The God Delusion Debate between Professor Richard Dawkins and Doctor John Lennox that took place in the University of Alabama, Birmingham is a debate over what is considered the most critical question of all times, ‘Does God exist?’. The debate is a worthwhile watch for the Christians who are protective about their faith and are ever ready with an answers to the questions fired on it. It is also a great watch for the atheists who go in search for apt responses to the questions posed by the Christians.
Both the professors engage in a lively debate on the topic of Evolution vs. Creationism which answers most of the questions that surround both, the believers and the non-believers and almost, almost satisfies both the sides, but shy’s from some core questions. Dawkins arguments spring from and are based on his book ‘The God Delusion’ where he says that the people who believe in God are in a big delusion. On the other side Lennox answers him confirming the truthfulness of the Bible as well as that of Creation/ism.
Dawkins says that he believes in the Darwinism and thinks that it explains life in complete terms. He further goes on to say that religious idea of the creation of man are outdated and do not satisfy today’s questions. To this Lennox answers that God has always revealed himself through the medium of the universe and through Jesus Christ and he cites C. S. Lewis’s quote that Jesus Christ has to be either mad, liar or God.
The debate then further heats up and goes on to become more of science versus religion. What I have noticed is that both the authors failed to cite that evolution stems from the Big Bang which at the end is a theory which again poses a question that where did Big Bang come from in the first place. So the question is left in the limbo and remains unanswered for me. So for the time being, I will side with the side I am already on.