what it says in the Bible.

03-31-2009, 12:21 AM

At that point, it's no longer a friendly debate. It's an attempt at brainwashing. At that point you you should walk away. Tell them, "When you're ready to attempt to discuss this on mutually agreeable terms, we can resume our conversation."

03-31-2009, 12:22 AM

Your debate with Christianity has already been solved -- You can watch it on YouTube -- it's called Christianity vs Atheism (it's a 15 part segment) but enjoy ...

47 Atheists want to know the Lord after the debate and -- 0 Christians wanted to be Atheists --

03-31-2009, 12:23 AM

The way to win most formal debates with creationists--is to require within the debate that the creationist first establish that his creation story is the "correct" creation story. To many people allow the xtian creation story as "the one". If the creationist is forced to debate authenticity of his creation story first--he or she can't debate creationism vs natural forces--there on the defensive debating their own personal brand of creationism. You can really throw them some issues--divine book--but geez--weren't these stories plagarized from much older sumerian and egyptian myth--no? the epic of gilgamesh is a thousand years older than the noah story--and is identical in all major points--since the epic is older-doesn't that logially mean the bible writers stole the idea. King sargon--the moses story sounds suspciously like this mythical sumerian character. Ties em up in their underwear and leaves em sputtering--try it.

**spinner** · 03-31-2009, 12:25 AM

Why do you feel its your job to convince people of your views, What do you care.They are just as convinced their right as you are convinced your right. Don't waist your time. I didn't know there was a section titled Atheists on this site. You ask the question, anyone can answer is what I thought. Hum

03-31-2009, 12:26 AM

you don't try, they don't listen, they'd rather have comfort in their lives from a book written by drunken primitive leaders

03-31-2009, 12:28 AM

Given only what you post @Yahoo, not what you post elsewhere, I would say you can not even have a friendly debate, with anyone.

03-31-2009, 12:28 AM

ramble on about how you got crabs from last night's blow

**Necromancer** · 03-31-2009, 12:33 AM

Debating with creationists is easy.
Debating with intelligent design proponents is harder.
Take on the harder challenge sometime.

**nestprop** · 03-31-2009, 12:35 AM

Before getting into the debate, say that you are willing to listen with an open mind - IF they are. They won't agree to that, and the debate will never occur. If it does occur, simply listen carefully to what they say and talk common sense.