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God, Time, and Creation
There have been a lot of raised eyebrows about your view on God and time. . . . This is an objection that people like Paul Helm have raised. It goes a little something like this. What exactly is the relationship between God’s timeless phase and God&rsquo...
big bang cosmology, concept of god, creation, philosophy of time, time, relation to god, timelessness
Must God Be Multi-Personal?
Hi Dr Craig In Question of the Week #447 'Questions from a Muslim about the Trinity' /question-answer/P70/questions-from-a-muslim-about-the-trinity you argued 'I do think a plausible philosophical argument can be offered against a unitarian conc...
character and nature of god, concept of god, divine love, islam, moral perfection, perfect being theology
Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Kid Stuff?
Hi Dr Craig I came across the book 'Dr. Craig's What is God Like? God Is Three Persons' where the book description (on the back of the book) states: 'This fifth booklet "God Is Three Persons" is about the important doctrine of the Trinity. Th...
character and nature of god, concept of god, divine attributes, divine nature, divine personhood, mind
Does the KCA Yield a Metaphysically Necessary Being?
Hello. I have a question about the conceptual analysis in the Kalam. Do you get that the cause is a necessary being? If you do then that opens up room to argue from possible causes. Possibly the universe began to exist, so possibly there is a cause. If you get...
arguments for the existence of god, concept of god, existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, logical necessity, metaphysical necessity
Must God Be Good?
Hello Dr. Craig - please help me to understand, why must God be good? You have stated that goodness is fundamental to our concept of God, but why? What if our concept or definition of God is wrong? Why is it necessary that God be a being worthy of worship? Is ...
concept of god, divine attributes, divine goodness, ontological argument, worship
Is “God” a Proper Name?
Dear Dr Craig, I have a very simple question: is 'God' a proper name that we would use for God as if it's His first or given name? This might seem like a silly question at first but I think when you actually think about it deeply it really does ca...
character and nature of god, concept of god, divine personhood, metaphysics, personhood
“Where Is Mama Bear?”
I purchased your set of children’s books for my toddler as a Christmas gift. Figured I’ll get her started early in theology! They have been a delight to read to my toddler, maybe because they generate more theological discussion between her parents...
character and nature of god, children, concept of god, divine attributes, divine nature, marriage
The Challenge of Eastern Religions
Dear Dr.Craig, Recently I’ve come across two concepts in my study of eastern religions that shook my entire worldview. I find them to be logically coherent but they totally contradict the judeo- Christian worldview. I would appreciate if you can help me...
arational objections, concept of god, logic, nature of existence, pantheism, religious pluralism
Peter Atterton on the Coherence of Theism
Peter Atterton from San Deigo State University wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times claiming that the God of western civilization is incoherent and I find most of his arguments to be severely flawed. The article is called "A God Problem" One argument ...
apatheism, concept of god, natural evil, omnipotence, omniscience, peter atterton
Must We Prove God’s Superlative Attributes?
Dear Dr Craig, My question is this: how do you get from "very" to "omni"? It strikes me that the arguments for God's existence that I have come across seem, at best, to demonstrate the existence of an extremely powerful, extremely knowledgeable, or extre...
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Is “Existence”, when Predicated of God, Univocal?
Professor William Lane Craig, I’m writing because I increasingly think that arguing for “the existence of God” (including via cosmological routes) is, in many cases, an uninteresting project for a deeper reason: the question is often a pseud...
arguments against the existence of god, concept of god, divine aseity, existence of god, nature of existence, necessary v. contingent existence
The Soul of the Incarnate Christ and the Trinity
Hello Dr. Craig. In your 2024 EPS paper, Anthropological and Christological Compositionalism, you argue that a person is identical to his soul. You've also argued for the Trinity as one soul with three rational faculties. Does this create some tension for ...
“Am I a Deist?”
Hi Dr. Craig, your work has been very helpful in keeping me convinced of the soundness of belief in God and I am very grateful for it. However, I've always been a little confused about how best to characterize my view. This might be an odd question to ask ...
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
Great-Making Properties and the Ontological Argument
Hello Dr. William Lane Craig, I am S , and I am a 14-year-old from Syria. You have really saved my faith multiple times, and I have taken your equip course to better defend the faith. Anyway, on to the...
concept of god, maximal greatness, moral perfection, ontological argument, perfect being theology, possible world