(May 21, 2016 at 11:23 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(May 21, 2016 at 10:27 am)Jehanne Wrote: Here's a great video where Craig takes to pin atheism down to strong atheism only and Shermer discusses how man made god and not vice-a-versa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7EvwITW-SA
A clear win for Dr. Shermer.
I disagree. I think Dr. Shermer's attempts to stay light-hearted about it allowed Dr. Craig to get away with some pretty preposterous broad statements about the amount of evidence for his claims, which he asserted he had defended successfully at "many universities". I know it wasn't a debate, but I found most of Dr. Shermer's answers to be a bit vague and empty, when I know he is often quite eloquent (in writing) about the problems with Craig's philosophical "proofs" for evidence of a creator. Unfortunately, WLC oozes personality, and to most people listening to that argument, they would care more about how WLC sounds than about the careful application of skepticism shown by Shermer.
Which is, of course, the whole problem in a nutshell.
Yet another reason to NOT trust "eyewitness testimony"!!
