Who is Richard Dawkins and who is John Lennox?

The debate pits Dawkins against his Oxford University colleague Professor John Lennox, who is both a scientist and a Christian theologian. In this, his first visit to the so-called “Bible Belt,” Dawkins debates his views as expressed in The God Delusion and their validity over and against the Christian faith.

How did Richard Dawkins win the Oxford Debate?

Inevitably, Dawkins wanted to counter John’s responses and so the Oxford Debate abandoned that format in favour of a more free–flowing discussion between the two. Who won? It’s hard to say. One colleague of mine has suggested that Richard Dawkins won the rhetorical battle – John Lennox won the debate in terms of the ideas and arguments.

What did Richard Dawkins say about fine tuning?

I challenged him with both the Cosmological and Fine Tuning arguments and there was another interesting admission from Dawkins. Dawkins approached this by saying that there is an “unknowable” aspect to the creation of the universe, and that we might be able to term that fact “god” if by this we mean the singularity that gave rise to its existence.

What did Richard Dawkins say about the unknowable?

Dawkins approached this by saying that there is an “unknowable” aspect to the creation of the universe, and that we might be able to term that fact “god” if by this we mean the singularity that gave rise to its existence.

The God Delusion Debate pits world-renowned atheist and scientist Professor Richard Dawkins against his Oxford University colleague Professor John Lennox, who is both a scientist and a Christian theologian.

Who was in debating God with Richard Dawkins?

The film featured Lennox and Oxford theologian Alister McGrath and addressed the questions raised by the likes of Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Hawking, and Richard Dawkins. But it was the latter who was getting the headlines at the time because of the publication of his atheist manifesto, The God Delusion, just six months before.