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Paul Copan

Paul Copan's Slugfester profile includes score averages, opponents faced, topic performance, and linked debate scorecards.

Background

About Paul Copan

Paul Copan is a philosopher, theologian, and Christian author. His work explores ethics and philosophy of religion, including moral objections to biblical texts and arguments about the relationship between God and morality.

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Published debate record

2 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 80/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Paul Copan vs Stephen Woodford: Is Belief in God Reasonable? · 2024

Copan’s cumulative theistic explanation connected cosmology, consciousness, morality, and reform, but underdeveloped rival comparisons and the evidential challenge from suffering.

Paul Copan: 78 · Stephen Woodford: 81. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Paul Copan vs Randal Rauser — The Canaanite Conquest and a God of Love · 2022

Copan defends a historically grounded, hyperbolic conquest under exceptional divine judgment; Rauser argues that residual civilian targeting and identity destruction remain morally indefensible.

Paul Copan: 82 · Randal Rauser: 85. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.