Tag: debating

• Getting Apologists to Go Off-Script

  11 days ago

  Adam Lee in Daylight Atheism

  In a previous post about debating on Twitter, I wrote that I conduct most debates these days through the Socratic method. I find this more effective than arguing by assertion, since believers can reply to that with the standard apologetic counter-assertions, most of which they can reel off without ... Read More

• The Twitter Report: Could It Be... Satan?

  about 1 month ago

  Adam Lee in Daylight Atheism

  In my early days of blogging, I would have exhaustive debates, sometimes lasting for weeks, with believers who came across one of my websites and posed a challenge to me. But although it was fun in its time, I've wearied of it, and with occasional rare exceptions, I don't argue with theists over e ... Read More

• Intelligence Squared: Would the World Be Better Without Religion?

  6 months ago

  Adam Lee in Daylight Atheism

  On Tuesday night, I attended a debate at NYU's Skirball Center that was part of the Intelligence Squared debate series, "Resolved: The World Would Be Better Off Without Religion". Supporting the atheist side were Matthew Chapman and A.C. Grayling, while Dinesh D'Souza and David Wolpe were arguing ... Read More