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Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:
Originally Posted by dark dreamer:
http://florence.waff.com/news/...a-god-does-not-exist


Thought some of you might be interested in this looking at many of the active discussions in here. You can get more info from the link.

No need to debate something so simple. No evidence for God. No debate.

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You might consider going to the debate, then, to see if the atheist representative can defend that all-subsuming assertion of yours. You could also evaluate what the believer submits as his evidence. You might conclude afterward that the matter is no as simple as you blithely claim.

Originally Posted by Infomercial:

      You might want to go if for no other reason than a former resident troll here said he would be going. Or you might want to stay home for the same reason.





I have no interest in debating whether god is real or not but posted this for the many who do it daily in the religion forum here. They seem to enjoy it so I figured this would be right up there alley.

Are you talking about the rambling Rrammlin? I wouldn't go within 100ft of that crazy man. I always pictured him in a straight jacket drooling on himself.  LOL

9/29/11: Blair Scott vs. Kyle Butt, University of North Alabama

Blair Scott v. Kyle Butt: God Does Not Exist

WHEN: Thursday, September 29 · 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm)

WHERE: University of North Alabama, Norton Auditorium, Florence, AL

INFO: Blair Scott, Communications Director for American Atheists will be debating Kyle Butt of Apologetics Press. The debate proposition is “God Does Not Exist” with Blair Scott arguing for the proposition and Kyle Butt arguing against it.

The debate will be held on September 29th at 7 p.m. at the Norton Auditorium on the University of North Alabama campus. Entrance to the debate is free and is on a first-come, first-seated basis. The auditorium seats 1,500 and is expected to fill up, so please arrive early if you want good seats. Remember that doors open at 5:30 p.m.

If you are unable to attend in person, the debate will be streamed live over the Internet. For details on streaming, please visit Apologetics Press.

DIRECTIONS:
Directions to the Campus
Norton Auditorium on the UNA campus
Map of Campus (PDF)

ON THE WEB:
American Atheists
Apologetics Press

posted by Blair Scott

 

 

It will also be on the internet, so you can avoid any trolls in attendance.

That would be ramm/buffalo/magpie/okuok.  He said all his esteemed friends would be there with him.

 

 

Hall of Famer
 
September 4, 2011 7:47 PM
 

P.S. Gofish,

Don’t forget the 29th of this month at 7:00 P.M. in Norton Auditorium.

…..and please don’t embarrass anyone that evening. There will be several of my esteemed colleagues present.

 

 

I fully believe Kyle did a most excellent job tonight.  I went to a debate earlier where two UNA Students debated each other.  In that debate the Atheist was able to capture the debate and prevailed.  As I Christian I can admit that but it was because the Atheist was able to distract and catch the Christian representative off guard and unprepared for what he was going to bring up.


Kyle was not only well studied and prepared but totally carried the night and tonight, and in my opinion the prayers for Kyle were answered.  Although the atheist said, in the after debate interview, that he would possibly be interested in debating again I don't think after this verbal woodshed event that he will be as quick to grab the stage with Kyle on the other end.


I also found it amusing and evident when Kyle scored a close knockout when he began counter questioning Mr. Scott on his own words and Mr. Scott's only retort was to claim that Kyle was using a straw man argument.


Kyle proved, in my  opinion, to be a very worthy and adequate debating adversary and although Mr. Scott may appear determined and good in his youtube videos he certainly appeared to be taken back tonight and knew he had a debate on his hands.  Kyle totally scored when he began leading toward the singularity and acceptance in that although it cannot be proved.  I'm certainly not adequate to even remember where all Kyle prevailed and scored.  He just did a great job.

 

Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:

Too bad that, Kyle, the well-prepared, could offer no proof of the existence of God. Isn't that sort of essential to his argument?

You can do better than that one Jimi,   If you understood what the debate was actually about the burden of proof was on the Atheist, Mr. Scott for it was him that was in the affirmative.  It was his Contention that he could prove that God doesn't exist or prove a negative which he, in the first three minutes of the Debate, admitted he could not do.  Kyle's job was to counter or convince the audience that Mr. Scott could not do what he said he could.  Kyle didn't have to do that because Mr. Scott admitted up front in his first statement that he could not do what he said he could.  Kyle therefore had no argument to prove or advance. 

