The Importance of Preparing for a Debate

Rich Rich: A lot of the debates that are going on now were scheduled the week before they happen. And that's not good because if you're going to really honor the audience and the topic, for example, I've debated Barterman. How many months specifically did he spend preparing to debate Barterman? So I think it's different for everybody. It could be that you had already studied the topic enough to where you didn't need it, but like a refresher on it. But almost everybody you have been reading has been deeply influenced by him. The modern Roman Catholic apologetic is determined by Newman.