Published debate record
7 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 76.9/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
Trent Horn vs Dan Barker — Does the Christian God Exist? · 2018
Horn narrowly prevailed through stronger metaphysical replies and a resilient resurrection case, while Barker excelled on institutional accountability, scriptural morality, and textual conflict.
Trent Horn: 73 · Dan Barker: 71. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Eli Ayala vs Dan Barker — Does the God of the Bible Exist? · 2026
Barker won by exposing the gap between transcendental theism and the biblical God, while Ayala effectively qualified prayer claims and challenged Barker's moral foundation.
Eli Ayala: 72 · Dan Barker: 78. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Matt Slick vs Dan Barker — Does God Exist? · 2014
Barker wins by controlling burdens, sharpening divine-coherence objections, and limiting prayer conclusions, while Slick raises serious grounding challenges without completing their Biblical bridge.
Matt Slick: 68 · Dan Barker: 76. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Dinesh D’Souza vs Dan Barker — Does God Exist? · 2009
Barker narrowly wins by sustaining evidential restraint and sharper rebuttals, while D’Souza offers a broad cumulative case weakened by several unsupported inferential bridges.
Dinesh D'Souza: 72 · Dan Barker: 76. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Kyle Butt vs Dan Barker — Does the God of the Bible Exist? · 2009
Dan Barker narrowly wins through stronger natural alternatives and direct corrections, while Kyle Butt delivers the best single rebuttal on testimony but leaves key biblical identification bridges unsupported.
Kyle Butt: 75 · Dan Barker: 78. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Adam Lloyd Johnson vs Dan Barker — Does God Exist? · 2022
Johnson narrowly wins by presenting the more integrated cumulative case, though Barker’s coherence and evidential objections substantially limit its force.
Adam Lloyd Johnson: 78 · Dan Barker: 77. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Randal Rauser vs Dan Barker — Is the Christian God Worthy of Worship? · 2020
Rauser narrowly prevailed by making his Christian framework explicit and conditional, while Barker's victim-centered objections kept the central moral burden unresolved.
Randal Rauser: 83 · Dan Barker: 82. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.