I never paid much attention to his debates, but from what little snippets I’ve seen, along with the “Prove Me Wrong” schtick seems to indicate he already decided he was right and others were wrong.

There’s plenty of rhetoric and memes already, I’d like to avoid more rhetoric and memes, and I ask this question with genuine curiosity and earnest desire for learning and understanding.

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    No. He operates as an Evangelical Apologist does. He makes arguments that sound logical and convincing enough, as long as you don’t think about or look into them that much.

    I think at Stamford Cambridge recently his whole argument against gay marriage was completely torn down, and he finally just said, he simply didn’t like it. I’ll look for the video.

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      Leviticus 18:26 is the argument used against homosexuality, for it says (using YLT) “And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].”

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      He changed his mind to agree with Catholics about the Blessed Virgin Mary. That’s rare for an Evangelical.

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        By “properly” you seem to mean “giving me the answer I wanted even if it’s wrong, without any evidence to support it”.

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          “properly” meaning avoiding meme answers and rhetoric like many other commenters have done, i.e.:

          • Once and the message stuck with him for the rest of his life.
          • Who cares? He’s dead now.
          • I heard he started leaning left shortly before his death.
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              Lying isn’t the issue here. “He’s dead, who cares?” does absolutely nothing to answer my question.

              Jokes about his death (leaning left, “once for the rest of his life”) does absolutely nothing to answer my question.

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                  I asked for any times Charlie has had his mind changed after debating. Instead, certain individuals have done anything but that.