Practical activity for lesson 2, critique a debate. It’s time to up our apologetic game. This second practical activity is meant to help us improve our grasp of the arguments for the existence of God. It has 4 steps.
Number one, ask the Holy Spirit to give you greater knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.
Second, listen to one or more debates on the existence of God, in which competent Christian apologists are involved. And whenever an objection to the existence of God is raised, pause the debate before the apologist answers. And then make your own attempt to address the objection. Afterwards, resume the debate to see how the apologist handled the objection.
Third, answer these questions to yourself: In the light of the Christian apologist’s answers, how do you think that you did? Did you miss anything important? Could you have phrased your response differentlyor better? If so, how? Also, did the Christian apologist miss anything? Could his or her answer have been phrased better or differently? If so, how?
And finally, when you are ready, please post in the School Forum about your experience doing this activity. There is a specific topic created just for this. And also, give a constructive question or comment about the lesson or about somebody else’s post on their experience doing this practical activity. All of this is required for your certificate of completion.
As you do this practical activity, know that it’s okay if you don’t know how to respond to an objection. The purpose is to make an effort to learn.
Some recommended debates you can find on youtube are William Lane Craig versus Christopher Hitchens in 2009 or the Cardinal Pell versus Richard Dawkins in 2012.