Religious debates ( religion is a matter of opinion nonetheless ) can not have real winners - in theory, at least. If somebody thinks he or she has won due to verbal superiority, he / she doesn\'t know anything about differing personalities or freedom of speech. To me, religious debates generate serious thoughts. I always learn from a debate, and \'thus I find them very interesting and significant.
Not all are "intelligent" or "verbal" enough to defend their views approppriately. Yet, even due to their personal disadvantages, their thoughts aren\'t any less serious or important to them.
The only way to really win a religious debate is to convince the opposition that the belief one is presenting is the truth. This *very*rarely happens - yet one might start a trigger of events which will eventually lead to such a conclusion, and again, it is a win-win situation.