Podcasts religion Pints With Aquinas DEBATE: Does God Exist? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine vs. Ben Watkins

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

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

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.\xa0

Fr. Gregory, a Dominican Thomist, and Ben Watkins, an atheist "apologist," debated the existence of God. Matt Fradd served as host and moderator.\xa0

DEBATE FORMAT

Opening Statements:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0- Affirmative Opening Statement (15 minutes)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0- Negative Opening Statement (15 minutes)

First Rebuttals:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 - Affirmative First Rebuttal (7 minutes)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 - Negative First Rebuttal (7 minutes)

Second Rebuttals:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0- Affirmative Second Rebuttal (4 minutes)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0- 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.)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 - Affirmative cross examines negative (12 minutes)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 - 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:
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0- Affirmative Closing Statement (5 minutes)
\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \xa0- Negative Closing Statement (5 minutes)

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