For the second opening to The Great Debate, Dr. Stein wants to call out Christians for not having any good proofs and also having a system that allows evil to be present in a world created by God. However, one must ask, where can one stand to call out evil? Or even good for that matter.

00:00 – Introduction
02:34 – Two Main Cases For Why God’s Existence Hasn’t Been Proven
03:34 – Long Period Of Time With Failure Of Main Arguments For God’s Existence
06:37 – The Problem Of Evil Is An Issue For Theists
08:02 – God Definitely Doesn’t Exist But If He Did Exist He Wouldn’t Allow Evil
09:23 – Atheists Fail To Establish An Evil Standard Exists For Them To Use The Problem Of Evil
12:57 – Stein Not Convinced Of Next Life Justice Takes Care Of Evil
16:15 – Stein Allows For God Not To Be All Powerful – Uses Specific Christian Attack
17:22 – Stein Does Not Buy The Free Will Defense – One That Bahnsen Didn’t Make
18:04 – The Atheist Putting Onto The Christian Elements Of Their Worldview
22:48 – Conclusion

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Now it’s Gordon Stein’s turn to assess the debate so far. With Stein’s assessment he believes that Bahnsen hasn’t offered anything other than feelings based arguments and non sequiturs. He doesn’t feel the need to offer an explanation for why the universe exists and he sees laws of science, logic, and math only as agreed upon by consensus items. Why? What’s wrong with that?

00:00 – Introduction
02:34 – Does The Universe Require A Cause?
03:56 – Looking For How God Created
05:43 – God Is Very Knowable
08:04 – Scientific & Logic Laws Are Just Consensus According To Atheist
11:25 – Philosophical Death Is The Result
12:33 – Math Is Also Consensus
15:27 – An Atheist Universe Has Regularity Because Of Internal Properties
16:56 – The Cause Of The Universe Must Be A Part Of It Says Atheist
20:56 – Do Atheists Destroy All History Or Are Christians Only Feelings-Based?
25:35 – Stein Finally Deals With The Transcendental Argument
31:04 – Conclusion

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Essentially round one is over and both debaters are going to give their take of the Great Debate. In Bahnsen’s assessment so far, he finds that Stein has not addressed his main argument for God and has also given up the debate with the idea that the laws of logic are just social conventions agreed upon by people. But – is that how people view logic and operate in their daily lives?

00:00 – Introduction
01:25 – The Atheist Isn’t Debating The Christian Yet
05:45 – Stein Hasn’t Dealt With Bahnsen’s Argument At All
07:13 – Stein’s Problematic Atheist Idea Of The Laws Of Logic
18:38 – The Atheist Unknowingly Gives The Win To The Christian By Convention
21:11 – Conclusion

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The first sparring of The Great Debate takes place here with the Christian & atheist getting five questions to ask for the other to answer. While we aren’t used to this format, this really lays out the needed back and forth interaction that a lot of debates lack within a formal structure. It’s not the blood-sport debates we’re used to on YouTube but it helps with each side making sure the other is interacting with their points the best.

00:00 – Introduction
03:22 – Q1 – Source For Atheism Definition
04:03 – A1 – Source Cited
05:15 – Q2 – Cite The Argument Used By Bahnsen
05:36 – A2 – No But You Believe It
06:49 – Q3 – Where’s The Transcendental Argument
07:50 – A3 – No Because It’s Not A Proof
08:12 – Commentary – Stein Was Helpful For Presuppositionalists
10:49 – Q4 – All Questions Answered The Same Way
11:08 – A4 – No They Are Not
11:34 – Q5 & A5 – What Does An Atheist Believe Laws Of Logic Are
14:21 – Atheist
14:41 – Q1 & Q2 – The Nature Of God
17:04 – Q2 & A2 – Is Your God All The Omnis
17:33 – Q3 & Q3 – If Argument Is Wrong Will God Not Exist
17:56 – Commentary – A Clarifying Comment On A “Problematic” Bahnsen
20:25 – Q4 & A4 – Is God Good
24:43 – Q5 & A5 – Can You Prove The Soul
26:38 – Conclusion

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Here are 9 more attempts by Dr. Gordon Stein to levy his critiques against traditional arguments for God. With all 11 of them, has there been any that have addressed the claims presented by Dr. Greg Bahnsen? What do you think about these critiques?

