Percy writes:
For some reason the Christian caller refused to go to what Christians normally consider the strongest evidence for their faith, like fulfilled prophecy and the large quantity of accurate information in the Bible. Whether these are valid evidence-based arguments or not they would have very effectively muted the atheists' points. The caller instead advanced some of the weakest reasons for faith, such as the sense of community it provides and the good works they do. That's why it felt like a setup to me, even though I don't think it was.
A few things. This certainly wasn't a setup, the same guy called in the week before as well. Second, the guy on the right (Matt Dillahunty) used to be a Christian, but is now an Atheist. If the caller had brought up prophecy, he would've wiped the floor with him, because he has studied the bible, and that's exactly the reason he's an atheist now.
Anyway, if you want to catch more of these guys
this is a link to the site of their tv show, they have archived shows going way back, some recent ones have Aronra in them as well. You could also check out their podcast (Non Prophets radio).
Again, the caller was pitching him softballs, so of course he was hitting home runs.
He can get a nit angry at times because of the lack of "honest" discussion some of the callers are doing. But on the whole, I've found him very reasonable and very good with words.
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