How important debates are?
Only by a civilized debates we can reach a good satisfactory result, otherwise the debate will loose its purposes, I would advice the people who wants to go for debates to learn the skills of debates.
One of the intersting people who I found giving good debates is Mr. Ahmed Deedat and I think many people do not know anything about Ahmed Deedat, in brief he is great man, and here is a list of some of his debates:
Deedat's Encounter with Christians Missionaries Dialogue with Christian Missionaries
2. Islam & other Religions Lecture by Sheikh Ahmed
3. Christ in Islam Presentation by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat about Christ in Islam
4. Sequel to Christ in Islam Meeting with Sheikh Ahmad Deedat
5. Freely Speaking Sheikh Ahmed Deedat in Geneva
6. Quran or the Computer
7. What the Bible Says About Muhammad ? A lecture by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat in South Africa, talks about the prophecies of the prophet Muhammad in the bible.
9. Muhammad the Greatest A lecture presented by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat about the Prophet Muhammad , Sheikh Ahmed Deedat Well-Known as a muslim scholar who has had many debates in comparative religion with many christians scholars.
11. Al-Qur'an a Miracle of Miracles A lecture in the UAE
12. Is Jesus God A lecture by Sheikh Ahmad Deedat 13. Crucifixion or Cruci fiction
14. Islam and Christianity
15. Islam Christianity SABC Debate between Sheikh Ahmad Deedat and a Muslim imam from the Muslim side, and a Catholic father and a learned Christian from the Christian side.
You can watch these debates on the net probably
and some are debates
I think you are confusing the word "debate". Unless he is adequately representing 2 opposing sides of an issue, then all but perhaps 2 from the list above are really just lectures/speeches.
One of the skills needed for healthy debating is the art of listening, I think many of us are keen on talking loudly than lending an ear.
I know Ahmed Deedat, but haven't been listening to him or anyone else lately.
Salam