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Is Genesis 1:1 the Creation of Earth or the Universe?

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...

If Subatomic Particles Come Into Being Uncaused, Why Not The Universe?

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...

The Causal Principle

Dear Dr. Craig, I was wondering whether a plausible reason why naturalists reject the causal premiss of the kalam argument is that many of them hold a concept of causation in terms of "events", not of things. This contrast with the Aristotelian and medieval ...

arguments for the existence of god, causation, kalam cosmological argument, medieval causal principle,

The Cause of the Universe is an Abstract Object or an Unembodied Mind

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...

Lightning Round

Dr Craig, This isn't a question. I just want to express my thankfulness to you and your ministry, including everyone involved in it. Your answer to the most recent question posed by Mark brought me to my knees and reminded me that I need to cont...

kalam cosmological argument, objective moral values and duties, origin of the universe, morality,

Nothing Doing

Hi Dr. Craig, Thank you so much for your ministry and for all that you do for the Kingdom! I'm a pastor that leads evangelism and outreach at our church and I'm currently teaching the Kalam in an apologetics class; I also use the Kalam in evangelism c...

Questions on Time and the Origin of the Universe

Dr. Craig, My name is Tejas and I'm 13 years old. I admire you and have watched many of your debates. I sincerely request you to answer this question, and thank you for taking your time to read this. My question regards the Kalam Cosmological Argument, t...

kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, zero net energy hypothesis, time, theories of time,

Why Couldn't Dr. Craig Use a Term Besides "Mythohistory"?

QUESTIONER: Hi Dr. Craig. I was wondering if maybe you had considered using a different term besides "mythohistory" that could have been just as appropriate or accurate but wouldn't make people quite as squeamish with the word "myth." I kind of think maybe...

Wielenberg on God and Time

Hello, Dr. Craig. I've been trying to learn about the Kalam and what its defenders and opposers have to say. Obviously, I started reading your work for a defense of the Kalam. But recently Dr. Erik Wielenberg, who you have debated before, published an arti...

kalam cosmological argument, creation ex nihilo, law of noncontradiction, erik wielenberg, cosmology, time, relation to god, timelessness, natural theology, divine creation,

The Moral Argument

The Kalam Cosmological Argument animation video: http://youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0View the Fine Tuning Argument animation video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIiI...View Leibniz’ Contingency Argument animation video:https://www.youtube.com/watc...