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Found 4 comments on God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist (Point/Counterpoint):

u/CapBateman · 15 pointsr/askphilosophy

In general, academic philosophy of religion is dominated by theistic philosophers, so there aren't many works defending atheism and atheistic arguments in the professional literature.

But there are still a few notable books:

  • J.L Mackie's The Miracle of Theism is considered a classic, but it's a bit outdated by now. Although Mackie focuses more on critiquing the arguments for God's existence rather than outright defending atheism, he is no doubt coming from an atheistic point of view.
  • Michael Martin's Atheism: A Philosophical Justification is a lengthy book with the ambitious goal of showing atheism is the justified and rational philosophical position, while theism is not.
  • Nicholas Everitt's The Non-existence of God is maybe one of the most accessible books in the "case for atheism" genre written by a professional philosopher. He even presents a new argument against god's existence.
  • If you're more into debates, God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist is a written debate between atheist philosopher Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and famous Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig. It's far better than any debate WLC had with any of the New Atheists in my humble opinion.
  • On the more Continental side of things, there a few works that could be mentioned. There's Michel Onfray's Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (although I must admit I didn't read it myself, so I can't attest to how good it is) and of course any work by the atheist existentialists, a good place to start will by Jean-paul Sartre's Existentialism Is a Humanism.

    I didn't add him because others have already mentioned him, but everything written by Graham Oppy is fantastic IMO. He is maybe the leading atheist philosopher in the field of philosophy of religion. A good place to start with his writings is his 2013 paper on arguments for atheism.
u/William_1 · 4 pointsr/askphilosophy

I know this isn't quite what you're asking for, but written debates are better for getting ideas across accurately and they are easier to study in detail.

  1. William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

    https://www.amazon.com/God-between-Christian-Atheist-Counterpoint/dp/0195166000

  2. Alvin Plantinga and Michael Tooley

    https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-God-Alvin-Plantinga/dp/0631193642/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467461061&sr=1-3&keywords=plantinga+debate

    The former is easier to read, and the latter is more detailed, sophisticated, and thorough.
u/hammiesink · 0 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

Call me what you want, but I really don't know if theism is true or not. I'm truly balanced almost evenly. You should read one of the best debates on this topic there is. The two sides are very closely matched.

u/Ibrey · -2 pointsr/DebateReligion

> Anyone have a good resource or something?

Yes. Close YouTube. Hit the books.