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Questions on God's Infinity, Inspiration, and Kant

divine attributes, immanuel kant, infinity, inspiration, scripture

Questions on the Singularity, Omnipresence, and Morality

big bang theory, divine attributes, morality, omnipresence

On the Goodness of God

I used to be a Christian, by that I mean, really believed and actively practiced my faith. I truly accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and saviour, I ran Bible studies, took kids to and ran kids clubs, led sunday school lessons, ran Alpha sessions, led a house gr...

divine attributes, evil, objective moral values and duties, old testament ethics, perfect being theology, problem of evil

God's Attribute of Aseity

abstract objects, divine aseity, divine attributes, god over all

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 Able to Do Evil?

Dear Dr Craig I hope you don't mind answering a question from an atheist if it is asked in all seriousness and with the greatest respect. My question concerns God and morality. I have heard you say that God is "essentially" good, by which I assume you mea...

atheism, divine attributes, divine command theory, nature of god, problem of evil

The Applicability of Mathematics

Dear Dr Craig Firstly can I thank you for all your work. My faith in Christ has been enormously strengthened through studying your work in apologetics in particular and I have grown in confidence in my Christian witness. My question relates to numbers and ma...

abstract objects, anti-realism, divine aseity, divine attributes, mathematics

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

Does Infinite Personhood Imply Pantheism?

Dear Dr. Craig, My name is Nathan, I am 17 and live in Birmingham, United Kingdom. After reading Spinoza's Ethics, I am now in a philosophical conflict between what seems to be rational in pantheism and my religious views of Calvinism. I was wondering if ...

benedict spinoza, divine attributes, divine personhood, pantheism

Why Is God the Foundation of Moral Values?

Dear Dr. Craig, I thought you did very well in your debate with Sam Harris recently. Not only did you "knock down" his arguments but he knocked himself down by pretending that you weren't even on the stage with him! However, something is troubling me a...

divine attributes, islam, moral argument, platonism