This week in Oxford many of the buses have carried an side-advertisement stating: " There's Probably No Dawkins. Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy Oct 25th at the Sheldonian Theatre." The advert is for the Reasonable Faith Tour with William Lane Craig. Richard Dawkins has refused to debate with Professor William Lane Craig, the American analytic philosopher and philosophical theologian at the event. Dr. Dawkins has branded Professor Craig a 'ponderous buffoon' who uses logic to 'bamboozle his faith-head audience', but has failed to respond to any of Professor Craig’s academic arguments. The Oxford philosopher Dr. Daniel Came, an atheist himself, has written to Dr Dawkins stating that 'the absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part'.Whilst I profoundly disagree with Dr. Dawkins' views on religion, it is real shame the leading (or least loudest) secularist atheist should act in such a way.
I wonder why Craig is ducking debates against people like John Loftus.
ReplyDeleteDawkins has already expressed his views on Craig's article claiming children should be killed if they interfere with his god's plans.
I doubt Dawkins will ever debate such a person as Craig.