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Why Online Debates Are a Waste of Time

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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This is the reason why debating online or in comments is a waste of time because no one online, even the public debates that they have videos on. No one cares what the other guy says. They only care to win. What is he saying? Okay, so I'm going to beat him by saying this. I'm going to beat him by this. They don't care. They're not looking to hear what he says. They're looking to defeat him. They're looking to win. Same concept with people that write comments and other people argue with them. If you actually read the whole thread and waste your life reading it, you'll see that neither one of them cared about what the other guy said. They only expressed their opinion and reiterate it in different ways again. So if you're going to debate someone, it's only worth it if that person is already open to change, already questioning their current beliefs. When a person is glued to their beliefs to the point where they're missionizing for it, they're not open to change. So, it's a bad time to go to them. If you happen to know somebody like a co-orker, a cousin, a friend, whoever that is questioning his beliefs, then yeah, you should tell them this is Judaism, this is Rabbi Ruven, this ism organization, this is the Torah, this is this. Tell him, "Go ahead, publicize his name." Poor guy. If he if he doesn't if he doesn't get out of it, he's going to go to Gome. So, yeah, you can help him. You don't have an obligation like you do with a Jew, but certainly you can, especially if he's questioning it. But if he's a mission, if he's missionizing for a different religion, he's not at that point. He's not open at that point. He is as closed as close can be. So, no, do not bring them inside. Uh and certainly don't discuss with