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Why Only One Creator and Not Many?
In March 2015, Dr William Lane Craig delivered the Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham in the UK. The honor of being invited to deliver these prestigious lectures was especially meaningful since it was at the University of Birmingham that Dr Craig...
Infinitely Old Time
Hello Dr. Craig, I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued with the Kalam for a while now, but I’ve recently started to question the argument, and whether time might actually be infinitely old, because of this line of reasoning: 1. Any decre...
kalam cosmological argument, divine creation, eternity, time, time, relation to god, timelessness,
Does the KCA Yield a Metaphysically Necessary Being?
Hello. I have a question about the conceptual analysis in the Kalam. Do you get that the cause is a necessary being? If you do then that opens up room to argue from possible causes. Possibly the universe began to exist, so possibly there is a cause. If you get...
arguments for the existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, concept of god, existence of god, logical necessity, metaphysical necessity, necessary v. contningent existence,
Omniscience and Actual Infinity
Hi Dr Craig I have been contemplating omniscience of God and how this relates to infinity. I am struggling to come to terms with an omniscient God and an infinite future. After reading Eric Sotnak’s “The Kalam Cosmological Argument and the Possib...
divine attributes, infinity, kalam cosmological argument, omniscience,
Did God Create Sin and Evil?
In March 2015, Dr William Lane Craig was invited to give multiple lectures at the Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham in England. The honor of being invited to deliver these prestigious lectures was especially meaningful because this is where he d...
Probability of the Conclusion of a Deductive Argument
Dear Dr. Craig, I have a question about how (or if) multiplied probabilities are to be applied to the premises of an argument. For example, for the Kalam Cosmological Argument, let's say that I find the first premise to be "fairly convincing." We might e...
arguments for the existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, inference, logic, probability,
How Can One Philosophically Assert that the Universe Began to Exist?
Alex J. O'Connor, aka. (The) Cosmic Skeptic, ask Dr. Craig about premise #2 of the Kalam Cosmological Argument.
If an Actual Infinite Is Impossible, In What Way Is God Infinite?
In March 2015, Dr William Lane Craig delivered the Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham in the UK. The honor of being invited to deliver these prestigious lectures was especially meaningful since it was at the University of Birmingham that Dr Craig...