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Does Creation Imply Moral Improvement?

Hello, Dr. Craig. I am an agnostic, former Christian and militant atheist who's been in an unceasing existential crisis for a long time. I read as much as I am able and evaluate the arguments for and against Christianity and the existence of God as much as...

creation, divine creation, goodness, infinity, moral duties, moral values

Moral Scepticism

Dr. Craig, My wife and I have begun to teach an apologetics class at our church, and we invited our class to our house to watch your debate with Alex Rosenberg. We also invited my wife's father, who claims to believe in the Christian God, but is very defe...

moral epistemology, morality, objective moral values and duties, properly basic beliefs, skepticism

The “Slaughter” of the Canaanites Re-visited

Dear Dr Craig, You are becoming increasingly known as "the apologist who defends genocide and infanticide in the Old Testament", mainly due to your Q&A response on the question of the Canaanites. Many people seem to react emotionally, without engaging wi...

canaanites, divine command theory, ethics, genocide, moral duties, morality

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A Moral but Unbelieving Son

Dr. Craig, I have listened to your podcast since you started it years ago. Thank you. My question comes from reading Faith and Doubt by John Ortberg (Zondervan, 2008). In the chapter Why Bother he writes, "If God does not exist, we lose a life devoted to seek...

belief in god, morality, natural law, naturalism, objective moral values and duties

Molinist Views of Sin

Hi, Dr Craig. I've been looking through your views on soteriology and hamartiology and I'd like some clarification on something. if we maintain libertarian freewill and reject the classic doctrine of original sin (inheritance of guilt and a corrupted...

death of christ, goodness, molinism, moral perfection, morality, sin

The Pursuit of Happiness

Hello Dr. Craig, My question is: how pragmatic one should be when following biblical teachings? I want to exemplify this doubt by showing two examples that have made me question a lot of things about my faith, which I consider to be extremely important in my...

experience as source of knowledge, happiness, holiness, homosexuality, morality, objective moral values and duties

Pretending to Blaspheme God

Hi Dr. Craig, My question is about blasphemy, and how to draw a distinction between the words themselves, and the intention. Is the phrase “GD” inherently sinful if it is simply uttered, or does the person saying it have to have a genuine intentio...

blasphemy, morality, sin

Is Ought-ness Closed under Entailment?

Hello Dr. Craig, I have a question regarding the nature of good and evil. From my understanding, good is often times defined as the way things "ought" to be, and evil is defined as the way things "ought not" to be. In other words, evil is a deprivation of wha...

entailment, evil, evil, logical problem of, evil, problem of, goodness, morality