Evangelical blogger Randal Rauser has written not one, not two, but three blog posts calling Richard Dawkins cowardly and immoral for refusing to debate William Lane Craig. Rauser’s “If Dawkins believes what he says about Craig…” premise, almost like he’s trying to give atheists advice, reminds me of Greta Christina’s “Letter to Concerned Believers,” but [...]
Category Archives: Richard Dawkins
What to do about odious, but popular, religious beliefs?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 4, 2011
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Dawkins: I won’t debate an apologist for genocide
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 20, 2011
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Recently, I’ve been posting blog comments saying that atheists shouldn’t debate William Lane Craig, given his track record of dishonesty, especially his track record of misrepresenting his opponents’ views. Now, Richard Dawkins has written a blog post on why he won’t debate Craig giving another reason: Craig is an apologist for genocide. (HT: PZ) This [...]
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 [...]
Dawkins, Aquinas, and Feser
Posted by Chris Hallquist on February 10, 2011
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A reader writers: In a blog post a while ago you mentioned you might give your thoughts on Dawkins’ take on Aquinas’ five ways. I’m currently trying to write something which includes Dawkins’ coverage of natural theology, and how far he’s given acceptable responses to theistic arguments. If you did have time to cover what [...]
Ignorance: Comparing Dawkins and Plantinga
Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 29, 2010
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A good chunk of my blogging over the next few weeks will be following up my post on leaving philosophy for neuroscience, particularly my comment about the worthwhileness of philosophy. Among other things, I’m planning on doing a (likely multi-part) review of Gary Gutting’s book What Philosophers Know, which I had mentioned in the previous [...]