Quotes about Debate

Our young people - and adults - should be aware that considerable dissent exists in the scientific world regarding the validity of molecules-to-man evolution.

Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together.

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

My voice is still for war.Gods! can a Roman senate long debateWhich of the two to choose, slavery or death?

Apparent contradictions between religion and science often have been the basis of bitter controversy. Such differences are to be expected as long as human understanding remains provisional and fragmentary.

Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.

Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. The sense of what they were saying became lost, and only the exercise remained. The exchange was conducted with the certainty of a measured hoedown and had the jerkiness of Monday's wash snapping in the wind—now cracking east, then west, with only the intent to whip the dampness out of the cloth.

The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

Hear the other side.

The first to speak in court sounds right—until the cross-examination begins" (Proverbs 18:17).