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Wrestling with Doubts

Hi Dr. Craig! I've been following your work frequently for almost a year now. I've been doubting my faith more recently because I was asked to produce a list of objections to Christianity, where I listed over 20 philosophical objections (such as imposs...

apologetics, character and nature of god, christian faith, divine simplicity, doubt, trinity

Identity and the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity

Dear Dr Craig, In your question of the week # 866, you explained that the ancients didn't understand or know the modern, logical relation of identity and how it affects the case for unitarianism and its identity claims. I was wondering whether the same p...

divine essence, divine simplicity, law of identity, trinity

Incorporeality and Simplicity

I have a question about divine simplicity and how it relates to angels or demons. As humans we are not “simple” because we are composite creatures made of of body and soul (and spirit, if you prefer) and our bodies can be subdivided into organs, ce...

divine aseity, divine essence, divine simplicity, platonism, simplicity

Divine Simplicity

Dear Dr Craig, You recently answered my question about religious language in the Reasonable Faith podcast (March 22, 2021) and I wanted to try to reformulate my question in a more understandable way. I admit that my formulation of the question was very choppy...

anti-realism, aquinas, thomas, character and nature of god, divine aseity, divine essence, divine simplicity

Does God Have both Necessary and Contingent Properties?

Dr. Craig,  Wow, I am totally loving the new website! It is very well organized and beautiful. Clearly very well put together. I love how I can find everything so easily. You have shown great diligence, dedication and compassion for humanity in your work...

divine simplicity, monotheism, necessary v. contingent existence, possible worlds, saul kripke, trinity

Proof of Divine Simplicity?

Dear Dr. Craig, Concerning your take on God's existence and analogy in Question 276, the Thomistic philosopher and blogger Alfredo Watkins has responded to you here: http://analyticscholastic.blogspot.com/2012/07/william-lane-craig-on-god-and-analogy.html...

divine simplicity, metaphysics, platonism, thomas aquinas

Attributes of God Video

One of the many attributes of God, which is often a source of discussion in philosophy and theology, is God's simplicity. Here, Dr. Craig uses atheist Prof. Richard Dawkins's objection (from the central argument of The God Delusion) to correct a common confusi...

attributes of god, divine simplicity, richard dawkins

Relationship with God and Divine Simplicity

divine simplicity, philosophy, trinity

Is God Simple?

Dear Dr. Craig, I've been using "On Guard" to facilitate our adult Sunday School class. This is the second question that's come up as I read and study the book. In the chapter on Fine-Tuning, you make the statement, "... God is a remarkably simple ent...

arguments for the existence of god, divine attributes, divine simplicity, immateriality

Divine Simplicity

Hello Dr. Craig. Thank you very much for your enlightening work in Philosophy of religion. I am writing all the way from Malaysia! so you know your work has touched a lot of people globally. I am a student in Computer science just reading up on Christian Apo...

abstract objects, divine attributes, divine simplicity, perfect being theology