prove the truth

 I feel that the proposition is good and reasonable and should be accepted. That is how it should be. But there should be some restrictions on the material presented. The material presented should be from the original books and not something from own mind.

 It should not be that the original book of the debator is quiet on the subject and the debator starts advocating things on behalf of his/her belief from self, no where to be found in their books.

 Also discussion should be gentle. Every one should present the good things of ones own belief and should not attack the beliefs of the other.  And so on.  Am I on the right track?? Please inform me...

Quraysh wrote: A Christian friend asked me this, how should i reply ? As to further discussion: Sure we could talk more, but for it to be constructive, one of us must be able to prove the truth, and one of us must be willing to accept the proof. How is that going to happen? We are both locked in our paradigms (ways of understanding/interpreting things) with no hope of going outside of them. That is, without something that will enable one of us to break free. Do you have something like that? Mere ideas, opinions, and confident declarations are not enough. We�ve gone �round and �round with this stuff long enough to know that!

What has happened to just sharing instead of being at logger heads who is proving/showing truth.

To be constructive i think you need to get away from who's going to back down and say yes to the other in order to move on.

You have your faith and he has his faith, tell him why does one need to prove the truth and accept it (if its truthful at all) in order to continue with constructive talk.

Also, if neither of you cannot move on because your understanding/interpreting has ended or no more to go because you don't have any extra knowledge/interpration to put forth, then basically you cannot really continue until you learn more.

maybe move on to another subject.

 By the books is meant the Torah and the Bible Ot and NT and the Quran etc. Same for other religions that they may have their books.

 One should not use his mind or try to advocate something which is not in the book of his belief. That will be overdoing it.

I had stated that every one should present the good points of their books and not to attack the other faiths.

Now I add another one here. No one should try to attack the others faith with something bad that may be present in his own faith too.

thanks for the feedback, I like Angels point, which is very valid, i think having further knowledge and a better understanding will move this conversation further..

any other ideas suggestions etc would still be appreciated.

thanks!

how is this book Misquoting Jesus ?