Published debate record
6 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 79.5/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
Jonathan McLatchie vs Alex O'Connor: Theism or Naturalism? · 2022
McLatchie advances biological-design and resurrection arguments while answering hiddenness and suffering objections through adequate evidence, moral probation, epistemic limits, and lawful regularity.
Jonathan McLatchie: 74 · Alex O'Connor: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Jonathan McLatchie vs Alex O'Connor: Is Christianity True? · 2019
McLatchie defended Christianity through resurrection testimony and contextual reconciliation; O'Connor challenged source sufficiency, theological inference, biblical morality, and animal-suffering explanations.
Jonathan McLatchie: 83 · Alex O'Connor: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Jonathan McLatchie vs Richard Carrier: Did Paul Believe in a Celestial Jesus? · 2018
Carrier narrowly prevailed by pressing Pauline ambiguity and source dependence, while McLatchie answered most forcefully through contextual analysis of the crucifying rulers.
Jonathan McLatchie: 80 · Richard Carrier: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Matt Dillahunty vs Jonathan McLatchie: Is There Strong Evidence for the Resurrection? · 2020
McLatchie built a cumulative resurrection case from early testimony; Dillahunty prevailed by challenging source independence, testability, alternative explanations, and evidential thresholds.
Dr Jonathan McLatchie: 78 · Matt Dillahunty: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Jonathan McLatchie vs Tom Jump — Does God Exist? · 2019
McLatchie’s cumulative Bayesian case narrowly prevailed, while Jump’s underdetermination challenges exposed unresolved comparisons behind its numerical confidence.
Jonathan McLatchie: 79 · Tom Jump: 76. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Jonathan McLatchie vs Paulogia — Christianity’s Origins and the Resurrection · 2023
McLatchie wins narrowly by offering the more developed comparative explanation, while Paulogia exposes serious unresolved dependence on Gospel proximity, transmission, and source-specific reliability.
Jonathan McLatchie: 83 · Paulogia: 80. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.