{"id":5982,"date":"2009-09-17T10:17:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2019-08-01T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:43:08","slug":"6000-expected-at-controversial-ucf-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/6000-expected-at-controversial-ucf-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"6000 Expected at Controversial UCF Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla.&#8211;(Business Wire)&#8211; More than 6000 people are registered to attend this evening`s debate between Christopher Hitchens, atheist author, and Dinesh D`Souza, religious apologist. The event, starting at 7pm this evening, will be the largest debate either proponent has ever taken part in. The <a href=\"https:\/\/map.ucf.edu\/locations\/50\/addition-financial-arena-arna\/\">UCF Arena<\/a> is already sold out, and overflow seating is being added to accommodate additional walk-in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>As this will not be the first debate Hitchens and D`Souza have had, they will both have to be at the top of their game to keep up. Previous debates include &#8220;Is Christianity the Problem?&#8221; at King`s College and &#8220;God on Trial&#8221; at the University of Colorado. Both debates provoked intense discussion, not only during the debates, but for some time afterward.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Business Wire 2009<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla.&#8211;(Business Wire)&#8211; More than 6000 people are registered to attend this evening`s debate between Christopher Hitchens, atheist author, and Dinesh D`Souza, religious apologist. The event, starting at 7pm this evening, will be the largest debate either proponent has ever taken part in. 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