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longship

(40,416 posts)
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 10:24 AM Feb 2014

Physicist Sean Carroll and William Lane Craig debating. PZ Myers live Blogs.

Sean Carroll vs William Lane Craig

Carroll is a CalTech theoretical physicist. I am a huge fan boy. I am currently reading his latest book "The Particle at the End of the Universe". It's a damned good read.

William Lane Craig is a Christian apologist who is a seasoned debater. He likes to use science to argue Bible truth. He won't do so well against Carroll.

Posted here for those who are interested.

Looks like this happened Friday and the video is marked private. Hopefully it will become available.
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Physicist Sean Carroll and William Lane Craig debating. PZ Myers live Blogs. (Original Post) longship Feb 2014 OP
Thanks for the heads up. (nt) pinto Feb 2014 #1
Why would it be taken off the net? And by whom? rug Feb 2014 #2
Who knows? longship Feb 2014 #3
Craig gets bitchslapped by every knowledgeable person he debates. Promethean Feb 2014 #5
There is an active live stream now. Jim__ Feb 2014 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. Who knows?
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 11:48 AM
Feb 2014

I imagine Carroll mopped the floor with Craig and Craig wants to hide the evidence. But actually, this may have been decided before the debate. I would expect that it will show up eventually.

I really like Carroll and find Craig to be more than a little bit smarmy. (I've listened to many of his debates and he's not exactly an honest broker.)

Promethean

(468 posts)
5. Craig gets bitchslapped by every knowledgeable person he debates.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 09:24 PM
Feb 2014

Long history of it. Even his books are horrific. His "best" book, Reasonable Faith, gives any thinking person multiple reasons to completely disregard anything he ever says in the first chapter. The most prominent is that he states directly that if reason and evidence contradict the holy spirit (which he defined as not just the bible but that holy feeling you have as well) then the holy spirit always takes precedence. Just to squash your incredulity he was completely unambiguous about this point. The only redeeming feature of Craig's book was that he openly said it was directed at christians. It was the only completely honest part.

Jim__

(14,077 posts)
4. There is an active live stream now.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 12:25 PM
Feb 2014

Last edited Sat Feb 22, 2014, 01:50 PM - Edit history (1)

It's not Sean Carroll or William Lane Craig, but apparently the debate is ongoing with other people. I'm not sure how interesting these other people will be. I believe this is an active live stream: http://www.tacticalfaith.com/live-stream/

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