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Questions from a Sceptical Seeker
Dear Dr. Craig, Listening to your conversation with Alex O’Connor was really eye-opening for me. In it, Alex raised many of the objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument which I had previously seen as defeating, only to have you classily deconstruct...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, divine eternity, inference, kalam cosmological argument, logical necessity
“Cosmic Skeptic” Interview
I very much enjoyed watching your discussion with Alex of CosmicSkeptic. All the disagreements were cordial, respectful, and impersonal. However, I do have several questions (actually a lot but I'll only ask the important ones). You said, "If you do take...
causal determinism, causation, creation ex nihilo, existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, material causation
Does the KCA Yield a Metaphysically Necessary Being?
Hello. I have a question about the conceptual analysis in the Kalam. Do you get that the cause is a necessary being? If you do then that opens up room to argue from possible causes. Possibly the universe began to exist, so possibly there is a cause. If you get...
arguments for the existence of god, concept of god, existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, logical necessity, metaphysical necessity
Explaining the Applicability of Mathematics
In the debate on the mathematical argument for God hosted by “Capturing Christianity,” and at 1:12:00 into the debate, Dr. Oppy asked Dr. Craig this question: “Could God have freely chosen to make a physical world in which it was not the ca...
abstract objects, explanatory power, fine tuning argument, graham oppy, kalam cosmological argument, methodological naturalism
Reformulating the Causal Premiss of the KCA
Dear Dr. Craig, I'm a huge fan of your work, and I always come to your website for insights on theistic arguments for God's existence. Today I write you with a question on the Kalam cosmological argument, maybe my favorite argument from the ones you p...
arguments for the existence of god, kalam cosmological argument
It’s Hard to Believe
Hello Dr.Craig I just finished reading question 647, and I do have to say as an atheist/agnostic I must admit you dismantled the argument proposed in that writers question thoroughly and rather beautifully. This is a argument I pondered myself and thought to ...
arguments against the existence of god, arguments for the existence of god, belief in god, divinity of jesus, epistemology, historical evidences
Where Are All the Christian Philosophers?
Hello Dr. Craig, thank you for your work. On numerous occasions you've argued that we are currently experiencing a renaissance in fields like Philosophy with respect to the intellectual credibility of belief in God and Christianity in particular. You'v...
arguments for the existence of god, christian philosophy, fine tuning argument, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, moral argument
Did the Universe Begin with Nothing?
Dear Dr. Craig, A hidden assumption in the Kalam Cosmological Argument seems to be that if one accepts the universe had a beginning, but posits that the universe had no cause, then one is committed to the position that the universe popped into existence out o...
agent causation, arguments against the existence of god, big bang cosmology, causation, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument
Theistic Arguments and Marxist Dialectical Materialism
Dear Dr. Craig! I have a question for you about the cosmological argument of Leibniz. I am interested in the rationality of the second premise of this argument, although this may seem very strange to you. I am not sure in validity of this premise (not in its t...
cosmological argument, gottfried wilhelm leibniz, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, marxism, materialism
The Laws of Logic and the Cosmological Argument
Hello Dr. Criag. As a Christian, I am very thankful for your work. My question is on the laws of logic and the cosmological argument. If you say that from a naturalistic perspective something can come from nothing by nothing, then we know that you are breaking...
abstract objects, causation, kalam cosmological argument, laws of logic, logic, metaphysical necessity
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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
The Timeless Universe Hypothesis
Dear Dr Craig Firstly, although I am not a Christian, I must say your rigorous and strong defence of the Christian faith provide any non Christian with significant challenges. I had a specific question on your defence of the Kalam. Why is it that you defend...
infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, quiescent universe, singularity, timelessness
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
Infinitely Old Time
Hello Dr. Craig, I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued with the Kalam for a while now, but I’ve recently started to question the argument, and whether time might actually be infinitely old, because of this line of reasoning: 1. Any decre...
divine creation, eternity, kalam cosmological argument, time, time, relation to god, timelessness
ChatGPT Strikes Out Big Time!
I need some answers for these fallacies that God is the first cause. I just ran your argument through ChatGPT to check for the logical fallacies you've committed and you've actually committed 6 of them. Here's the list. The argument that a god is...
arguments for the existence of god, irrational objections, kalam cosmological argument, logic, logical fallacy, objections