God on Trial Debate
Attention St. Louisans!
On Wednesday September 10th at 7PM, Fixed Foundation will be hosting “God on Trial,” a debate between Christian Dinesh D’Souza and Atheist Christopher Hitchens at Powell Symphony Hall.
Dinesh D’Souza is a noted writer and speaker on conservative politics as well as Christian apologetics. Born in Mumbai, India, he graduated from Dartmouth College and served as a policy analyst for the Reagan administration. D’Souza is also the author of several bestselling books.
Christopher Hitchens is a political observer, journalist, and literary critic. A British-American and antitheist, he was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and has been a columnist for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and The Nation, among others. “God on Trial” will pit Hitchens’ views as expressed in his best-seller God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - against Christianity. D’Souza will defend the significance and uniqueness of the Christian faith, drawing arguments from his latest best-seller, What’s So Great About Christianity. }
A few of us at COAS are planning on going, and if you are in the area and would like to check it out with us (Christian, Atheist, or otherwise), head on over to the “Contact Us” page and let us know! We’d love to meet you personally and maybe grab a drink afterwards. It is sure to be entertaining! Things like this don’t pop up everyday, and especially not in St. Louis!
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Christopher Hitchens is a humanitarian, and aside from some of his affiliations, he should be commended for his service.
That being said, he’s right in line (stride for stride) with the new-age atheist movement with Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. To be candid, aside from my own personal biases, I’ve seen him debate a few times, and been unimpressed. Sam Harris is clever, Richard Dawkins is sometimes a step up, but ultimately Hitchens is an absolute disaster. His books are chalk-full of errors, his arrogance is palpable, and his philosophical irresponsibility will astound you. D’Souza will have his work cut out for him because of this philosophical squalor, but also because Hitchens relies more on humoring the ignorant (or rather, Google-educated) audiences.
I know, bitter, bitter, bitter. But I’d doubt we’ll see a moment of humility from Mr. Hitchens.
I’ve heard some good things about this D’Souza guy but never seen him in action. Anyone have any resources before I Google him. [It's where I do most of my research.... ;)]
I wish I could go!
Oh man, I was hoping you’d be able to! Hannah and I are probably going to volunteer through Danielle’s gig to sit at a table before and after in exchange for free tickets.
I wonder how they will talk about Politics since Hitchens is basically in favor of the Iraq war… Strange but true…