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Ontological Argument for the Existence of God
Dear Dr Craig, This is an extension to an e-mail I sent you about the ontological argument a while back. My first question concerns the soundness of the argument in general. The second, however, concerns its theological implications. Firstly, then, the sound...
anselm, arguments for the existence of god, divine attributes, perfect being theology
God and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Dear Professor Craig, The cumulative case for the existence for God proceeds from some data (physical constants, sentient souls, testimonies for miracles, etc.) to the existence of God as the best explanation of these data. There are some important objections...
arguments for the existence of god, intelligent design, natural theology, richard dawkins
Swinburne on the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Dr. Craig, In The Existence of God, by Richard Swinburne, he critiques your Kalam Cosmological Argument, because he disagrees with your position on the possibility of an infinite number of things in time. Its on pg. 138 of the Second Edition in the footnotes....
arguments for the existence of god, infinity, kalam cosmological argument, richard swinburne
Must an Atheist Be Omniscient? Re-Visited
I have just read your reply to the question “Must the Athiest be Omniscient”. While agree with some of your conclusions, other made little sense and as an athiest with an interest in religion (as an observer of course) i’d like to ask a few f...
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, epistemology, richard dawkins
Argument from Contingency
Dr. Craig, I want to say that I am in favor of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But, I was wondering what is your opinion of the cosmological argument from contingent being? William
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, cosmology, origin of the universe
Must the Atheist Be Omniscient?
I’ve heard some Christian philosophers explain that atheism is untenable because philosophically/logically one can’t posit an absolute negative. Also, absolute certainity that there is no God means that one would have to be omniscient. How do we re...
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, epistemology, religious epistemology
Causal Premiss of the Kalam Argument
You run the Cosmological argument as follows (1) Whatever begins to exist must have a cause. (2) The universe began to exist. (3) Therefore the universe had a cause. It is the first premise that confuses me. The support offered for (1) seems to undermine...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument
How Can God Be the Ground of Morality?
My question concerns the discussion of God as a logically necessary being in the book where you debate Flew [Does God Exist? With Antony Flew. Responses by K. Yandell, P. Moser, D. Geivett, M. Martin, D. Yandell, W. Rowe, K. Parsons, and Wm. Wainwright. Ed. St...
arguments for the existence of god, moral argument, moral values, objective moral values and duties
Richard Dawkins’ Argument for Atheism in The God Delusion
What do you think of Richard Dawkins' argument for atheism in The God Delusion?
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, intelligent design, richard dawkins
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Intellectual Insecurity
Dear Dr. Craig, With the 20th anniversary of Reasonable Faith, I just want to express my thanks for you as a great admirer of your work. You are one of the first Christians I’ve encountered to defend our shared faith with such intellectual rigour. Befor...
arguments for the existence of god, christian evidences, christian scholarship, intellectual competence
So You Think the Ontological Argument Is Irrelevant?
Dr. Craig, I would like to start by stating how incredibly thankful I am for you and your work in natural theology. It was through watching your several debates with atheists, during a particularly difficult time in my life, that I came to believe wholehearte...
arguments for the existence of god, maximal greatness, natural theology, onotological argument, perfect being theology, possible world
Proving “God”
Good morning Dr. Craig. I hope your day has been going well. Dr. Craig... What would you answer to an objection like this in a debate: DR. CRAIG: [First speech] ATHEIST OPPONENT: Yes, your cumulative case works but your God sti...
arguments for the existence of god, concept of god, logical fallacy, maximal greatness, perfect being theology, question-begging
Why Depress People?
Dear Dr Craig I'm not a Christian myself, but find Christian theology to be interesting and your defence particularly interesting. I've heard you mention on numerous occasions that you believe a life without God is absurd, meaningless, pointless etc....
absurdity of life without god, arguments for the existence of god, atheism, divine-human relationship
A New Modal Argument from Contingency
Hello Dr. Craig! Recently, Alexander Pruss and Joshua Rasmussen have developed a fascinating, cutting-edge argument called the Modal Argument from Beginnings, or MAB. It seeks to reach the same conclusion of the classic argument from contingency you defend usi...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, leibnizian cosmological argument, modal argument from beginnings, ontological argument