The core of this book contains the edited transcript of that debate. A debate between a christian and an atheist william lane craig and walter sinnottarmstrong. Jul 20, 2011 the core of this book contains the edited transcript of a debate on the existence of god between william lane craig and antony flew. William lane craig and antony flew met in 1998 on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence in a public debate. What this means is that i have not seen nearly enough evidence to support the claim that god of the bible or any deity actually exists. You can be beaten with the arguments, that is you can be refuted or your arguments shown invalid or just wrong but th. On april 4, 2009, william lane craig and christopher hitchens met at biola university to debate the question of god s existence. Pdf einstein the deist and flew the theist viewed from a christian.
This book presents the most recent debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of gods existence. This argument is not intended to prove all of the attributes of god. This title presents debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of god s existence. Existence of god an atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with god, the almighty. David raups conversion to the impact theory of extinction, paper delivered at the lunar and planetary institute colloquium. Antony flew, in debate, quoted by worlds most famous atheist accepts existence of god, cites modern science, op cit. He authored dozens of works, including theology and. This is the premier debate of the twentieth century on the existence of god. William craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence in a. Joan bakewell interview with antony flew, conducted for bbc radio 4 broadcast, march 2005. Antony flew oft irrtumlich anthony flew geschrieben 11.
William craig and antony flew met in 1998 on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence in a public debate. Everybody bookmark that web site for the fastest access to debate audio. After listing multiple arguments for god s existence that he said hitchens failed to address, in his closing statement craig, author of reasonable faith and a ct cover story on arguments for. This book presents the most recent debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of. Copleston could find no convincing arguments for his belief in a creator god. Michael martin and the moral argument for gods existence.
It was reported that the debate had some impact on flew. Since i could not find a clear exposition of craigs moral argument in reasonable faith itself, i turned to the argument craig develops in does god exist. So if god exists, he is to some extent hiding his reality from us, and, thereby, is depriving many. The craig flew debate william lane craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence.
It was conducted at north texas state university on september 2023, 1976. William lane craig born august 23, 1949 is an american analytic philosopher and christian theologian, historian, and apologist. Buy this book presents the most recent debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of god s existence. One can read several debates in which flew argues for atheism against christian philosophers such as william lane craig, gary r. William lane craig held before an audience of 3500 at indiana university, bloomington, indiana on february 4, 2002 the worldchange that wasnt. Antony garrard newton flew was an english philosopher. God exist the craigflew debate aldershot, hants, england.
Warrenflew debate on the existence of god wvbs online video. We become so emotionally invested in our personal opinions of whether or not god exists that when presented with dissenting points of view, all civility is thrown out the window and the opportunity for civil discourse is lost. This debate took place at the university of wisconsin in the year 1998, the fiftieth anniversary of the russellcopleston debate on the same subject. William lane craig born august 23, 1949 is an american analytic philosopher and christian theologian. Antony flew, god and philosophy, second edition, hutchinson of london, 1966, p.
Does god exist presents a debate by william lane craig and antony flew regarding, as the title suggests, whether god exists. Basically hes saying that the propositions that god exists and that harm exists are logically inconsistent that somehow it is. This book presents the most recent debates by leading contemporary philosophers of enduring themes and issues concerning the question of god s existence. The debate between science and religion over the existence of a higher power often leads to little more than a shouting match. Debate william lane craig vs christopher hitchens does. A debate before 4,000 students at the university of wisconsin, madison, on the 50th anniversary of the famous russellcopleston bcc radio debate, reexamining the arguments for and against the existence of god. Does god exist the craigflew debate william lane craig and antony flew ashgate, 2003.
From atheist to deist antony flews evolution from an atheist to a deist. Craigs defenders class today who read this summary of the craighitchens debate and said it was perfectly on the money according to my source. Unlike richard dawkins, flew was one of the most respected atheist thinkers of the 20th and early 21st century his scholarly works on david hume are still studied today, and his. I enjoy reading, as well as listening, to debates on issues of religion. So, i dont believe god exists but i dont claim to know whether that god or any deity does or does not exist. In that first debate, craig argued for the existence of god, and then sinnottarmstrong criticized craigs arguments and offered arguments to the contrary.
Military academy at west point focusing on the problem of innocent suffering and the positive evidence of god s reality. The philosophy of religion and the quest for spiritual truth preoccupied albert einsteinso much that it has been said one might suspect he was a disguised theologian. A change of mind for antony flew access research network. Flew came out in 2004 and announced he believes in a creator, which shocked everyone, and it wasnt any religious book that convinced him, it was science itself in the form of dna and the cosmological fine tuning argument for the universe. The warrenflew debate on the existence of god debate between thomas bratton warren and antony garrard newton flew, denton, texas 2023 september 1976. William craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence. William lane craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence.
William craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of god s existence in a public debate. A debate between a christian and an atheist is very intriguing and interesting. But if this argument is sound, it does give us a beginningless, uncaused, timeless, immaterial, enormously powerful, transcendent, personal creator of the universe. So, how can we assess the truth of any claim, supernatural.
The second annual god debate features atheist neuroscientist sam harris and evangelical christian apologist william lane craig as they debate the topic. William craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the. Here is the video and summary of a debate between christian theist william lane craig and austin dacey at purdue university in 2004 about the existence of god. Arguments why god very probably exists the conversation. William lane craig, alvin plantinga, quentin smith, and richard gale. Does god exist the craigflew debate william lane craig. The winter 2004 issue of the journal philosophia christi published an exclusive interview with flew, my pilgrimage from atheism to. What we are seeking to do this evening is to narrow the discussion just a bit and hence that the name of this debate the god delusion debate.
Unfortunately, craigs opening statement there again simply makes various appeals to authority, citing bertrand russell, michael ruse, and friedrich nietzsche. Military academy at west point focusing on the problem of innocent suffering and the positive evidence of gods reality. William craig and antony flew met on the 50th anniversary of the famous coplestonrussell debate to discuss the question of gods existence in a public. Does god exist william lane craig vs antony flew youtube. Does god exist the craigflew debate 1st edition stan w. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, flew was most notable for his work. Falsification, god and philosophy, an introduction to western philosophy, dar winian evolution, the. I have watched that debate a few times and i have a comment regarding it. Difference, ravi zacharias international ministries. The core of this book contains the edited transcript of a debate on the existence of god between william lane craig and antony flew. What is the best recorded debate on the existence of gods. We will try to introduce them to some basic apologetics for god s existence and talk briefly about how he can be relevant to our lives. Who won in the does god exist debate between william.
Brian auten has posted the mp3 audio of the debate at apologetics 315. Pdf einstein the deist and flew the theist viewed from a. Craig has updated and defended the kalam cosmological argument for the existence of god. Second, we want each person to have an opportunity to better understand, express, and reconsider their own thoughts about god s existence and relevance. Fascinatingly, a rerun of that debate, 50 years later, between william lane craig and antony flew had a quite different outcome.
Summary of the william lane craig vs christopher hitchens. Craigflew debate in 1998, craig debated wellknown atheist philosopher anthony flew. He holds faculty positions at talbot school of theology biola university and houston baptist university. Craig is one of the worlds foremost christian apologists. Warren then professor of philosophy of religion and apologetics affirmed god s existence. April 2010 in reading war ein britischer philosoph, lange zeit. Smart observed, the greatest danger to theism at the present moment does not come from people who deny the validity of the arguments for the existence of god. Below, please find my summary of the craigrosenberg debate, which occurred on february 1st, 20 at purdue university. Pdf both albert einstein and antony flew had various religious influences during their adolescent years. I should say that i am trained originally as an economist, but have.