debates

Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Draper Debate on the Existence of God (1998)

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(Redated post originally published on 15 October 2011) This is a another very old debate summary, which I wrote back in 1998. I have made some minor changes. SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE CRAIG-DRAPER DEBATE: DOES GOD EXIST? (1997) United States Military Academy at West Point Note: the audio of this debate may be heard … Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Draper Debate on the Existence of God (1998)

Summary of the Craig-Price Debate on Jesus’ Resurrection (1999)

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(Redated post originally published on 16 October 2011) This is yet another old debate summary from my archives. I’m not sure when I wrote this, but I’m guessing it was between 1999 and 2002. THE CRAIG-PRICE DEBATE: DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD? The Veritas Forum Ohio State University, 1999 Curiously, the audiocassettes do not … Summary of the Craig-Price Debate on Jesus’ Resurrection (1999)

Review of Craig-Law Debate on God’s Existence

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(Redated post originally published on 24 October 2011) SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT OF “DOES GOD EXIST?” (2011) WITH WILLIAM LANE CRAIG AND STEPHEN LAW 17 October 2011 Westminster Central Hall Storeys Gate, London SW1H 9NH by Jeffery Jay Lowder CONTENTS About This Summary and Assessment Debate Summary Debate Assessment Other Reviews of the Debate ABOUT THIS SUMMARY … Review of Craig-Law Debate on God’s Existence

Reply to Wintery Knight’s Review of the Craig-Law Debate

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(Redated post originally published on 26 October 2011) I recently submitted the following feedback to WinteryKnight’s review of the Craig-Law debate. Wintery Knight — You must have listened to a different debate than the one I did. For example, in summarizing Stephen Law’s first rebuttal, you write: “Craig thinks that you need an objective standard … Reply to Wintery Knight’s Review of the Craig-Law Debate

William Lane Craig Admits His Debate Quotations of Anthony Kenny Are Misleading

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In his popular debates on God’s existence, William Lane Craig is fond of quoting philosopher of Anthony Kenny regarding the combination of atheism and Big Bang cosmology. Now this tends to be very awkward for the atheist. For as Anthony Kenny of Oxford University urges, “A proponent of the Big Bang theory, at least if … William Lane Craig Admits His Debate Quotations of Anthony Kenny Are Misleading

Yet Another Atheist Misrepresents a Theistic Argument (the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument)

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The title of this blog post is hardly shocking, but it should be. When a philosopher explicitly lays out their argument with numbered premises and a conclusion, we should expect nothing less from critics than representing the argument by quoting the author’s formulation. As we will soon see, however, yet another atheist has failed to do … Yet Another Atheist Misrepresents a Theistic Argument (the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument)