I think it would be fair to say that the Christians definitely lost the debate even though Christopher Hitchens, entertaining as always, didn't do much to win it.
The theist performance in this debate was laughable at best, pathetic at worst. Hitchens showed, once again, that no matter how many theists you throw at him, he will mow them down with pinpoint accuracy with his reason, intellect, and wit. No matter how many times he showed how ridiculous their childish superstition is, they just said, "You didn't answer the question", immediately after he answered the question! The argument by Denison that because his friends in the hospital had to bury their newborn but had faith in Christ, and that somehow proves the existence of god, was a complete non sequitur. Buddhism has given people hope. Hinduism has given people hope. Even Islam has given people hope. Does that make each of them the one, true path to salvation? The answer to that question, by its very nature, is "no". And don't get me started on Lee Strobel, the mentally challenged "former atheist". I guarantee his "atheism" was the least informed, studied, or well-thought-out atheism in the annals of free thought. The others aren't' even worth mentioning, their arguments were so infantile. Score one more for the atheists.
Let's see 4 against 1. The sides seem a little unfair. Perhaps we should wait until the theists have enough muscle to take down Hitchens.
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ReplyDeleteI think it would be fair to say that the Christians definitely lost the debate even though Christopher Hitchens, entertaining as always, didn't do much to win it.
ReplyDeleteThe theist performance in this debate was laughable at best, pathetic at worst. Hitchens showed, once again, that no matter how many theists you throw at him, he will mow them down with pinpoint accuracy with his reason, intellect, and wit. No matter how many times he showed how ridiculous their childish superstition is, they just said, "You didn't answer the question", immediately after he answered the question! The argument by Denison that because his friends in the hospital had to bury their newborn but had faith in Christ, and that somehow proves the existence of god, was a complete non sequitur. Buddhism has given people hope. Hinduism has given people hope. Even Islam has given people hope. Does that make each of them the one, true path to salvation? The answer to that question, by its very nature, is "no". And don't get me started on Lee Strobel, the mentally challenged "former atheist". I guarantee his "atheism" was the least informed, studied, or well-thought-out atheism in the annals of free thought. The others aren't' even worth mentioning, their arguments were so infantile. Score one more for the atheists.
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