Published debate record
7 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 82/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
Randal Rauser vs Aron Ra — Biblical Violence and Divine Revelation · 2022
Rauser won by offering a morally constrained, genre-sensitive, fallibilist account of revelation, while Aron's strongest internal critiques exposed unresolved evidential and doctrinal costs.
Randal Rauser: 85 · Aron Ra: 77. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Randal Rauser vs Alex Malpass — Does Suffering Provide Evidence Against Theism? · 2021
Malpass argues suffering favors indifference over classical theism; Rauser concedes the bare comparison while defending richer theistic background beliefs.
Alex Malpass: 87 · Randal Rauser: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Randal Rauser vs Justin Schieber — Does God Exist? · 2015
Schieber’s comparative naturalist case better connects simplicity, hiddenness, cosmic hostility, and suffering to the motion, while Rauser offers serious epistemic and moral replies.
Randal Rauser: 76 · Justin Schieber: 83. 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.
Matt Dillahunty vs Randal Rauser — Humanism or Christianity? · 2023
Matt Dillahunty and Randal Rauser compare secular humanism and mere Christianity as practical foundations for equal worth, moral judgment, solidarity, and present human flourishing.
Matt Dillahunty: 83 · Randal Rauser: 84. 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.
Justin Schieber vs Randal Rauser — Religious Disagreement and God · 2017
Schieber’s calibrated comparative case outscored Rauser’s thoughtful but insufficiently evidenced appeals to permissive divine reasons and underdetermination.
Justin Schieber: 85 · Randal Rauser: 78. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.