RE: Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong? by lukestokes

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· @lukestokes ·
I'm not sure if I've watched that one. I've seen some other things from Craig which I wasn't impressed with either. Feelings he had while looking at a waterfall, for example, doesn't qualify as evidence for a divine omnipotent entity.

Interesting <a href="https://www.quora.com/Who-won-the-debate-William-Lane-Craig-v-s-Sam-Harris-on-Are-the-foundations-of-moral-values-natural-or-supernatural">commentary on Quora</a>:

> I am, personally, a big fan of Sam Harris and anyone who closely follows him will tell you that this performance was very uncharacteristic. This more than likely had to do the formal debate format being relatively foreign for Harris and, in contrast, an obvious expertise of his opponent

Don't be too quick to judge Harris from this one performance. I think he has a large body of work that is very helpful for humanity for understanding morality.

Either way, the panel discussion I linked to in my post is much more balanced as far as "can science tell us right from wrong" as they have multiple perspectives from both sides of the issue. It's certainly not a theistic crowd though, so I don't think Craig supporters will appreciate the moments when the crowd cheers at comments made regarding the failures of religion concerning moral action.
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@cryptoctopus · (edited)
You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VmLQjdT7IA

His strategy was to do ad hominem without staying on point with the topic of the debate. "What is the best foundation for objective universal moral values and duties?".

The debate is NOT about if people of certain religions are more moral or not. It's a philosophical question. Communism killed about 100 million people in the 20th century and they've made religion illegal. That doesn't mean that all  atheist are not capable of moral action.  Saying that some religious people of the past were not moral is beside the point. 

Basically, Sam Harris was coached to not engage at all. He attacked theism as the source of all evil, didn't defend the points of contention and didn't even try to bring a valid attack against how William was philosophically or logically wrong.

I was an atheist when I first saw this video and even thou I started with being on the side of Sam, I had to admit that if you look at it honestly, William destroyed the thesis of his book.

PS: and he never once tried to give an answer afterward on the attacks on his book.
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@lukestokes ·
Yeah, that sounds like the commentary on Quora about the debate as well.
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