I'm tired of the phrase 'militant atheists'.    They are writing books and giving lectures, sitting on discussion panels.   None are running around yelling 'praise atheism' while carrying AK47's or grenades, dressed in military gear.

I've never needed a god or religion to live my life , I'am 70 years and just live my life the best I can. Peace!

i love how the host can barely take the theists and their arguments seriously

16:28 Yes, push rationality as far as it can go and, yes, it can only go so far, but to fill the gaps with irrationality is, well, irrational.

Amusing listening to the Godsquad trying to convince themselves and others  that they have a 'supernatural ' friend,and that the Universe was created just for them without a shread of evidence for their beliefs.

I have no issues with believing in God as in the being that created this universe, the problem is when religion assert that God has told them to do such and such in his name, without any evidence to back it up beyond books written thousands of years ago filled with ideas and thoughts that we know to be wrong and untrue.

Belief is powerful, no doubt.  People may believe they know something when they do not.

Did I hear the Christian at about 41:30 imply that he is loved unconditionally by Jesus Christ? The "love" of the god of the Bible is actually quite conditional. This conditional nature of god's love is where the doctrine of hell finds its foundation.

Denying science is your first problem. Thinking god will solve all of your problems and answer all of your questions is the other

The title alone made me laugh.

It's actually quite easy. Believing in god is irrational because there isn't a shred of evidence for one. The only rational position is weak atheism (a lack of belief). Also, the argument about the origin of the universe is pointless... the only intellectually honest answer is that we don't know and people shouldn't be afraid of admitting that. Sticking a god in there isn't even a hypothesis, because you'd need to prove the possibility of god first.

Awesome... I believe in god rationally, because I feel it and makes me comfortable... (roll eyes)

I think this is an incredible debate. And one we should have more of around the world.

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

This was suprisingly well tempered and it seamed like there was much more good faith from all sides in this one (at least compared to other eposodes.

Alistair McGrath looks like he should have been cast in "A fish named Wanda"  🤣

all religious people should first agree on a single religion before they're allowed to face scientist.

I think that Hitchens and Dawson did and do recognise that religion provided comfort and stability for people. However that doesn’t mean it’s true!

Adam Deen: "The overwhelming evidence is on the side of god". "When scientists examine the universe we are convinced that the explanation of the universe is not inside the universe"

Wrong.