justa berean

I noticed that about the Trinity also. Poor guy. Who knows what happened to trip him up so. In the end all so called “hate mail” is not the way to go.

Problem IS the above person is indeed angry and in “hate mode”. But not all mail that Matt calls hate mail is hate mail. A good portion of it is heated disagreement, or just plain disagreement.

The world doesn’t disagree well. As Christians we should be giving a better example. Christian debaters need not follow the collegiate example of tricks, baits, mockings, cutting off, etc. when discussing differences. As Christians our goals should be to research, analyze and discover truths. Most debaters goal is simply to win at whatever means.

That is why it was so refreshing to see Cheryls honest attempts to be forthright yet polite. I chuckled when Matt said you weren’t polite, Cheryl. And then you repeated to him that statement asking if that was the problem, that you weren’t polite. But it was too late, he’d already committed himself.

I think we should ask God if it might be His Will to raise up an army of Christian debaters that was polite, yet firm and pointed; Christians that were not prone to anger, self promotion, or running from an argument.