Debate Teacher Reacts: Jeff Durbin & James White vs Greg Clark and Dan Ellis

On the latest Debate Teacher Reacts, I look at an apologetics debate between Jeff Durbin & James White vs. Greg Clark and Dan Ellis on the topic "The Triune God of Scripture Exists" Who was the better debating team? Find out in this episode

[DanielApologetics]

Oh, I remember watching this debate. One of the most crazy ones I ever seen!

[mikeslifestyletipsreaction]

Brother you channel is an absolute blessing! I'm binging through these "Debate Teacher Reacts" series

[rainydaymatt]

What, no antifreeze cocktail? Durbin's mic picking up "oh, this is bad" is definitely a popcorn-munching moment.

[shawnsmith]

I was at this debate, what you don’t see on camera is when he was throwing the books into the trash he missed every time

[Toadzx]

Surprised you didn’t cover the drinking antifreeze part.

[rickbaker]

What is missing (the one little thing) from Durbin and White here is the response to the atheist objection that “well you haven’t demonstrated that your standard exists!”
My response:
“Fair enough, I haven’t met your standard of evidence. What I have done is demonstrated that we have an objective standard that makes things like induction and ethics intelligible, and you have none. As such, mine is better than yours, therefore you should believe it, but you won’t, and why? Because you don’t like it.”

[firstnamelastname]

17:30 Ellis says the laws of logic come from human thought but he also says they are immaterial and they would exist even if no humans existed. Wow, the absolute irony. He's sitting here pretending that his beliefs are rooted in logic while simultaneously using the most abysmally illogical argumentation. How does he not see this?

[walkerbecker]

Please do any of Dr. White's debates! There are many! At Alpha and Omega ministries channel!

[robmc]

MORE! OF! THESE! I was aware Dr. White did decades of debates, haven't seen any with Jeff D. in them; thanks for bringing this to my attention. I highly encourage more debates with one of these two in the future, i subscribe to AO's channel, they seem to have a good head on their shoulders biblically & I learned a lot from them. God bless WD Team! Always look forward to ANY videos, but especially challenging debate videos to flesh out any blind spots i may have.

[gospeldgeek]

Hey, I remember this debate. I remember thinking the atheists had the advantage, given the topic. Boy was I wrong.

[gordangraham]

I was saved in 1981, and I remember that day in more detail that 9/11. I could feel his pull while sitting in the church service. I was afraid to go up when they had altar call. I was going to commit suicide that night after leaving the church. I sat in my car as members where leaving the church and I had an overwhelming urge to speak with the evangelist before he got to his car.
I ran up to him and said can you pray for me, I’m lost. He prayed with me, I accepted Jesus and a miracle happened. I was changed from night to day, I had happiness instead of sorrow. My mind was changed completely.
My life would have ended that night if it wasn’t for Jesus. If the atheist’s only knew Jesus the way I know him, they would have joy instead of sorrow.

[tjs.]

When I watched this years ago I had no idea Dr. White was such an amazing debater because Jeff Durbin really stole the spotlight with his rhetorical control.

[WheelchairGunfighter]

I watched that debate when it was first posted. I was blown away by how the other side of the debate was handled. But, sitting here at 2am eating dinner, I got to "that was a dumpster fire, " and about choked on some bacon. Haha! I was already laughing when I looked up and saw the popcorn. Well played sir.

Also, thank you for this very specific but helpful content. I have brain damage from certain life experiences, and it's very hard for me to track trains of thought, sometimes even my own. It helps me watching debates like that and trying to dissect them as I go, the arguments I mean. However, it's very helpful having your commentary and articulating why and how an argument doesn't track or why it does work.

So, thank you. This is helping.

[docfate]

This was the greatest debate ever! This showed the total insanity of the Atheist world view, and the cuckoo of the Atheists specifically!

[DefenderoftheCross]

This type of lazy thinking demonstrated by these atheist scholars filters down to the rank-and-file, run-of-the-mill atheists who argue "I just lack a belief, therefore all the burden of proof falls on the theist."

[blockpartyvintage]

Thanks for this analysis. It really helps me understand the debate. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 please continue to do these

[JC_Squared]

The Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein debate would be an excellent debate to review.

[JohnsonJLB]

Saw Red Pen Logic post for this. Checked it out. Found the commentary on a debate I've been looking for, for years. Thank you sir for starting this channel. It is much needed.

[Mark-cdwf]

Loved the popcorn, bro! Hilarious touch😂

[swooshmil]

I think this serves as an excellent example on how NOT to enter or argue a formal debate! 👍 Thank you! Emotions can run high, but one should make every effort to remain calm, be clear and stay on point.