mcgrath vs. atkins: darwin and humanity – should we rid the mind of God?
- Filed under: apologetics, athiesm, relevintage, religion, science
- Date: Mar 20,2007
I just watched the recent debate between Alister McGrath, Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, author of Dawkins’ God and The Dawkins Delusion and Peter Atkins, Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, well-known atheist and supporter of Richard Dawkins.
It is a very interesting debate by two heavyweights. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the give-and-take.
I’m going to break down the main points I think McGrath and Atkins are making and the strengths/weaknesses within them in the upcoming weeks. I know, I’m in way in over my head…
My thought is that for my generation, this is basically a new debate, insomuch as we are coming of age where competing ideas on the existence of God – or lack thereof – are needing to be dealt/be confronted with for the first time within our generation. Older generations have been debating this for a long time. We inherently know it is an ‘old’ debate, but for anyone growing up in these postmodern times, it is basically a novel discussion.
You can watch the debate if you are interested here. I look forward to the discussion…
[HT: challies.com]
