debate
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Not everyone believes what they say
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2 min read
In civil debate, we worry about not taking the other person seriously enough. But sometimes they use that generosity against us.
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Eventually is not a valid argument for now.
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3 min read
Just because my daughter will eventually get her driver’s license, that doesn’t mean she gets the keys to the car.
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When reality isn’t extreme
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2 min read
Most of the time the stuff we’re arguing about really is what we’re arguing about. It’s easy to play it out, to slide down that slippery slope, take it all the way to the inevitable conclusion. And stake a claim out there. For them. That what they’re saying is so unbelievably ridiculous. To assume we…
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Trolling or Debating?
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3 min read
Trolling isn’t the same thing as debating. But we feel like we have to honor the troll’s arguments as valid. But we don’t.
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Many of us get caught in shallow or simplistic arguments about security which don’t match scripture or tradition. Here’s how we can change that. Immigration is always in the zeitgeist. We can’t not talk about it. Some raise it to stoke fear or denigrate our government. But for Christians, immigration is always a pressing political…
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Beyond Guns
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17 min read
Mike Pesca seems to think Charles C. W. Cooke would make an honest argument against gun reform. Here’s why I don’t. I’ve gotten pretty tired of arguing about guns. Not because I don’t like arguing or that I don’t have any good ideas, but it’s more that I don’t think we’re having an honest conversation.…