[This is Dr Jacoby's closing statement.]
The debate between international Christian speaker Douglas Jacoby and agnostic and skeptic Michael Shermer took place Saturday June 23, the highlight of th...
[This is Dr Jacoby's closing statement.]
The debate between international Christian speaker Douglas Jacoby and agnostic and skeptic Michael Shermer took place Saturday June 23, the highlight of the 2007 International Apologetics Conference, sponsored by the Apologetics Research Society. The debate topic: Does God Exist?
Dr. Shermer is one of the three or four most famous atheist / agnostic scholars in the world, author of 12 books and President of the Skeptic Society. He has held dozens of debates, appeared on Oprah, 20/20, Dateline, Tom Snyder, Larry King Live and The History Channel. Dr. Jacoby, director of the Athens Institute of Ministry, has spoken in hundreds of cities in some 80 nations.
This exciting event was held before a packed house, with an overflow crowd watching close circuit monitors outside the venue. Kedron Jones (Board member of ARS) was moderator and affable host. Shermer and Jacoby both bring their best analytical skills to this debate. The interchange is lively, with both speakers willing to concede points made by their opponent. You will benefit greatly from weighing the arguments put forth. Douglas' clear and incisive arguments for the existence of God are persuasive. He argues from cosmology (both its creation and its complexity). and the unmistakable fact that moral absolutes are part of reality. Shermer makes the case that religions are socially constructed, historically dependent, and that the faith you adhere to and the god you believe in depend largely on when in history and where in the world you were born.
The two-hour debate is lively, engaging and instructional. You can watch each speaker's opening, rebuttal, rebuttal summary, and conclusion here at YouTube. For the entire debate in one DVD, however, including the 40+ minute Q&A session, please visit www.douglasjacoby.com. The Skeptics Society website is www.skeptic.com.
To post further comments, please visit Jacoby's forum at www.jacobyblogs.com.
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I invite you to go tell a 5 year old girl with cancer that's she's sick because our ancestors had a hankering for apples and a talking snake told them it was cool. How do you get theism from deism? You can't . It's a fucking conjuring trick faith heads like to spin.
A Theist quoted Shakespeare. You know, it's said by some Satanists that Shakespeare was part of their bloodline. In other words, a natural born Shakespeare.
I like Jacoby's quote: "Morality, yeah there is grey, there is lots of grey in morality, but there's also black and white."
That is a fine point indeed. We don't judge on color of skin but the color of our character. He's going somewhere with that allegory. If our soul is black, does our spirit not suffer and shine a black halo?
Probability is on the side of the theists? Really, when was that decided? This guy is full of it. There are also many christians who become atheists, what does that say about christianity? Is it inadequate? That's a terrible argument. And I believe Michael Shermer used to be a fundamentalist christian before becoming an atheist, I doubt he will go back to that. Oh, and Anthony Flew is a deist, not a christian.
It was kind of condescending for Jacoby to say he hopes Shermer will become a Christian. What would Christians say if Shermer had said "I hope you'll see the light and become agnostic someday".
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I like Jacoby's quote: "Morality, yeah there is grey, there is lots of grey in morality, but there's also black and white."
That is a fine point indeed. We don't judge on color of skin but the color of our character. He's going somewhere with that allegory. If our soul is black, does our spirit not suffer and shine a black halo?
Shermer sucked
Jacoby, although illogical and senseless, won....
Shermer was just dodging answers, these kind of guys have to be attacked, bot played around with