William Lane Craig's Closing Statement at CBE 2009

William Lane Craig's Closing Statement at the Christian Book Expo 2009 on March 21st.

For the full 2 hour Panel Discussion, please visit the following link:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=41178da2dab2e1e83d93

Video courtesy of Tangle.com

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[jmui011]

Great, surround him with 4 theists with the expectation he should answer all their questions. A discussion on those ten topics, with the appropriate counterarguments from the theists, would take days.

Furthermore, they are expecting Christopher to be a well versed physicist, theologian, philosopher, and biologists.

Furthermore, all of those arguments support only a Gap in our understanding and do not prove God in any way - except for the exceptionally inadequate ontological argument.

[Christianjr4]

It was a long panel discussion (2 hours) and Hitchens actually spoke for the great majority of it so he had plenty of time to deal with the arguments.

[platonist83the2nd]

Ha Ha. This is what inevitably happens when a true philosopher debates a sophist.

[helpmetony]

as an unbiased objector, Dr.Craig is quite clear. Very logical. What's the fuss about?

[mytruepower2]

@belodeau

All of these claims are unsubstantiated, and unless you can establish any of this through evidence, logic or reason, I'm afraid you're not prepared to deal with the facts. -wink, wink.-

[mytruepower2]

@Unwin85

This misconception, I think, stems from just a faulty definition of "humility." "Humility" doesn't mean letting others have their way, nor subservience, nor self-doubt, nor philosophical skepticism especially.

What it DOES mean is having a clear and thorough grasp of one's true place in the universe; alongside man, and below God, to whom one must by guided by faith and reason. So long as WLC uses faith and reason responsibly to reach towards God, he is humble.

[Unwin85]

What a slimy little weasel WLC is, Thought Christians were supposed to be humble yet this guy is supremely arrogant.

[EastofForever]

From the moment I first heard the first 15 minutes of hearing him speak until seeing his ass THOROUGHLY handed to him by Craig, I remain dumbfounded to understand why anyone would see Christopher Hitchens as being any more than a telegenic hack.

"Desperation" must be the primary reason so many atheists find him compelling. "Hitch" has found his "niche": and he's milking it all the way to the bank.

[heeh2]

Theres no way craig has never heard of the anthropic principal.....

speeches like this make me think they are keeping people dumb to sustain a living...

[belodeau]

@howiboy. Nice try. "boring" as in: not new, not applicable, and repititious. The only head Craig is going over is his own. At his best, he leaves the door open a crack for deism, but his theistic assertions are down right silly. Yet, he continues to impress himself and others because he is a philosopher.

[howiboy]

@belodeau Don't worry about it to much he's probably going over your head, I didn't find it boring but if you don't really understand his points I could see how it would get boring.

[Cwizzy2012]

@ammar6842 what do you mean by closed? please define more, sorry

[belodeau]

To everyone commenting- make sure you watch this entire event so as to understand the full context of this closing remark. Craig is off in his own universe somewhere, Hitchens is bored and so was I.