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Earnest Questions from the Tien Shan Mountains
Dear Professor Craig, My name is Abdulla [surname redacted]. I am a student from Kyrgyzstan whose nights have been consumed for the past three years by your works — from The Tensed Theory of Time to your debate with Oppy in god and time. Today, I ...
abstract objects, divine hiddenness, evil, problem of, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, maximal greatness
Discord among the Trinitarian Persons Once More
Dr. Craig, I had a question about the Persons of the Trinity and the idea of possible worlds. I was recently reading your "Attributes of God" series to my daughter. In "God is Three Persons," Papa answers the objection, "But then what if [all the persons] dis...
character and nature of god, divine attributes, divine goodness, metaphysics, trinity
"I am Who I Am"
I have heard some assert that "I AM" indicates an eternal now perspective for God. I don't think that an eternal now or other atemporal understandings make logical sense nor is generally required by biblical teachings. How do you understand the I AM name f...
character and nature of god, metaphysics, necessary being, perfect being theology, timelessness
Leftow’s “Time-Traveling Trinity”
Hello Dr. Craig, I was recently reading Brian Leftow’s article in Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity, (for which you also submitted a fantastic work) and was curious if you think that his “time travel analogy” for the Trinit...
divine personhood, impossible, leftow, brian, metaphysics, time, relation to god, trinity
The Multiverse and Counterparts of Me
The concept of the multiverse is something that is a familiar part of our culture now. This year has seen two very popular movies (Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Everything Everywhere All at Once) gross big box office and receive favorable vie...
atheism, impossible, many worlds hypothesis, metaphysics, modalism, philosophical foundations for a christian worldview
Can God Command What He Does Not Will?
Dr Craig, thank you for your work, it has consistently helped me to grow in my knowledge and understanding of God and the Christian faith, probably more than any other Christian philosopher or theologian. While listening to the Defenders podcast "Doctrine of G...
character and nature of god, divine command theory, divine will, metaphysics, molinism, moral obligations
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt IV)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
arguments for the existence of god, causal determinism, causation, cosmological argument, cosmology, creation ex nihilo
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt III)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
bgv theorem, big bang cosmology, cosmological argument, cosmology, infinity, kalam cosmological argument
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt II)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
arguments for the existence of god, cosmological argument, eternity, infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, metaphysics
Physicists & Philosophers Reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Pt I)
Will Dr Craig at any time respond to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME? There is so much in there that is way above my understanding, although a lot of it 'feels' just obfuscation and unprovable. Paul
arguments for the existence of god, cosmological argument, infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics
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Earnest Questions from the Tien Shan Mountains
Dear Professor Craig, My name is Abdulla [surname redacted]. I am a student from Kyrgyzstan whose nights have been consumed for the past three years by your works — from The Tensed Theory of Time to your debate with Oppy in god and time. Today, I ...
abstract objects, divine hiddenness, evil, problem of, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, maximal greatness
Discord among the Trinitarian Persons Once More
Dr. Craig, I had a question about the Persons of the Trinity and the idea of possible worlds. I was recently reading your "Attributes of God" series to my daughter. In "God is Three Persons," Papa answers the objection, "But then what if [all the persons] dis...
character and nature of god, divine attributes, divine goodness, metaphysics, trinity
"I am Who I Am"
I have heard some assert that "I AM" indicates an eternal now perspective for God. I don't think that an eternal now or other atemporal understandings make logical sense nor is generally required by biblical teachings. How do you understand the I AM name f...
character and nature of god, metaphysics, necessary being, perfect being theology, timelessness
Leftow’s “Time-Traveling Trinity”
Hello Dr. Craig, I was recently reading Brian Leftow’s article in Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity, (for which you also submitted a fantastic work) and was curious if you think that his “time travel analogy” for the Trinit...
divine personhood, impossible, leftow, brian, metaphysics, time, relation to god, trinity
The Multiverse and Counterparts of Me
The concept of the multiverse is something that is a familiar part of our culture now. This year has seen two very popular movies (Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Everything Everywhere All at Once) gross big box office and receive favorable vie...
atheism, impossible, many worlds hypothesis, metaphysics, modalism, philosophical foundations for a christian worldview