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Afterlife Debate with Hitchens, Harris and Jewish Rabbi Wolpe and Artson

Watch at this link to see the debate about “is there an afterlife?”

What is Life?

Another Great Debate was held at ASU.  This time pulling in Richard Dawkins and Craig Venture, to name a few.  The first panel, back in November 2010 featured Sam Harris and Steven Pinker discussing the question “Can Science Tell us Right from Wrong?” I had my share of complaints about the lack of definitions of …

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Why I Rarely Debate Christians anymore:

It is amazing how few potential Christian debators make it past the first three criteria. Once into the debate portion of the flow chart, the most common grievances against the debate are violations 2 and 3.

Hitchens vs. Blair: “Is Religion a Force for Good in the World?”

Hitchens’ most recent debate was held in Toronto.  The pairing of debaters was not too shy of pitting George Bush against Sam Harris, and not surprisingly Hitchens slaughtered Blair.  It is a jovial debate, Hitchens being in a particularly entertaining mood throughout. Conclusion? Religion is a force for war and destruction in the world.

Christian College Hiding Debate Video between Hitchens and Dembski

They captured the debate on video, which they soon refused to air on their website.  Why?  Hitchens, in good form, creamed Dr. Dembski.  Apparently some people have been able to grab the video before Prestonwood decided not to share the defeat of Dr. Demski.

Dan Barker debates Dinesh D’souza

I recently attended a debate between Michael Shermer and Dinesh D’souza at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. GCU is a professed Christian private university that hosted this debate titled “Is Religion a Source for Good or Evil?”  I went knowing that Shermer is a notoriously bad debater, yet I was willing to show up …

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