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Questions about Leibniz’s Cosmological Argument
Dear Dr. Craig, I have been arguing with a friend that is an atheist. I am also an atheist or perhaps more correctly, an agnostic about Leibniz’s cosmological argument. In our argument, I have been defending the version of Leibniz’s cosmological a...
argumentation, lawrence krauss, leibnizian cosmological argument, nothingness
Necessity and the Argument from Contingency
Dear Dr. Craig, First, I just want to say thank you very much for all of the work you are doing. It has been a great help to me in my life as a Christian and God has truly used you to strengthen my faith. We actually met recently at your Defenders Class when ...
contingency argument, divine aseity, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, modality
Infinite Regress and the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
Dr. Craig, I cannot thank you enough for your apologetics work. I've been faithfully using your podcasts, debates, books and articles for about 4 years now. I've reworded a question I submitted earlier which was never selected. I'm hoping this ver...
infinite temporal regress, leibnizian cosmological argument, origin of the universe, theories of time
Must Some Contingent Being or Other Exist?
Greetings Dr. Craig, While I am a non-Christian, I deeply admire your research and work, which is why I am writing to ask you about a critique you gave to Bede Rundle's position that it is necessary that something or other exist (namely, some physical Uni...
arguments for the existence of god, bede rundle, contingent being, leibnizian cosmological argument
Leibniz's Argument for the Existence of God
Grab a copy of Dr. Craig's new book "On Guard" to learn more about this and other arguments on how to defend your faith with reason and precision. Transcript Bobby Conway: Give us Leibniz’s argument for the existence of God. Dr. Craig: Leibniz for...
bobby conway, leibnizian cosmological argument, one minute apologist
Existence of God (part 13)
The Kalam Cosmological Argument continued.
causation, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument
The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
Dr. Craig, I have some questions about your version of the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument (which you call the argument from contingency--is there a difference?). Although I once used to think that the LCA was the most powerful argument natural theology had ...
gottfried wilhelm leibniz, leibnizian cosmological argument, modal intuition, principle of sufficient reason
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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