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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

Youtube Takes Out the Cosmological Argument!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8YN0fwo5J4 Can A "Beginning-less Universe" Exist? I have to make a simple point about infinity You cannot quantify infinity, infinity is boundless example: 10 kilometers is made up of 10000 meters, yes. inf kilometers is ...

arguments for the existence of god, causation, cosmology, origin of the universe

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

Probability of Fine-Tuning

Dear Dr. Craig, I had a question about the argument from fine-tuning, specifically regarding the values of certain constants. I’m in the middle of an undergrad program in Physics, and so I’m familiar with many fundamental constants of the universe...

cosmology, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, origin of the universe

The Big Bang

big bang theory, cosmology, creation

Design from Fine-Tuning

Hi, Dr. Craig you’re my favorite Christian philosopher. From listening to your lectures and audio lessons you’re a firm believer that design is the simplest explanation for the fine tuning of the universe. I ran into an article by Richard Carrier &...

cosmology, fine tuning argument, intelligent design, origin of the universe

Contemporary Cosmology and the Beginning of the Universe

I recently was told by some physicists whom I had the chance to interview for a paper that the standard big bang model of the universe does not include a singularity anymore. That may have been the case twenty five years ago, they said, but nowadays physicists...

cosmology, james sinclair, natural theology, origin of the universe

Argument from Contingency

Dr. Craig, I want to say that I am in favor of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But, I was wondering what is your opinion of the cosmological argument from contingent being? William

arguments for the existence of god, atheism, cosmology, origin of the universe

Creation and Time

In Lee Strobel’s interview with you in his book The Case for a Creator (Chapter 5, in the subsection 'Pathway of Mathematics') you stated, Time and space are creations of God that began at the Big Bang. If you go back beyond the beginning of t...

cosmology, eternity, origin of the universe, theories of time, time

Kalam and Multiple Cosmic Causes

Hi Dr. Craig, I’ve been reading your book, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument”, and I find the argument as persuasive as always. However, I was wondering how you would respond to the “many causes” response? Is it possible for there...

causation, cosmology, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument