This debate (
audio ) between Dan Barker and Todd Friel
definitely features the worst audience of all time. OF ALL TIME. They clapped,
hooted and yelled out at anything and everything—worst than a
Realtime with Bill Maher audience.
4 stars. BEST
Friel is a radio show host and he is a great one. That means
he’s slimy and cheap and does nothing to add to the debate. He really just deteriates
to begging the audience to become Xians and threatening them with hell. Barker
is a great debater against this kind of crap but Friel’s despicableness and the
audience’s obnoxiousness got him a tiny bit frazzled at times.
This is a fun debate, but it lacked a little bit
too much substance for me to give it a BEST rating. Friel starts off with
something that had me laughing out loud, though.
Technical: Good AQ
Barker loses again. He can’t seem to argue against orthodox historic Christianity as he remains unable to unhinge himself from these canards he attacks in it’s place. He did not engage in any meaningful way with any of Tod’s arguments and his presentation was easily dismantled by the comedian/radio host… No question as to why, anyone who would hold to these types of arguments could be refuted and quickly dismissed with ease by any well catechized 12 year old with any basic level understanding of history and biblical textual transmission.
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