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Richard Swinburne

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Background

About Richard Swinburne

Richard Swinburne is a philosopher of religion whose books develop arguments about God and Christian belief. His work brings probability, evidence, and explanatory reasoning to questions about theism, religious experience, and resurrection.

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Published debate record

5 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 78/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.

Richard Swinburne vs Graham Oppy: Is Theism Probable? · 2022

Swinburne advances a cumulative theistic explanation, while Oppy answers with economical naturalistic alternatives and sharper comparative, anthropocentric, consciousness, and modal challenges.

Richard Swinburne: 80 · Graham Oppy: 85. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Richard Swinburne vs Michael Huemer: Is Theism Coherent? · 2026

Swinburne defends coherent maximal attributes through logical possibility and doctrinal distinctions; Huemer presses quantitative infinity, residual knowledge, temporal conflict, and supertask objections.

Richard Swinburne: 75 · Michael Huemer: 83. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Richard Swinburne vs Peter Millican: Does God Exist? · 2022

Swinburne defended personal explanation, simplicity, freedom, and compensation; Millican pressed predictive specificity, scientific background, divine coherence, embodiment, and victim-centered suffering.

Richard Swinburne: 81 · Peter Millican: 88. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

Richard Swinburne vs Bart Ehrman — God and Suffering · 2009

Ehrman’s victim-centered, natural-evil, and scriptural challenges outweighed Swinburne’s coherent but incompletely warranted account of responsible freedom, sanctity, redemption, and heaven.

Richard Swinburne: 78 · Bart Ehrman: 85. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.

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