Tuesday, June 16, 2009

WLC debates can be likened to two armies, meeting on the field of battle. But typically, it plays out like a charge of heavy horse, against a peasant militia, armed with farm implements.

one atheist's perspective:
http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=1230
Best quote: "Craig was flawless and unstoppable. Hitchens was rambling and incoherent, with the occasional rhetorical jab. Frankly, Craig spanked Hitchens like a foolish child."

one theist's perspective:
http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/william-lane-craig-vs-christopher-hitchens-first-report/
Best quote: "While Hitchens did make arguments, they were largely unfocused, sometimes disconnected, and often irrelevant."

And best quote from the debate (of course from Bill): "...you’ve got to come to a debate prepared with arguments."

The jovial and honest atheist above has quite a bit of space devoted to WLC, it's all a very good read, especially the debate reviews:
http://commonsenseatheism.com/?cat=25

The war of words is like to others,
It spills much blood and like it's brother,
A goodly price by fools replete,
Not drop nor ocean will sate complete.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Under a bushel or something

Hello World!
Some direct relationship exists between the phonetic strangeness of one's name and the interesting nature of phonetic utterances of the subject.
Take for example: Gödel, Goethe and Gauβ