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Moral Scepticism

Dr. Craig, My wife and I have begun to teach an apologetics class at our church, and we invited our class to our house to watch your debate with Alex Rosenberg. We also invited my wife's father, who claims to believe in the Christian God, but is very defe...

moral epistemology, morality, objective moral values and duties, properly basic beliefs, skepticism

Can God Ground Necessary Moral Truths?

Dear Dr. Craig, There have been a lot questions recently asked about grounding the existence of morality in God, and I have one as well. The Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne rejects the Moral Argument for God because, he thinks, moral truths are necess...

explanation, metaphysical necessity, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral values

On the Goodness of God

I used to be a Christian, by that I mean, really believed and actively practiced my faith. I truly accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and saviour, I ran Bible studies, took kids to and ran kids clubs, led sunday school lessons, ran Alpha sessions, led a house gr...

divine attributes, evil, objective moral values and duties, old testament ethics, perfect being theology, problem of evil

Warrant for the Moral Argument’s Second Premiss

Lots of discussions have been going on in the past few weeks on the RF.org forums regarding the Moral Argument's premise #2 - specifically, on what basis can we affirm the existence of objective moral values and duties? As I understand your argument for a...

epistemology, moral argument, moral epistemology, objective moral values and duties, properly basic beliefs

Can We Be Good Without God?

Transcript INTRODUCTION: Dr. William Lane Craig is a renowned philosopher and academic author. He is currently a Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot University in California. He has debated with many well known atheists such as Peter Atkins, Sam Harris...

moral obligations, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Justification of the Moral Argument’s Second Premiss

Dear Dr. Craig, I have recently been working through your book, "On Guard," and had a question concerning the Moral Argument (which I have also heard you use in several of your debates). I have seen it most commonly setup as: 1. If God does not exist, objec...

atheism, moral argument for gods existence, moral duties, moral epistemology, moral ontology, moral values

The Death of God Video

The great atheist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about what the death of God would entail for human meaning, objective moral value and purpose. William Lane Craig reads an extract about the death of God, as expressed by Nietzsche's fictional mad man...

divine purpose, friedrich nietzsche, objective moral values and duties

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Bestiality Among Adam and Eve’s Immediate Descendants

Dr. Craig, I recently finished In Quest of the Historical Adam and found the argument for locating Adam and Eve within Homo heidelbergensis both fascinating and persuasive. However, I still have one unresolved question regarding the interbreeding issue. In Cha...

adam and eve, image of god, moral evil, objective moral values and duties, soul, speculation

A Moral but Unbelieving Son

Dr. Craig, I have listened to your podcast since you started it years ago. Thank you. My question comes from reading Faith and Doubt by John Ortberg (Zondervan, 2008). In the chapter Why Bother he writes, "If God does not exist, we lose a life devoted to seek...

belief in god, morality, natural law, naturalism, objective moral values and duties

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

The Moral Argument—One More Time!

Dear Dr. Craig, I am a former Christian in large part because apologetics (from my perspective) has failed to provide adequate explanations to the objections commonly raised against theism, and especially Christianity in particular. For this submission, I wo...

atheism, experience as source of knowledge, moral argument, moral epistemology, moral ontology, objective moral values and duties

Papa Bear on the Trinity

Hi Dr. Craig, I have a Trinity question inspired by your Children's book "God is Three Persons". In the book, nearing the end you have the following. BEGIN QUOTE. "But then what if they all disagreed with each other?" said John. Papa laughed. "Don't...

“what is god like”, character and nature of god, children, moral disagreement, objective moral values and duties, swinburne, richard