By: Bnonn|09 November, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: new atheism . problems with The God Delusion . refuting Richard Dawkins . richard dawkins . The God Delusion . william lane craig
As he said he would, Richard Dawkins refused William Lane Craig’s invitation to debate him at the Sheldonian Theater in Oxford. So Craig went ahead and ripped his book apart without the distraction of having to respond to petulant ad hominem (entertaining as that would have been). The video is up; watch it below.
Read more »By: Jason|23 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atheism . debate . new atheism . public discourse . richard dawkins
Daniel Came: James Barham: HT: Uncommon Descent
Read more »By: Bnonn|21 October, 2011|Categories: Apologetics . Debates|Tags: Apologetics . character assassination . existence of God . new atheism . propaganda . pure garbage . richard dawkins . smear tactics . spin-doctoring . william lane craig . WLC
Are Dawkins’ reasons for refusing to debate William Lane Craig good enough?
Read more »By: Jason|13 August, 2011|Categories: News|Tags: A C Grayling . debate . richard dawkins . william lane craig
Polly Toynbee pulls out of her scheduled debate with the Christian philosopher.
Read more »By: Stuart|09 July, 2011|Categories: Culture|Tags: A C Grayling . Logical Problem of Evil . richard dawkins . William Lane Cra
Another very odd claim from the New Atheism: One of Britain’s foremost philosophical atheists, A C Grayling, vice-president of the British Humanist Association, has denied he has ever debated William Lane Craig.
Read more »By: Bnonn|16 May, 2011|Categories: Culture|Tags: Debates . new atheism . richard dawkins . science . william lane craig
Archbishop Cranmer on Dawkins’ drive to promote himself, at the expense of his scientific credibility and contributions.
Read more »By: Jason|03 March, 2011|Categories: Metaphysics|Tags: determinism . materialism . Naturalism . Paul Copan . richard dawkins . theism
Can the naturalist believe in the rationality of her beliefs if they are determined by non-rational, material forces? Paul Copan discusses his recent interaction with Richard Dawkins on this question.
Read more »By: Jason|09 February, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: John Lennox . richard dawkins
Here are the updated details of John Lennox’s speaking tour to New Zealand.
Read more »By: Andrew|24 November, 2010|Categories: Debates|Tags: David Wolpe . debate . Doug Geivett . Matt Ridley . Mexico city . Michael Shermer . richard dawkins . william lane craig
Andrew examines the opening arguments from the recent panel discussion in Mexico, where Bill Craig and Richard Dawkins finally go toe to toe (sort of). Upshot, the atheists get thrashed.
Read more »By: Jason|05 April, 2010|Categories: Quotes|Tags: concept of God . cosmos . existence of God . necessary existence . ontological argument . richard dawkins
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If theists can claim that the existence of God is necessary, why can’t naturalists claim the same for the cosmos? Charles Taliaferro and Elsa J. Marty disagree, and argue that there are several reasons why we should think that this move is improper.
Read more »By: Jason|11 December, 2009|Categories: Video|Tags: debate . richard dawkins . william lane craig
Richard Dawkins explains why he refuses to engage with Christian philosopher, William Lane Craig.
Read more »By: Rob|12 November, 2009|Categories: Thinking Matters|Tags: Francisco Ayala . Michael Shermer . richard dawkins . Stephen Meyer . william lane craig
Reaction to the recent debate with Ayala and comments from Craig himself.
Read more »By: Rob|10 November, 2009|Categories: Books . Creation & Evolution . Philosophy of Science|Tags: Greatest Show On Earth . Jonathan Sarfati . richard dawkins
Jonathan Sarfati of CMI reviews Dawkins’ lastest book on the evidence for evolution.
Read more »By: Jason|08 November, 2009|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atheism . christopher hitchens . Daniel Dennett . God . Michael Ruse . richard dawkins . Sam Harris
As early as Epicurus, there have been attempts to debunk the supernatural, but it was not until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with Hume, Feuerbach, Russell, Sartre and others, that more intellectually sophisticated arguments for atheism entered the marketplace of ideas. Since the early twenty-first century, however, a new pattern of atheism has emerged. Departing from their skeptical forebears, the…
Read more »By: Jason|07 November, 2009|Categories: Books|Tags: God . new atheism . richard dawkins . The God Delusion
I received a few emails in regards to my previous post about Richard Dawkins and his earlier work, The God Delusion. Several readers were interested in what I said about the book’s critical reception and so I’ve compiled a list of some of the reactions that have appeared in academic journals and in the media, from both skeptics and theists.…
Read more »By: Jason|04 November, 2009|Categories: Local|Tags: atheism . richard dawkins . The God Delusion
As a part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival, zoologist and popular atheist Richard Dawkins has been invited to speak in Wellington early next year. Dawkins is the author of many landmark books on evolution, including the recently published “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution”. He will speaking at the Festival as apart of the Writers…
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