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Two Questions on the Ontological Argument
Hello Mr. Craig! My name is Jakob and I'm a great fan of yours from Sweden. I'm a 22 year old philosophy student who really have been encouraged by your work. I even started an apologetics blog for swedish teenagers this autumn to spread many of the ar...
alvin plantinga, existence of god, ontological argument, philosophy of religion
Perfect Being Theology
Dr. Craig, I first would like to thank you for your work. Although I am an agnostic with theistic leanings, I was first directed to your website by a persistent friend of mine who has gotten me to consider the deep questions of life. I find what you have to s...
alvin plantinga, arguments for the existence of god, maximal greatness, ontological argument, perfect being theology
Does the Ontological Argument Beg the Question?
Dear Dr. Craig, As I Christian, I would first like to thank you for your work! It is extremely refreshing to see such a solid defense of Christianity in our pluralistic, secular world. My question is about Platinga's modal ontological argument which you u...
atheism, maximal greatness, ontological argument, question-begging
Necessary Existence and the Ontological Argument
Dr. Craig, I very much have enjoyed your website in the short time I have perused it! I have a great interest in Christian philosophy and how it fits in with the Bible. My question concerns the ontological argument. I have really favored this argument in its...
necessary v. contingent existence, nothingness, ontological argument, perfect being theology
God’s Necessity
Dr. Craig,I really want to learn more about theism but I have hit an intellectual roadblock with God's necessary existence. I understand what it means for an entity to necessarily exist in a logical sense. Yet when you attribute metaphysical necessity to God (...
metaphysical necessity, modality, necessary v. contingent existence, ontological argument
Dawkins’ Critique of the Ontological Argument
Greetings Dr. Craig, both my heart and mind feel very blessed and fulfilled through your presentation of God's character. I am a fan of the ontological argument for God's existence (scary I know). In Richard Dawkins' book, "The God Delusion," he re...
atheism, ontological argument, perfect being theology, richard dawkins
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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