I have wacth many debates and grew up in a religious family and i consider myself open to many possibilities if not all. When i wacth people debate god or religion I have relized that you can't get the other side to change there beliefs because both sides have strong points. I think ignorance plays a part of being bias to certian things that are attached to religion or athiest like evolution or the concepts of a higher power. I think both sides are right about certain things in there arguments which is my focus point when talking to a religious person(very few but maybe the most important). So every debate will end in stalemate with no minds being change most of the time in the conversation. Religious debates can be hard for me to wacth because i think both side are right about certain things. The progress will only come if you combine both philosophys if not the ignorance will live on forever or science will prove both sides to be right at some point, science can also prove athiest or religoin to be right but my opinion is that both sides are right!