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Wes Morriston on Divine Creation
Dear Dr. Craig, For a long time I have been a member of Reasonable Faith but spent some time away. . . . I am a student myself in philosophy at the university of Kansas, so I plan to attend both of your upcoming debates in March. I had a small exchange with y...
arguments for the existence of god, divine creation, kalam cosmological argument, theories of time, time
Special Relativity and the Twin Paradox
Dear Dr. Craig, I am reading your wonderful book, Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), and I have a question about the Twin Paradox and the Paradox of the Three Brothers. (The Twin Paradox posits that a twin who travels i...
cosmology, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, special relativity, theories of time, time
Counting Down from Infinity
Dear Bill, Me and my husband have a difficulty with a version of Kalam argument against infinite past. You wrote in your answer to question 12 (when arguing against the thesis that the temporal series of all past events is actually infinite), ... if an act...
divine eternity, infinity, philosophy of mathematics, theories of time, time
Time and Relativity Theory
My name is Thomas. I am currently [reading] your book Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity and have a few questions about it. First of all thank you for writing this excellent study. I am finding it quite enjoyable and fascinating. My question centers around...
origin of the universe, philosophy of time, relation to god, theories of time
God and Timelessness
Hi Bill, I certainly share your belief that dynamic time is so well-established both experientially and metaphysically that we must understand God’s temporal nature in light of what we know about time. I have concerns about your view, as you know, thoug...
creation ex nihilo, philosophy of time, relation to god, theories of time
Creation and Time
In Lee Strobel’s interview with you in his book The Case for a Creator (Chapter 5, in the subsection 'Pathway of Mathematics') you stated, Time and space are creations of God that began at the Big Bang. If you go back beyond the beginning of t...
cosmology, eternity, origin of the universe, theories of time, time
Middle Knowledge
The doctrine of divine middle knowledge holds that God knows what free choices individuals would make in whatever circumstance they might find themselves, even if such conditions don’t obtain. In this series of questions, Dr. Craig explains how that doct...
divine attributes, divine foreknowledge, molinism, theories of time
Forming an Actual Infinite by Successive Addition
Dear Dr. Craig, I have a question concerning one of the philosophical arguments you offer in support of the view that the universe began to exist, namely the argument from the impossibility of forming an actual infinite by successive addition. You set up the ...
infinity, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, theories of time
God, Time, and Creation
Dr. Craig, you seem to believe God exists outside of time when there is no universe [God (a)] and inside of time when there is a universe [God (b)]. My question: Which of the two created the universe? God (a) cannot create the universe because a timeless being...
cosmology, divine creation, philosophy of time, theories of time, time
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On the Interview with Sir Roger Penrose
Dear Dr. Craig, I listened to your interaction with Sir Roger Penrose on Unbelievable?, and I was interested in your claim that absolute metaphysical time exists. I have a concern about the coherence of metaphysical time. If metaphysical time exists, then it ...
a-theory of time, b-theory of time, god's relationship to time, theories of time, time, timelessness
How Do I Interpret General Relativity Theory?
Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you for your ministry. The content on your website and mobile app is an incredible resource. I absolutely love it and can't seem to get enough! I have a question, Dr. Craig. An atheist with whom I'm in dialog with claims that yo...
albert einstein, general theory of relativity, hendrik antoon lorentz, special theory of relativity, theories of time, time
Presentism and Past Existence
Dear Dr. Craig I was reading the part of your book "Time and Eternity" that talks about perdurantism, and I have a question over your objection to the Perdurantist's view of personal consciousness. You claim that on Perdurantism, personal continuity from...