Yet another debate between Christopher Hitchens and a christian thinker:
http://www.wts.edu/flash/media_popup/media_player.php?id=462¶mType=video
Whoever has the patience (and the time) to listen to this (1 hour and 52 minutes) debate will find in the lips of this christian minister all the arguments that separate so many thinking people from Christianity. And even though I still consider myself a believer (in some way), it is very evident to me that arguments such as these don't really help to make the Christian faith more palatable (that is, if you consider yourself a coherent thinking person). The circularity in which this christian speaker constantly falls during the debate ("I believe in miracles because the Bible tells me so, and I believe the Bible because... the Bible tells me to") seems to assume Christianity to be a non-coherent system of thought. I remember a book by J.I. Packer in which he tried to argue that either you should put reason above the Bible or put the Bible above reason (somewhat similar to what this guy says towards the end of the debate). I really can't understand this way of 'thinking'... Can you?
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