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An Evolutionary Argument against (Christian) Theism
Hello Dr. Craig, You think that evolution is not a threat against christianity or theism in general. However, I think an argument can be made against theism or at least christian theism from evolution. 1. If God created life (biological life), he would have...
arguments against the existence of god, evil, evolution, problem of evil, suffering, theism
Does Theism Foster Scepticism?
Dr. Craig I was reading about Plantinga's Argument Against Naturalism, and I've noticed a similar argument among atheist's that holds that theism is also self-refuting. Excuse my rough caricature, but it goes something like this: If a person beli...
alvin plantinga, epistemology, naturalism, skepticism, theism
Belief in God Video
Belief in God can be grounded as a properly basic belief" which stands independently from arguments. Dr. William Lane Craig explains what the term "properly basic" means and how this applies to belief in God.
Evolutionary Theory and Theism
Dear Dr.Craig I want to start off by thanking you for what you’ve done for Christianity and for Jesus both in your written work and all through out your career. However I do still have a two Questions regarding the nature of evolution and God’s r...
evolution, intelligent design, philosophy of science, theism, theistic evolution
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Is the World a Brute Contingent?
In your dialogue with Dr. Graham Oppy, he brought up an interesting concern to which you did not have time to adequately respond to. I will reproduce his question here. Dr. Oppy: "Could God have freely chosen to make a physical world in which it was not the ...
agent causation, atheism, divine will, explanatory power, leibnizian cosmological argument, mathematics, applicability of
Theological Non-Cognitivism
Hello! I just encountered today a form of non-theism called "theological non-cognitivism" which, if I'm not mistaken, basically states that religious concepts like God are meaningless. This is of course a very different perspective from the atheism I'm...
non-cognitivism, non-theism, philosophy of religion, positivism, self-refuting, theism
Serious Atheist Philosophy: Then and Now
Dear Dr. Craig I'm a Non-Christian that respects your work and scholarship. I'm writing today to ask you to perhaps give a brief overview and your own perspective of the Atheist side of the Philosophy of Religion. Some of my favorite articles and wri...
atheism, christian philosophy, naturalism, philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, skepticism
Draper’s Anti-Theistic Argument
Hey Dr. Craig, thank you for all your work in apologetics. You've played a huge role in helping me maintain my faith. I'm convinced that both the evidential and logical problem of evil doesn't work but Paul Draper has put forward a stronger formula...
draper, paul, evil, problem of, explanatory power, naturalism, theism
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