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Aca
17 Nov 2010, 05:34 PM
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111710dnmethitchens.40dba40.html

If you're a Christian school bent on bringing in an atheist to test students' faith, why not shoot for the stars?

That was the thinking at Prestonwood Christian Academy, which landed Christopher Hitchens, a celebrity skeptic and author of the bestseller God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

Hitchens will debate William Dembski, a research professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, on Thursday morning at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.

Though the public is invited, the main audience will be high school and middle school students from Prestonwood Christian Academy and other Christian schools, with one school coming from Arkansas.

The topic is: Does a Good God Exist?

Live webcast Thursday, November 18, 8:30 a.m. CT here

http://www.pcawebcast.com/2010debate/

thanks to weaver for the heads up :)
David B
17 Nov 2010, 09:43 PM
what happened to the Blair debate:dunno:

thought it was early this month

David
Aca
18 Nov 2010, 06:59 AM
what happened to the Blair debate:dunno:

thought it was early this month

David

I think that the date is 26th for Blair Hitch project:p
rog
18 Nov 2010, 03:13 PM
what happened to the Blair debate:dunno:

thought it was early this month

David

I think that the date is 26th for Blair Hitch project:p

As long as they keep away from the subject of war, they both seem a bit too keen for my liking.
BioBeing
18 Nov 2010, 03:23 PM
Anyone listen to the Blair/Dembski one? Can it be d/l'ed?
Jack Willsson
18 Nov 2010, 04:19 PM
I tried to watch the Dembski/Hitchens but the reception was so bad that I gave up.
BioBeing
18 Nov 2010, 04:26 PM
Well, the commentors over at Pharyngula (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/11/i_hate_debates_but.php#comments) are calling it for Hitch. No surprises there ;)
David B
18 Nov 2010, 11:29 PM
Speaking of Pharyngula, unless there is a bug on my browser PZ has been uncharacteristically quiet today.

I hope he's OK.

David
BioBeing
19 Nov 2010, 03:49 PM
Seems normal to me. He had a down day earlier this week while traveling back from Mexico, but there are plenty of posts up yesterday and today.
David B
19 Nov 2010, 06:19 PM
I gather that he was getting pissed. In the Brit sense of the word.

David