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Debates

and a Few Dialogs

For purists, much of the below would be better regarded as a professional boxer bludgeoning mouthy school kids rather than rigorous debates between intellectual heavy weights.  But to the rest of us laymen, who often get dazzled by pretty, shiny rhetoric, the points within the atheist arguments appear quite weighty.  And though the antagonists frequently fail to block the relentless barrage of protagonist punches with a logical framework, or to counter-punch with coherent arguments, antagonists still speak to the existential feelings tearing at us all.  What’s more, after watching the debates below, many of us will feel the passionate rhetoric wielded by the antagonists pounded the woody professor into cosmic dust.  Thus, while some may argue the debates to be quite shallow in content, in fact, they offer insight into the arguments offered by populist purveyors of atheism.  They offer felt reflections of all our doubt and pain.

One quick note, if you are young in the faith, the Stuart recommends you read this article:   #431 Blind Faith?  and then return to this page once you’ve strengthened your faith through deep study and prayer.   Many of the challenges thrust at the Christian feel far more lethal than they actually are…so it is best if the Christian has spent sufficient time immersed in the truth to distinguish the true truth from the almost truth.  For as surely as the truth saves, the almost truth savages worse than outright lies.  It is critical for your growth to know the difference. 

A very minor effort has been made to group the debates into categories.

God’s Existence:

• Does God Exist?  – William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens 
• Does God Exist? – William Lane Craig and Austin Dacey 
• Does God Exist? – David Wood vs. Michael Shermer
• The God Delusion Debate – John Lennox and Richard Dawkins
• God or No God? –  Larry Taunton and Christopher Hitchens
• Atheism and Christianity – A conversation between John Lennox and CU professor Michael Tooley
• Science, faith, and the evidence for God – John Lennox and Michael Ruse 
• Has Science Buried God? – John Lennox and Richard Dawkins
• Does God Exist? – William Lane Craig and Peter Atkins
• Does God Exist? – William Lane Craig vs Stephen Law
• Does God Exist? – William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican
• Does God Exist? – Michael Engor vs Matt Dillahunty

Morality:

•  Do we need God to be good? Andy Bannister and Peter Singer 
• The God Debate II – William Lane Craig and Sam Harris 
• Is God Necessary for Morality – William Lane Craig and Shelly Kagan
• Is God Great? – John Lennox and Christopher Hitchens
• Morality: Can atheism deliver a better world?  Glen Scrivener & Matt Dillahunty

Reliability of the Bible:

• Can We Trust the Text of the NT? – Daniel Wallace and Bart Ehrman
• Evidence for Resurrection – William Lane Craig and Bart Erhman

Et Cetera

•  Are we more than matter? Mind, consciousness and free will –  Keith Ward and Daniel Dennett
• Can Science Explain Everything? – John Lennox and Peter Atkins

An important note about the linked articles/videos on this page:

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The purpose for The Armory is to lead the seeker to those trained authors and resource websites that can provide informed opinion and analysis on the subject topics.

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