Quotes about Debate

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).

The Bible will always be the center of controversy.

If you didn't believe in objective truth, arguments would be just toys, or games, or jokes.

In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.

The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off on the wrong path with regard to Supreme Court decisions.

Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues

It's probably incorrect to say that Islam is 'a religion of peace,' as some politicians like to say. Overstatements like that don't clarify anything.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

Atheists have had to resort to wild speculations to give chance more of a chance.