Debate: Does Science Refute God?

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Robert Rosenkranz's Introduction

02 min 36 sec

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Debate Introduction

07 min 58 sec

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For the Motion: Lawrence Krauss' Opening Argument

07 min 19 sec

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Against the Motion: Ian Hutchinson's Opening Argument

07 min 50 sec

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For the Motion: Michael Shermer's Argument

07 min 28 sec

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Against the Motion: Dinesh D'Souza's Argument

07 min 26 sec

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Rebuttal Arguments

20 min 43 sec

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Audience Questions

33 min 53 sec

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Against the Motion: Ian Hutchinson's Closing Statement

02 min 23 sec

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For the Motion: Michael Shermer's Closing Statement

02 min 13 sec

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Against the Motion: Dinesh D'Souza's Closing Statement

02 min 17 sec

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For the Motion: Lawrence Krauss' Closing Statement

02 min 26 sec

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Conclusion and Debate Results

05 min 46 sec

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• D'Souza: Science Can't Answer Key Questions About Life

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  Author Dinesh D'Souza asserts that science cannot refute God because it cannot answer life's greatest questions regarding existence and death.

• Human Brain, Not God, Produces All Religious Experience

  01 min 25 sec

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  Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, argues that perceived spiritual experiences do actually exist, but asserts that they aren't miraculous acts of God. Shermer believes that the human brain is the origin of religious experiences.
  

• Does Religion or Science Create Human Morality?

  02 min 56 sec

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  The debaters argue whether it is religion or science that is the source of human morality.

• Actress Andie MacDowell: Can Science Create Life?

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  Actress Andie MacDowell questions whether science can explain the existence of organic life like the orchid. MacDowell further asks whether science has the capability of creating the living orchid.

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