Re: Discussing athiesm today, how do I address this?
To the OP:
Debating with theists shouldn't be about winning or losing, and also - 'winning' a debate against theist who knows how to debate is impossible.
Actually there is a fun exercise you can do, next time you meet a diehard atheist you can debate with him like you were a liberal theist. And I promise you - there is absolutely no way you can lose that discussion, I've done this on occasion just for fun and it is greatly recommended to anyone simply because of the extreme hilarity that ensues.
I can almost guarantee you this outcome: Your simple, yet absolute, standpoint will infuriate the atheist to a feeding-frenzy, and since you ofcourse take the liberal standpoint any attacks on scriptures can be easily explained, anything science-related you can agree with and then you can return to the big absolutes. If you appreciare debate, it will be the best half hour of your debating life.
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