Details on RIT Debate on Existence of God

This story is a testimony of God's power and the hunger in an emerging generation to search for truth. My friend Arricka goes to school there and sent me this update.

Near the end of Fall, the RIT Skeptics, a group founded with the purpose of debating and even debunking popular beliefs, approached InterVarsity Christian Fellowship about the possibility of a debate about the existence of God. At first IV was hesitant to accept the offer, but then they felt God wanted them to and saw that it fit perfectly into the theme of Winter Quarter on why we believe what we believe. The Skeptics proposed that three of their members debate three of our members moderated by Professor Spencer Meredith, a Christian politics and philosophy on campus. We were delighted by the idea and chose Val Tracy, a junior, Daron Ladson, a senior, and Drew McClean, also a senior. On January 18th, the Debate on the Existence of God was held. We had prayed all day Thursday and Friday from 5 PM on through the debate. At 7 PM, our auditorium which seated 313 students, was more than filled. As the debate began, students began filling up the aisle, standing in the back, and finally filling the front and side of the stage. We estimate more than 450 students attended. The debate lasted for more than 2 hours, first in a session of 30 questions evenly composed by both groups and then in a session of questions which students texted or emailed in during the debate. Many questions were not answered when the debate was called to a close and thus students came up afterwards or conversed about them even as it finished. In addition, several students expressed interest in studying the Bible more to see what it says. Before it finished, Professor Meredith proposed that a similar debate be hosted soon between himself and a few other skeptical professors as age adds to insight. Both groups are very excited about this and plans are being made now about the recourse. God is good!