That makes me sad. What was the Muslim's question?

i've never liked offical debates. they don't seem to get anyone anywhere. each side is so busy thinking of their own argument, that there's no actual listening and learning.

I'm interested in the Muslim's question, too. 

It was, more or less what I said-- "One of you is saying that Christianity is true; the other that all religious belief is folly. What would you say to the belief, held by Muslims, that Christianity at its origins was good and true but later became corrupted?"

How was the man an episcopalian atheist?  Did he deconvert from being an episcopal? 

Have you read Blue Like Jazz?  Donald Miller resounds your views on debate about God; here is the excerpt from the book:

"My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don't really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don't believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it's about who is smarter, and honestly I don't care."

However, have you ever read any debates of William Lane Craig?  He always shares his testimony at the end, and apparently people actually come to Christ as a result of his debates. 

Best to ya!

I, too, want to know what an Episcopalian atheist is. 

He's an outspoken atheist who is a faithful communicant in the Episcopal church. He became an Episcopalian because they didn't mind if he didn't believe in God.

So that was the question. And the debate was in Britain?

Perhaps there was strong motivation for not wanting to answer that question fully.

Meh. I'm not up for these type of debates either. Too much talk, not enough listening. I've never seen one end with either guy saying "oh, man, I think you've changed my mind!"  So, there you go.

naw, the debate was here at UF. One of the speakers was a Brit. And both speakers generally answered most of the questions poorly-- rather, they evaded the questions and just repeated their talking points.

It's college - you expected different?

I did like the Blue Like Jazz quote.  One thing I always think should be notable to anyone who demeans the opposite point of view is to understand that there are certainly people on the other side who know more than them, have studied this longer than them, are smarter than them, and still disagree with them.  If you honestly realize that, it gets a little harder to be such a jerk on the intellectual issues.