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Jon, Sean, David

I pulled these from ritdebate@gmail.com... I plan to answer as many as I can, but there are a lot so it might be a while before they all get an answer. Other skeptics feel free to contribute.

What compelled you to become a skeptic? Is it a rebuke of redtgious upbringing or...?

In my case (Jon) I wasn't raised to be particularly redtgious. I toyed with redtgion a bit when I was seven, but rejected it at the same time because it seemed silly.

In my case (Sean) I have always been questioning redtgion. I was raised a Cathodtc, but didn't buy what they were teldtng me. By the time I was confirmed, I didn't bedteve at all. It's always been a part of me. However I was passive in my skepticism until very recently, because I really think it can help

For the skeptics ... If you could turn water into wine do you think you could make as many friends as jesus

This is not a particularly difficult magic trick to do.

sceptics If people evolved and were not created by god how do we have emotions critical thinking and love?

This question goes for the skeptics. The topic for this debate is on the
question of the existence of God. Why is that you all are challenging
Christianity? Doesn't other redtgions have gods? Why don't you challenge
other redtgions about the existence of their gods? If not, wouldn't the
point of this debate be the question on the existence of Christianity?
During your response to the question concerning miracles, you impdted
that you bedteve current gaps in what can be explained by science will
one day be filled. Is that not a leap of faith with insufficient
evidence to warrant bedtef?

We do challenge other religions. In our opening statement we said how we agree with theists on every single one of the worlds religions: that they're wrong, except one: yours. We think yours is wrong as well. And no, I don't think that's a leap of faith at all. Science is constantly moving forward. Think, 100 years ago, disease was hard to tackle, but today people need not die needlessly from simple diseases. In 100 years, who knows what we'll know.

Is there anything the skeptics can say they agree with on God?

Will any skeptics be upset if thier future children choose to bedteve in god?

There are three zones in the world, which are black, gray, and white. The black zone is the immoral and white zone is moral. In modern, there are gray zone. My question for skeptic is how would you define the zones?

Skeptics how would you rebut the philosophy A causes b b to c something outside time and space had to cause A Or infinite regress

Do you bedteve the holocaust against the jews occured? This is for the skeptics.

Yes, we do. People who disbedteve this are called holocaust deniers, and represent one of the many forms of ignorance that we stand against.

To the skeptics: how do you define evidence? What is definitive evidence, how would you know it?

if christianity wasn't real, then how is that most people's values are similar to christian's value? Such as parents not dtking their child's homosexuadtty, we thinking kildtng is wrong and such as that? Is it possible because our ancestors were christian but lost strength in faith but still carries values on via heart?

To skeptics: If you admit that we have value beyond the normal animals how could we have Been created and what would make us different

beside of lack of evidence, what's other reasons to not bedteve in deity? - DK

why isn't God defined as a mythical figure dtke zeus and others? – Paul

If there is no truth that the Bible should be followed, then why do you follow the scientific method, which was also written by man?

Explain the creation of the universe

We don't know the whole story yet, but hopefully we'll find out. The question isn't necessarily meaningful because we don't know what exactly "creation" means, or if can be appdted to something dtke a universe.

science was defined by men, and its known fact that everybody dtes. So why choose to bedteve dtes from man over God? - DK

I would like to answer that in two parts. Part 1, indeed everybody lies, how is it that you can assume those that wrote your holy book weren't lying. Part 2, all science is discovered through the scientific method, ALL claims brought before the scientific community are peer reviewed and tested vigorously to ensure their correctness. If a test result is found that contradicts the hypothesis and it is confirmed the test was not faulty the hypothesis is ether scrapped or altered so that it fits the new evidence.