Debate on the Origins of Life Part One

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Dr. Craig begins his evaluation of a contentious and intense debate on the origins of life.

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0:30.0	If anyone has a problem with high blood pressure,
0:32.2	they may want to skip watching the debate.
0:35.2	They're, we're going to be talking about
0:36.7	because it was filled with aggressive personal attacks,
0:41.0	name calling, and even some unexpected profanity
0:45.4	from one of the debaters.
0:47.7	It occurred recently at Rice University
0:49.6	between Dr. James Tour, professor of chemistry,
0:52.6	professor of material science and nanoengineering,
0:55.7	and professor of computer science
0:57.4	there at Rice University.
0:59.6	Followers of reasonable faith will be familiar with his name.
1:03.6	And the other debater was a science communicator
1:06.8	popular on YouTube, Dave Farina,
1:10.5	also known as Professor Dave.
1:13.2	The topic was, are we clueless about life's origins?
1:18.1	Dr. Wayne Guita was the moderator,
1:20.2	he's professor of chemistry, university of South Florida.
1:24.0	Dr. Tour and professor Dave have been responding
1:27.0	to each other's YouTube videos for a couple of years.
1:31.7	So that's what led to this live debate.
1:33.9	What was your overall impression, Bill?
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