Instigator / Pro
42
1486
rating
4
debates
25.0%
won
Topic
#1144

Dare To Believe! A Kabbalist and a Maimonidean go Head-to-Head in Search of Truth

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
18
0
Better sources
12
4
Better legibility
6
2
Better conduct
6
0

After 6 votes and with 36 points ahead, the winner is...

YitzGoldberg
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
6
1498
rating
2
debates
50.0%
won
Description

"Consider this, you who are engaged in investigation, if you choose to seek truth, cast aside passion, accepted thought, and the inclination toward what you used to esteem, and you shall not be led into error."

- Moses Maimonides, The Guide For The Perplexed, 1:76

Our journey began the week before Passover, 2019. I was connected to my new friend, Rabbi Jonathan, via - of all things! - a small class reunion. That aside, we've grown together in knowledge, wisdom, and perhaps unlearned some mistakes along the way. Today, we've taken the bulk of that conversation, and present it to you, unedited, unabridged, for the first time. Neither of us have seen the following issues presented in the form of a lively one-on-one debate, for the current generation, and yet, they seem to divide the Jewish world. A world which, of all places, needs repaired the most.

Though we will have our differences (I'm a mystic, he's a rationalist), the Talmud usually ends with, "These and these are the words of the living G-d." So, both, in their own way, are dedicated paths to Him. It's not the journey which counts, but the destination.

Please, enjoy.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

FF vs FF where Pro's FF had R1 posted.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Duel FF. But yeah, pro made an opening case at least.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

RFD in Comments

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

ffffffffff

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Forfeit (apparently spaces don't count as characters anymore so Imma just put this in)

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro forfeited less actually made an argument.