On YouTube today, I found this debate between well-known Catholic apologist Karl Keating, of Catholic Answers, and Peter Ruckman, of the Bible Baptist Bookstore.
Each segment is over two hours long. I'm only an hour into the first one right now. My first impression is that it's way too disorganized. The lack of direction is disappointing. I don't think that's fair to the listener, who deserves debaters who are prepared for and dedicated to a more specific topic. Nevertheless, they address interesting and poignant issues.
Peter Ruckman has a lot of charisma and is a more entertaining speaker, replete with zingers and cute digs. Karl Keating, not as polished or as good on his feet as his counterpart, is, in my opinion, much more reasonable and intellectually honest, able to address issues directly without cheap shots. He did a good job considering he's not the best public speaker, is on the defense, and is in the midst of a "hostile" audience. Give it a listen if you have the time and inclination. Note that the video is of poor quality.
I just can't believe Karl Keating never had any hair. This video is from the 1980s. It's like Doctor Emmit Brown of the Back to the Future movies -- there was never a time when he had hair.
PS: The book Karl Keating wrote is a masterpiece: Catholicism and Fundamentalism -- The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians." It was very helpful to me when I first began my journey toward the Catholic Church.
6 comments:
After Ruckman mentioned the massive number of contradictions he had found in official Catholic teachings, I eagerly awaited hearing about them. Unfortunately, he used up so much time with quips and digs and stories featuring himself as chief defender of the faith that he was unable to squeeze in even a few examples from his extensive list of contradictions. What a disappointment!
I laughed at Mr. Keating's poor arguments. He looked confused. No one can win over the Bible!
Then it's a good thing he wasn't trying to, O question-begging Sara.
Karl Keating proved to be like the average Catholic, stupid, smug,and ignorant.
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
Don't worry vance, Dr. Ruckman has very well documented most, if not all (if that were posssible), of the contradictions, errors, history, and satanic nature of the catholic church's teachings. You need to get busy and start reading. You could at least become more educated if you went to ruckman's on-line book store and merely looked over the titles of a few of his very reasonably priced material. But judging by how you mis-represented ruckman in your shallow comment, you haven't had much practice discerning between good and evil.
Sara, you're exactly right. Keating is trying to trying to prove he's smarter than the Bible. It can't be done logically, so he has to resort to idiotic nonsense which appeals to the unlearned Jordanes of the world.
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