A Hitch in Hitchens: Observations From the Turek-Hitchens Debate
September 10, 2008 by admin
Filed under Apologetics, Atheism, Debates, Philosophy
Here are some observations from a Hitchens fan who was at the debate. Sounds like Turek won the debate, but Hitchens was not in great form (unwell perhaps?). Enjoy.
http://rudyhenkel.livejournal.com/2726.html
Anyone know where the MP3s are?


I will keep my eye out for the audio.
Thank you for linking my article. And yes, I cannot deny that Hitchens lost the debate; he was in the poorest form I’ve ever seen him.
I have posted the second part of the analysis, which looks at some of the specific arguments. Come and disagree with me if you like! I do not censor posts at all.
http://rudyhenkel.livejournal.com/2869.html
Thanks Rudy. One thing I don’t understand is Hitchen’s position on moral absolutes. Can you explain? How can he claim to believe in moral absolutes without God?
Hitchens claimed to believe in morality, not necessarily in moral absolutes. For example, we have good reason to thing that all people (with the exception of sociopaths and psychopaths,) are biologically predisposed towards certain moral behaviors. This gives a basis for morality, if not necessarily objective morality. I talk about that question somewhat in the second part of my article.
Full MP3 Audio of the debate between Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek can be found here at apologetics315.com.
Completely agreed. Hitchens was in very poor form (he didn’t even look well imo), and though I believe that Turek’s points are easily shown unsound he certainly won the debate. Unfortunate.