Published debate record
5 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 80.8/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
James White vs Shabir Ally: Sin and Salvation in the Qur'an and the Bible · 2013
White grounds forgiveness in Christ’s law-satisfying atonement; Ally defends direct, equitable mercy and accountable deeds while challenging inherited guilt and biblical continuity.
James White: 79 · Shabir Ally: 79. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Is the Doctrine of Purgatory True? Trent Horn vs. James White · 2024
White wins by one point because his contextual exegesis and Romans argument slightly outweigh Horn's definitional clarification, purification syllogism, and historical continuity case.
Trent Horn: 79 · James White: 80. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
James White vs John Dominic Crossan: Is the Bible True? · 2005
White prevailed by one point through stronger textual rebuttals on Passion harmony and miracles, while Crossan dominated source dependence and narrowly won resurrection framing.
James White: 78 · John Dominic Crossan: 77. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
James White vs Robert Price — Is the Bible true? · 2010
White narrowly wins through manuscript-stream and contextual replies, while Price’s strongest challenges expose methodological limits, oral flexibility, and inerrancy’s interpretive costs.
James White: 81 · Robert Price: 78. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Bart Ehrman vs James White — Does the Bible Misquote Jesus? · 2009
Ehrman narrowly prevailed by proving consequential local misattributions, while White strongly defended recoverable textual and theological continuity.
Bart Ehrman: 88 · James White: 86. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.