(August 7, 2013 at 10:46 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: Have you seen his debate? I have no background whatsoever in philosophy, haven't had interest in it, so it could be just me, but the moment he opens his mouth, it's all philosophy jargon from beginning to end. It's painful to listen to, I barely understood a word. I saw the one where he went against Sam Harris, who was very coherent, as always.
All I know is that several theists have attempted to tout his arguments as well-thought and authoritative. I thought he was supposed to be one of the big guns, so to speak, when it came to the theist side of the debate.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell