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Reservations about the Ontological Argument
Dear Dr Craig, I have a reservation regarding the Ontological argument as you defend it. You identify the first premise, it is possible that a maximally great being exists, as the controversial one. You defend it as being more plausibly true than false with ...
maximal greatness, modal intuitions, necessary v. contingent existence, ontological argument
Bizarro Ontological Arguments
Hi Dr. Craig, I'm an agnostic undergraduate philosophy student, and I find the idea of divine necessity particularly interesting for whatever reason. I wonder if you might respond to the following question / argument. When I think about the concept of Go...
maximal greatness, modal intuition, ontological argument, possible worlds
Misunderstanding the Ontological Argument
Good Day from Nepal. We badly need apologetics in Nepal so please keep in your prayers. I work in translating apologetic material in the language of Nepal where secularism and Hinduism are quite strong. Thank you for your work Dr. Craig. My question is on the ...
alvin plantinga, anselm, arguments for the existence of god, maximal greatness, ontological argument
What is the Ontological Argument?
Listen as special guest Dr. William Lane Craig explains the Ontological Argument. 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:...
Existence of God (part 25)
The Ontological Argument.
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Doubts about the Incarnation
Greetings Dr. Craig, On August 2, 2025, having gone through emotional turmoil similar to yours, I became a theist, after watching your multi-video lecture on the ontological argument on yours Defenders podcast, even though I had been a devo...
divine nature, doubt, incarnation, ontological argument, perfect being theology, two natures of christ
Maximal Greatness and Being Itself Subsisting
Dr. Craig, are the ideas of God being existence itself and God as a maximally great being coherent with one another? In my view, defining God as a maximally great being seems to place Him within a category that could limit His existence, since it attributes c...
anselm, aquinas, thomas, maximal greatness, ontological argument, perfect being theology, self-referentially incoherent
M. Huemer’s Criticism of Divine Command Theory
Please respond to Michael Huemer's criticism of your divine command theory. (https://fakenous.substack.com/p/groundless-morals) Graham
divine command theory, ethics, maximal greatness, moral duties, moral obligations, objective moral values and duties
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