I have had a lot of debate firsts: My first debate. My first oral debate. My first written debate. My first godhead debate. My first Eternal security debate. My first communion debate. My first baptism debate. My first impeccability debate. My first marriage and divorce debate. My first debate with a Church of Christ. My first debate with a Baptist. My first debate to be a moderator. I am sure that the list could go on, but last in the Weatherly-Pendergrass debate was another first.
MY FIRST DEBATE WHERE A POINT OF ORDER WAS IGNORED!
MY FIRST DEBATE WHERE A POINT OF ORDER WAS IGNORED!
Thursday night of the debate I called a point of order 4-5 times and it was ignored by both the debater (Kevin Pendergrass) and his moderator (David Fanning). I have never seen this happen in any debate. Unprecedented!
Their excuse was that they did not think that they were breaking any rules so they did not have to acknowledge our point of order. Any time a point of order is called by the other team you owe them the courtesy of acknowledging their grievance. If they had call a point of order we would have given them the respect they deserved as out opponents. It was disrespectful to say the least.
