reason42 http://www.reason42.com Musings on Life, The Universe and Everything Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The danger of delusion – suppo… http://www.reason42.com/2012/05/15/the-danger-of-delusion-suppo/ http://www.reason42.com/2012/05/15/the-danger-of-delusion-suppo/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:55 +0000 reason42 http://www.reason42.com/2012/05/15/the-danger-of-delusion-suppo/ The danger of delusion – supposed ‘spirit worlds’: TV psychic Derek Acorah: ‘Maddie is dead’ via @Telegraph http://t.co/0MFEKXV4

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]]> http://www.reason42.com/2012/05/02/national-secular-society-lat/feed/ 0 Video Links: Christopher Hitchens Memorial http://www.reason42.com/2012/04/23/video-links-christopher-hitchens-memorial/ http://www.reason42.com/2012/04/23/video-links-christopher-hitchens-memorial/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:49:35 +0000 reason42 http://www.reason42.com/?p=214 13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011

 

Part 1: Here

 

Part 2: Here

 

Part 3: Here

 

Part 4: Here

 

Part 5 (Final): Here

 

Christopher Hitchens Video Collection: Here

 

Adam

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]]> http://www.reason42.com/2012/04/18/book-review-in-ny-times-a/feed/ 0 Video: William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins: “Does God Exist?” http://www.reason42.com/2012/04/12/video-william-lane-craig-vs-peter-atkins-does-god-exist/ http://www.reason42.com/2012/04/12/video-william-lane-craig-vs-peter-atkins-does-god-exist/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:06:49 +0000 reason42 http://www.reason42.com/?p=183 Continue reading →]]> A debate on “Does God Exist?” William Lane Craig (theist) and Peter Atkins (atheist)

Craig offers three arguments for the existence of God:

 

1) The Cosmological Argument

2) The Moral Argument

3) The Testimonial Argument (Resurrection of Jesus)

 

The video is nearly two hours long, so get comfortable!

 

Click here to view the embedded video.

 

I have to say that Craig comes through this debate better than does Atkins.  That’s not to say that I think  Craig’s arguments win the debate or trump the atheist’s position.  I just think that Craig does a much better job of arguing for his position.

 

Atkins also attacks the usefulness of philosophers! On some levels I agree with him: such as that observation and experimentation are the tools we need to learn about the Universe and how it came about rather than sitting on one’s bottom thinking about stuff.  On the other side, however, modern science originated from philosophy (Natural Philosophy) and further to this Philosophy of Science helped to shape, and still does, modern science.

 

Adam

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