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The Metric of Time
Dear Dr. Craig, My question is quite short. It's on the subject of time. I thought I would ask you, because it's something I've been thinking about, and you seem to know a thing or two about this area (pardon the understatement). We measure time t...
divine eternity, infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, philosophy of time, time
Buddhist Arguments against God
Dear Dr Craig, I have been a avid follower of your work for a couple of years now and has been thoroughly convinced by your arguments supporting christian theism. I have seen you defend almost all arguments against theism that is worth defending and I am keen...
arguments against the existence of god, buddhism, christian particularism, divine creation, teleology, time
Is There a Contradiction in God’s Creation of Time?
The Law of Contradiction states that two mutually exclusive statements cannot both be true at the same time and in the same respect. The statements "God exists and the universe does not exist" and "God exists and the universe exists" are mutually exclusive sta...
creation, divine creation, existence of god, philosophy of time, time
Tenseless Time and Identity over Time
Does a "tenseless" theory of time violate the Principle of Identity? Hi Dr. Craig, I'm from Brazil. I watched your interview with Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS' "Closer to Truth"), in which you distinguished two philosophical views of time. The fi...
b-theory of time, philosophy of time, principle of identity, tenseless theory of time, theories of time, time
Does God Know an Actually Infinite Number of Things?
Dr. Craig, I can't tell you what your work has meant to my life. Part of who I am today is due majorly to your obedience to God in teaching and researching. For this I thank you deeply. I do have a question concerning the idea of actual infinites not exi...
divine omniscience, infinity, omniscience, time, wes morriston
Past and Future in the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Dr. Craig, When you came to our school last March to debate Richard Carrier, our philosophy professor Richard Field intended to speak with you about the kalam cosmological argument. He never had the opportunity to have that discussion with you, but he recentl...
atheism, kalam cosmological argument, philosophy of time, theories of time, 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