Tonight at Biola, there is going to be a debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens about the existence of God. I'm going to watch the live webcast of the debate.

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Curt Hayashida
member, Community Bible Church (Non-denominational)
Vallejo, CA

do you have a link to the webcast?

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Rev. Andrew J. Barnes
Husband of Dena
Father of Oliver
Master of Bruce
Pastor of Tchula Presbyterian Church

What can I say, I like blogs!

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The live blog for the debate will be at Does God Exist Debate. More info can be found at Does God Exist? A debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens.

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

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Hmm...will probably have to pass for the Final Four games tonight.

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Davidius
Husband of Emily
Member of All Saints Anglican Church - Chapel Hill (AMiA / Anglican Church of North America)
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German and Classics

As long as Craig doesn't start talking about Molinism/Middle Knowledge...

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Tim Phillips
Pastor, Midlane Park Presbyterian Church (ARP)
Louisville, KY
Husband of Scottish Lass
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"Wherever the gospel is preached, it is as if God Himself came into the midst of us." ~ John Calvin

I am reading a summary of the debate on a blog, and it warmed my heart to read that Craig called belief in God a properly basic belief....

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Steven Nemes
Phoenix, AZ

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy must be answered - C.S. Lewis

Went to the debate...packed house. Craig was well prepared and energetic, while Hitchins appeared to be somewhat apathetic (almost bored at times). My friend mentioned to me that he looked like he was either tired or hungover. Not the best debate I've been to - better if you were a philosopher as opposed to theologian. Wouldn't go to another one.

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Jim Ulam
Bethany Bible Fellowship (Non-denominational)
Westminster, CA

"From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put" - Winston Churchill

I think that is Hitchens in normal mode. It's a part of his European charm.

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Devin Brian
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Attending Trinity Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Vivian, Louisiana, USA

"...If you are not firm in faith,you will not be firm at all." - Isaiah 7:9
"The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it." - George Whitefield

Didn't like that comment from Craig that at least he wasn't a Calvinist, though. May have to start burning some of his books.

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Patrick
Member, PCA
Chandler, AZ
ReformedTheologyInstitute.com

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

I watched the live webcast of the debate and I thought that Craig won because he gave a much better defense of his position than Hitchens. Hitchens gave weak arguments. In his opening speech, Craig gave these five arguments for God's existence: The Cosmological Argument, The Theological Argument, The Moral Argument, The Evidence of the Resurrection, and The Immediate Evidence of God.

Craig was well-prepared and his speeches were easy to follow. He had good answers to everyone of the points that Hitchens made. In the first speech that Hitchens made, he didn't address all of Craig's arguments. During the cross-examination, Hitchens asked a lot of unfruitful questions such as, "Could you give an example of a false Christian denomination?" and "If a baby was born in Palestine, would you rather it be a Muslim baby or an atheist baby?". Questions like these are a waste of time because they have nothing to do with whether or not God exists.

Craig did not say anything about Molinism or middle knowledge.