Sam Harris blogs about his debate with Craig: While I believe I answered (or preempted) all of Craig’s substantive challenges, I’ve received a fair amount of criticism for not rebutting his remarks point for point. Generally speaking, my critics seem to have been duped by Craig’s opening statement, in which he presumed to narrow the [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Harris-Craig debate: addenda
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 14, 2011
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Two things: Harris’ critique of divine command theory I had to roll my eyes at part 2 of Luke’s review of the debate, where Luke claims Harris’ entire first rebuttal was “fail” because it was all irrelevant. But Luke simply ignores one of the most important points of the entire speech: that Craig’s moral theory [...]
The Sam Harris-William Lane Craig debate: a review
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 11, 2011
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You can hear the audio of the debate here. Here’s what I took away from it: Harris is a really good speaker How good? Good enough that, if I ever wanted to brush up on my public speaking skills, watching videos of Harris would be at the top of my to do list. Good enough [...]
I’m going to the Sam Harris-William Lane Craig debate!
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 6, 2011
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I found out at the last minute that I’d be able to make it to the upcoming debate between Sam Harris and William Lane Craig. I’ll definitely be blogging it, hopefully with audience reactions, though when the post goes up will depend a bit on how tired I am from all the driving required. I’m [...]