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Bestiality Among Adam and Eve’s Immediate Descendants
Dr. Craig, I recently finished In Quest of the Historical Adam and found the argument for locating Adam and Eve within Homo heidelbergensis both fascinating and persuasive. However, I still have one unresolved question regarding the interbreeding issue. In Cha...
adam and eve, image of god, moral evil, objective moral values and duties, soul, speculation
Life in the Intermediate State
Hello Dr. Craig and the Reasonable Faith Team, Thank you for your relentless service to the Kingdom! I have been trying to conceptually grasp the nature of an intermediate, immaterial existence. I find myself sharing the Apostle Paul’s apparent relucta...
afterlife, philosophy of mind, price, henry h., soul, speculation
Picturing Jesus
Dear Dr. Craig, I realize this question differs somewhat from the kinds of philosophical or theological issues you are most often asked to address, but it is one I have been reflecting on for quite some time and would value your perspective on. You may be fa...
The Soul of the Incarnate Christ and the Trinity
Hello Dr. Craig. In your 2024 EPS paper, Anthropological and Christological Compositionalism, you argue that a person is identical to his soul. You've also argued for the Trinity as one soul with three rational faculties. Does this create some tension for ...
God and the Soul
You have described God as immaterial, spaceless, an infinite mind. It seems the embodied human soul/mind is immaterial but not spaceless or infinite. How can this be? If the soul/mind leaves the body at death, does it become a spaceless, infinite mind? Thanks....
character and nature of god, infinity, maximal greatness, soul, spaceless, transcendence of god
Persons, Souls, and the Incarnation
Dr. Craig, First, let me express my deep admiration for your extensive contributions to Christian apologetics and philosophy. Your work has been a tremendous resource for those seeking to defend and understand the faith. However, I’m grappling with a te...
divine nature, divine personhood, human nature, incarnation, soul, two natures of christ
The State of the Soul after Death
First I really appreciate your work and find your words very interesting. My Christian Studies teacher (im in highschool) told me that he used to be one of your students back in college, now he assigns your Q&A's as homework and has us summarize your a...
Compositional Anthropological Dualism
Dear Dr Craig, I've heard that you recently have become a Cartesian substance dualist. Is it true? If so, can you expand on some of your reasons for abandoning your previous "dualistic interactionism" position in favor of Cartesian substance dualism? Fi...
descartes, rené, dualism, eckles, john, mind-brain relationship, philosophy of mind, soul
Animal Suffering
Hello Dr. Craig, Recently, I read a transcript of your '09 debate with Dr. Francisco Ayala on the viability of Intelligent Design, and the conversation turned to animal suffering. You cited work from Dr. Michael Murray, saying, (1) some animals expe...
animal pain, dualism, mind-brain relationship, philosophy of mind, self-consciousness, soul
Could I Have Two Natures?
Hello, I’ve called myself a Christian for over 2 decades, but it’s only in the past year that I’ve actually had a real, personal, amazing relationship with our Creator. I’m trying to play &ldq...
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Bestiality Among Adam and Eve’s Immediate Descendants
Dr. Craig, I recently finished In Quest of the Historical Adam and found the argument for locating Adam and Eve within Homo heidelbergensis both fascinating and persuasive. However, I still have one unresolved question regarding the interbreeding issue. In Cha...
adam and eve, image of god, moral evil, objective moral values and duties, soul, speculation
Life in the Intermediate State
Hello Dr. Craig and the Reasonable Faith Team, Thank you for your relentless service to the Kingdom! I have been trying to conceptually grasp the nature of an intermediate, immaterial existence. I find myself sharing the Apostle Paul’s apparent relucta...
afterlife, philosophy of mind, price, henry h., soul, speculation
Picturing Jesus
Dear Dr. Craig, I realize this question differs somewhat from the kinds of philosophical or theological issues you are most often asked to address, but it is one I have been reflecting on for quite some time and would value your perspective on. You may be fa...
The Soul of the Incarnate Christ and the Trinity
Hello Dr. Craig. In your 2024 EPS paper, Anthropological and Christological Compositionalism, you argue that a person is identical to his soul. You've also argued for the Trinity as one soul with three rational faculties. Does this create some tension for ...
God and the Soul
You have described God as immaterial, spaceless, an infinite mind. It seems the embodied human soul/mind is immaterial but not spaceless or infinite. How can this be? If the soul/mind leaves the body at death, does it become a spaceless, infinite mind? Thanks....
character and nature of god, infinity, maximal greatness, soul, spaceless, transcendence of god