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[[Image:Wilder-smith-book.jpg‎|right|150px|thumb|Dr. Arthur Ernest Wilder-Smith]]

[[Image:Wilder-smith-book.jpg‎|right|150px|thumb|Dr. Arthur Ernest Wilder-Smith]]

The '''Huxley Memorial Debate''' took place on February 14, 1986 under the auspices of the Oxford Union a student debate club of Oxford University. The motion "That the Doctrine of Creation is more valid than the Theory of Evolution" was debated by Edgar Andrews and A. E. Wilder-Smith for the ayes, and [[Richard Dawkins]] and John Maynard-Smith for the noes. A few members of the Oxford Union were additional speakers. After approximately 3 hours of debate, the notion was defeated by 198 to 115 votes.

The '''Huxley Memorial Debate''' took place on February 14, 1986 under the auspices of the Oxford Union, a student debate club of Oxford University. The motion "That the Doctrine of Creation is more valid than the Theory of Evolution" was debated by Edgar Andrews and A. E. Wilder-Smith for the ayes, and [[Richard Dawkins]] and John Maynard-Smith for the noes. A few members of the Oxford Union were additional speakers. After approximately 3 hours of debate, the notion was defeated by 198 to 115 votes.

=== Huxley Memorial Debate and Dawkins Subsequent Refusal to debate Creation Scientists ===

=== Huxley Memorial Debate and Dawkins Subsequent Refusal to debate Creation Scientists ===

Creationists state the following regarding Richard Dawkins current refusal to debate a creation scientist:

Creationists state the following regarding Richard Dawkins current refusal to debate a creation scientist: