Debating Techniques Quotes

“These six approaches are:   1-Provocation/Emotional Manipulation 2-Generalisation/Misguiding 3-Deceit/Outright Cheating 4-Sidetracking/Diverting 5-Creating Delusion/Confusion 6-Irrelevance/Idiocy”
― Johnson C. Philip, Debating Techniques: How They Are Being Used Against Christianity

“many people do not debate to arrive at the truth but to win, even if they are wrong.”
― Johnson C. Philip, Debating Techniques: How They Are Being Used Against Christianity

“Arguing for truth and winning becomes very difficult in such situations because the actual implications of the statements remain verbally unsaid and it is not easy to attack implied meanings. Also, since the lay audience might not be able to analyze the difference between denotation and connotations of words logically, it becomes all the more difficult to argue the case in front of a technically unqualified audience.”
― Johnson C. Philip, Debating Techniques: How They Are Being Used Against Christianity

“People who manipulate language well can thus choose words in such a way that their speech denotes a totally harmless and right meaning, but the connotations may be highly damaging or defaming to the opponent.”
― Johnson C. Philip, Debating Techniques: How They Are Being Used Against Christianity

“Further, logical thinking on complex issues is all the more difficult for the public. Thus the public also began to favor rhetoric over reason.”
― Johnson C. Philip, Debating Techniques: How They Are Being Used Against Christianity