Is Christianity Good for the World?

A friend of mine recently recommended a debate to me entitled "Is Christianity Good for the World?" The debators are Doug Wilson (team Christ) and Christopher Hitchens (team anti-christ). These are two well studied and articulate men. The dialogue is absolutely fascinating!

There are mutliple parts which may be devoured at
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/mayweb-only/119-12.0.html


The debate focuses mostly on being able to account for one's morality. Here is a tidbit I particularly liked written from Wilson to Hitchens...

"You say in passing that ethical imperatives are "derived from innate human solidarity." A host of difficult questions immediately arise, which is perhaps why atheists are generally so coy about trying to answer this question. Derived by whom? Is this derivation authoritative? Do the rest of us ever get to vote on which derivations represent true, innate human solidarity? Do we ever get to vote on the authorized derivers? On what basis is innate human solidarity authoritative? If someone rejects innate human solidarity, are they being evil, or are they just a mutation in the inevitable changes that the evolutionary process requires? What is the precise nature of human solidarity? What is easier to read, the book of Romans or innate human solidarity? Are there different denominations that read the book of innate human solidarity differently? Which one is right? Who says?
And last, does innate human solidarity believe in God?" -Doug Wilson