Published debate record
3 eligible one-on-one scorecards. Average published score: 77.7/100. Scores describe these debates, not the person's overall ability or worth.
Ross Douthat vs Bart Ehrman: Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? · 2026
Douthat pressed witness continuity and resurrection strangeness; Ehrman narrowly prevailed through source criticism, calibrated historical method, and a multistage visionary reconstruction.
Ross Douthat: 84 · Bart Ehrman: 86. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Steven Pinker vs Ross Douthat: Do We Need God? · 2026
Douthat defended transcendent foundations for morality and meaning, while Pinker argued that secular reason, reciprocity, and institutions adequately support flourishing and progress.
Ross Douthat: 80 · Steven Pinker: 85. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.
Religious Belief as an Obligation: Ross Douthat vs. Alex O'Connor · 2026
O’Connor’s skeptical case won 84–69, chiefly by exposing underdetermination, hiddenness, and suffering while Douthat offered a substantive but incompletely warranted cumulative case.
Ross Douthat: 69 · Alex O'Connor: 84. Scores assess the reasoning in this debate.