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Stephen Law’s Opening Statement In Debate with William Lane Craig
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Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Drange Debate (1997)
October 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
(This is yet another old debate summary and assessment from my archives. I think I wrote this around 1998. I am posting it here unchanged.)On February 26, 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, William Lane Craig debated Theodore Drange of West Virginia University. The topic was, "Does God exist?"Note: video of the debate is available online here.SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING THIS DEBATE SUMMARYDrange did not address each of Craig's theistic arguments in turn. Instead, he made three … [Read more...]
Summary of the Craig-Price Debate on Jesus’ Resurrection (1999)
October 16, 2011 By 2 Comments
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 ForumOhio State University, 1999Curiously, the audiocassettes do not mention Robert Price's name, or even a debate at all. Instead, the label on the tape reads, "Intellectual Foundations for Belief in Jesus Christ by William Lane Craig." The tape begins with a lengthy (roughly ten minutes long), … [Read more...]
Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Draper Debate on the Existence of God (1998)
October 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
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 PointNote: the audio of this debate may be heard here.Craig's Opening StatementCraig's presentation was his standard, cumulative case for Christian theism.T1. The kalam cosmological argument(1) Anything which begins to exist must have a cause(2) The universe began to exist(3) … [Read more...]
Summary of the Craig-Parsons Debate, “Why I Am/Am Not a Christian”
October 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
This is a repost of a debate summary I wrote a long time ago. (I think I wrote this in 1998.) While I tried to be accurate, I don't claim this summary is perfect. If anyone identifies any errors, omissions, or anything else that requires editing, please feedback alerting me so I can fix the summary accordingly.One thing you will notice is that I tried use a consistent numbering scheme throughout the different speeches, to make it easier to identify which objections are supposed to apply to which … [Read more...]
Some (Very Incomplete) Thoughts on Luke Muehlhauser’s “How to Debate William Lane Craig”
October 12, 2011 By 8 Comments
After writing a post about William Lane Craig and John Loftus debating, I remembered that Luke Muehlhauser (Common Sense Atheism) posted an article in April 2009 about debating William Lane Craig. (LINK) Here are some very incomplete thoughts about Luke's article.I agree with Luke that many of Craig's debate opponents were unqualified, in the sense that they did not have both (a) the relevant knowledge (e.g., of philosophy of religion, metaethics, etc.); and (b) suitable debating experience. I … [Read more...]
Why Won’t William Lane Craig Debate John Loftus?
October 9, 2011 By 22 Comments
On the Debunking Christianity website, John Loftus has recently posted an article, "Let's Recap Why William Lane Craig Refuses to Debate Me." The article even includes a picture of Craig's face digitally edited into the picture of a chicken, with the caption, "Is William Lane Craig Chicken to Debate John Loftus?" According to Loftus, in 1985 Craig apparently told a class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, "the person I fear debating the most is a former student of mine." Loftus then … [Read more...]
LINK: Frank Turek Asks, “Why Are Atheists so Angry?”
October 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
In an audio file uploaded to YouTube by "DrCraigVideos," Turek reviews the YouTube comments on the Craig-Hitchens Debate and describes the apparent name-calling used by atheists against Dr. Craig. He then asks the question, "Why are atheists so angry?"LINK … [Read more...]
New Chick Tract
September 2, 2011 By 4 Comments
The latest of the same old same old. … [Read more...]
New Chick Tract
August 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
OK, from last month, but I've been away for a while. … [Read more...]
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