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How Can Space Be Flat but Finite?
We have established using philosophical arguments the impossibility of an actual infinite (I'm referring to an infinite set of objects, not an Infinite God which is not impossible), but I have read again and again that "the majority and best supported by t...
Is the Universe a Necessary Being?
Dear Dr. Craig, In the Leibniz' Contingency Argument [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPCzEP0oD7I], the premise 2 states that "If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is God". This requires that the universe does not exist by...
cosmology, laws of nature, necessary v. contingent existence, platonism
Does the Vastness of the Universe Support Naturalism?
I am a Christian theist and working towards a doctorate in philosophy. I have a question that I think is relevant for both laymen and academics, and I would really appreciate your thoughts. I often find myself "gestalt-shifting" between naturalistic and super...
arguments against the existence of god, big bang theory, cosmology, explanation, fine tuning argument, probability
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New Work on the BGV Theorem
Dear Dr. Craig, I hope you're doing well. An atheist freind sent me the following quotes of physicits who apparently argue that the BGV theorem does not prove the begining of the Universe. What do you think of these quotes? "In a Letter by Borde, Guth a...
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt IV)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
arguments for the existence of god, causal determinism, causation, cosmological argument, cosmology, creation ex nihilo
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt III)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
bgv theorem, big bang cosmology, cosmological argument, cosmology, infinity, kalam cosmological argument
Literal Interpretation of Genesis 1-11
Dr. Craig, I was moved by your story of personal struggle and by your pleading that Christians should be charitable and tolerant of those who hold differing views on how Genesis 1-11 should be interpreted. You make a strong case for placing it in the genre of...
biblical interpretation, cosmology, creation, old testament, young earth creationism
Creation and Change
Dear William lane , Craig I am very moved by the Cosmological argument however I have found a rebuttal to it by Philosopher Schopenhauer 1. The relata of the causal relation are changes. 2. Every change is an alteration. 3. Every alteration presupposes a ...
aquinas, thomas, causation, cosmological argument, cosmology, creation ex nihilo, existence of god