Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,827
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 76:
Line 76: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Atheism and cowardice (view source)
Revision as of 03:15, October 12, 2014
, 03:15, October 12, 2014→PZ Myers refusal to debate Vox Day
“Rather than hurling [[Ad hominem|ad hominem]] attacks on Craig from their bunkers, it would be good to see these figures come forward to rationally defend the atheism they publicly espouse.”<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=116718</ref>}}
“Rather than hurling [[Ad hominem|ad hominem]] attacks on Craig from their bunkers, it would be good to see these figures come forward to rationally defend the atheism they publicly espouse.”<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=116718</ref>}}
== Dr. Michael Martin backing out of his scheduled debate with Dr. Greg Bahnsen ==
See also: [[Greg Bahnsen and debate]]
[[Image:Bahnsen.jpg|thumb|150px|Dr. [[Greg Bahnsen]] became known as "the man atheists fear most" due to [[Michael Martin]]'s cancellation of their scheduled debate.<ref>[http://simpleapologetics.com/thegreatdebate.html The Great Debate: Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein]</ref>]]
In 1985, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Dr. [[Greg Bahnsen]] and prominent proponent of [[atheism]] Gordon Stein had a debate at the University of California, Irvine regarding the positions of atheism and theism. John Frame wrote regarding the debate in which Dr. Bahnsen used the [[transcendental argument for the existence of God]] that "In the end, Stein walked and talked like a broken man."<ref>http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/Bahnsen.htm</ref> The Greg Bahnsen-Gordon Stein debate was recorded and transcribed and was dubbed "The Great Debate".<ref>http://www.bellevuechristian.org/faculty/dribera/htdocs/PDFs/Apol_Bahnsen_Stein_Debate_Transcript.pdf</ref> See also: [[Greg Bahnsen and debate]]
===Greg Bahnsen and Michael Martin===
'''See also:''' [[Greg Bahnsen and debate]] and [[Press release concerning Michael Martin pulling out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|Bahnson-Martin debate press release]]
Dr. Greg Bahnsen became known as the "man atheists fear most".<ref>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/webpages54/ap/biobahn.html</ref>
This is because [[Harvard]]-educated [[Michael Martin|Dr. Michael Martin]] was scheduled to debate Bahnsen in 1994 but pulled out of the debate at the "eleventh hour" according to a press release at the time.<ref>[http://simpleapologetics.com/thegreatdebate.html The Great Debate: Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein]</ref><ref>[http://trueforms.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/greg-bahnsen-vs-michael-martin-opening-remarks/ Greg Bahnsen vs. Michael Martin: The Debate That Never Was (1/2)]</ref>
[[Press release concerning Michael Martin pulling out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|The press release at the time]] said that Dr. Martin offered ruses on why he pulled out and didn't want the scheduled debate recorded but the real reason was that "...Michael Martin is afraid that he will be publicly humiliated just as his friend and fellow atheist, Dr. Gordon Stein, was...".
Martin later released his [[transcendental argument for the non-existence of God]] (TANG) in 1996 which was rebutted by Christian apologists.<ref>http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=/apologetics/martin_TAG.html</ref>
Martin released his TANG argument after Bahnsen died.
For more information please see:
*[[Greg Bahnsen and debate]]
*[[Press release concerning Michael Martin pulling out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|Bahnson-Martin debate press release]]
== PZ Myers refusal to debate Vox Day ==
== PZ Myers refusal to debate Vox Day ==