I just recently found this debate thanks to a Frank Turek appearance on Line of Fire radio (click here and click HERE for Dr. Turek’s appearance where he was a guest host for two hours.. You can watch the debate by clicking here. Dr. Turek does a very excellent job and shutting down Mr. Hitchens and frustrating him to no end. At one point in the debate, it seems that Mr. Hitchens unknowingly (or purposely?) pulled off his microphone out of frustration. Mr. Hitchens is one of these ‘new atheists‘ who are nothing more than pseudo-philosophers masquerading as a true debater, but in reality knows very little about philosophy, science, or the Bible.
These ‘new atheists‘ are simply notoriously vocal ‘God-haters’ who love to go on TV and attempt to shock the masses with an absurd statement without proving any premise that he may claim. His favorite avenue is the internet and television; and he loves to take statements from the Bible (almost always out of context) and misshape them to fit some grotesque argument in the process of making some random outlandish point just for the sake of being outlandish and grotesque. I do have some respect for atheists who truly understand how to debate a creationist, and truly understand evolutionary science as well as arguments from design, but Mr. Hitchens is not one of them. At the very least, he is entertaining if you can tolerate him.
I also want to mention that Dr. Turek’s site is www.CrossExamined.org on which the debate is posted. His site contains some resources for a ‘beginner apologetic’. He also has a book out titled “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” and Dr. Norman Geisler helped contribute to this fine book. Click the title or click here to order the book or learn more about it. Highly recommended for believers AND unbelievers alike.
UPDATE: Dr. Phil Fernandes talks about these ‘New Atheists‘ during a radio interview which you can access by clicking HERE. These New Atheists really do not want to debate creation, evolution, existence of God, etc… all they want to do is disparage the idea of belief in a God and insult those who do believe. I had the unfortunate opportunity to listen to a clip of Bill Maher talking about Americans and evolution, and he has some of this ‘new atheism’ in him. They don’t want a real and fair debate and they do not want to give Christians a fair shake. Instead, they want to ridicule Christianity and tear down manger scenes. While they do ridicule other religions, the religion in their cross-hair is Christianity. It’s unfortunate, but in this day and age, these people make a living off of ridiculing belief in God and especially a ‘Judaeo-Christian God’.
