Author Archives: David Glass

David Hume, Miracles and the Speculations of The Spectator

In a recent article in the Spectator, Matthew Parris writes:

I wish I were a religious conservative: the field’s wide open. It must be dispiriting for believers to encounter so little intelligent support for belief. It’s certainly infuriating for us non-believers, because there’s hardly anyone left who seems capable of giving us a good argument.

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Some thoughts on the debate with Michael Nugent

It was great to have Michael here for the debate this week. The last time we interacted, we’d a really good discussion off-air afterwards, so I was very much looking forward to meeting up again to continue the discussion. Of course, the debate was the main focus, but a few of us had the opportunity to meet him beforehand for something to eat and we’d a couple more opportunities after the debate to carry the discussion on a bit further before he left.

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