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Polly Toynbee is president of the British Humanist Association.
== Pulling out of debate with William Lane Craig ==
In August 19, 2011, [[Fox News]] reported:
{{cquote|American Evangelical theologian [[William Lane Craig]] is ready to debate the rationality of faith during his U.K tour this fall, but it appears that some atheist philosophers are running shy of the challenge.
This month president of the British Humanist Association, [[Polly Toynbee]], pulled out of an agreed debate at London’s Westminster Central Hall in October, saying she “hadn’t realized the nature of Mr. Lane Craig’s debating style.”
Lane Craig, who is a professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, Calif., and author of 30 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, is no stranger to the art of debate and has taken on some of the great orators, such as famous atheists [[Christopher Hitchens]] and [[Sam Harris]]. Harris once described Craig as “the one [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] who has put the fear of God into many of my fellow atheists”.
Responding to Toynbee’s cancellation, Lane Craig commented: "These folks (atheists) can be very brave when they are alone at the podium and there's no one there to challenge them. But one of the great things about these debates is that, it allows both sides to be heard on a level playing field, and for the students in the audience to make up their own minds about where they think the truth lies."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/19/christian-pastor-atheists-debates</ref>}}
== See also ==
*[[British atheism]]
[[Category: Atheists]]
== Pulling out of debate with William Lane Craig ==
In August 19, 2011, [[Fox News]] reported:
{{cquote|American Evangelical theologian [[William Lane Craig]] is ready to debate the rationality of faith during his U.K tour this fall, but it appears that some atheist philosophers are running shy of the challenge.
This month president of the British Humanist Association, [[Polly Toynbee]], pulled out of an agreed debate at London’s Westminster Central Hall in October, saying she “hadn’t realized the nature of Mr. Lane Craig’s debating style.”
Lane Craig, who is a professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, Calif., and author of 30 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, is no stranger to the art of debate and has taken on some of the great orators, such as famous atheists [[Christopher Hitchens]] and [[Sam Harris]]. Harris once described Craig as “the one [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] who has put the fear of God into many of my fellow atheists”.
Responding to Toynbee’s cancellation, Lane Craig commented: "These folks (atheists) can be very brave when they are alone at the podium and there's no one there to challenge them. But one of the great things about these debates is that, it allows both sides to be heard on a level playing field, and for the students in the audience to make up their own minds about where they think the truth lies."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/19/christian-pastor-atheists-debates</ref>}}
== See also ==
*[[British atheism]]
[[Category: Atheists]]