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Wes Morriston on Divine Creation

Dear Dr. Craig, For a long time I have been a member of Reasonable Faith but spent some time away. . . . I am a student myself in philosophy at the university of Kansas, so I plan to attend both of your upcoming debates in March. I had a small exchange with y...

arguments for the existence of god, divine creation, kalam cosmological argument, theories of time, time

Connection between the Moral and Cosmological Arguments

Hello, My name is Manol. I am from Albania. I have just graduated in Medicine and Surgery in the University of Bologna in Italy. I am a christian, and I have been using your arguments many times during evangelism. I am also preparing for teaching others in ch...

cosmology, kalam cosmological argument, moral argument, objective moral values and duties

The Doctrine of Creation (part 10)

Review Quiz. Q&A. Dramatic empirical or scientific confirmation of the conclusion of the arguments that the universe began to exist.

big bang theory, kalam cosmological argument, universe

J. Brian Pitts on the Kalam Cosmological Argument

I am currently doing [student] research on the Kalam Cosmological argument. A recent paper I have been looking at (and struggling with, to be honest) is Pitts, J. Brian (2007), Why the Big Bang Singularity does not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Thei...

cosmology, kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, philosophy of time

Hilbert and Kalam

In his debate with Kirk Durston, atheist Jeffrey Shallit claimed (during his first rebuttal) that Hilbert never said an infinite regress of causes was mathematically impossible. He then picked up a book by Hilbert and said, I have this paper by Hilbert you (...

david hilbert, infinity, kalam cosmological argument, philosophy of mathematics

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Is God Still Around?

The Kalam Cosmological Argument, like many arguments about the present existence of God, has a fatal fallacy. The fallacy is found in the 3rd premise, that because God ‘has’ made the universe, in which case He must still exist. It seems that you do...

arguments against the existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence, transcendence of god

The Timeless Universe Hypothesis

Dear Dr Craig Firstly, although I am not a Christian, I must say your rigorous and strong defence of the Christian faith provide any non Christian with significant challenges. I had a specific question on your defence of the Kalam. Why is it that you defend...

infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, quiescent universe, singularity, timelessness

Earnest Questions from the Tien Shan Mountains

Dear Professor Craig, My name is Abdulla [surname redacted]. I am a student from Kyrgyzstan whose nights have been consumed for the past three years by your works — from The Tensed Theory of Time to your debate with Oppy in god and time.  Today, I ...

abstract objects, divine hiddenness, evil, problem of, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, maximal greatness

Infinitely Old Time

Hello Dr. Craig, I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued with the Kalam for a while now, but I’ve recently started to question the argument, and whether time might actually be infinitely old, because of this line of reasoning: 1. Any decre...

divine creation, eternity, kalam cosmological argument, time, time, relation to god, timelessness

ChatGPT Strikes Out Big Time!

I need some answers for these fallacies that God is the first cause. I just ran your argument through ChatGPT to check for the logical fallacies you've committed and you've actually committed 6 of them. Here's the list. The argument that a god is...

arguments for the existence of god, irrational objections, kalam cosmological argument, logic, logical fallacy, objections