On Sunday, September 26, 1999 a debate on Theism vs. Naturalism was conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Fernandes was invited to debate Mr. Jeff Lowder, President of Internet Infidels, Inc., the largest secular organization on the Internet. The debate was held in conjunction with the Humanist conference, “Science and God” and was sponsored by the Campus Freethought Alliance (“CFA”). The debate was moderated by Dr. Doug Jessup, who has debated William Lane Craig on God's existence, and was attended by many secular scientists and philosophers. This is part 1 of the debate.
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“ Very good ” Phil Fernandes debates an atheist Dan Barker (once a professed Christian) and tears the his arguments apart in a large number of different areas (arguments about the 2nd law of thermodynamics, Hitler being a Christian, the issue of the equality of women, the big bang, the origin of moral values, etc).
The debate is very long (around 2 hours total), but there is a lot of useful information.
Throughout the debate, Fernandes comes out with some very significant, memorable quotes:
Atheist: 'the bible puts down women. It was written by sexist men. you should be ashamed to hold that under your arm'
Fernandes: 'the bible says that women were created in the image of God. Atheism says they evolved from some primortial soup... she's just some molecules in motion; so I think that Christianity has a higher view of women than atheism does'
Fernandes: "either in the beginning God... or in the beginning NOTHING"
When asked why they were there Fernandes said it was like he had a pot of gold he wanted to share with his brothers... and he didn't know why the atheist was there.
Phil Fernandes is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Bible Fellowship and the founder and president of the Institute of Biblical Defense, an apologetics ministry which trains Christians in the defense of the faith. Dr. Fernandes has earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from...
