Repost: Shameless Self-Promotion of My Debate with Phil Fernandes
This is a re-post. Please pardon the shameless self-promotion, but the video of my 1999 debate with Phil Fernandes on naturalism vs. theism was uploaded to YouTube some time ago. If you haven’t already seen it, I invite you to view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl2lUIku-zo
Craig’s “Altar Calls”
(This is an old post from my archives, originally written around 2006.) I was watching the video of Craig’s old debate with Henry Morgentaler, and the altar call at the end of his first rebuttal struck me. Craig invited Morgentaler to become a Christian. This isn’t the first time he’s done this; he did the same … Craig’s “Altar Calls”
Stephen Law’s Opening Statement In Debate with William Lane Craig
LINK (HT: John Loftus)
Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Drange Debate (1997)
(This is yet another old debate summary and assessment from my archives. I think I wrote this around 1998. I am posting it here unchanged.) On February 26, 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, William Lane Craig debated Theodore Drange of West Virginia University. The topic was, “Does God exist?” Note: video of … Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Drange Debate (1997)
Some (Very Incomplete) Thoughts on Luke Muehlhauser’s “How to Debate William Lane Craig”
After writing a post about William Lane Craig and John Loftus debating, I remembered that Luke Muehlhauser (Common Sense Atheism) posted an article in April 2009 about debating William Lane Craig. (LINK) Here are some very incomplete thoughts about Luke’s article.
Why Won’t William Lane Craig Debate John Loftus?
On the Debunking Christianity website, John Loftus has recently posted an article, “Let’s Recap Why William Lane Craig Refuses to Debate Me.” The article even includes a picture of Craig’s face digitally edited into the picture of a chicken, with the caption, “Is William Lane Craig Chicken to Debate John Loftus?” According to Loftus, in … Why Won’t William Lane Craig Debate John Loftus?
Carrier and Wanchick debate: Argument from Mind-Brain Dysteleology
In the Carrier-Wanchick debate, Carrier gives an argument for naturalism from the fact that minds are embodied in brains. As part of the setup, he writes: If BT [Biblical theism] is true, then (a) a brainless mind is possible, (b) God could have imbued humans with one, (c) no mind exists that was not deliberately … Carrier and Wanchick debate: Argument from Mind-Brain Dysteleology