Last week, April 30, 2009, Dr. James White debated Dan Barker. I wish I had heard all of it. The topic was Does the Triune God Exist. Dr. White has been kind enough to comment on the debate and he posted about 25 minutes of it on YouTube. Dan Barker is an apostate and an atheist. So he set himself up against God. Here is the video.
Here are the comments Dr. White had to say about this debate.
Just a quick note to thank everyone who made tonight such a wonderful success. A group of "channel rats" pitched in to do a lot of work in getting the debate videotaped, including ENielsen, Dale, Algo, and brigand. We also had DaveHewitt and Celticman and wonky in attendance, too (and SN was there....in command of it all). Thanks to all who helped! I even got to meet one of the folks who has helped encourage me so much by supporting us through the Ministry Resource list.
I am working on importing video and the like, so I should have at least one section posted to YouTube tomorrow morning. It is processing too slowly to get anything up tonight.
Basically, once again, I did all the homework, my opponent had not, as far as I could tell, even Googled my name. He went through the exact same notes he had used in the Kyle Butts debate, including the exact same alleged contradictions, in the exact same order. Yes, the very items I had covered, in depth, on the DL over the past few weeks. There was not a single surprise from Dan Barker. Everything was exactly as I had expected it to be. Which means my opening presentation was zeroed in exactly where it needed to be, and I could not have been more pleased with the outcome. I have the video recording with me (the one from our professional camera), so we should have audio and video fairly quickly.
Again, thanks to everyone who made this a great evening!
I have had a chance to hear Dan Barker debate a few times. The problem is that Dr. White is right in his comments. I have never heard him do anything different. He always uses the same arguments. Arguments that have already been thoroughly and completely rebutted and defeated. In the video, Dr. White referred to one of Dan Barker's previous debates against Dr. Douglas Wilson. Barker lost that one too. You will see what Dr. White means if you listen to that debate. I will hopefully do a post in the future where I can post on how to get the full debate and make comments.
I just found out that the debate is for sale in audio format by going to http://www.aomin.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=873. Video will be released soon.
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