Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Hitchens, William Lane Craig
• Directors: Lad Allen
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: La Mirada Films & Biola University
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2009
• Run Time: 178 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002Z9JJXS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,912 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #84 in Movies & TV > DVD > Faith & Spirituality

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18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's be honest here..., September 18, 2010

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J. Mccray "Average Jon" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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If we are being honest we must realize that the only reason people who gave this dvd low scores (at the time of this response) did so, was due to their personal hopes that Hitchens would do a better job of representing Atheism. This is not the dvd's fault or, as one critic puts his critical emphasis on, the production company La Mirada. Both opponents were given a change to display their view a best as they could. They both did. The same critic then goes on to say that they cut Hitchen's closing. But if he had watched the other disk, he would have learned that it was Hitchens who called it off by claiming he had nothing more to say and choose not to initiate his closing statement. Another critic wishes to condemn the argumentation that Craig used (which, by the way, I believe was not a very convincing critique). Well, that likewise is not the dvd's or the production team's fault. It was Hitchens failures to demonstrate the "problems" with Craig's arguments. Therefore, we cannot critique a dvd on our wishes that the side we would like to win would be successful. For the DVD did a good job of it's simple intended purpose, which was to record the debate and allow it's viewers to witness it.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great debate, November 12, 2010

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Mr. S. Warren "Fly on the wall" (uk) - See all my reviews
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If you like apologetics or If you are an atheist it it is probably one of the best battles between two of the best guys in their field. I really enjoyed it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two heavyweight challengers duke it out in 2009 at Biola University, January 4, 2012

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Runner_Chris (Covington, WA) - See all my reviews

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I purchased this dvd in December of 2011 and have watched it three times.
2 disc set. The 1st disc contains the world view debate.

Mr. Hitchens is world famous for his book "god is not great", and eloquently represents new atheism. Dr. Craig is a philosophy professor at Biola, representing theism.

Dr. Craig, presents his case using 5 arguments
1. cosmological argument, the well known first cause argument,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument

2. teleological argument, the incredible beauty, organization and complexity of the universe testifies to intelligent design. He uses the anthropic principle to back up his point here. There are over 100 known fundament physical constants that demonstrate the extreme fine tuning required to support life on Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleological_argument

3. Morals come from a transcendent creator making them objective.

4. The resurrection of Jesus, shows us there is a personal God. Dr. Craig expounds on the veracity of this claim.

5. The immediate experience of God

Hitchens, bases his belief of atheism on lack of evidence of a supreme being and a few of the things he brought up include:

1. The big bang and evolution with very large quantities of time explain the start of the universe and life as we know it today.

2. When presenting his case, he groups the major monotheisms: Christianity, Jewish faith and Islam into one assembly asserting the arguments based on his vast experience of debating representatives from each world view are similar

3. Since Mr. Hitchens doubts all arguments for the existence of God based on lack of evidence, he concludes there isn't one

4. All religious beliefs are gibberish and wishful thinking

5. He states the Bible has records of genocide and slavery in it, asserting that it promotes immorality

6. Firmly believes that morals evolved much the same way organic structures have and cultures that didn't practice basic morality became extinct.

7. Uses the fact the Catholic church promoted an Earth centric universe as evidence the theistic camp doesn't know what it's talking about when it comes to science

8. He values personal freedom very highly and doesn't want a theocracy telling him what to do.

9. He takes this subject extremely seriously and respects the discussion of it.

10. He attacks the saint hood of mother Teresa strongly.

There were four sections in the debate: a 20 minute opening speech, rebuttal, question and answer period between Dr. Craig and Mr. Hitchens, a closing argument was given by Dr. Craig and not Mr. Hitchens, presumably he presented his case completely in the first 3 sections of the debate.

The 2nd disc includes:

1. Questions and answers session with the attending audience. One query I found interesting was given to Mr. Hitchen's "what is the meaning of life" to him

2. Dr. Craigs insights after this prize fight.

In my opinion, this debate is a heavy weight contest between two goliaths with wide ranges of knowledge and vocabularies each highly capable of expressing their clashing world views. It features two men about 60 years old that are seasoned veterans mature in their beliefs and are very articulate in making them known.

I highly recommend this material both for believers who want a solid foundation of apologetics to defend their faith and for doubters who are seeking truth in the spiritual dimension.