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Considering God's Existence?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS' "Closer to Truth") asks philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig about whether God's existence can be demonstrated or not. Questions explored: Can you demonstrate God's existence mathematically? Does an argum...
gods existence, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument
Arguing God from First Cause?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS' "Closer to Truth") asks William Lane Craig about God being the first cause of the universe. Questions explored: What is the cosmological argument for God's existence? What are the subsets of the cosmological argument?...
cause of the universe, first cause, kalam cosmological argument
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
Kalam and Multiple Cosmic Causes
Hi Dr. Craig, I’ve been reading your book, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument”, and I find the argument as persuasive as always. However, I was wondering how you would respond to the “many causes” response? Is it possible for there...
causation, cosmology, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument
Barker’s Objection to the Kalam Argument
Dear Dr. Craig, I appreciate much of the work you have done, and find the Kalam argument as a very persuasive argument. One question remains. This has to do with the idea of a circular fallacy in the Kalam argument as suggested by atheist Dan Barker. He says...
circular reasoning, kalam cosmological argument, law of excluded middle, origin of the universe
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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