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Question from a Hindu Background Believer
Dear Dr. Craig: I have been following your debates with atheists and your apologetic writings defending the Christian faith. I am impressed with your logical and systematic approach to addressing questions. As someone from another faith-based system, I am hav...
empirical evidences, epistemology, hinduism, jewish beliefs in the resurrection, prophecy, reality
What Role for Ecclesiastical Tradition?
Hello, I hope this question finds you well. I appreciate your ministry in revealing the reasonableness of Christianity. My (latest) question regards the role of Tradition in formulating theology. What role, if any, should Tradition hold in your view? Obvious...
authority of scripture, biblical inspiration, creeds, epistemology, inerrancy of scripture, properly basic beliefs
Arguments and Compassion
Dear Dr. Craig: For nearly 20 years ago I have ruminated on a personal experience I had with you and your wonderful wife, Jan, in San Francisco. In an act of kindness, you agreed to have dinner with me during a theology conference you were attending. I...
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, epistemology, evidentialism, properly basic beliefs, salvation
Can an Agnostic Be a Christian?
Dear Dr. Craig, can an agnostic also be a Christian? For context, I was born in a devout Christian family that slowly fell into disarray because of various spiritual and emotional abuses. In the fallout, all of us lost our faith. Years later, as I grew older ...
agnosticism, epistemology, faith, rationality, theological rationalism
Late Creation
Hi Dr. Craig, Appreciate your work, it was eye opening in my own life to stumble upon you while reading lee strobel, "Case for Christ". My question revolves around a recent response you had which I thought your reply was not honest. You referenced a conversat...
belief, creation ex nihilo, empirical evidences, epistemology, young earth creationism
Raising and Lowering the Epistemic Bar
Hello Dr. Craig. In a recent podcast episode you answered a question from a caller named Kyle. He asked about epistemic confidence and whether He should abandon the faith if high epistemic confidence could not be achieved. You responded saying, quote, “i...
belief, belief in god, epistemology, religious epistemology, truth
From Belief in Jesus to Belief in the New Testament
I'm sorry that this has probably already been answered but key word searches tend to bring up other topics. Suppose I accept that Jesus rose from the dead based on a secular perspective (investigating the gospel evidence). How would I move from here to ful...
authority of scripture, belief, christian philosophy, epistemology, experience as source of knowledge, properly basic beliefs
Claims of an Indian Guru
Hello Dr.Craig, I'm from India. An Indian who popularly known as "Sadhguru" claims, "If we believe X, that means we don't know X. Believing is something people do when they don't know things." So he starts saying we should stop believing and start...
belief, epistemology, knowledge, logical fallacy, self-refuting, truth
Grounds for Belief in Biblical Inspiration
Hello Dr. Craig. First, in your study of Biblical inspiration, you observe that the New Testament claims to be inspired by God himself, but that seems to be a pragmatically circular statement. Because the New Testament would be right about its own inspiration...
biblical inspiration, circular reasoning, epistemology, historical reliability of scripture, holy spirit witness, inerrancy of scripture
Plantinga’s EAAN Once More
Dr. Craig, I need help with Alvin Plantinga's evolutionary argument against naturalism. Since I discovered it, I fell in love with the argument; the idea that "it is irrational to believe in naturalism, whether it is true or not" left me shocked. However,...
arguments for the existence of god, epistemology, evolution, evolutionary argument against naturalism, naturalism, postmodernism
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Question from a Hindu Background Believer
Dear Dr. Craig: I have been following your debates with atheists and your apologetic writings defending the Christian faith. I am impressed with your logical and systematic approach to addressing questions. As someone from another faith-based system, I am hav...
empirical evidences, epistemology, hinduism, jewish beliefs in the resurrection, prophecy, reality
What Role for Ecclesiastical Tradition?
Hello, I hope this question finds you well. I appreciate your ministry in revealing the reasonableness of Christianity. My (latest) question regards the role of Tradition in formulating theology. What role, if any, should Tradition hold in your view? Obvious...
authority of scripture, biblical inspiration, creeds, epistemology, inerrancy of scripture, properly basic beliefs
Arguments and Compassion
Dear Dr. Craig: For nearly 20 years ago I have ruminated on a personal experience I had with you and your wonderful wife, Jan, in San Francisco. In an act of kindness, you agreed to have dinner with me during a theology conference you were attending. I...
arguments for the existence of god, atheism, epistemology, evidentialism, properly basic beliefs, salvation
Can an Agnostic Be a Christian?
Dear Dr. Craig, can an agnostic also be a Christian? For context, I was born in a devout Christian family that slowly fell into disarray because of various spiritual and emotional abuses. In the fallout, all of us lost our faith. Years later, as I grew older ...
agnosticism, epistemology, faith, rationality, theological rationalism
Late Creation
Hi Dr. Craig, Appreciate your work, it was eye opening in my own life to stumble upon you while reading lee strobel, "Case for Christ". My question revolves around a recent response you had which I thought your reply was not honest. You referenced a conversat...
belief, creation ex nihilo, empirical evidences, epistemology, young earth creationism