Instigator / Con
4
1363
rating
13
debates
3.85%
won
Topic
#2430

A Christian should be judgmental, forceful, demanding, and threatening when sharing the message of salvation in Jesus Christ

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
3
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Fruit_Inspector
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
7
1632
rating
20
debates
72.5%
won
Description

I claim this is an incorrect approach which should never be used. To begin, I would humbly ask the PRO to justify this approach in the face of:
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
1 Peter 3:15 ESV

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

I will preface by saying, despite being an agnostic, I was raised Southern Baptist and can tell you quite a bit about theology... but that has little bearing on my judgement here.

As I have found to be typical in UpholdingTheFaith's debates, conduct was admirable on both sides, with the "debate" being more of a discussion than anything. Alas, there must be a winner, though, and I found that PRO did a very good job highlighting how Christians must indeed be "judgmental, forceful, demanding, and threatening when sharing the message of salvation in Jesus Christ."

PRO outlined each word, and how the Christian should be each according to its definition, and supported with quotes from the scriptures.

CON was actually convinced to agree with everything except the word judgmental, where he argued it is God's place to judge alone. However, I think PRO's suggestion to leave final judgements to God, but to use human judgement to make wise choices in the meantime wins this point over. Plus, semantically speaking, CON's argument is impracticable.

Really, though, I feel that both parties were winners here. Cheers!