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Deism and Christian Theism

I am a former Christian. Through deep soul-searching and intellectual honesty, I have come to be sceptical of the so-called truths of the Christian doctrines, and have rejected 'revealed' religion altogether. I think it violates the free will argument ...

christian theism, darwinian evolution, deism, evolution, kalam cosmological argument, theism

The Witness of the Spirit as an Intrinsic Defeater-Defeater

Dear Dr Craig I am sometimes worried by the assertion you make that, even if all your arguments for God's existence were disproved, you would continue to have faith because of the witness to the Holy Spirit. Does that mean that if any or all of the follo...

christian evidences, darwinian evolution, evolution, holy spirit, religious epistemology

Nature’s Flaws and Cruelties

In your debate with Francisco Ayala on "Is Intelligent Design Viable?" you responded to his objection that the design flaws and cruel animal behaviors in nature are incompatible with an all-good and all-powerful Designer by distinguishing between the scientifi...

causation, darwinian evolution, evil, evolution, intelligent design, problem of evil

Scepticism about Neo-Darwinism Re-Visited

Hello Dr. Craig,Like many people in the so-called creationism/evolution debate you seem to confound science and philosophy. Surely you appreciate, that, even if you're a theist, you can't bring God into science, because you stop doing science. Once you invoke ...

darwinian evolution, evolution, intelligent design, methological naturalism, origin of the universe

Scepticism about the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm

Dr Craig as a fellow Christian but also one with a keen interest in science I was very disappointed by your recent podcast on the doctrine of creation. You seem to express considerable skepticism of macroevolution, which has in fact been frequently observed. M...

creation ex nihilo, darwinian evolution, evolution, intelligent design, naturalism

Dawkins’ “Central Argument” Once More

I think you misread Mr. dawkins 6 statements. This is the way I would read them. 1. If God exists, then the natural temptation would be to attribute the appearance of design to God. 2. The temptation is false because it immediately raises the larger proble...

atheism, cosmology, darwinian evolution, evolution, richard dawkins

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Guiding a Son through Evolutionary Biology

Hi Dr. Craig, your honest and and faithful work has ministered to me for over 12 years now, starting with your debates versus 2 of the Big 4 of New Atheism (that now debunked religion ). My question centers on my son. I have listened just a little to your wor...

evolution

Biological Evolution in an Infinite Multiverse

How would you respond to an evolutionist who says that the universe could be possibly infinite in size and therefore evolution wouldn't be a miracle since it could appear anywhere? Michael

abiogenesis, causation, evolution, methodological naturalism, naturalism

Random Mutations and Epigenetics

With question #671 Do “Random” Mutations Occur by “Chance”? you say, We come to see that evolutionary theory does not assert that themutations which lie at the root of evolutionary development and, hence, evolution itself occur purpos...

epigenetics, evolution, evolution, theistic, random mutation

I’m a Soul Man

Dr Craig, I have found your work on the historical Adam to be very interesting and I appreciate that you have taken the time to consider the topic. I have come to wonder however, if we as Christians have become too fixated on fitting Adam into a biological tim...

evolution, mind-brain relationship, neanderthal, personhood, rationality, soul

Plantinga’s EAAN Once More

Dr. Craig, I need help with Alvin Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism. Since I discovered it, I fell in love with the argument; the idea that "it is irrational to believe in naturalism, whether it is true or not" left me shocked. However,...

arguments for the existence of god, epistemology, evolution, evolutionary argument against naturalism, naturalism, postmodernism