Atheist Scientist gets DESTROYED after Challenging William Lane Craig on the Existence of God DEBATE

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This debate took place in the year 2009 where an atheist scientist Michael Payton and William Lane Craig wrestles on the topic of the Existence of God. Tune in..

About William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian. He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Houston Christian University and a Research Professor of Philosophy at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology. Dr. Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. He has also published work where he argues in favor of the historical plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus (wikipedia)

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[tomgreene]

A Czech Atheist once told me that questions like "If God is all powerful, could he create a rock, so large that He can't move it?" were what caused him to become Atheist. Later I realized, the God did create such rocks. He created your souls, and sometimes by rejected him, he describes it like a stony heart. Because of His gift of Free Will, without your help or allowing it, He can't move it. You have to let Him in. Same thing, He won't require that you go to heaven, he won't force you. But also you can't force him to let you in. You have to ask, and agree to His rules. He'll help you with the rules, and replace your stony heart, but only if you ask.

[etiennedevignolles]

"He's dead too!" creases me up every time I see this. 😂

[imkluu]

Saying God permits evil is like saying Light permits darkness. Like darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

[csnow]

Craigs face at 3:06 should be a meme somewhere. :)

[NunyaBesnas]

“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, ” Werner Heisenberg, the winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics for the creation of quantum mechanics, stated. “But at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”

[Gandoff]

"Yes Lord" means nothing if you lack the ability to say "No".

[ItzBiznizzTime]

“The G.O.A.T” clip edit had me rolling 😂

[keithnicholas]

Bit of a weird "scientist", he was a recent grad ( bachelor at the time, in fact he only started his PhD a little while ago and hasn't finished yet). He was employed as a research assistant, managing interviews and things at the time. He's not done any significant research but helped organize experiments for others mostly. There are much better scientists and philosophers to have discussions with

[Bad_Llama]

The question of evil posits an objective morality and this requires a God. So even this objection begs the begs of God’s existence.

[ElRey_Congo]

I think the best break down of moral courage is when Dr Peterson explains that it is not courageous to not have the ability to do evil and not do evil… there is no virtue in being bound. However, if you do have the free will to do evil, in fact the proclivity in the context of instant gratification, however make conscious efforts not to, now that is true virtue and courage.

[williamsmith]

Craig looks like David Lee Roth in the thumbnail

[jamesgossweiler]

Sir Francis Bacon, the inventor of the scientific method, was described by contemporaneous historians as a "devout Anglican." Atheists build arguments. Christians build universities where atheists apply for scholarships.

[AtamMardes]

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
Voltaire

[tmagda]

After listening to Michael's statement, my brain froze being exposed to such a mind numbing stupidity beyond what is normal. I fear an extended length of recuperation is needed.

[Milton_Friedmanite]

“I can’t prove God doesn’t exist”……..
So you have faith?……

[elvancor]

I'm just gonna address the thumbnail.
If I wanted to examine whether atheists are brighter than theists, I wouldn't turn to a single debate between to individuals. It could be that the theist in that debate was smarter than the atheist, and it could still be true that atheists are in general smarter than theists tend to be.
Reliably finding out about stuff without fooling yourself is a more difficult task than most people realize. It's the aim of the scientific method.

[kirklarson]

Aldous Huxley(I think) said that he would accept Christianity if it wouldn't interfere with his political/ideological AND sexual lifestyle....hmmm.

[justinhebert]

This was such a painful debate to watch. Bro was totally outclassed from the word Go.

[hdmaragh]

so was this supposed to be a competition of who can be the most fallacious with the appeal to authority fallacy??? William Lane Craig definitely won the best at fallacies (again)

[danl.]

when Dr. Craig sits quietly listening to your side of a debate, you know hes got nothing but retorts (and good ones) lined up ready to use on his turn to speak