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Pastors Need Apologetics, Too

Dear Dr Craig, I asked my pastor if one could present your argument from the existence of objective moral values to the atheist as evidence of God's existence. The argument was: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. 2. Objectiv...

divine attributes, moral argument, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties, omniscience

Christianity Today Article and God's Personhood

Dear Dr. Craig, I just read your article in Christianity Today about the arguments for the existence of God, but one question above all stands out to me as unanswered: why must there be a PERSONAL God, and what do you mean by 'personal'...

abstract objects, arguments for the existence of god, divine personhood, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Christianity Today Article

After reading your CT article about the existence of God, I sent it to an atheist friend. here is his reply. Please help. I still haven't found a good response to this dilemma: Nontheists will typically counter the moral argument with a dilemma: Is som...

arguments for the existence of god, atheism, moral argument for gods existence, objective moral values and duties

Aseity, Fictionalism, and Moral Values

Lately, I have been reading some of your work on God's aseity, and the more I read about the topic and related topics, the more I am persuaded to be a fictionalist. However, my two questions for you are: 1. What are morals according to the fictionalist? C...

divine aseity, fictionalism, objective moral values and duties, platonism

Can We Be Good Without God?

William Lane Craig speaks at the National Faculty Leadership Conference. Transcript Well thanks for coming, the handout is not directly relevant to this session so you don’t need to worry if you don’t have one. Rather the handout that is going ar...

moral relativism, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Priorities and Productivity

Dr. Craig, Your productivity suggests you have the energy of five men. Are there some practical tips you can give a young Christian philosopher who is trying to be as productive as you? How do you study and write so productively, as well as attend to your wif...

autobiography, life vision, objective moral values and duties, self-discipline

How are Morals Objectively Grounded in God?

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The Euthyphro Dilemma Once More

Your work and contribution to philosophy and Christian thought in general has been an indispensable help in my own journey through life’s questions. I’ve been teaching in Thailand the past couple of years I often bring up some of your thoughts for ...

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Euthyphro Dilemma

Thanks for all you do in your service to the Lord and to His Church. It is of great value to us, so I feel confident in saying it is of great value to Him as well. I wondered if you could spare the time to help me out with some problems I’m having in de...

divine attributes, goodness, metaethics, moral duties, moral values, objective moral values and duties

Our Grasp of Objective Moral Values

Dear Dr. Craig: In one of your papers (“The Indispensability of Theological Meta-Ethical Foundations for Morality”), you argue that the existence of objective morality leads logically to the conclusion that God exists. The argument seems powerful ...

darwinian evolution, evolution, metaethics, naturalism, objective moral values and duties