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God and Cosmology: The Existence of God in Light of Contemporary Cosmology

cosmology, existence of god, sean carroll

Fine-Tuning and the Prior Probability of Theism

I'm taking a philosophy class at a local community collage. I wrote a paper on the fine-tuning argument presented by Robin Collins. The fine tuning is improbable given atheism. Here we have all of the number for fine tuning for life given by Collins. But m...

existence of god, fine tuning argument, probability, robin collins, teleology

Calculating the Probability of God’s Existence

Dr. Craig, I am a long timer viewer, my wife and I personally enjoy your On Guard book and my kids enjoy the What is God Like series. My question is one born from frustration dealing with a particular atheist colleague of mine. I definitely affects others arou...

atheism, existence of god, logic, probability

Stephen Hawking in the News

existence of god, miracles, stephen hawking

Is Having Properties a Criterion for Existence?

Dear Dr. Craig, In your most recent post, you wrote, "I'm inclined to say that ... properties don't really exist." However, if the having of properties is a necessary criteria for being, then it follows that: 1. If something exists, it has one or m...

abstract objects, divine attributes, existence of god, metaphysics, nature of existence, nature of god

Is God a Being in the Same Sense that We Are?

Do you accept the view traditionally ascribed to Duns Scotus: namely, the univocity of being (pertaining to both God and creatures)? It seems like your interactions with atheists presuppose the ability to reason on a sort of neutral plane of, say, "truth" or "...

divine attributes, existence of god, metaphysics, nature of god, philosophy of religion

Personal God Video

Dr. William Lane Craig outlines two arguments for why the cause of the universe is a personal God, rather than an impersonal set of necessary and sufficient conditions. He then goes on to explain how his atheist opponent, Prof Lewis Wolpert, accidentally argue...

divine personhood, divine-human relationship, existence of god

Is God’s Existence Evident to Every Sincere Seeker?

This is an argument i read on the forum, and I'm wondering how you would respond, in my opinion its not a very strong argument. But here it is : 1. If God exists, then his existence would be evident to anyone who sincerely seeks God. 2. God's existe...

evidence for god, existence of god, religious belief, religious seeker, salvation

Is There a Contradiction in God’s Creation of Time?

The Law of Contradiction states that two mutually exclusive statements cannot both be true at the same time and in the same respect. The statements "God exists and the universe does not exist" and "God exists and the universe exists" are mutually exclusive sta...

creation, divine creation, existence of god, philosophy of time, time

Defining “God”

I recently posted a youtube video respectfully asking atheists to comment with what their strongest argument in favor of atheism was. Then, atheists could vote on the comment they felt was their strongest argument. After 1,000 views the current #1 argument is:...

arguments for the existence of god, atheism, divine attributes, existence of god, nature of god, philosophical theology