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Winning Position: LichPotato interviews atypican
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LichPotato interviews atypican
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atypican interviews LichPotato
LichPotatoe thinks my view of religion is too broadly inclusive and I think his is too narrow and exclusive. Because of the way I view religion, I reject the idea that some people are religious while others are not. Rather I think all people are religious but the ways that they express their religion vary. In this debate, if LichPotatoe accepts, each of us will scrutinize the others position hoping to expose one or more logical contradictions underlying them.
Winning Position: Based on faulty logic
This debate is meant as an exercise is socratic dialog. If you are not interested in this kind of engagement kindly refrain from posting. If you have questions about how this is supposed to work feel free to message me. This isnt a place to dispute the opposing view but to ask questions to expose the logic supporting the view. Also you may choose to answer questions posed by those scrutinizing the position you hold. Those who arent asking or answering questions will be banned
Winning Position: Socratic Engagement...anyone game?
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Socratic Engagement...anyone game?
I have created a debate community for those who are tired of talking past one another and want to try engaging in dialogs where the aim is to draw out your opponents (actually held) position through polite inquiry. The aim is to expose logical inconsistencies without arguing against your opponent. If you do it right they argue against themselves with your help. If anyone knows what I am talking about and wants to try (in either role) feel free to join this community. The way I envision the group is that it will be oriented around expression of opinions known to be controversial (and preferably actually held by the prospective interlocutors). at that point they will be asked a battery of questions which the interlocutor is to answer as directly as possible. Whether or not logical inconsistencies are revealed will be left up to the readers to decide for themselves.
Tied Positions: I don't eat meat vs. I eat meat
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