Olan Hicks – Third affirmativeDon began his second affirmative with a complaint, telling us most emphatically that the negative in a debate is obligated to reply to the arguments of the affirmative. Well, where is that idea now? Why does he not respond to my affirmative? When I presented my first affirmative, in his first “negative” he just continued to…
Olan Hicks — Second affirmative Don, you might want to notice that we are in the second half of this debate. You are not in the affirmative now, I am. Although I will reply again to some arguments you are repeating, which we have already discussed, in this part of the debate we are looking at the scriptures, not your…
Olan Hicks – V – Don K. Preston Don K. Preston’s First Negative Olan says I am frustrated. Somewhat true. I am frustrated because Olan refuses to deal with the overt statements of scripture. He falsely represents what he said. He makes blatantly false claims about what texts say or don’t say. He refuses, in spite of the rules he…
Olan Hicks – Fourth negative With this installment we reach the half way point in our debate. I think it is understandable that Don is a bit frustrated. If you open your eyes and look at what he is trying to lay on us you will see why. He is trying to prove that Jesus returned nearly 2,000 years ago…
Olan Hicks – V – Don K. Preston Final Affirmative by Don K. Preston I have had a lot of debates, public and written. I have never witnessed a worse presentation than Olan’s third negative. Evasion, obfuscation, presupposition, pontification make up the sum total of his “negative.” Here are the rules that Olan gave his word to honor: “Each man…
Olan Hicks –Third negativeToo often in a debate the all consuming objective is to win the debate regardless of tactics necessary to do it. But the subject we are discussing is much more important than winning or losing a dispute. We are primarily concerned with the destiny of souls and with pleasing God. We want to go the right way…
Olan Hicks – V – Don K. PrestonThird Affirmative by Don K. Preston Frankly, I was hoping for more of a debate, but, having discussed eschatology with Olan before, I feared it would be “more of the same.” I would present careful, textual, exegetical analysis; he would offer: “Preston is wrong, because my eyes are not seeing what my ears…
Olan Hicks – Second negativeThe theory Don is affirming is a little slippery and not easy to examine. It is produced by a thought process that is not according to ordinary exegetical procedures. It is made unnecessarily complex by the fact that so much of its content is speculation and theory and sometimes it even changes. When Max King launched…
Olan Hicks – V – Don K. Preston Formal Written Debate Published Initially on the Focus On Truth Website Second Affirmative Presentation by Don K. Preston It is the obligation of the negative in a debate to follow the affirmative arguments. By any standard of measurement, Olan failed, abjectly, to address my arguments. Instead, Olan indulged in several presuppositions…
Olan Hicks – First negative I am glad for the opportunity to participate in discussion of this subject. My thanks to Robert Waters and to all of you on the Focus on Truth list for hosting this quest for truth. I intend to do my best to make sure it is time well spent. I expect this will be a…
