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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 name="MartinBahnsen">Multiple references:

*Frame, John (2012). [http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/Bahnsen.htm "Bahnsen at the Stein debate"]. Frame and Poythress. Retrieved on October 23, 2014.</ref> The Greg Bahnsen-Gordon Stein debate was recorded and transcribed and was dubbed "The Great Debate".<ref>Bahnsen, Greg and Stein, Gordon (1985). [http://web.archive.org/web/20120607051652/http://www.bellevuechristian.org/faculty/dribera/htdocs/PDFs/Apol_Bahnsen_Stein_Debate_Transcript.pdf ''The Great Debate: Does God Exist? Dr. Greg Bahnsen versus Dr. Gordon Stein'']. Retrieved from June 7, 2012 archive of Bellvue Christian School website/Faculty/DR Ibera at Internet Archive on May 14, 2015.</ref>

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~~===Greg Bahnsen and Michael Martin===~~

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[[Greg Bahnsen|Dr. Greg Bahnsen]] became known as the "man atheists fear most".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080102084144/http://mywebpages.comcast.net/webpages54/ap/biobahn.html "A brief biography of Greg Bahnsen"] (2003). Applied Presuppositionalism website. Retrieved from January 2, 2008 archive at Internet Archive on May 14, 2015.</ref>

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~~This is because [[Harvard]]-educated [[Michael Martin|Dr. Michael Martin]] was scheduled to debate Bahnsen but pulled out of the debate at the "eleventh hour".~~

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A [[Press Release Regarding Michael Martin Pulling Out of Martin-Bahnsen Debate|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..."

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Martin later released his [[transcendental argument for the non-existence of God]] (TANG) in 1996 which was rebutted by Christian apologists.<ref>Walsh, Ed (2007). [http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=/apologetics/martin_TAG.html "Responses to atheist philosopher Michael Martin"]. Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics website. Retrieved on May 14, 2015.</ref>

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~~See also: [[Press release after Michael Martin pulled out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|Bahnson-Martin debate press release]]~~

== Christopher Hitchens' debate against William Lane Craig ==

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