Atheism Debate - WLC vs. Peter Atkins

On Wednesday 26th October, 2011, Protestant apologist William Lane Craig debated Peter Atkins on the topic: Does God Exist? This debate took place at the University of Manchester  as part of the UK Reasonable Faith Tour with William Lane Craig.



Quite frankly, it's as good a fight as I've seen any atheist put up against WLC.  

Video can be found on YouTube here. Craig's previous debate with Atkins can be found in the debate feed at Apologetics315 (Protestant site).

Full Debate MP3 Audio here (1hr 50min)

Enjoy.
HT: Apologetics315 

William Lane Craig Debate

Protestant apologist and iterate worker in the vineyard William Lane Craig had a recent debate with Stephen Law at Westminster Hall on the topic: Does God Exist?


Full Debate MP3 Audio here. (2hr 15min.)  Video below.  Enjoy.

William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris

William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris Debate Audio

In this audio from the University of Notre Dame that took place on April 7, 2011, Protestant Apologist William Lane Craig and noted Atheist Sam Harris debate the topic: Is Good From God? In other words, "Are the foundations of moral value natural or supernatural?"

For more info on the debate, see the Notre Dame video page here.

Full Debate MP3 Audio here (120 min)


*HT to Apologetics315.

Rationality of Belief in God - Peter Kreeft

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Here's a talk given by Dr. Peter Kreeft at Iowa State University on February 20, 2010. If you go to the Veritas.org website, create an account and sign in, you can download the audio version.

Summary:

Is there a God? How do we know? And how is it reasonable to believe in God given the evidence that the existence of evil provides. Join Dr. Peter Kreeft in a discussion of some of life's hardest questions, as he explores the rationality of belief in God.




UPDATE: I removed the links to Vimeo -- the site where you need to register and download is at Veritas.org, HERE.

Atheism in this day and age?!?

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I mean...really -- how anyone could be an atheist with the solid natural theology that's out there is just baffling to me.

In case you're not familiar with any of it, here are a few talks brought to you by AlabamaCatholicResources.com:

Where is the Evidence of God by Dr. Don Bierle
Does God Exist? by Dr. Peter Kreeft
The Religion of Secular Humanism (Atheism) by Dr. William Marra

Belief Under Assault: Scientific Atheism and the Assault on Reason and Faith

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Mary's Aggies posted the following:

St. Mary's Institute of Catholic Studies - Distinguished Speaker Series hosted Dr. Christopher T. Baglow on the evening of October 15, 2010. Dr. Baglow spoke to about 400 students about "Belief Under Assault: Scientific Atheism and the Assault on Reason and Faith."

Dr. Baglow is the author of Faith, Science, and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge. Christopher T. Baglow is from New Orleans, LA. He has a B.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, an M.A. in Theology from the University of Dallas and a Ph.D. in Theology from Duquesne University. He currently works at Notre Dame Seminary, where he serves as Professor of Theology and Director of the Master of Arts Program in Theological Studies for lay students.

You can now listen to the podcast of the presentation at the links below:

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III

Christopher Hitchens vs. Bill Donohue

Christopher Hitchens, famed atheist and one of my favorite debaters (for style, not substance), has cancer. You may have heard. If you would, please say a prayer or two for his conversion.

A friend of mine recently asked me to track down a "debate" he did with Bill Donohue, head of the Catholic League. Well...here's what I've got:

Scott Hahn and Fr. Baron!

Via the the closest person the Catholic Blogosphere has to G.K. Chesterton, both in wit, insight and beloved girth, the Great and Powerful Mastermind Mark Shea:

Scott Hahn and Fr. Robert Barron on, well, a Bunch of Stuff

I think the world of both of these guys, so it's wonderful that they have made these conversations available. Good stuff! And there's a bunch more at the YouTube site!

Agreed, Mark. Keep up the good work and how 'bout some more pics of Her Imperial Cuteness.

Aldous Huxley Reads A Brave New World

I know, it's not Catholic. It is, however, oddly prophetic. I think that counts well enough to link.

Download brave_new_world_side_1.mp3

Download brave_new_world_side_2.mp3

(Source 1 and 2).

Hitchens D'Souza Debate at Notre Dame

Atheist Christopher Hitchens and Catholic Dinesh D'Souza recently debated at the University oEf Notre Dame (GO IRISH!) and ND has kindly decided to stream the video online.

Here are the goods:

The God Debate: Is Religion the Problem?

Pat Madrid - Moral Relativism

Pat Madrid, Catholic apologist extraordinaire, recently gave a talk about moral relativism. I know he knows his Bible and his Church history -- but philosophy? I've gotta' hear this!

Here's what he had to say:

Here's the audio of the talk on moral relativism I gave last Friday in Madison, Wisconsin, before a Catholic audience of approximately 450. It was held at the diocesan center in their super-plush auditorium. Thanks for having me up to speak!

Peter Kreeft - God

Found the following thanks to reader Brigitte:

God

Atheists deny God’s existence; mystics experience God directly; saints are called friends of God. How can we finite human beings really know Him, the Infinite God? Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Holy Scripture, this is taken from the Luke E. Hart Series – Basic Elements of the Catholic Faith and provided by the Knights of Columbus Catholic Information Service.

“This helped evangelize an Agnostic Scientist friend to explore the faith and start asking for more!” Rennie - Spokane, WA

“For those seriously wondering about God’s existence, this presents many solid facets to contemplate.” Mark - La Crosse, WI

Click the button below to play podcast:

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Atheism: Antony Flew

Following in the same vein as my last post, here are some debates about the existence of God featuring Antony Flew. I'm posting them because I've heard of Flew but I've never heard Flew. Here's about all I know (taken from his Wikipedia page):

Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born 11 February 1923) is a British philosopher. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, he is notable for his works on the philosophy of religion.

Flew was a strong advocate of atheism, arguing that one should presuppose atheism until evidence of a God surfaces. He has also criticised the idea of life after death,^[1] the free will defence to the problem of evil, and the meaningfulness of the concept of God.^[2] However, in 2004 he stated an allegiance to deism,^[3] and later wrote the book There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, with contributions from Roy Abraham Varghese.

So let's see what made him the forerunner of the New Atheist movement, shall we?

Atheist	Theist	Video	Audio	Text	Year	Notes

Antony Flew	William Lane Craig	link	link	book	1998
Antony Flew	Terry L. Miethe			book	1991
Antony Flew	Thomas Warren	link	link		1976	8 hours!
Antony Flew	Gary Habermas	link	link	book	2003	resurrection

More Atheist Hitchens Debates

So I happened on an atheist audio debate site that has 400+ debates between theists and atheists, including several by my favorite atheist debater Christopher Hitchens. It's just so hard not to like the guy. Of the debates of his I've heard, the 2007 one with Catholic Dinesh D'Souza is my favorite (for entertainment purposes only) -- though I hear the debate between Hitchens and Protestant William Lane Craig (not listed below) at Biola earlier this year was the best in content and form. I'm still looking for that one.

But without further ado, here are the links to the Hitchens debates:

Atheist	Theist	Video	Audio	Text	Year	Notes

Christopher Hitchens	William Lane Craig & others	link	link		2009	Panel Discussion
Christopher Hitchens	Al Sharpton	link	link		2007
Christopher Hitchens	Paul Edwards		link
Christopher Hitchens	Dinesh D’Souza	link	link		2009
Christopher Hitchens	Marvin Olasky	link	link		2007
Christopher Hitchens	Douglas Wilson	link	1 2 3	pdf	2008
Christopher Hitchens	Douglas Wilson			link	2007
Christopher Hitchens	Kenneth Miller			link	2008	science and religion
Christopher Hitchens	Lorenzo Albacete	link	link		2008	science and religion
Christopher Hitchens	Alister McGrath		link
Christopher Hitchens	Ed Doerr		link
Christopher Hitchens	Dennis Prager		link
Christopher Hitchens	Mark Roberts		1 2 3
Christopher Hitchens	Chris Hedges		link
Christopher Hitchens	David Allen White		link	link	2007	impact of Christianity
Christopher Hitchens	Peter Hitchens	link	link		2007	only partly about religion
Christopher Hitchens	Frank Turek	link	link		2008
Christopher Hitchens	Shmuley Boteach	link	link		2008
Christopher Hitchens	David Wolpe	link	link		2007
Christopher Hitchens	Dinesh D’Souza	link dvd	link		2007
Christopher Hitchens	John Lennox	dvd			2008
Christopher Hitchens	John Lennox	dvd			2009
Christopher Hitchens	Dinesh D’Souza & Dennis Prager	link	link		2008

Atheism: Christopher Hitchens v. Douglas Wilson

Here's another debate featuring the atheist rapier of wit Christopher Hitchens and Reformed pastor Douglas Wilson, found at the Protestant Westminster Theological Seminary.

VIDEO:

Click here to play video


AUDIO ONLY:
You can listen to the introduction by Scott Oliphant

Full debate

and the Q & A session

New Atheism

Recommendation from Southern Appeal:

David Bentley Hart on Atheist Delusions Speaking of the recent spate of books on atheism, David Bentley Hart, author of Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies, says, "We used to produce better atheists, atheists who had a better arsenal of arguments to make...but perhaps...it's sort of the slap-dash way in which they approach the topic that has made them so marketable. Download MP3

D'Souza v. Peter Singer Debate

I don't have much to tell you other than if you don't know who Princeton Chaired Professor Peter Singer is, you're not missing much.

Part I:

Watch the rest here.

