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/* Christian response to the New Atheist movement */
The Christian apologetics organizations [[Ratio Christi]] and [[Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology]] formed after the launch of the New Atheism movement and before the decline of the New Atheism movement.
==== New atheists and debates against Christian apologist William Lane Craig ====
===== Letter to Richard Dawkins from Oxford atheist and academic Daniel Came =====
[[File:Billcraig czvx.jpg|thumbnail|260px|right|[[William Lane Craig]] ]]
In a letter to the agnostic and [[evolution]]ist Richard Dawkins which was subsequently quoted by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Oxford University atheist and professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote concerning Dawkins' refusal to debate the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[William Lane Craig]]:
"The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for [[Christianity|Christian]] [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref>
One of the frequent criticisms of the New Atheism movement is that it avoids the strongest arguments of its opponents.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFamS4RGE_A Richard Dawkins says he won't debate William Lane Craig]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Richard Dawkins and debate]]
===== Christopher Hitchens' debate against William Lane Craig =====
Christopher Hitchens debated William Lane Craig at Biola University in 2009 in a videotaped debate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBx4vvlbZ8 Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist - 2009].</ref> The atheist Luke Muehlhauser wrote concerning the debate: "The debate went exactly as I expected. Craig was flawless and unstoppable. Hitchens was rambling and incoherent, with the occasional rhetorical jab. Frankly, Craig spanked Hitchens like a foolish child."<ref>[http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=1230#sthash.mPNNrzlt.dpuf The Craig-Hitchens Debate] by Luke Muehlhauser on April 4, 2009 in Debates,Reviews,William Lane Craig</ref>
===== Sam Harris vs. William Lane Craig debate =====
See: [[Sam Harris vs. William Lane Craig debate]]
=== Christian backlash and the New Atheism movement ===
