Debate Atheism vs Theism - good reading
June 28th, 2008
The Political Inquirer sat down an Atheist and a Theist and asked them to debate this question:
“Is Atheism beneficial or dangerous to society?” and similarly, “Is Theism beneficial or dangerous to society?”
You can read the full article here http://politicalinquirer.com/2008/06/26/god-in-society-an-atheism-theism-debate/
Having read the preliminaries, I’m still a greater fan of Kyle Williams debating with a book. (Warning Long ass post). But both personalities involved in the debate seem measured and not too vitriolic. http://www.atheismisdead.blogspot.com/ represents the theist position and Leo Pardus of DE-CONVERSION the atheist. Personally, I’d have hoped someone from exchristian.net would have been invited, but it still promises to be an interesting discussion.
What, as always, has me amused is the comments.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
The question is a fallacy of consequences.
It is like asking wheter Aristotelian physics or Newtonian mechanics are good for society.
Actually, my example isn’t so much of a stretch- Aristotelian supports the prime mover idea and an ordered universe, while Newtonian is more clockwork and deterministic.