Hello my name is Elijah Varnell and this is my one page paper of my experience with a mock debate with another christian.
My mock debate was with Kaden Tucker. My debate went pretty well and I think I had some alright arguments, definitely not the best out of my group. If I did it over I think I would have done a little more research, I didn’t do a whole lot because my debate with Toby was pretty easy so I figured it couldn’t be that much harder. I went mostly by memory and looking back I would have made some notes of scripture because I wasn’t able to quote or give any to the atheist, which would have helped me a good bit. I kinda surprised myself by remembering and coming up with some good points in the moment and not being able to really think about it.
I thought it would be easy to be an atheist but I was surprised by how hard it was to be an atheist and the only reason I was able to be an atheist is because I had the objection sheet. I did throw out some of my own objections because I couldn’t make it too easy on them. I did struggle a little bit just because I didn’t make notes of scripture or memorize any scripture because it just didn’t really cross my mind at the time when I was preparing, but now I know what to work on. The only one that really stumped me was the bible doesn’t say that Jesus is God and the only reason it did was because I didn’t know any scripture that claimed Jesus is God but now I know 1 Corinthians 8:6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
I feel like I could defend my faith with a real atheist, I’m not sure how well I would do but I would like to think I would do a good job. The only thing I would prepare more on is memorizing scripture and pulling more scripture and quotes into it to really beef my argument up. I know there is definitely some more thing I can improve on but that is what really stands out to me.
So I think there is still more research and improvement I can do. But I feel like I did a pretty good job and I could defend my faith but just like anything there is something to improve on. But overall I enjoyed it and I think it helped me practice and come up with some good arguments.