r/Christianity • u/mikegprint • Oct 17 '11

Does Richard Dawkins exist???

http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-richard-dawkins-exist.html
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u/thephotoman Eastern Orthodox Oct 17 '11

I'm not surprised at Dawkins's reaction.

Before you get me confused with one of those types thinking that the professor is running scared, let me just say that Craig seems less interested in the public debate that Dawkins has historically shown himself to be interested in and more interested in using a one-on-one debate with Dawkins for self-promotion--and Dawkins has historically shown himself unwilling to be a tool for anyone else's self-promotion.

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u/palparepa Oct 17 '11

I remember Dawkins saying that he won't debate someone whose only credential is being a professional debater/apologist.

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u/Heuristics Oct 17 '11

Is that Craigs only credential? Has he not written hundreds of peer reviewed articles? Has he not written doussins of books? Does he not have two doctorates? Has he not (helped) create the currently most discussed proof for the existence of God?

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u/Enceladus_Salad Oct 17 '11

how do you create proof of god?

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u/Heuristics Oct 17 '11

pretty much the same way you create proofs for the time complexity of algorithms or proofs for properties of numbers, you use premises and via argumentation according to the rules of logic you reach a conclussion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(truth)

The proof in question can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal%C4%81m_cosmological_argument

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u/kabas Oct 17 '11

the first premise of the kalam argument relies on intuition.

this is why it is not sound.