tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post5017174687682752147..comments2023-06-23T10:26:21.277+02:00Comments on Memoirs of an ex-Christian: Relgious belief: poison or cure?Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752824290056143050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-23494592263967968322008-01-28T04:50:00.000+02:002008-01-28T04:50:00.000+02:00Glad you enjoy it. You might watch D'Souza debates...Glad you enjoy it. You might watch D'Souza debates Daniel Dennette, if you have not:<BR/><BR/>http://richarddawkins.net/article,1942,Daniel-Dennett-Debates-Dinesh-DSouza,Tufts-University<BR/><BR/>As interesting.SATheologieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776516716731379132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-86734478362032905612008-01-27T09:26:00.000+02:002008-01-27T09:26:00.000+02:00Hi sze zengI listened to the D'Souza vs Hitchens d...Hi sze zeng<BR/><BR/>I listened to the D'Souza vs Hitchens debate, and I agree with you: D'Souza is much a better opponent than McGrath in terms of polemics. He definitely gave Hitchens a run for his money.<BR/><BR/>I think that McGrath is better suited for the written word rather than the spoken debate.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752824290056143050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-1395558371686463872008-01-14T07:34:00.000+02:002008-01-14T07:34:00.000+02:00Hi Kevin,I agree with you on McGrath. He seems bi...Hi Kevin,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you on McGrath. He seems bit docile in view of Hitchen's rhetorical polemics. This is the contrast when we put an academic together with a non-academic.<BR/><BR/>For one to appreciate the exchange of rhetorical polemics, one should encounter D'Souza's debate with Hitchens. <BR/><BR/>http://szezeng.blogspot.com/2007/12/christopher-hitchens-debates.htmlSATheologieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776516716731379132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-77649902139082795262008-01-09T19:11:00.000+02:002008-01-09T19:11:00.000+02:00So what if it occurred that Christ dies as a resul...So what if it occurred that Christ dies as a result of the oppressive religious and political environment of which he was clearly a critic and a protester and it so happened that he redeemed it with a resurrection - scientific veracity of a resurrection notwithstanding?<BR/><BR/>I think Hitchens is right with his particular argument against the result of the substitutionary/judicial atonement and this view of the atonement is something that does not escape theological criticism from within Christianity.<BR/><BR/>McGrath does not seem to attack the claims of Hitchens right on which he does do quite well against Dawkins in his writing.Drew Tatuskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344192935890766744noreply@blogger.com