Missionaries know there are jews who can wipe the floor with them, its why you never see them in front of BMG or any other yeshiva.
Oh, please. When the missionary quotes Isaiah 53, 95 out of 100 yeshiva bochrim won’t have the foggiest idea what the perek contains. Likewise, when they mention the “bris chadasha,” the 97 out of 100 won’t know what sefer/perek it comes from. When they mention how Psalms 22 references Jesus, the average yeshiva bochur would be completely lost.
In short, the average yeshiva bochur would be totally lost. They wouldn’t wipe the floor with said missionary, because they couldn’t even respond. They don’t know the Nach and, in most cases, have never even learned it. Likewise, when the yeshiva bochur starts quoting gemaras and other sources for proofs, the missionaries will either be just as befuddled or else dismiss the argument out of hand as a rabbinic invention.
In short, no one could win the argument because there can be no rational argument. In more than 99 out of 100 cases, there is nothing the missionary could say that would cause the yeshiva bochur to accept Christianity. Likewise, in the same 99+ cases out of 100, there is nothing the yeshiva bochur could say that would cause the missionary to abandon his belief in Jesus. Proofs from either side, no matter how convincing, will just be dismissed. Hence, it’s not really an argument, but a war of attrition — who can wear down the other party long enough so that they go away.
*That’s* why you rarely, if ever, see missionaries hanging around yeshivos and such. Not because the yeshiva bochur can beat them in an argument, but rather because the missionaries know it’s an exercise in futility and that there are much easier people to convince elsewhere.
The Wolf