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Friday, October 04, 2013

Zuckerman vs. Marshall, Ducks vs. Dawgs

I just realized that my debate with Phil Zuckerman next Saturday occurs at exactly the same time as the Washington -- Oregon football game.  (Oregon is presently ranked #2  in the country, and Washington #15 -- though we're playing at #5 Stanford tomorrow, so we may not be that high by next week.)  (I'll also be speaking in both services the following morning.) 

I'm a graduate (BA + MA) of the University of Washington.

Phil is a graduate (BA + MA + PhD) of the University of Oregon. 

This debate might get nasty. 


Topic:  "Does Christianity or Secular Humanism Provide a Better Basis for Civil Society?"

Location: Adventure Christian Church, Roseville, CA (a bit east of Sacramento)

Time: 5 PM

On-line Access: Should be posted, some time after the debate.  Not sure when exactly, yet. 

Go, Dawgs! 

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5 comments:

  1. O. Douglas JenningsOctober 4, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    Good luck! I look forward to reading (or watching, when it's posted) as to how it went.

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  2. CrudeOctober 5, 2013 at 12:02 AM

    "Does Christianity or Secular Humanism Provide a Better Basis for Civil Society?"

    Let's see.

    Christianity demonstrably not only provided a basis for civil society for centuries, but literally civilized it in large part to begin with.

    Secularism meanwhile has a viciously bloody history, and secular humanism is either connected to that history, or has an ephemeral at best implementation history.

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  3. UnknownOctober 5, 2013 at 11:15 AM

    David,

    Have you seen Stark's book "America's Blessings?" I'm not giving it an unqualified endorsement, but there is a lot of interesting stuff in it you might find useful.

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  4. David B MarshallOctober 5, 2013 at 12:32 PM

    Looks interesting. So little time, so many stats.

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  5. UnknownOctober 6, 2013 at 3:55 PM

    David,

    Just to load more on you: if you have a chance you might look at the book "More God, Less Crime," by Byron Johnson.

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