(June 21, 2011 at 8:19 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Actually, Statler, he did debate creationists after that time (as recently as 2007), but was asked by colleagues not to bother, as the debates never get anywhere. When I say "trodden," I mean in serious academe, not public spectacle. which you seem to want here but which would prove meaningless on a further scale for the very simple and familiar fact that you believe god created the universe, and I see no evidence whatsoever that this is so. We cannot find a middle ground, nor would either of us yield to the other. You seem to want to provoke such a debate simply because I think your camp is dull. We may as well arm wrestle, and I think I'd beat you badly there.
Please name the young earth creationist Dawkins debated in 2007. Serious academe? Huh? Both sides have their peer reviewed sources so that's just silly really. You are right about one thing though; there is no middle ground on such things. If you feel you can’t defend your positions though, I completely understand.