Mar 12, 2007
Here is a recap of the recent debate between Alistair McGrath and Daniel Dennett on the future of atheism. The debate was this year's Greer-Heard Counterpoint Series at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Also, the debate audio can be purchased here on CD or by mp3 download. The download of all the files is $15.00 and comes in at about 117 MBs
Comments
Reid, did you ever have Bart Ehrman at UNC? I believe I watched a debate between him and Josh McDowell. It's been a while. Did you go with me?
The only thing I remember was, toward the end of the debate, McDowell said to Ehrman (or whoever he was debating), what do you teach your kids? Kinda stumped the unbeliever. Later, GER
Posted by: Greg R | March 13, 2007 09:34 AM
I didn't ever take Ehrman, but I have since read several of his books. He has sort of a "reverse testimony" of how he became a Christian in high school, went to Moody Bible College, then Wheaton, then Princeton Seminary where he chucked his faith and became the one and only "Bart Erhman" - as known at UNC.
Teaching kids? I would guess it would be something like: Be nice, be educated, make up your own story about life to give it meaning.
Posted by: Reid Monaghan | March 13, 2007 10:55 AM
Nice link. I'm a fan of McGrath and I think his work is important. I have his book "Reformation Thought" (which is on my floor) but I've been too busy to read it. :-(
Hope all is well.
Posted by: BV | March 13, 2007 08:03 PM
We are doing OK - been a hard season recently. I have not read much McGrath - though I have his book Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life but have not read it...
I am planning on reading Dennett's Breaking the Spell - Religion as a Natural Phenom this summer.
Posted by: Reid Monaghan | March 13, 2007 09:21 PM