Seriously?
While enjoying my coffee this morning, I came upon this fascinating story at America Magazine's Blog . It appears that Geoffrey Berg, a British fellow with a Master's degree in philosophy, has challenged Pope Benedict XVI to a debate on the existence of God during the Holy Father's visit to Great Britain. His challenge comes in the form of an open letter that he has published on his website and, if nothing else, does provide for some humorous reading. I have a passing familiarity with Berg's little book The Six Ways of Atheism . Last Fall, I spent several days discussing the topic of religious belief with my senior philosophy students. Berg is kind enough to post adumbrated forms of his arguments for the non-existence of God on his website, so I printed them off and presented them to my students as an opportunity for them to 'think through' the question of God's existence. To be perfectly honest, I didn't have to do very much prodding for my stud...