Instigator / Pro
7
1600
rating
214
debates
55.14%
won
Topic
#6174

It is more likely that the biblical doctrine of Jesus is heavily inspired by the lore of Dionysus.

Status
Finished

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

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

After 1 vote and with 4 points ahead, the winner is...

Sir.Lancelot
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Rated
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
15,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Minimal rating
None
Contender / Con
3
1597
rating
31
debates
64.52%
won
Description

It is more probable that the stories, myths, and legends of the miracles or feats displayed by Jesus were borrowed from the Greek myths and stories about Dionysus.

The Con angle is allowed to use coincidental similarity to counter this.

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:

A shame about the forfeitures, but it was pretty clear by con quoting AIs that his heart was not in this debate anyways.

I don't think con had access to the easy victory from "more likely" being ambiguous, but he had a clear path from the word "heavily" which could have been leveraged throughout the debate, especially if showing other sources he was inspired by (actually, pro's push to include the Old Testament, could have been twisted with Jesus being more inspired by that than by Dionysus).

Anyways, con misses half the debate, and offers very little in R2, leaving pro's later assessment largely unchallenged.