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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

How Can an Immaterial God Act in the Physical World?

If God is an unembodied spirit how can He cause things in the physical/material world?  How does something that is not physical interact with the physical? Sincerely, Abbie

agent causation, divine creation, evolutionary argument against naturalism, materialism, philosophical materialism, philosophy of mind

Wielenberg on God and Time

Hello, Dr. Craig. I've been trying to learn about the Kalam and what its defenders and opposers have to say. Obviously, I started reading your work for a defense of the Kalam. But recently Dr. Erik Wielenberg, who you have debated before, published an arti...

cosmology, creation ex nihilo, divine creation, erik wielenberg, kalam cosmological argument, law of noncontradiction

Theological Arguments in Support of an Infinite Past

Hello Dr. Craig, I hope you are fine. I have theological objections to your proposition that an infinite regression of events into the past is impossible. I adhere to a particular Islamic denomination and my denomination doesn't accept the view that it&...

al-ghazali, creation, divine creation, divine eternity, infinite temporal regress, islam

God and Time

Dear Dr. Craig, I'm a big fan of your work and I've listened to almost all you have available on the internet. My question has to do with a contradiction that I think I see in some of your views concerning issues of simultaneous causation and the pos...

creation, divine creation, divine eternity, eternity, relation to god, time

Does Creation Imply Moral Improvement?

Hello, Dr. Craig. I am an agnostic, former Christian and militant atheist who's been in an unceasing existential crisis for a long time. I read as much as I am able and evaluate the arguments for and against Christianity and the existence of God as much as...

creation, divine creation, goodness, infinity, moral duties, moral values

Hawking’s Curious Objections to Divine Creation

Last night, I watched over 2 hours of the Discovery Channel's new show "Curiosity" - they start off with a bang, the first episode takes on the biggest topic ever! "Did God Create the Universe?" It was mainly "all Stephen Hawking, all the time" - essentia...

atheism, big bang cosmology, creation, divine creation, stephen hawking

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

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

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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

How Can an Immaterial God Act in the Physical World?

If God is an unembodied spirit how can He cause things in the physical/material world?  How does something that is not physical interact with the physical? Sincerely, Abbie

agent causation, divine creation, evolutionary argument against naturalism, materialism, philosophical materialism, philosophy of mind

Wielenberg on God and Time

Hello, Dr. Craig. I've been trying to learn about the Kalam and what its defenders and opposers have to say. Obviously, I started reading your work for a defense of the Kalam. But recently Dr. Erik Wielenberg, who you have debated before, published an arti...

cosmology, creation ex nihilo, divine creation, erik wielenberg, kalam cosmological argument, law of noncontradiction

Theological Arguments in Support of an Infinite Past

Hello Dr. Craig, I hope you are fine. I have theological objections to your proposition that an infinite regression of events into the past is impossible. I adhere to a particular Islamic denomination and my denomination doesn't accept the view that it&...

al-ghazali, creation, divine creation, divine eternity, infinite temporal regress, islam

God and Time

Dear Dr. Craig, I'm a big fan of your work and I've listened to almost all you have available on the internet. My question has to do with a contradiction that I think I see in some of your views concerning issues of simultaneous causation and the pos...

creation, divine creation, divine eternity, eternity, relation to god, time