Thursday, January 28, 2016

Antony Flew atheist (He later admits God exists on video) vs Dr. William Lane Craig

This debate was done before Antony Flew left atheism.  If you look for a video by Lee Strobel he actually interviews the late great Flew right before he dies and Flew admits that there has to be a God for all this order and design in the world.  This confession shocked the atheist community and many atheists denied it saying it was a theistic rumor that was started but when video was produced all atheists could do was admit that he left atheism and admitted God does exist.  

UPDATE: We believe Flew left atheism after debating extremely intelligent theists like Dr. William Lane Craig.  Flew had a deep respect for his wisdom and kindness and respect during their debates and many believe this made Flew look closer at what his Christian opponent was stating.  Sure enough Flew eventually admitted that there is a God.

Austin Dacey vs Dr. William Lane Craig

Austin Dacey can have his cake and eat it too in this debate folks.  However Dr. William Lane Craig walks away with an easy win here as he defeats the "cake obsessing" Austin Dacey.  In a very weird debate (this is why we like it! never boring with these debates) the atheist tries to say that because there is no cake in the kitchen therefore God doesn't exist lol.  I am not making this up folks.

Viewers of this debate are saying Dacey is guilty of Strawman syndrome big time in this debate.  Dacey talks about an imaginary cake someone said they are going to bake but if you don't see broken egg shells and you don't smell cake there is no cake.   The audience seems to laugh a bit through this debate but I think it is at...Dacey not ..with...Dacey.  Rather than give arguments against God's existence Dacey is guilty of the strawman argument.  Craig wins this one.

UPDATE: Craig and Dacey get along great and debated again and this time Dacey left his Betty Crocker cake mix at home lol.  I think he his learning from his past debates that "The cake makes him lose."

Christopher Hitchens vs Dr. William Lane Craig

When Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Craig met it was like the top Christian debater vs the top atheist debater.  During Hitchens opening comments he was entertaining and great to listen to.  Same thing with Dr. Craig.  However it all falls apart for Hitchens when he starts running from Dr. Craigs question.   Even Commonsenseatheism (An atheist blog) admits Craig won this debate.  In a brilliant move Craig gets Hitchens to admit either he is agnostic or atheist.
     Hitchens trys to run from the question but Craig goes in for the kill and finally pins Hitchens down when Hitchens says he is atheist and God can't exist.  In that moment Hitchens made a truth claim and now has to back it up.  This is where Craig takes control of the debate and Hitchens hits the mat for the knock out punch.  Atheists were very upset at Hitchens failure to bring arguments to this debate.  It seems like Craig was prepared for the debate but Hitchens spent most of his time talking bad about Islam and other things which wasn't even the topic of the debate.  Craig wins this one.

UPDATE: After this debate Richard Dawkins began to cower from any 1 vs 1 debate with Craig.  Even Sam Harris has stated that and we quote him "Dr. Craig has put the fear of God into some of my atheist colleagues".

Atheist vs Christian Micky vs Shockofgod

As always ShockofGod vs Atheist debates are very entertaining.  ShockofGod has stated that "Debates need to be more entertaining to attract the masses".  We think of ShockofGod as the John McEnroe of debaters as he brings a lot of audience to his debates.  In this debate Micky says he is an atheist but during the debate he switches to being an agnostic.  Micky and ShockofGod have a great back and forth as the moderator of the debate let's them go at it.  Another classic debate moment.

Christopher Hitchens admits he lost debate to John Lennox

In a very humble fashion atheist Christopher Hitchens gets candid on video and admits that he could not prove that his atheism was true.  He then goes on to admit that John Lennox bested him in debate.  On top of that Hitchens talks about how they had an audience vote and the audience also agreed Hitchens lost and Lennox won.  In the video you can see the kindness that both Lennox felt for Hitchens and Hitchens felt for Lennox.    A rare video but a classic never the less.

Another "Gotcha" moment in debate this time by an audience member!

In this classic moment in debate a woman asks the atheist how he could believe atheism is true if he admits he has no evidence showing it's true?  In a weird twist the atheist admits he can't prove that his atheism is true but then he says "I am not claiming God doesn't exist".   It gets very uncomfortable as the atheist seems very uneasy about the corner the lady paints him into with her question.

Sam Harris vs Dr. William Lane Craig

In this debate most people agree Dr. William Lane Craig won.  During this debate Harris struggled to show how he could ground his morality in the atheist world view.  This was a highly technical debate but Craig does a great job of showing how Harris's Atheism cannot ground morality at all.