DEBATE: God's Existence - Trent Horn Vs. Alex O'Connor

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

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

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🗓️ 1 August 2020

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Trent Horn debates Alex O'Connor (@CosmicSkeptic) on God's existence.

🔴 ABOUT TRENT AND ALEX

Alex's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor

Trent's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/trhorn100

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🔴 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)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Good luck!
2:00.0	Alright, good day, good day, and welcome to Pines with the Quinus. My name is Matt
2:06.6	Fred. This is the very first debate we're hosting on this channel, which I'm
2:11.9	really excited about. We'd like to actually host monthly debates here, like this
2:16.2	one, between Trent and Alex. So if you like that idea, do us a favor and support
2:21.4	the channel by subscribing. I just found out that we have our second debate
2:25.9	locked and loaded. And you don't know who that is yet, but at the end of this
2:29.6	debate, I'm going to announce what that is about. Before we pull up Alex and Trent,
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3:27.2	up Alex and Trent. Hello, Alex and Trent. Hello, Matt. How's it going? It's going well.
3:32.8	Why don't we begin? Just I want to have the two of you introduce yourselves, maybe a minute
3:37.2	each. And then I'll lay out the format for today's debate. Why don't you start Trent?
3:41.2	Sure. Well, my name is Trent Horn. I'm a staff apologist at Catholic Answers. I have
3:45.9	master's degrees in theology, philosophy, and bioethics. And I've authored nine books.
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