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Classic Replay: William Lane Craig vs Richard Dawkins - The Mexico debate

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

First broadcast in Jan 2011. Richard Dawkins is one of the world’s best known atheists but has always refused to debate the world’s best known Christian apologist William Lane Craig. However, in a twist of fate Dawkins found himself on the same platform as Craig in November 2010, as members of a 3 vs 3-person panel, debating the topic "Does the universe have a purpose"? Craig reflects on their encounter and the event. More Resources: • For exclusive resources and to support us: USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow Rest of the World: https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable • For our regular Newsletter: https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter • For more faith debates: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB • Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb • Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:00.0

You're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Browley.

0:18.1

Hello and welcome to this week's classic replay with me Justin Browley, going all the

0:22.2

way back to early 2011 for today's show.

0:25.8

Now Richard Dawkins is one of the world's best known atheists but he's always refused

0:30.0

to debate the world's best known Christian apologist with him named Craig.

0:33.9

However in a twist of fate Dawkins found himself on the same platform as Craig in November

0:39.4

2010.

0:40.4

Dawkins was won on an atheist team and Craig on a theist team as they debated does the

0:46.2

universe have a purpose at a Mexico TED style event.

0:50.1

So in this show we've extracts from the debate Bill Chatted to me about the circumstances

0:55.2

of their encounter and why he believes Dawkins and the tactics of the atheist team changed

1:00.0

during the course of the debate.

1:02.1

Hope you enjoy revisiting this rather unusual spectacle that even involve a boxing ring.

1:08.0

So thanks for tuning in, don't forget you can find many more shows from the unbelievable

1:11.6

podcast archive at our web page premier christianradio.com forward slash unbelievable.

1:17.1

Hope you enjoy reliving today's program.

1:22.7

Let me begin by saying thank you for joining me on the program today Bill for me a personal

1:27.9

honor because I listen to you regularly I read your material and I know many other people

1:33.1

in the area of Christian apologetics for whom you are one of the leading lights.

1:37.2

Tell us a little bit about how this whole event sort of took place and why were you actually

1:42.8

invited to I think it's a sort of effectively a Mexican version of the the T.E.D. talks in

1:48.5

America isn't it?

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