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Why Don’t These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…
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Cardinal George Pell vs. Richard Dawkins – Some Thoughts
Someone directed me to a sort of informal debate between Cardinal Pell and Dawkins, in the form of a moderated Questions and Answers session. Dawkins came across as insecure, accusing the audience of bias (though they routinely cheered for his statements) and repeatedly asking the audience why they are laughing (such as at his comment…
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Dawkins Criticizes Rome and Original Sin
In a recent speech (link), Dawkins has attempted to criticize the Roman Catholic Church. Dawkins began by pointing out that contrary to the implications of Ratzinger in his recent speech in Edinburgh, Adolph Hitler was more Roman Catholic than Atheist, at least by the standard that is used by Rome when saying how many members…
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I’ll Debate Richard Dawkins for $100,000
If he’ll pay me $100,000, I’ll engage him in a debate. The money won’t come to me, it will go to two or three charitable organizations. I’m not in it for money, I just want to get Dawkins to part with $100,000 of his money so that the money will not be available for mocking…