This week, Newsweekjoins the rising tide of forums holding the "God Challenge": pit a religious figure (generally of the Christian persuasion) against a hardcore atheist, and let them battle it out over the existence of God. This week's contestants are mega-preacher Rick Warren, of California's Saddleback Church, and Sam Harris, philosopher and author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation, with editor Jon Meacham acting as referee. The conversation, for the most part, sticks to the general formula: Is there a God, what evidence do we have either way, should the Bible be interpreted literally, does prayer really "work." No surprise, the points and counterpoints meet with the same language barrier that dominates nearly all of these attempts to "translate" religion into rational terms, and vice versa. Harris, for his part, is no stranger to debates like these, and holds his own through questions about the ...
This Week's God-Science Face-Off: Rick Warren v. Sam Harris
The God Challenge pits Rick Warren against Sam Harris, as they debate the existence of God and the impact of answered prayer.
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