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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?

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6 Responses to “A Hitch in Hitchens: Observations From the Turek-Hitchens Debate”

  1. Brian on September 10th, 2008 10:35 am

    I will keep my eye out for the audio.

  2. Rudy Henkel on September 11th, 2008 5:10 am

    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

  3. admin on September 11th, 2008 8:01 am

    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?

  4. Rudy Henkel on September 11th, 2008 11:03 pm

    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.

  5. Brian on October 7th, 2008 8:07 am

    Full MP3 Audio of the debate between Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek can be found here at apologetics315.com.

  6. Derek on October 31st, 2008 8:50 am

    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.

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