Recently, atheist Alex O'Connor sparred with 20 Christians on the popular Jubilee program surrounded.

And in today's episode, we're going to see what Christian responses worked

and which were less effective at defending God's existence and Christ's divinity.

And on an interesting side note, I applied to be one of the Christians for this episode

back when it was announced as a roundtable with an unnamed atheist.

To get on the show, you had to send an audition tape. So I included a recent endorsement of my

ability to have productive dialogue from none other than Alex O'Connor. Here's part of what I sent

them.

To set the stage, you've debated Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Pierce Morgan, Sam Harris, Destiny, Professors, Bishops.

How did their debate styles vary and who is your most formidable opponent?

The most formidable. The guy that I just mentioned, Trent Horn, I debated him years ago.

And I remember at the time thinking, like, wow, that was powerful.

Because at the time, I'd been debating a lot of people,

there was a lot of like shouting and putting down and this kind of thing.

And Trent came in very calmly and put forward what a very good sort of arguments for the existence of God,

very powerful, very difficult to respond to.

And he did it calmly and politely, but effectively.

And I remember coming away from that thinking like, wow.

Unfortunately, I was not selected to be on the show, but I can still give you my thoughts on

the exchange, which I would say overall went in Alex's favor. He was poised, calm, and asked

questions that put most of the Christians on the defensive. And the Christians exhibited a wide

variety of approaches to engaging him, some of which were better than others. I don't want to be

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