Going on Christian Radio
I’ve been invited to a discussion of the book “The Dawkins Letters: Challenging Atheist Myths” on the Premier Christian Media’s radio show “Unbelievable?“. The discussion will be between lil’ old me and the author of the book, David Robertson and will focus on 3 – 4 of the apparent “atheist myths” he outlines in his book:
- The myth of Higher Consciousness
- The myth of Godless beauty
- The myth of atheist rationality and tolerance
- The myth of the cruel old testament god
- The myth of the science/religion conflict
- The myth of the created god and the uncreated universe
- The myth of the inherent evil of religion
- The myth of godless morality
- The myth of the immoral bible
- The myth of religious child abuse.
Of course having not read the book I’m unsure of what the arguments for all those are, but I’m being sent a copy to read before the discussion, and I’m told I’ll be able to influence the decision over which ones we talk about, which is always good. After all, just by reading the topics I’m not sure I would argue against some of them; the “inherent evil of religion” for example; I don’t think all religions are “inherently” evil, I just think most of them do more evil than good. The “science / religion” conflict I could speak reams on however.
It’s not a live show though, so that at least gives me less to worry about and more time to concentrate on having a good discussion, raising all the important points.
The people organising the discussion say it will probably air on Saturday 28th March at 2:30pm, and will be available digitally in London on DAB radio, or 1305, 1332, 1413 MW. You can also listen throughout the UK on Sky Digital 0123, Virgin Media 968, and Freeview 725. Those of you who are lucky enough not to live in the UK can listen to it live online at http://www.premier.org.uk/, or they can get the podcast form http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable.
Right now I’m slightly nervous, mainly because I’ve never actually been on radio before, let alone been invited to a one-on-one discussion/debate! It’s really quite exciting when I sit down to think about it for a bit, I just hope David Robertson’s book is an interesting read and not just repeated arguments. I want a challenge for once!
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When you mentioned the "Christians highly skilled in verbal dueling" I thought of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Those door-to-door hooey salesman are well trained. The last time they came to my door was last year. I was drinking some wine and listening to Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus. Knock at the door. When I answered the door there were a pair of people. A white middle-aged man and a woman of the same demographic. They were both very small people. They asked me if I would like to discuss The Bible with them. I told them that I was not interested in talking about the bible, but, "would you like to come in and listen to Sonny Rollins" I asked them. "Who is Sonny Rollins?" The woman asked. "Who is Sonny Rollins!!!!!!!" I exclaimed. I went in and turned the volume way up so they could hear the saxophone curling through the air. They did not come in but they did pause for a moment to listen to the music.
Hi Adrian
Just listen to your two shows with Dawkins Letters author David Robertson on Premier podcast.
I thought you did ok, but you let him get away with too much, especially on the Hitler and Stalin = endgame of atheism and only Christianity can provide a basis for human rights.
I have posted an open letter to Robertson my own blog (below) which challenges him to a debate with me, along with and a couple of other comments addressing his fabrications and distortions.
http://edthemanicstreetpreacher.wordpress.com/200...
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