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The God Delusion Debate

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"We must have a fixed point if we are to judge our course. The harbor decides for those on a ship, but where shall we find a harbor in morality?"

- Blaise Pascal


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The God Delusion Debate

The God Delusion Debate The God Delusion, the world-wide best-seller by atheist and scientist Professor Richard Dawkins, is an all-out assault on religion in general and Christianity in particular. One year after its publication, fellow Oxford Professor John Lennox met Dawkins in Birmingham, Alabama to put his assertions to the test in a clash between two of the greatest minds in the science-religion debate.

 
God and the Problem of Suffering

God and the Problem of SufferingAt the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Professor Bart Ehrman and Dinesh D'Souza debate whether evil and suffering undermine the possibility of God's existence. The debate focuses on Ehrman's book "God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question -- Why We Suffer."  Ehrman says it was the issue of suffering that led him to reject belief in the God of the Bible.

 
Can There Be Morality Without God?

Can There Be Morality Without God?At Princeton University, cultural commentator Dinesh D'Souza debates bioethicist and philosopher Peter Singer, one of the most controversial and influential atheists of our time.  Having both written on the topic, D'Souza and Singer dispute where and how we find the very foundations of morality.  Are they to be found in God?  Society?  Or something else?

 
Has Science Buried God?

Has Science Buried God?Professors Richard Dawkins and John Lennox go head-to-head once again for another remarkable match of intellectThis time, the same two Oxford Professors who debated in Birmingham's 'God Delusion' Debate are at it again on their home turf at the site of the famed 1860 Evolution debate between Huxley and Wilberforce.

 
Is God Great?

Is God Great? A DebateOxford Professor John Lennox and journalist Christopher Hitchens come to Samford University to debate the question "Is God Great?"  Hitchens, who made his opinion clear on this topic with his book God is not Great, maintains not only that God fails to be great, but denies his existence entirely.  Professor Lennox, a convinced Christian and scientist, respectfully disagrees.

 
God on Trial

God on Trial - A DebateGod on Trial pits two of the most eloquent and influential spokesmen for atheism and Christianity against one another in what is surely one of the most spirited discussions of its kind. Celebrated atheist Christopher Hitchens matches wits with bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza before a packed house of over 2,000 people in St. Louis’ elegant Powell Symphony Hall.

 
Can Atheism Save Europe?

Can Atheism Save Europe?At the world's largest cultural arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, Christopher Hitchens and John Lennox debate whether or not the New Europe should jettison its religious past and welcome the "New Atheism." This debate was moderated by BBC's James Naughtie, and atheist ringleader Richard Dawkins was one of over 1,400 people in the audience.