If given the slightest opportunity he most certainly will yet…opportunity is being withheld via Richard Dawkins’ self-serving selection of refusing to debate certain personages.
As for William Lane Craig, Richard Dawkins has stated, “I’ve never heard of William Craig” and that he will not debate this stranger as “A debate with him might look good on his resume, but it wouldn’t look good on mine!” He has further “elucidated”
Yet, logically, if he never heard of Craig how can he know whose resume their debate would enhance?
Let us assist Richard Dawkins in getting acquainted with William Lane Craig.
Here is a list of 48 personages whom William Lane Craig has debated (and the more I attempted to complete a comprehensive list, the more names I found):
Antony Flew Austin Dacey Bart Ehrman Bill Cooke Brian Edwards Christopher Hitchens Corey Washington Dan Barker Douglas Jesseph Eddie Tabash Edwin Curley Eric Dayton Frank Zindler Garrett Hardin Gerd Ludemann Hansie Wolmarans Hector Avalos Henry Morgentaler Jamal Badawi James Crossley James Robert Brown John Dominic Crossan John Shelby Spong John Shook Kai Nielsen Keith Parsons Lewis Wolpert Louise Antony Massimo Pigliucci Michael Tooley Paul Draper Paul Kurtz Peter Atkins Peter Slezak Quentin Smith Ray Bradley Richard Carrier Richard Taylor Robert (Greg) Cavin Robert Price Roy Hoover Sakkie Spangenberg Shabir Ally Theodore Drange Torbjorn Tannsjo Victor Stenger Walter Sinnott Armstrong
Yusuf Islam
That is correct; William Lane Craig debated the most well known and respected intellectual atheist in the world for the past half century, the late and ex-atheist Antony Flew, and Richard Dawkins never hear of it. The overwhelming majority of his debate opponents have earned PhDs.
See curriculum vitae for his background.
See his publications for a list.
Interestingly, William Lane Craig’s very first listed publication is a popular level works dating to 1974 AD titled, “Evangelicals and Evolution: An Analysis of the Debate Between the Creation Research Society and the American Scientific Affiliation” from the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society [17 (1974): 131-148].
This means that he has been publically weighing in on the issue of evolution/Darwinism and creation for almost four decades.
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For more details on debates in general see here
For details on William Lane Craig see here
For Richard Dawkins’ debate refusals see:
Richard Dawkins Elucidates, Yet Again, Why He Will Not Debate William Lane Craig
Richard Dawkins’ Debate Delusion
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