Part 4 - Dinesh D'Souza/ Dan Barker Debates

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Dinesh D'Souza, Christian and best-selling author, debates Dan Barker

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[peterb1968]

D'sousa talks lots but says nothing, he twists and turns misusing works like rational, he is dishonest

[ManRic2]

If there is a God it should not be debatable question about his existence 3:30, thump up

[Walabinx]

I generally agree with Dan; but his point about how, "there shouldn't even be a debate if God's existence is so obvious," isn't really a good one. One could easily draw a parallel to creationists who debate against evolution.

[Steenhorst]

Whenever I hear D'Souza speak, all I can hear is a 5-year-old throwing a tantrum.

[DBSpenser]

It's important to notice that Barker concedes that he will change his mind if presented with the evidence, while D'Souza says his goal is only to disprove atheism. I think this clearly shows who is open minded and who is biased.

[ardendogma]

D'souza is an agent from the Matrix on earth.

No one dodges bullets like he does.

He does the dance of tautology and very bad semantics, the worst offence so far, speaking as a chemist, that scientific laws with man made laws. Such as misdirection.

[zapopaul]

"the experience of god, whether or not he is out there is as real a moral experiece as anything else that we can see in the world".hm... i think this remaind valid if you replace god with say... bugs bunny..

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, tothesource1.

[Walabinx]

Nice response by Dan

[ybra]

@YHWHisSovereign can god do something that is not part of the future that he have foreseen?

[YHWHisSovereign]

@ybra He determined all things according to His own freewill. He could have chosen things to be different if He wanted. To suggest that His will isn't free anymore because He must do what He has determined, is absurd. How has He determined the future anyway, that is supposed to contradict freewill? By His freewill. So freewill contradicts freewill?

[ybra]

@YHWHisSovereign "How is omniscience and freewill mutually exclusive?" For the future to be knowable it have to be already determined. If the future is determined there are no true chooses. Thus making him utterly trapped and forced to carry out what ever the future is, unable to change it.

If it is even possible to know the future free will is an illusion.