DEBATE: Does God Exist? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine vs. Ben Watkins

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Stthomasaquinas, Saintthomasaquinas, Mattfradd, Theology, Catholic, Dominican, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

This debate between Fr. Gregory Pine (a frequent guest on Pints with Aquinas) and Ben Watkins took place LIVE on YouTube on Sept. 1, 2020.

Fr. Gregory, a Dominican Thomist, and Ben Watkins, an atheist "apologist," debated the existence of God. Matt Fradd served as host and moderator.

DEBATE FORMAT

Opening Statements:
- Affirmative Opening Statement (15 minutes)
- Negative Opening Statement (15 minutes)

First Rebuttals:
- Affirmative First Rebuttal (7 minutes)
- Negative First Rebuttal (7 minutes)

Second Rebuttals:
- Affirmative Second Rebuttal (4 minutes)
- Negative Second Rebuttal (4 minutes)

Cross Examination:
(The cross examiner is allowed to interrupt and move the flow of the argument as he sees fit.)
- Affirmative cross examines negative (12 minutes)
- Negative cross examines affirmative (12 minutes)

Audience Questions (30 minutes)
(Each person gets 2 minutes to answer a question addressed to them and their opponent gets 1 minute to respond)

Closing Statements:
- Affirmative Closing Statement (5 minutes)
- Negative Closing Statement (5 minutes)

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APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE: https://www.virtualcatholicconference.com/earlyapologetics2020

Transcript

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0:00.0	sponge.
0:30.0	I can't get.
2:00.0	G'day, g'day, g'day, and welcome to Pints with Aquinas.
2:07.8	My name is Matt Fred and I have been off the internet for a month and so it's good to
2:11.6	be back.
2:12.6	I'm a little less hairy than I was in the beginning because I like making out with my
2:17.0	wife but she doesn't like making out with a mustache.
2:20.3	So you be the judge, tell me what you think was better.
2:22.9	And it's funny, I just ran and got a beer for this debate.
2:26.2	I hope you've got a drink there that you'll be drinking, even if it's tea or coffee or
2:30.5	something.
2:31.5	And the last time I drank out of this Pints with Aquinas beerstein was when I had Trent
2:36.4	Horn and Alex O'Connor on the show and I was drinking iced coffee out of it but it's
2:41.1	been a month so I can't, I just, I can't, I can't together this.
2:45.8	But all right, so this is exciting.
2:47.9	Really everyone, you're super welcome to be here.
2:50.0	Maybe in the live chat let us know where you are from.
2:52.8	We've got an exciting debate tonight between Father Pine and Ben Watkins and so in a moment
2:59.5	I will have each of them tell you a little bit about themselves but I want to kind of
3:05.2	just kind of give you an overview of the debate to come.
3:08.1	There's going to be opening statements, 15 minutes a piece, then we'll move into first
3:11.9	rebuttals which will be seven minutes a piece, then second rebuttals at four minutes.
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