Dr. Craig from Time to Time, we talk about Keith Parsons and he continues to write and

to write about you and to interact with you that famous debate that occurred in the 90s first

debate that I had a chance to be in attendance and it was 4,000 people and I tell you what

made that such a good debate bill not only the content but also the fact that he was such

an emphasis, blustery, loud, intimidating and yelling and you know it was like a WWF almost

and then there was tension in the crowd like well is Dr. Craig going to be able to answer this

and then this sigh relief and lots of applause at your response and so that's always been a good

debate. Yes and and what we have now in this blog is a sort of kind of gentler Keith Parsons where

he says that he's changed his tune now and I couldn't help but reflect on that debate that you

mentioned at Prestonwood Baptist Church with Keith back in the early 90s because at that time he

was cantankerous he was the one that was bludgeoning his opponent I remember he showed up at the

debate wearing a big floppy brim hat and he boasted to me this is my butt kicking hat and he

had in his pocket a big stokey that he said I'm going to go out and smoke this in the parking lot

of the church after the debate is congratulate myself so you know this was the old Keith Parsons

and as you say Kevin people loved it I mean he was so cantankerous and entertaining but now

oh my goodness now we have a new gentler Keith Parsons to deal with apparently yes and we've

talked about his reaction to a book by Tim Crane the meaning of belief religion from an atheist

point of view and here it is in a nutshell Keith Parsons is saying well you can hardly blame us

atheists for saying that the claims of Christian apologists the claims of the religious and so on

are more than just identification and religious impulse but are really trying to say this has

scientific merit and and then he includes William Dempsky Michael B. He and in in yourself Bill in

trying to make his case that you're not just saying that this is a religious impulse or feeling or

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