Christopher Hitchens, one of the best known critics and controversial writers in today's media, is a devoted atheist and author of the best-selling book, god Is Not Great.
William Lane Craig, Research Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, has been called "the smartest living Christian" and one of the leading contemporary philosophers and Christian apologists in the world.
On April 4, 2009, these two intellectual goliaths squared off in front of a crowd of 10,000 (4,000 live and in person, and another 6,000 via satellite feeds).
Christopher Hitchens is a highly credentialed journalist (Vanity Fair, Slate and The Nation are a few of his publishers) and one of the leaders of the New Atheism movement.
William Lane Craig is himself a published author, respected speaker, and one of the most formidable debaters in the Christian world.
Their debate, titled DOES GOD EXIST? and held on Craig's home turf of Biola University, attracted both a Christian and atheist crowd. Both worldviews were presented with passion.
While Craig presented five convincing arguments in favor of theism (specifically, Christian theism) in his opening speech, he went on to declare that believers should not be so distracted by arguments for the existence of God that they miss the experience of God.
Hitchens unwaveringly presented his own worldview. It was thoroughly naturalistic and scientistic, and materialistic. They were his "truth claims" on behalf of atheism. With his book published in 2006, god Is Not Great, Hitchens threw down the challenge.
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