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Can We Refer to Things that Are Not Present?

Good morning Dr. Craig! I am a Chi Alpha campus missionary intern at Aubrun University and your work has been intrumental in thinking about my faith and the relationship God has to every part of my life and worldview. Right now I'm working through my own ...

metaphysics, philosophy of language, quantification, theories of time, time

God, Time, and Relativity

"God, Time, & Relativity: Exploring the Mutual Implications of Relativity Theory and Conceptions of Divine Eternity" at the PhysPhil Conference at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Dr. Craig: "I presented a paper in which I argue that the Einstein&...

god and time, theories of time, time

Time and the Kalam Cosmological Argument

Greetings, Dr. Craig. Recently, I was watching an episode of the Atheist Experience in which they offer a critique of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. They cite an article by James Still which can be found on the Internet Infidels website (they include some o...

kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, theories of time, time

Muslim Appreciation of the <em>Kalam</em> Argument

Dear Dr. Craig; I sincerely hope and pray this letter reaches you. I am not a Christian; I am a Muslim. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled onto a Christian philosopher who respects and utilizes Imam Al-Ghazzali in his brilliant discussion and rebuttal of pro...

islam, kalam cosmological argument, muslim concept of god, origin of the universe, time

A Contradiction in the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

I came across a blogger who calls himself Angra Mainyu (destructive spirit) who has thought a lot about the Kalam Argument and bases several of his objections on the following quotations from your work. I am really hoping to hear your response 1) A contradict...

arguments for the existence of god, infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, time

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Infinitely Old Time

Hello Dr. Craig, I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued with the Kalam for a while now, but I’ve recently started to question the argument, and whether time might actually be infinitely old, because of this line of reasoning: 1. Any decre...

divine creation, eternity, kalam cosmological argument, time, time, relation to god, timelessness

“This Instant!”

Is there such a thing in reality as a moment? I asked my father, who is a doctor of mathematics (and a priest) about what he thinks about the reality of points, and he says he thinks they're just a mathematical device, but not present in reality, as any di...

philosophy of time, time, time and eternity, time, relation to god

Our Newest Video on the Philosophical KCA

You may be interested in the objections below from my friend Joe on Facebook, about the new Kalam part 2 video. “Still haven't heard a truly convincing case for this. Here they misrepresent Infinity, applying Hilberts hotel incorrectly. This pr...

cosmology, eternity, infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, philosophy of time, time

Immaterial Agents and Time Dilation

Dear Dr. Craig, Up until recently, I've been a reductive materialist, but I've been so inspired by your work that I've changed my mind. The following question is one that I’m still struggling with however. Before I ask my question, know that...

absurdity of life without god, albert einstein, anthropological dualism, dualism, immateriality, mind-brain relationship

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