An appropriate day to post a believer vs. atheist debate feature. Christopher Hitchens, of course, is a very well-known atheist. He attacked Mother Teresa in his book a number of years ago, “The Missionary Position” and has a recent bestseller, “God is not Great.” I’d never heard of Dr. Craig.
Naturally I think it’s overwhelming more rational to accept the existence of God, then not.
Here’s the article – not very long and quite interesting:
Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Does God Exist? Hitchens vs. Craig
Christopher Hitchens is a kind of celebrity, even among Christians because he is an interesting character. If anything, he was warmly embraced by a crowd who generally disagreed with him even as he hurled the worst insults at God, which we consider the holiest, highest being imaginable. This is the demonstration of class and restraint I’ve noticed from a conservative Christian culture that has a much better record of tolerance than the liberal non-Christian culture.
While most of us are familiar with Christopher Hitchens, many people may not know of his opponent Dr. William Lane Craig. I simply call him, “The smartest living Christian.” Like Hitchens, Dr. Craig makes a good living at debate. Dr. Craig is a brilliant logician and eloquent advocate of the faith. He is an “evidentialist” in that he argues for the existence of God based on evidence not presupposition (which is another popular form used in debate).
I assumed Dr. Craig would win the argument and would show superior technical skills, but I didn’t know if he could beat Hitchens’ presence. In modernity, having the right arguments isn’t enough. More than ever, we are accustomed to disengaging our rational center to embrace an artful presentation. Every Republican should be woefully aware of this by now given the last election.
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