Did you watch the Nightline Debate. Believers vs. Atheists?

Question

Last Night on *Nightline* Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort were in a debate with 2 Atheists and a audience of believers and un-believers, the christians were attacked in a vicious way
and the atheists appear to have some un-founded anger, I assume that GOD is self consuming and wants worship in a way they think a human being does. (Which is totally in-correct)

I guess Dr Gupta on CNN is correct when he states research on believers and un-believers showed the believers to be more at Peace with themselves, less depressed less angry, having a better outlook on life and a sense of well being that many Atheists do not share in, last night that show reflected the Anger Atheists have and the Peace the Christians have.

Your Thoughts?
Atheists still did not say How Creation came to be....Maybe because the only answer there will ever be is GOD created everything...

Answer 1

I think we were not watching the same debate last night. The RRS answered very well how the universe came about, or more importantly did not come about. The position that God is eternal is just as believable that the universe is, but that wasn't the point of the debate. Comfort made the claim that he could prove God's existence. It was not the job of the RRS to disprove God, but to refute Comfort's claims. They did that devistatingly, countering everything from his conclusions to his premises.

Just my thoughts, but Cameron and Comfort really shouldn't have brought that on them selves.

Answer 2

You must have not seen the same debate the rest of the world did. Cameron and Comfort got their heads handed to them. They made three basic arguments...two of which violated their own rule: Cameron and Comfort promised to present evidence of God's existence without use of the Bible or faith. Their remaining argument was the old "The universe is too complex to not have a designer" routine.

The atheists who debated Comfort and Cameron were not angry. They were controlled, logical, and above all, rational. I guess in your eyes rationality is somehow "anger".

Did Dr. Gupta have some kind of telepathic power or something?

As for your last statement: The Big Bang theory covers most of the notion pretty well. Do some actual research in a real science class instead of Bible study. Maybe you'll learn something.

I doubt it, but you might.

Answer 3

"Atheists still did not say How Creation came to be"

That is because, at this point in time, no one knows EXACTLY how life came to be on this planet. There has been research, and there have been been some chemical combinations discovered that could possibly produce life, but no one knows exactly how it happened. Not atheists. Not agnostics. Not Christians. Not Muslims. Not Wiccans. Not Taoists. No one.

Now, I didn't watch the debate. So, I will have to catch it online sometime. I do hear that there were some very silly arguments against evolution, though. (Crocoducks, for example)

Answer 4

I watched it and thought Cameron and Comfort were totally lost in their argument. There entire statement was basically 'I believe in a god because that is what I've always been told to believe.' Nothing else to back up their claims. Their argument was pointless and warranted little respect. As far as your view that atheist are somewhat more angry than christians. I saw Cameron attitude differently. He seemed very smug and acted as if all else around him was somewhat a lower form of life (a typical christian attitude I must add). If you mistakenly see an attitude of disdain as more peaceful then you maybe looking in the wrong direction.

Answer 5

I think Dr. Gupta needs a bigger sampling pool. I am a non-believer and far happier than I ever was as a christian. I think whichever study he has based that on was likely biased.

There is no proof of your god and it is unknown on how the universe and the world came to be. We use science to discover that little by little, we realize that it can't all be known at once so we are patient enough to do it the right, methodical way rather than have a book handed to us that says this is what you will believe and believe it.

Answer 6

Could you be any more ignorant or arrogant? How about you take a real science class and come back later.

Why is it that Christians always chalk up the things they don't want to hear to someone else's anger? Oh yeah, that juvenille response taught to them from birth.

Ray Comfort provided nothing more than a sermon. He actually stated that his FEELINGS at conversion were proof. That the gospel is proof. What a pathetic excuse for a debate. He also states that Atheists can't find God because they are looking for him. Most Atheists are exChristian. Sad, sad, sad.

Answer 7

Comfort/Cameron came to the debate using huge words. They were gonna prove their god's existence, without even using the Bible.

They failed miserably, and with that they completely insulted the atheists who invested their time into this debate.

I thought the Rational Response Squad was still way too friendly. I can't believe any Christian could be happy with their faith defended by people like Kirk Cameron. Even I, an atheist, could come up with a better defence of Christianity.

Answer 8

The debate has been going on here a long time. People read other peoples' ideas, so in a sense, teams exist.

Answer 9

I agree. Atheist always seems to get enraged when speaking about God. Some even try to appear un-angry, but you can hear in there snarled comments and sarcastic tones. They don’t understand the deference between believing and God and serving him under your chosen religion. They don’t believe in anything and therefore can not see the good in anything. There mind set, in my opinion, is that we’re just randomly here, they don’t know what they’re living for. I understand being confused, but I pray more Americans come to know God, that’s all that’s really important. I did not see the debate, but I’m glad you pointed it out. So, you get a star! ~God bless~

Answer 10

The christians got totally schooled is what most people saw. Personally I think if you are going to debate on TV why choose a bunch of lightweights on both sides. We could pull random people from Y!A R&S and do about the same.