Published debate record
5 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 80.6/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
Josh Rasmussen vs Alex Malpass: Suffering, Theism, and Causal Finitism · 2021
Rasmussen defends causal finitude and theistic expectations; Malpass challenges modal recombination and argues that suffering's severity and distribution favor indifference.
Josh Rasmussen: 82 · Alex Malpass: 89. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Josh Rasmussen vs Scott Clifton: Is the Contingency Argument Persuasive? · 2019
Rasmussen defends global explanatory inquiry and a noncontingent foundation; Clifton challenges its scope, modal bridge, and advantage over a brute contingent endpoint.
Josh Rasmussen: 79 · Scott Clifton: 87. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Josh Rasmussen vs Joe Schmid: The Argument from Limits · 2023
Rasmussen develops arbitrary limits into qualified perfection; Schmid’s holistic, axiological, symmetry, and necessity objections leave the God-like conclusion substantially underdetermined.
Josh Rasmussen: 84 · Joe Schmid: 90. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Josh Rasmussen vs Graham Oppy: Theism, Naturalism, and Ultimate Reality · 2020
Rasmussen develops unified theistic foundations from unlimitedness and consciousness; Oppy answers with naturalistic continuity, neural identity, and disciplined whole-worldview comparison.
Josh Rasmussen: 81 · Graham Oppy: 85. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Michael Huemer vs Joshua Rasmussen: Does God Exist? · 2026
Rasmussen advances a cumulative explanatory case for God, while Huemer presses competing finite-creator, multiverse, infinity, and evidential suffering objections.
Josh Rasmussen: 77 · Michael Huemer: 79. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.