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View debate between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson
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Famed atheist Christopher Hitchens and evangelical pastor Doug Wilson went head to head at a debate hosted by The King’s College, Wednesday, October 29, at noon. The debate took place at the college’s Empire State Building campus.
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Hitchens is an atheist and journalist formerly on the political left and now a supporter of the Iraq War. With a silver tongue and best-selling books such as God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Hitchens is a staple on talk shows and the lecture circuit. He is also a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.
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His opponent, Doug Wilson, is an evangelical pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. Provost Marvin Olasky calls Wilson “a prolific author, a fine debater.” He’s also the author of Letter from a Christian Citizen.
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Hitchens and Wilson have coauthored a book based on an internet dialogue hosted by Christianity Today. The book’s title: Is Christianity Good for the World? That question was the focus of the debate at King’s.
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