Don Johnson

Debates by their nature are time limited with rules of order. Due to the time limited nature, the side with the most “sound bites” has an advantage, want any political debate for examples. Another aspect with time limits is the less familiar position can simply need more time to present its case. Also, if one’s conclusions take a long process to arrive at, then a debate is very disadvantageous, a debate is not the place to present a long math proof, for example.

For all these reasons, a debate is far from the preferred format to the 1 Tim verses. IMO, the BEST format is for each to teach as much or as little as they wish on a subject. However, many people do not want to hear both sides.