On Facebook, I asked: “To anyone who’s ever complained about atheists being angry/militant/strident/whatever: can you explain exactly what you thought the problem was?” One of the responses I got was from a friend of mine from grad school, who complained about “invective, insults and rhetoric” from PZ Myers, and later followed up by specifically citing [...]
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The courtier’s reply
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 1, 2011
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PZ Myers and John Loftus are arguing about the courtier’s reply, probably one of the most famous posts PZ has ever written. John’s initial criticism is here, PZ replied here, and John gave a brief counter-punch here. I’d tend to advise atheists not to get too caught up in this debate, because we risk doing [...]
The Craig-Ayala Debate, and Dawkins and PZ Myers
Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 19, 2009
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A couple days after I posted saying Dawkins should challenge Craig to a debate on evolution, I found out that last month, Craig did his first debate against evolution against Francisco Ayala, contra my expectations that Craig would never agree to do such a debate. I listened to the debate, and basically agreed with the [...]