website,
for
example,
I
find
them
to
be
very
weak
objections
to
religious
beliefs."
However,
some
audience
members
were
taken
aback
by
Craig's
promotion
of
Christianity,
rather
than
a
more
ambiguous
notion
of
God.
"I
do
think
that,
objectively
speaking,
one
would
have
to
say
that
Christianity...
has
been
one
of
the
most
beneficial
social
movements
within
the
Western
world,"
said
Craig
in
an
interview.
"Responsible
for
literacy,
modern
university,
the
birth
to
modern
science,
modern
nursing
and
hospitals,
care
for
the
blind
and
the
leprous
and
others."
In
regards
to
questions
about
atrocities
committed
in
Christianity's
name,
Craig
responded
that
these
were
"blemishes
on
the
canvas
exceptions
that
prove
the
rule."
One
young
woman
expressed
concern
during
the
Q&A
period,
spurred,
perhaps,
by
Craig's
comment
that
the
Holy
Bible
had
more
evidence
to
support
theism
than
the
Qur'an.
She
mentioned
that
the
debate
had
been
promoted
as
theist
against
atheist,
not
Christian
against
atheist.
"It
was
his
mistake
to
only
say
that
God
manifests
itself
through
Christianity,"
said
Josh
Sorokin,
a
fourth-year
Arts
student
and
f
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agnostic,
"because
that's
a
very
one-sided
view."
Fisher
admitted
that
"within
the
theist
realm
there
are
many
different
types
of
theists."
However,
she
felt
that,
given
the
fact
that
the
debate
was
being
hosted
by
Christian
organizations,
it
should
have
been
implicit
that
the
theist
would,
in
fact,
be
a
Christian.
In
spite
of
this
small
controversy,
most
audience
members
found
the
debate
to
be
a
very
rewarding
experience.
Those
who
went
continue
to
talk,
and
quarrel,
into
the
evening.
,
"Regardless
of
the
personal
philosophical
stance
you
adhere
to,
I
think
that
most
people
who
attended
the
debate
would
unanimously
agree
that
it's
just
great
to
be
present
at
such
an
intellectually
stimulating
gathering,"
said
Boaz
Saffer,
a
UBC
psychology
student
and
atheist.
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"I'm
genuinely
surprised
that
we
haven't
seen
more
of
such
debates
on
campus,
and
hope
to
be
able
to
attend
more
in
the
future.
..It
is
precisely
these
sorts
of
events
that
remind
a
person
why
he
or
she
decided
to
attend
university
in
the
first
place."
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