free will, which is required for moral responsibility and moral choices, requires a non-material mind/soul.the mathematical structure of the universe and its intelligibility to the scientific method.

non-material minds that allow rationality that would be impossible on materialism/determinism.

objective, prescriptive moral rules need to be grounded by the designer of the universeĪnd he also listed 4 features of the universe that are more consistent with theism than atheism (= materialism).

the origin of the biological information in the first self-replicating organism.

the fine-tuning of the physical constants to support the minimum requirements for life of any kind.

the origin of time, space, matter and energy out of nothing.

exist? That is the question being debated in a “Does God Exist?” debate.įrank Turek made 4 relevant arguments for theism, each of which alone would support his conclusion, that God exists: The question being debated is: does a God who created and designed the universe, who has all the traditional properties of God, such as omniscience, omnipotence, omni-benevolence, etc.

All arguments that assume specific theological or moral doctrines or specific religious history are irrelevant to a debate on generic theism. Now the important thing to remember about a generic debate on whether GOD EXISTS is that there should be no mention of any particular God, such as the Christian God, and no mention of the history of any particular religion. The audio from that debate is here, at Brian Auten’s Apologetics 315 site. I used his opening speech from his debate with Frank Turek. I thought that I would go over an opening statement from a previous debate featuring Christopher Hitchens to find out what atheists are like in debates.

Christopher hitchens on god