In the past couple days, I’ve gotten a request for advice on debating Christians, and seen a pair of somewhat misguided articles on how to debate William Lane Craig by Andrew of Evaluating Christianity. Here, I’m going to explain what’s wrong with Andrew’s stuff, what’s right, and expand on the advice I gave to the [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
How atheists should debate William Lane Craig, or any other Christian
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 17, 2009
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Yes, PZ, scientists prove things
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 16, 2009
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Just found a random example of PZ repeating the “science doesn’t prove anything” talking point. Why is this still around? Science may not prove anything in the sense of the word used by mathematicians, but that’s not the only recognized sense used in English. For example, it clearly sometimes happens that murder charges are proven, [...]
Christian calls out Rick Warren. Significance?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 16, 2009
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I’ve found out through Ed and Hemant that the Christian BeliefNet interviewer who got Rick Warren to say that gay marriage is equivalent to incestuous marriage is calling out Warren–telling the world that Warren is full of it on this issue. Let’s break out the champagne! Or not. As initially satisfying as this turn of [...]
How not to do philosophy: a valuable lesson from J. L. Hinman
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 15, 2009
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Christian CADRE has gotten pretty boring of late–the first time in a long time that I bothered linking to something they wrote was just to give an example of common apologetic clich´e;s. But just Monday, CC’s J. L. Hinman gave us a wonderful example of how not to do philosophy, in an attempted proof of [...]
Obama: “Have you ever been in a wild rumpus?”
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 15, 2009
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Okay, so there’s this video now available of Obama reading “Where the Wild Things Are” to some children. It’s a real hoot, because you get to see Obama’s distinctive speaking style completely divorced from the usual content he delivers–much like when Jon Stewart had Obama “hopeify” some mildly distressing statements. The whole thing’s worth watching, [...]