The thing Ive found is that, overall, debate really doesn’t do anything for the two people debating. It just hardens them into defending a position rather than having a conversation.

I think Facebook debating tends to be pointless and wastes everyones time. The one who jumps on thinks they made a good point to counter the post but to what end? What difference does it make? It doesnt change the mind of the original post-er 99% of the time and it only strokes the ego of the one who has to “speak their mind.”

Now a conversation about a topic we disagree on… with a friend… I thoroughly enjoy. The rest, IMO, is just a waste.

If the goal is really communication and understanding then debating on Facebook will never accomplish it.

You are free to disagree, lol.
~Chuck Crisco

There are those who get a charge out of disrupting any and every sensitive point one is trying to get across. They love to turn everything into a quarrel rather than the sharing of a discovery.
RJS

Debates ought to conform to the topic initially raised. For example, if the topic is “how to become prosperous”, sixteen or so biblically-based arguments on the morality or amorality of gaining money would not be suitable imho.
RJS