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Could the Universe, not God, Be the Necessary Being?
Hey Dr. Craig, Firstly, I would like to congratulate you on the brilliant and elegant new website. The change to a mobile-friendly platform definitely makes your content and ministry much more accessible. Secondly, I had a question about the Contingency argu...
gottfried leibniz, leibnizian contingency argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, logical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence, self-refuting
Brute Facts and the Argument from Contingent Beings
I have a couple of questions regarding the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument I am wondering if you could help me sift through. In your book reasonable faith you state, “Premise one is a modest version of the Principle of Sufficient Reason. It circumvents the ...
contingent being, gottfried wilhelm leibniz, leibnizian cosmological argument, necessary v. contingent existence
Confusing the Leibnizian and <em>Kalām</em> Cosmological Arguments
Dear Dr. Craig, As a former New Atheist and student of philosophy in United Kingdom, I have found your arguments for a creative intelligent mind behind the origin of the universe rather fascinating and compelling. Though, I have several insoluble dilemmas whi...
arguments for gods existence, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence
Much More Ado about Nothing
Beloved Dr. Craig, Atheists argue that you commit a Fallacy of Equivocation when you talk about Something and Nothing. When you say "if the universe could come into being from nothing, then why is it that only universes can pop into being out of nothing? Why...
efficient causation, leibnizian cosmological argument, nothingness
Is the Universe an Object and Does It Matter?
Dr Craig, My question is based on your formulation of the argument from contingency, specifically, your restricted version of the PSR. Restricted PSR: everything that exists has an explanation for its existence, whether in the nature of its own necessity or ...
leibnizian cosmological argument, peter van inwagen, principle of sufficient reason
Necessary but Dependent Beings?
Dear Dr Craig, In your work on abstract objects, you have mentioned that there could exist necessary beings which exist "ab alio", that is, dependent for their existence on other necessary beings. My question is this: Let's suppose for the argument's...
ab alio existence, leibnizian cosmological argument, necessary v. contingent existence
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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
A New Argument from Contingency
Hello Dr. Craig! In their book "Dieu, la science, les preuves", two french engineers (Michel Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies) offer an argument for the contingency of matter in 5 pages that can be summed up like this: 1- Any matter can take a wide or in...
arguments against the existence of god, leibnizian cosmological argument, necessary v. contingent existence
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
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
Is God’s Existence a “Brute Fact”?
This question is about the concept of a necessary being. I'm not sure how a concrete being can be self-explanatory. How is it any different from a brute fact? You can posit that an eternal God explains all of reality, but the question still arises: "why do...
abstract objects, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, necessary beings