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Causation and Spacetime
Dear Dr. Craig I have a question regarding the cause of the universe. We Christians hold God to be the cause and explanation of the natural world, yet Atheists frequently respond to me saying that you cannot apply causality to the universe itself. Because the...
atheism, causation, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, time
God as the Cause of the Universe
Dr. Craig, I wanted to thank you again for your time addressing my questions about your Kalam Cosmological Argument at the ETS last year and before your debate with Dr. Carrier earlier this year. I have two more issues surrounding your proof and would appreci...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, kalam cosmological argument, theories of time, time
Wes Morriston on Divine Creation
Dear Dr. Craig, For a long time I have been a member of Reasonable Faith but spent some time away. . . . I am a student myself in philosophy at the university of Kansas, so I plan to attend both of your upcoming debates in March. I had a small exchange with y...
arguments for the existence of god, divine creation, kalam cosmological argument, theories of time, time
Special Relativity and the Twin Paradox
Dear Dr. Craig, I am reading your wonderful book, Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), and I have a question about the Twin Paradox and the Paradox of the Three Brothers. (The Twin Paradox posits that a twin who travels i...
cosmology, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, special relativity, theories of time, time
Counting Down from Infinity
Dear Bill, Me and my husband have a difficulty with a version of Kalam argument against infinite past. You wrote in your answer to question 12 (when arguing against the thesis that the temporal series of all past events is actually infinite), ... if an act...
divine eternity, infinity, philosophy of mathematics, theories of time, time
Is God Temporal or Timeless?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS' "Closer to Truth") asks William Lane Craig about God's personal relationship with time. Questions explored: If God is timeless how can He be active in the temporal world? Who is Soren Kierkegaard? Does it makes sense ...
Did God Create Time?
Robert Lawrence Kuhn (host of PBS' "Closer to Truth") interviews William Lane Craig on time in relation to God. Questions explored: How do you deal with God and time? What is the tensed (aka A-Theory or dynamic theory) and tenseless (aka B-Theory or static...
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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