What am I missing? What was the nature of the debate? What would a Christian debate an atheist regarding? If they were debating something utterly faith based, that makes as much sense as saying Princess Di had anything to offer humanity before she took a spin with the Egyptian playboy or that Hillary Clinton has anything sensible to offer...ever.
The article explains that Dawkins has published a book, The God Delusion, attempting to debunk religion in the name of science. His opponent in the debate, Alistair McGrath, is a former atheist who is now a defender of religion and who has written The Dawkins Delusion debunking Dawkins' book.