 

Your Atheist of the year, within the first three minutes of the debate conceded that he could not do what he broadcast to everyone that he could.  The debate was not advertised or about Kyle being able to prove God does exist, although Kyle said he would happily take that challenge.  This particular debate was the Atheist, Scott, saying he could prove God doe not exist, which he did not do.

 

If though you had followed Kyle's responses he, wisely, used atheistic reasoning and turned it around to prove the existence of God and left the Atheist of the year without a counter and searching for answers.  More than one time, when he was obviously stumped and caught without ability to answer he defaulted to saying well that's a straw man argument or giving some non-answer saying that it was two different basis.   

 

Any atheist, if they were truly honest, after viewing that debate may not change or alter their own beliefs but IF HONEST would concede that Kyle completely dominated the debate.  Now the question is whether or not the atheist was adequately prepared, up to the task of debating, or just finally found a Christian that was more than capable to defend the faith. 

 

I am just curious Jimi,  did you watch the debate yourself or was you there?

I didn't watch. Butts is just of the mindset that god exists cause he says so, so end of discussion "I win". I read the transcript of one of the "debates" he had before and he got his *** handed to him, but he still claimed "victory" on those same grounds-god exists because he says so. So in his mind and the minds of his followers he won.

Kyle Butt is just like every COC preacher I have ever met. They are like snake oil salesmen. They know the catch phrases and how to play on the emotions of the audience. I am sure he will sale a lot of his books to the local Christians. That was the whole point of the debate. He is a charlatan. Most everyone can see through his scam....well anyone with some common sense and reasoning.

 

The problem with debating someone like Kyle Butt is that he throws out so many untruths and accusations that there is just no way to address each one. He makes wild and unfounded statements about Evolution and then offers up complete BS as the answers. His views on science are a joke. I could not believe that he got applause by saying that science is always changing. I mean, come on....that is the whole point of science. To learn, and progress.

 

I agree with Jimi, he did not present any evidence to support his side. All he really did was try and tear down the other side. As Blair said everything he did offer up as evidence was nothing more than philosophy.

 

The best part of this debate was that we connected with a lot of other atheist last night. It gave us an opportunity to add to our numbers and gain more support for our organization here in the Shoals. For that I thank the UNA Christian Club and Kyle Butt. The table set up for Kyle was being packed away as we were still greeting and talking to people interested in our group. It was awesome!!

 

 

 

"It was his Contention that he could prove that God doesn't exist or prove a negative which he, in the first three minutes of the Debate, admitted he could not do. "


That is not true. Blair Scott had nothing to do with the title of the debate and he did not say that he could prove God did not exist. That was the words of Kyle Butt and the UNA Christian Club. What Blair did say was that he and everyone else can come to the logical and probable conclusion that there is no God. Using the same logic and reasoning we do with many other myths. Tooth fairy, Loch Ness monster, etc.... The burden is and will always be on those that say that God does exist. If I say that something is real then I have to prove it before I could expect anyone to believe me. It is not on anyone else to prove me wrong if they have no good reason to believe me in the first place.


I will agree that Blair Scott is not the polished and slick speaker that Kyle Butt is. Kyle is a great preacher. He should be a politician. He can twist and turn with the best of the snakes.

Originally Posted by DarkAngel:

"It was his Contention that he could prove that God doesn't exist or prove a negative which he, in the first three minutes of the Debate, admitted he could not do. "


That is not true. Blair Scott had nothing to do with the title of the debate and he did not say that he could prove God did not exist. That was the words of Kyle Butt and the UNA Christian Club. What Blair did say was that he and everyone else can come to the logical and probable conclusion that there is no God. Using the same logic and reasoning we do with many other myths. Tooth fairy, Loch Ness monster, etc.... The burden is and will always be on those that say that God does exist. If I say that something is real then I have to prove it before I could expect anyone to believe me. It is not on anyone else to prove me wrong if they have no good reason to believe me in the first place.


I will agree that Blair Scott is not the polished and slick speaker that Kyle Butt is. Kyle is a great preacher. He should be a politician. He can twist and turn with the best of the snakes.

Not true?  And you were there?   Blare Scotts opening statement, in the first three minutes, all he did was explain that he could not actually do what he said he could do.   After the debate there was an interview with Blair, before he came and brushed elbows with y'all" where he also admitted he could not prove God does not exist but accepted the debate anyway under the pretense that he could prove it.  I never said that Blair was responsible for the title but he accepted knowing beforehand that would be the title and led those who staged the debate that he was coming, debating, proving that he could prove God does not exist.


