Here was my letter to one Robert Vroom;

Good evening Robert.

I am not the director of the Chattanooga Freethought Association, lol, but I am a member in good
standing and have been for some years now. I recently saw the page for your chapter of Reasonable
Faith. Oxymoron aside, I didn't find any House quotes that stood out to me, but I do admire the white
sweater with the powder blue dress shirt underneath it that Dr. Craig is wearing on the News Letter
page. (http://www.reasonablefaith.org/images/content/pagebuilder/11191.jpg) I only wish I could look
that, uh... protestant, it would do me a world of good in surviving in the work force of the Bible Belt. ;D

"Would you be interested in having a debate on a religious subject? Say, "Does God Exist"? Please let me
know if you are interested.""

I see that you're continuing in the footsteps of Dr. Craig. He seems to have had several debates on the
matter, which I'm sure gives you a certain feeling of confidence. But this is neither here nor there really,
I suppose. Yes, I would be, but only if certain conditions are met.

-Firstly, we both have to stand on our heads the whole time. This is very important! Just kidding, haha.

-Firstly, for real this time, no bible. Seriously. It's a no go if you get to use the bible as a source. I don't
find it to be credible. One can take it and, whatever the subject may be, one can find whatever support
they want to in there. For example, slavery. There are a few passages in there which seem to denounce
it, while there are other passages in there which would seem to champion it. The North and South both
found the means to defend their positions on slavery within it's pages during the Civil War. How can
anyone, then, debate against a supposed authority which consistently contradicts itself? The simple
answer is, no one can, Atheist or otherwise, not really. If you want to tackle the issue from more of a
philosophical, empirical, nature based point of view, well then, be my guest, I'll do it any day of the
week.

-Secondly, I get a gift certificate to Chili's for no less than $20. Because I like Chili's, it's a delicious
franchise (even if I am somewhat sickened by the corporatocracy it represents).

-Thirdly, we get to have a drink together in a bar in the smoking section later on after I've shown off my
mad skillz to you, wherein you will make me a sizable monetary offer to throw debates for you so that
you can become the new Dr. Craig and get some of that phat tithing money. ;D (just kidding again... or
am I!? Mwahahaha!)

-Fourthly, I don't debate sophists, as I would suspect you don't either. We both either agree to come into
this thing willing to be proven wrong when faced with adequate empirical evidence or we don't do it at
all. Either I'm leaving this thing with the love of Christ in my heart, or you're leaving without your
Christian identity you've come to know and love, and feel as really being "you" all these years. There is
no gray area. There is no middle ground. He either exists or he doesn't and we will settle the matter
here.

-Fifthly, it is my preference to have an on going and lengthy debate by means of email. I don't require
this, I'll do a live show, but I imagine we'd both be at our best if we both have time to go back to our
sources and quote them and research our answers first. I'm not interested in giving you half-ass'd replies
where I do my best to remember that time when that guy said that thing. Like I said, I mean to give you
a run for your money, and to put the issue at rest, and I feel we can't do that goal justice if we don't
have at our disposal time and resources. I don't know about you, but I intend on presenting some
complex world views, perhaps some you've not considered before, and I'm sure your intent is the same,
so again, I really think we'd both be doing ourselves a favor to have something of an armchair debate via
email. If it is your wish to have a public spectacle though, haha, I will crawl out of my angry, demonic,
hobbit hole for the occasion.

If you can laugh at this and not come back at me with, "I'm offended and you're immature", and if the
terms sound reasonable, we'll have your debate.

Your fellow human being,

Brandon R. Jones