A Craig/Loftus Debate?
I’ve challenged my friend and former professor, Dr. William Lane Craig, to debate the merits of Christianity vs Atheism. Below you can see the results of a poll we did here at DC on such a debate:
A Craig/Loftus Debate?
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It’s inevitable 31 (6%)
It won’t happen 85 (18%)
It would be exciting 121 (26%)
It doesn’t interest me 20 (4%)
It would be a tie 13 (2%)
Loftus by a lip 31 (6%)
Craig by a nod 21 (4%)
Loftus by a wide margin 39 (8%)
Craig by a wide margin 82 (17%)
Loftus would get trounced ;-) 106 (22%)
Craig would get trounced ;-) 44 (9%)
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I personally like debates. While I don’t think debates settle any issues they can be both entertaining and educational. They can and do advance our understanding.
Dr. Craig has said he won’t debate me but I don’t think this is set in stone. If there is a demand for it I think he will debate me. This is not the only challenge I’ve issued, anyway. Since I personally like to be challenged I have issued several of them. Care to take up one of them?
Over at Evaluating Christianity there is a primer on debating Dr. Craig. There’s not much new in it. Besides, what he wrote is easier said than done during a debate.
On the subject of debates have you seen the wonderful movie The Great Debaters? The setting is the 1930’s when a debate team from a small African American college in Texas debated their way up to Harvard's team, and won! It’s both a moving and an informative story which I recommend very highly.
A Craig/Loftus Debate?
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It’s inevitable 31 (6%)
It won’t happen 85 (18%)
It would be exciting 121 (26%)
It doesn’t interest me 20 (4%)
It would be a tie 13 (2%)
Loftus by a lip 31 (6%)
Craig by a nod 21 (4%)
Loftus by a wide margin 39 (8%)
Craig by a wide margin 82 (17%)
Loftus would get trounced ;-) 106 (22%)
Craig would get trounced ;-) 44 (9%)
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I personally like debates. While I don’t think debates settle any issues they can be both entertaining and educational. They can and do advance our understanding.
Dr. Craig has said he won’t debate me but I don’t think this is set in stone. If there is a demand for it I think he will debate me. This is not the only challenge I’ve issued, anyway. Since I personally like to be challenged I have issued several of them. Care to take up one of them?
Over at Evaluating Christianity there is a primer on debating Dr. Craig. There’s not much new in it. Besides, what he wrote is easier said than done during a debate.
On the subject of debates have you seen the wonderful movie The Great Debaters? The setting is the 1930’s when a debate team from a small African American college in Texas debated their way up to Harvard's team, and won! It’s both a moving and an informative story which I recommend very highly.