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William Lane Craig on Debating

In the Arena: The Debates and Lectures of William Lane Craig

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The Power of Quotes in Debate

I think one of the most devastating moments was you bringing up his own admission in the moral landscape that given his idea of morality, there is no significant difference between a saint and someone who rapes somebody or I forget how it goes. One of the good techniques and debate is whenever you can quote an opponent against himself, that is really a powerful device. You may have noticed in my dialogue with Rebecca Goldstein and Jordan Peterson on the meaning of life at one point I read his quotation that undermined Rebecca Goldstein's position. So I was actually quoting her husband against her own view.

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