Oct
13
2007
McGrath and Dawkins
Check out this video dialogue between Alister McGrath and Richard Dawkins. My friend West Breedlove had this to say about the video:
After reading much of Dawkin’s “The God Delusion”, I was surprised at the rather genteel way Dawkins handled this debate. The uncut video is an hour and 10 minutes, and worth the time to watch. As far as a “winner” goes, this debate has been going on for millennia. However, in this debate, I find McGrath’s arguments compelling. Maybe it’s his demeanor, or his accent. It just sounds intelligent. Dawkins also has some “excellent” questions, as McGrath often says. At any rate, when talking about the cross of Christ, McGrath fails to mention anything about the substitutionary death of Christ; that the wrath of God was poured out on Christ. Dawkins was left feeling that McGrath was talking about the cross as an example for Christians or something. He could have done better than that, I think.