Who won?  Dawkins (wrote "The God Delusion") or Quinn (reporter)?
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I read the debate, rather than listened to it. I don't think there was a clear winner. Both men made good points. Quinn's weakest argument was his statement that since matter exists, that proves that God exists. This is simply ridiculous. For all we know, magic super-aliens created matter. Of course I don't believe that either. I am with Dawkins on this one, that there is no way to know this as of yet, but that scientists are working on it. \n\nRegarding the "free will" discussion, I think Dawkins could have had a stronger argument if he had spoken about the fact that atheists tend to take responsibility for our behavior, rather than ascribe it to some thing called free will or predestination.\n\nYes, it does seem like a Y!A discussion.
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You can have both.While intellect uses reason and logic It is not at all a contradiction to have faith or hope or wonder about the mysteries of life .Scientists cannot measure some things so they cannot be proved or disproved.Yet.
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Darren Daulton was a long-time catcher for the Phillies, and later the Marlins.  He had no superpowers that anyone is aware of.\n\nMetaphysics is a study of philosophy dealing with the nature of existence, not really a religion.  Darren Daulton loved to talk about it.\n\nYour friend is making fun of Daulton's obsession with the nature of reality.
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Anyway, \nIf you just want balanced views, found these:\n\nhttp://www.ignatius.com/books/davincihoax/\nhttp://petragrail.tripod.com/hoax.html\nhttp://insightscoop.typepad.com/davincihoax/\n\nThis one is just cute and funny, it's a spoof of the first 7 chapters, very Dan Brownish in style:\n\nhttp://www.carl-olson.com/articles/duhvinci_con1.html\n\nIT's called the "Duh Vinci Con"
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Douglas Adams, the writer of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is very well liked among Athiests.  His writings, that make everything seem more like a series of coincidences rather than a guided destiny have been known to make even Catholics question God.
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Donald Trump or Bill Gates LOL
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Galileo's daughter was a nun whe got him out of jail. The Pope (his friend )believe him 100%. Actualy what galileo believed scientifically was already stated in the Bible. The masses(people) that opposed him scientifically because they believed the Greek Theory rather than the Bible. This problem still Exists today.\nThey would rather believed far out unproven Theories rather than the ACcount of Creation in the Bible;(Unintelligent Design and formation of Universe by evolutionary chance)\n\nHYSTORY REPEATS ITSELF!
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Antony Flew said that "Intelligent Design" lead him to the belief in the existence of God, but that he still does not believe in Christianity. \nThis happen a year or two ago. You might find something by searching "Gary Habermas, intelligent design, Tony Flew." \nI think http://www.str.org and http://www.reasons.org had the info posted on their web sites.
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I've noticed they don't teach logic classes or ever use the word "fallacy" any time during Sunday School.\n\nThough I did pick up a tract today "disproving" the Da Vinci Code.  It was actually very convincing, but it was sort of like a book explaining why Santa Claus's sleigh has to be red and why he can only use flying reindeer as opposed to flying horses.
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okay, how about this list of famous scientists, philosophers, and inventors who believe in God?\nalbert einstein\nthomas edison\nanthony fynn\nthomas jefferson\nbenjamin franklin\nisaac newton\nisaac asimov\nmichael faraday\nfrederick hoyle\nfrancis crick\ngeorge washington\nabraham lincoln\n\nhow some of these names ended up on your list, i'll never know; as their quotes clearly signify their belief in an intelligent designer at the very least.  "atheist" implies belief in no god at all.  \n\nmost of the names on there are just faces or names or voices anyway.  you asked for "scientists, inventors, and philosophers"  bjork is not a philosopher, neither is barry manilow.  hearing them sing is one thing, but they certainly should not be classified as authorities when i comes to spiritual doctrine.
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Read Wilton Barnhardt's "Gospel".  In my opinion, it is of the same ilk (this isn't a new genre at all) but better, as I prefer his prose.\n\nI also think you could include new author Elizabeth Kostova, who just published a thriller in the same vein.\n\nThere have been many other authors who have written what I call "conspiracy novels" about the nature of Christ.\n\nThere are also some old school books like "The Talisman" by Sir Walter Scott, and "The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas.  The Talisman is really old school (almost 200 years old) and traces a coin that was won in the gambling at Christ's feet through the ages and its transport to Scotland with the heart of Robert the Bruce (in reality, the coin exists, in the bossom of our Clan Chief, Lockhart, in Ayrshire, Scotland).\n\nPoke around, there is lots of material including one novel about the a new set of dead sea scrolls that has Jesus's bones turn up in the tomb of Joseph...etc.\n\nAnd according to court accounts, you can read "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", which Brown is accused of plagiarising (remember the flap about Harry Potter being plagiarised?
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How exactly did you calculate the odds?  BTW under the same logic earth was just one (of the many?) successes - think of how many didn't make it.\n\nThe idea of an intelligent creator is equally as illogical as existence from nothing.\n\nThe science of the big bang may be mostly conjecture but the 'creator' hypothesis is 100% faith.  Neither can be show to be right, both are opinion.\n\nPeace out
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"Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design" by Michael Shermer is the best one I've seen yet. It will more than likely contain everything you need.\n\nMichael Shermer, btw, if you're unfamiliar with who I'm talking about, is the founder of the Skeptics Society, who publishes Skeptic Magazine.
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******\nRudy Can't Fail\nHawking's theory (and that's ALL it is) did nothing to disprove the existence of God or the Bible and in fact, \nSTILL has NOT shown how to make SOMETHING from NOTHING!\n\nMaking Hawking's cosmology nothing more than fodder for the COSMOpolitan magazine
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if i had to venture a guess, i would say carl sagan...am i close?????\n\nok, maybe not carl sagan, how about walter cronkite, possibly in walter cronkites universe???
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Stephen Hawking currently has the highest recorded IQ, which is 290.
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whos more logical, the one who believes in a God he can't prove exists; or the one who is offended by a God he doesn't believe in?\n\nif religion is a crutch, then atheism is a coma