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My Debate With David Wood

By Anonymous at 3/05/2007
My Debate With David Wood:

Here you can watch the video of the debate.

My Opening Statement.

The Loftus-Wood Debate Reviews Have just been Posted.

Responding to David Wood (Part 1)

Responding to David Wood (Part 2)

Comments From the Debate Hour.

Responding to David Wood (Part 3)

The Nature and Value of Free Will.

David Wood Still Baffles me.

Defending the Bizarre Against the Obvious.

Weisberger Evaluates the Loftus-Wood Debate.

Dr. William H. Jefferys on the Loftus/Wood Debate.

David Wood is No Longer Worth My Time.

Another Failed Christian Attempt to Explain Away Suffering: Mary Jo Sharp's Review of the 2nd Loftus/Wood Debate.

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  • John W. Loftus

    Ha ha ha! Perfect response.

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  • Tom

    probably liberals.

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  • Tom

    Your questions are legitimate, but Christian scholars are divided on the ultimate origin of "evil spirits", and therefore, how such story characters can be properly dealt with. Lay...

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  • Tom

    Should Jesus have compensated the pig-owners for the loss that he created? Mark 5:17 says that after this destruction of property, the people of that town begged for Jesus to leave. Sounds to me...

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  • Rick O'Sheikh

    We know the story is hogwash.

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  • Bob Jase

    All that magic and they can't get rid of warts.

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  • Robert Conner

    To Hogwarts?

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  • Bob Jase

    Swine flew.

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  • Bholly72

    um, who was raising pigs in a Jewish community?

    Debunking Christianity: An Honest Sermon about the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5 · 4 hours ago

  • Rick O'Sheikh
    Some "scholars" think the demon pig yarn, is metaphor. The tenth legion were the occupying force around that time, apparently. Their emblem was a boar/pig.

    Like...

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  • Ignorant Amos

    Mark talked in "code" and depending on the audience, depended on who understood. Some "scholars" think the demon pig yarn, is metaphor. The tenth legion were the occupying force...

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    Indeed. "The enemy of my enemy, is my...

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    As to Jesus' killing the demons: since demons are fallen angels, and according to catholic doctrine, any rational soul, once created, will exist forever, I think catholics would say Jesus...

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    Pig out?

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    If truth was the product of belief, we would be living on a flat earth at the center of the universe. I'm not opposed to every religion . . . only those involving people.

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  • Rev. El Mundo

    I wonder how many demons inhabited each pig. Just one per pig? More than one? And I also don’t understand this: if the goal was to kill the demons, why not just send them into the ocean to drown?...

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    I think less well-educated people all over the world say with great admiration things like, "Wow ! That guy is a genius. When he talks, nobody understands a word he is saying !!"

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