{"id":5637,"date":"2013-12-16T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2017-03-03T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T01:35:22","slug":"podcast-18-lewis-vs-rogers-2-rebuttals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-18-lewis-vs-rogers-2-rebuttals\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 18 \u2013 Lewis vs. Rogers 2 \u2013 rebuttals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6150\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5637-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities018.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities018.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities018.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5637-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities018.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5638\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers.png\" alt=\"Anthony Rogers\" width=\"494\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers.png 549w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers-420x294.png 420w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers-460x322.png 460w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Anthony-Rogers-90x63.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/>Rebuttals are <strong>the hardest parts<\/strong> of a debate &#8211; the hardest part to perform, and the hardest to listen to.<\/p>\n<p>Opening and closing statements are basically pre-written, and in them, one talks about what one wants to talk about.<\/p>\n<p>In a rebuttal, you are forced to think on your feet, on the spot, and find a way to knock down the arguments your opponent has just given in his opening statement &#8211; which you may have just heard for the first time. The best debaters scour heaven and earth to find everything the opponent&#8217;s ever said, so as to anticipate the opening statement, and pre-prepare for the rebuttal.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <strong>the best way you, the thinking person in the audience, can critically listen<\/strong> to this part.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, <a title=\"first post on debate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-17-lewis-vs-rogers-1-opening-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\">print my summary<\/a> of the opening arguments. (See something missing or wrong? Add it, or correct it. Click once on the big image to remove it before printing.)<\/li>\n<li>Now, as you hear each rebuttal &#8211; first Rogers, then Lewis &#8211; <strong>mark the premises<\/strong> of their opponent&#8217;s argument which they are either denying (so, asserting to be false) or challenging (so, asserting as unknown or unproven).<\/li>\n<li>Having done that, try to <strong>list their reason(s)<\/strong> for challenging each premise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If<\/em> they give convincing reasons to doubt or deny at least one premise in each of their opponents&#8217; argument, they&#8217;ve done their job.\u00a0If they&#8217;ve only repeated their opening arguments, or talked about irrelevant things, they&#8217;ve failed.<\/p>\n<p>How, in your view, do our debaters do here?<\/p>\n<p>You can also <strong>listen t<\/strong><strong>o this episode on<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a title=\"trinities podcast @ stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=54067&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong><a title=\"trinities @ itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id690304581?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=11l5XS\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0(please subscribe, rate, and review<\/strong>\u00a0us in either or both \u2013 <strong><a title=\"how to rate us at iTunes and Stitcher\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/review\/\" target=\"_blank\">directions here<\/a><\/strong>). 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