Peter Millican, and how atheists misrepresent Alexander Vilenkin

Prof.Peter Millican

In England, William Lane Craig debated with prestigious Oxford scholar and atheist philosopher Peter Millican.

I've read some of professor Millican's material, and I consider him a serious and intellectually brilliant philosopher (Millican is a Hume scholar, and I've learnt interesting interpretations about Hume reading Millican's comments). However, in his debate with Craig, Millican committed an astonishing and typical atheist mistake: he misrepresented Alexander Vilenkin's words in order to refute Craig's contention that the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem proves an absolute and ultimate beginning of the universe.

Being a experienced debater and fully knowing that atheists misrepresent Vilenkin's words (I don't think Millican's misrepresentation was intentional), Craig easily refuted Millican's contention reading Vilenkin's full words in full context:

Clearly, Millican was mislead by some atheist about what Vilenkin's actual view is.

It's astonishing that even serious, brilliant philosophers like Millican may commit that kind of mistake in public. Sadly, it shows that professor Millican was more interested to refute Craig's contention than in objectively evaluating if Craig's argument is correct or not.

Again, atheists are forced to employ of misrepresentations and straw men in order to give plausibility and support their atheist case.

This is another reason why they're beaten in public debates.