You need to check the link presented in the first post in this thread where the Times Daily advertised the debate.  From that Times Daily page came the following:

The proposition for the debate is, "God does not exist." Blair will be affirming, while Mr. Butt will be denying.

He (Blair) may not have been the sponsor of the debate or he may not have originally set the title but when he agreed to the debate he did so knowing that it was being advertised, as such, and that was that he could prove God does not exist.  Whoever chose the wording or the topic it would have never taken place if Blair was not wanting to do so.  You should have caught the after debate interview with him for he stated that he knew he couldn't prove what he said he could but wanted to have the debate anyway and that's why he opened it the way he did.  It WAS his to prove God does not exist, that was the title of the debate and the pretense for it so either you dreamed through the first five minutes of Blairs statement or you are in some state of denial. 

 

I will agree Blair Scott was not as polished as Kyle but he had the same time and ability to prepare as Kyle had.  He does not appear on his videos as he did last night in that verbal beatdown.  He appeared last night as the one using patented statements or standard lines and often he appeared lost and unable to answer the points presented to him. Blair characteristically attempted to use divert the attention away by injecting the Old Testament and Morality.  The only twisting or changing of words was when Blair called it rape when that word is never used in the Bible.  Maybe that get together after the debate was to console each other for the verbal beatdown that happened.   I say beatdown because it was a total one sided victory and if you were there you surely realize that.  Not that Blair had some points or times when he got some applause, he did, but overall it was not a good night for those who were rooting for Blair Scott and the atheist to prevail.  The debate before this one went well for them.  i saw both debates and this one was a total turnaround from the first.

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Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:

Too bad that, Kyle, the well-prepared, could offer no proof of the existence of God. Isn't that sort of essential to his argument?

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You are obviously not acquainted with the protocols of debate.  It was not Mr. Butt's task in this debate to prove the existence of God.  It was Mr. Scott's obligation to affirmatively show, by evidence, that "God Does Not Exist." All that was necessary for Butt to do in order to prevail was to show that Scott had failed to prove the affirmative proposition that "God Does Not Exist."

 

If the proposition had been, "God Does Exist," then Butt would have borne the burden of proving, by evidence, that the proposition is true.  But that was NOT the proposition.

 

At those points in the debate where Butt introduced arguments relative to the existence of God, he did so not for the immediate and direct purpose of proving the existence of God, but for the purpose of presenting evidence that challenging arguments submitted by Scott in support of the affirmative proposition that "God Does Not Exist."

 

This might seem narrow or arcane to you, but what I have stated above is entirely consistent with the established protocols of formal debate.  I debated both in high school and in college and I am well acquainted with these matters.

I saw this debate and I was astonished that Balir Scott devoted so much time in his opening statement to the self-imposed task of showing that "near death experiences" (NDE) do not prove the existence of God.  I know of no Christian apologists who would argue that  NDEs prove anything other than that the mind can play strange tricks, especially when impinged upon by unusually strong stresses. Sure, there are some books and articles in the popular press that recount in great detail the reported experiences of persons who have had a NDE and thought they had entered some kind of domain of the afterlife, but to use 25% of his time to bumble around with his irrelevant red herring/straw man argument centered on NDEs was certainly an inefficient way for Scott to kick off his portion of the debate.

Why were you astonished at the nde statements? Many christians believe in them. No matter how many times they're debunked, let someone come forth, claim to have had one 20-30 or more years ago, and the christians eat it up. They can't buy their books fast enough and go to hear them tell about the "other side". No proof required. Just like the belief in a god. Seems to go together.

One thing that I know is that you cannot prove, by evidence, that anything does not exist. Unicorns or fairies, anyone? Anyone (Contendah) who says otherwise has zero knowledge of debate. Since there is no evidence for the existence of God, debate on this subject is not possible. To claim that it is, is to be idiotic. This whole subject is silly and rational thinking gives no other choice. Now you may continue saying stupid, irrational things about you God or Gods. You cannot, however offer any evidence other than wishful thinking to support your ridiculous claim. If you choose to believe in God, please do so. Do not, however, insult yourself by claiming that you have proof. If you are correct, then you have no reason to lie. I believe that your imaginary friend does not approve of lying. Saying that you have proof when you do not is a lie. Surely, the dumbest among you can understand this.

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