00:00 – Introduction
01:54 – The Revealed Theology Argument Taken Down – No Circles
02:57 – Presuppositional Christian Responds – Two Issues
06:20 – The Miracles Argument Taken Down – No Begging Allowed
07:56 – Presuppositional Christian Responds – Only Atheists Can Beg It Seems
10:35 – The Perfect God Argument Taken Down – Existence First
12:26 – Presuppositional Christian Responds – Agrees With Being Careful
13:37 – The Moral Argument Taken Down – Not Need & Different Values
15:29 – The Wish Argument Taken Down – Nice But Not True
16:21 – The Faith Argument Taken Down – No Reason Unless Reason
17:24 – Presuppositional Christian Responds – All Reason Rests On Faith
20:09 – The Religious Experience Argument Taken Down – It’s Only Feelings
21:56 – Presuppositional Christian Responds – Agree But For Different Reasons
22:30 – The Pascal’s Wager Argument Taken Down – How To Pick?
25:06 – Conclusion

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It’s now Dr. Gordon Stein’s turn in the debate. This atheist attempts to disprove God in 11 different ways. However, what seems to happen here is the use of an odd definition for God and an actual need for one more argument – the one Dr. Bahnsen uses.

00:00 – Introduction
05:59 – Dr. Gordon Stein’s Opening Statement – On Facts
07:01 – Atheist Stein’s Definition Of Atheism
09:27 – Atheist Stein’s Definition Of God
11:45 – Atheist Takes Down 11 Proofs For The Existence Of God
13:38 – The Cosmological Argument Taken Down – The Uncaused Universe
16:40 – Joshua Pillows Commentary Against Stein’s Presentation
21:14 – Joshua Pillows Commentary Against The Cosmological Argument
23:55 – The Design Argument Taken Down – The Undesigned Universe
26:29 – The Life Argument Taken Down – The Unmoved Life
28:42 – Joshua Pillow Commentary Against Stein’s Induction
31:54 – Conclusion

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30:19 – Dr. Jason Lisle Does Some Science

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Here is Dr. Greg Bahnsen’s 3 important claims in the Great Debate. The first two are there to sweep away a lot of confusion Dr. Stein and other atheists have when it comes to the type of argumentation presuppositionalists use. Unfortunately, Dr. Stein didn’t seem to be prepared to actually engage in that type of debate as we’ll see in the coming weeks.

00:00 – Introduction
01:36 – The 3 Claims Of Bahnsen’s Opening Statement
06:00 – Cracker’s Don’t Matter! – The Nature Of Evidence Between Christians & Atheists
11:12 – Presuppositional Conflict Of Worldviews
26:54 – The Transcendental Argument For God As A Positive Claim
31:49 – Conclusion

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We open our 14th book by setting the stage for The Great Debate. We cover the Forward by Eli Ayala and Preface by Joshua Pillows, who give the background for the debate and speakers. Then we dive into Dr. Greg Bahnsen’s opening statement, where he uses most of his time covering what the debate is and what it isn’t. He also covers why he’s going to talk about the Christian form of theism and how the debate can be an objective matter and not a subjective one.

00:00 – Introduction
03:39 – Forward By Eli Ayala (Revealed Apologetics)
09:07 – Preface To The Debate
14:56 – The Book’s Format
16:34 – Bahnsen’s Opening – Setting The Stage For The Debate
17:40 – 3 Reasons Why To Argue For Christian Theism Not General Theism
21:09 – Defining Your Terms & The Debate Is & Isn’t
22:34 – 3 Reasons To Focus On Objective Matters, Not Subjective
26:32 – The Nature Of The Debate
29:20 – Conclusion

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