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Singer-Dsouza	25 MB	29 MB	51 MB

Commentary from an unrelated (and untrustworthy?) source:

A debate between well known Christian Apologists Dinesh D'souza and atheist Peter singer on a wide range of topics touching on God's existence problem of evil and suffering etc.

I must say i was very disappointed by dinesh's performance on this debate.Peter singer's arguments were nothing new.The classical arguments against God's existence.mainly focusing on the problem of evil.
Dinesh seemed not to have a proper grasp on the counter arguments of the problem of evil,and he did miserably in defending his position on the matter.

Dinesh did not even use the free will defense by alvin plantinga to properly argue against the problem of evil.Even at one time saying that he did not know why there is evil and suffering.

Peter singer in my own view,was ok.In fact he's a very "mild" atheist. But dinesh did not capitalize on the opportunity.Instead he opened his speech on a totally unrelated topic about the problems of atheism,the injustices of former atheists,and the dangers of eliminating religion from society.I agree with some of his points,but that was not the topic of discussion.The topic was on God's existence and he should have started off with arguments in support of this position first.

When the question time from the audience reached,D'souza answered well,but at times strayed off the topic of the questions asked.He sometimes had very long answers to the questions.

Peter singer,well,there is really nothing much i can say about him,he wasn't exceptional,he was not the crowd's favorite.Compared to very loud Christopher Hitchens,the vial spitting Richard dawkins and other prominent atheists,Peter singer was rather dull.

In conclusion,Peter Singer was more on point than Dinesh.Peter failed to account for the source of moraliy in an atheistic worldview.Dinesh failed to substatially mount good arguments for God's existence.

The Always Entertaining D'Souza Debates Funnyman Atheist Hitchens

Reposted from:
http://www.thomascenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=207


Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza at CU Boulder from Justin Leddick on Vimeo.

Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza at Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder, January 26, 2009

AUDIO ONLY:

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Hitchens-Dsouza2009	31 MB	34 MB	62 MB

College Lectures

Here are the latest academic talks from the generally Christian Veritas.org. I make no orthodoxy warranties, but I do assure you some interesting listening.

Name	Date
Biblical Religion and the Sacred Feminine California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lilian Barger	Jan 2009
The Plurality of Religions California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Paul Copan	Jan 2009
The Death of Beauty: The Role of Beauty in the Mass Media and Spirituality California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lilian Barger	Jan 2009
The Language of God Rice University Francis Collins	Jan 2009
The Cell’s Design: How Biochemistry Reveals the Work of a Creator California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Fazale Rana	Jan 2009
The Existence of Evil and the Problem of God University of Tennessee Alvin Plantinga, Richard Gale	Oct 2008
How God Turned Around Nixon's Hatchet Man Columbia University David Eisenbach, Chuck Colson	Oct 2008
The Uniqueness of Christianity Pomona College Dr. Stephen Davis	Oct 2008

William Lane Craig - Videos

Reader Dave, who has been shooting me links since at least June of '08, alerted me to the following:

I'm not sure if you were aware of Dr. Craigs videos on myspace. There are 55 videos posted. Good stuff.

If you've followed this blog for a while, you'll know that I'm a big fan of the Protestant apologist William Lane Craig. When dialoging with atheists, I'm not sure there are any better Christian apologists out there to show you how it's done and how to answer darn near any objection/response you get. Here are the first few videos from the site:

Did God Commit Atrocities in the Old Testament? part 1 Plays: 66 Comments: 0	Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Plays: 68 Comments: 0	William Lane Craig on the Kalam Cosmological Argument Plays: 70 Comments: 0	The Kalam Cosmological Argument Plays: 79 Comments: 0	William Lane Craig on Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett Plays: 79 Comments: 0
Can You Disprove a Universal Negative? Plays: 84 Comments: 0	What is the Evidence For/Against the Existence God? Plays: 86 Comments: 0	Does Evolution Disprove God's Existence? Plays: 86 Comments: 0	William Lane Craig on Agnosticism Plays: 89 Comments: 0	Why Does Anything at All Exist? Plays: 93 Comments: 1
Dawkins Delusion part 1 Plays: 94 Comments: 0	Christianity and the Age of the Earth Plays: 102 Comments: 0	Who Designed the Designer?: A Response to Richard Dawkins Plays: 107 Comments: 0	William Lane Craig vs Michael Payton Plays: 107 Comments: 0	Atheism vs Christianity : Where does the evidence lead? Plays: 112 Comments: 0
Evolution Proves God's Existence Plays: 115 Comments: 0	The New Atheists are Not Intellectual ly Bright Plays: 135 Comments: 1	Science and Religion Plays: 172 Comments: 0	"Is There a God?": William Lane Craig vs. Victor Stenger Plays: 209 Comments: 0	William Lane Craig vs James Crossley - Resurrection Debate Plays: 305 Comments: 0