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How Do You Solve the Mind-Body Problem?
How do the mind and the body interact with each other? QUESTION: Dr. Craig, if you are a philosophical dualist, how do you solve the mind-body problem? In particular, how do the substance’s body and mind causally interact? DR. CRAIG: Wow. I am not an...
Does This Fix the Kalam Cosmological Argument?
Beginning to Exist
Dear Dr. Craig, I am currently working on a coursework on your version of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. I am a bit confused about the definition of "x comes into existence". So here is my question: For x to come into existence, would it be required that t...
cosmology, kalam cosmological argument, ontology, origin of the universe,
Causal Premiss of the Kalam Argument
You run the Cosmological argument as follows (1) Whatever begins to exist must have a cause. (2) The universe began to exist. (3) Therefore the universe had a cause. It is the first premise that confuses me. The support offered for (1) seems to undermine...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument,
How to Answer Objections: A Case in Point
Dr. Craig, I have been deeply troubled by a possible objection to the Kalam Cosmological argument which I believe is one of the strongest arguments for theism. In what sense can God be thought to exist as a timeless entity? Doesn't the notion of existence...
answering objections, argumentation, gods relation to time, kalam cosmological argument, time, timelessness, divine timelessness,
The Ontological Argument and Quasi-Maximal Greatness
Hello Dr. Craig! I'm Sanket from the state Maharashtra of India. I was born in a Hindu family. When I was 19 I started wondering about the hard questions about life like "Does God exist? " or "if God exist, why there is so much suffering? "and so on. Firs...
ontological argument, argument, god, alvin plantinga, omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence,
Questions About Science and Certainty
The Qur’an and the Crucifixion of Jesus
Hello Dr. Craig, You often say that the Achilles' Heel of Islam is in its denial of "the single most indisputable fact about Jesus": his crucifixion. This Islamic denial flows from the Qur'anic verse "They (the Jews) did not kill him (Jesus), nor did ...
crucifixion, historical jesus, islam, historical reliability of scripture, evidence, historical, historical evidences,
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, divine creation, divine eternity, infinite temporal regress, islam, creation, time,
Why Christianity rather than Judaism or Islam?
Hello Dr. Craig, I have always wondered about your claim that Christianity is the only true religion (based on historical evidence as you say). But how can you be so sure when Islamic and Jewish scholars claim the same claim? As a former atheist and now an a...
concept of god, evidence, historical, historical jesus, islam, judaism, resurrection of jesus, resurrection,