TESTIMONIALS

Hi,

My name is Mike and I’m from Canberra. I’m a committed Christian and a retired Army Officer (BG) and now studying philosophy part time at the Australian National University. I first came across WLC’s work in the context of writing an essay on the fine tuning argument. When I heard about the Australia tour I jumped at the opportunity to hear Mr. Craig speak in person. My wife and I have family in Melbourne so we took the opportunity to drive the 660 kms to attend the Melbourne ‘debate’. I was not disappointed. I must say that I’m glad Mr. Krauss was an American! Had he been an Australian I would at least have felt embarrassed. I thought Mr. Craig handled him well and better than he deserved, as they say. I thought Krauss was very arrogant. It seemed to me that he wasn’t interested in addressing the arguments. I thought he very much played ‘played the man, rather than the ball’ as we say in Australia Mr. Craig was generous by comparison. Of course the Christian position in the debate has its problems and I realize that I need to work harder to understand the reply to the arguments against God based on some OT passages. Krauss might have scored some points there I think but there wasn’t time to address the issues and probably there was more important stuff to talk about. I thought Mr. Craig was very bold to put the Christian position so central in the debate. I’m thinking mainly of the argument for the resurrection, which surely is very powerful. Anyway, thanks so much to Reasonable Faith and Mr. Craig for making the time and effort to come ‘down under’. I don’t think we have a Reasonable Faith chapter in Canberra. Would that be worth following up?

Regards and best wishes.

-Mike

Dear Dr. Craig,

My son and I watched the debates with Lawrence Krauss, and we felt that they revealed your characters: you were calm and respectful and disciplined, sitting up in your seat, acting professionally, listening carefully, while Dr. Krauss was out of his chair wandering around ranting, or slouching in his chair, yelling at you, interupting, swearing, promoting incest (!) and homosexuality, dominating and suppressing your comments, in short, acting very unprofessionally. It seemed that he was more concerned about getting his opinions and ideas out than listening to what you had to say, although I think he did listen at times. He's obviously a highly intelligent person but he seems to have a vast array of confusing and complex thoughts that gush out of him, thoughts that just don't ring true. I feel sorry for him - he's so hostile, and he has no faith; one wonders what the root of that vitriol is. We will pray for him. My son said, "He's so blind." On the other hand, you were able to really hold your own against his bamboozling bob and weave tactics, especially when discussing physics. We think he did harm to the atheist's side while you promoted the Gospel very well.

We were really proud to be Christians when we saw your good behaviour, which was magnified against Dr. Krauss's. Well done good and faithful servant!

Thank you

-IB

Dear Dr. Craig,

I just want to say how thankful I am for all your incredible work. I've watched dozens of your debates and lectures; you are a truly inspiring role model.

I am a 14-year-old English Roman Catholic. Thanks largely to your work, I have really begun to get interested in philosophy. I read and learn what theology I can. But I'm finding more and more the benefits of having a good understanding of philosophy (and science as well) to stand alongside this.

I have now watched all three of your recent dialogues with Professor Lawrence Krauss. And this is the main reason that I email. I want to express my admiration, gratitude, and respect to you. I know you found parts of the dialogues really trying. Who wouldn't in such a situation? Personal attacks, ad hominems, and indecent jabs seemed to be constantly flying at you from Krauss.

I do my best to view such dialogues or debates objectively and fairly. And in this case I was seriously overblown at how un-gentlemanly one of the world's most famous atheists is. Perhaps you differed, but by Melbourne I had very, very little respect left for Krauss.

I thought Krauss did a decent job in making an "appealing" argument when it came to discussing science. He could talk all day on science, even if its mostly rubbish. I didn't feel he made particularly "good" arguments on the science side of things.

It all changed, however, when you reached the points in the dialogues where you began to cover mathematics, history, morality, etc. You rather blew him out of the water when it came to the resurrection of Jesus!

Anyway, sorry for digressing. As I said, I just want to say thank you. I felt particularly after the dialogues with Krauss that you might be feeling a little down about things. I want to tell you that you are brilliant. I thank God for all that He has done through you. I pray for you daily. God bless you and your family. Thank you.

God Bless,

-Clem

Hi William Lane Craig (or whoever is reading this)

I am a sixteen year old high school student from New Zealand, and have been very inspired by the Reasonable Faith ministeries. I am a senior debater, and as it happens the only christian in my large class of very opinionated (very mocking) young atheists. RS has given me compelling arguments to use in my frequent discussions, so thank you. Those who disagree lack the philosophical maturity to adequately address and refute the arguments. I hope one day God will soften their hearts and they'll be open to the truth. Also, watching your debating style taught me to be respectful and concise. When I was first becoming interested in apologetics I tended to get very angry and very loud... but as Paul says, "Slow to speak, quick to listen." You demonstrate that very well.

So I just wanted to write this little encouraging email from halfway around the world. Surfing youtube I saw a lot of negativity towards you and your organization. Many call you a liar, a fraud, an idiot and worse- but they said the same things to Jesus, didn't they?

Keep it up! Kia kaha- which means 'stay strong' in Maori. We say that a lot over here, especially relating to rugby. In my opinion debating is the much more grueling sport.

Yours sincerely,

-Talia

Dear Dr Craig,

Until fairly recently I had been totally indifferent to religion. About 4-5 years ago the Christian apologetics of, primarily, C.S.Lewis began to fundamentally move me away from that position. The Christian faith, as I now write in September, 2013, is now central to my life and living in the 21st century the internet has naturally become an important source of information and inspiration for me. Of course I am aware that this will not only be the case for myself and many other Christians, but also for those who are attempting to undermine our beliefs.

I have watched and listened to a great deal of the material that is available online with regard to debates, documentaries, satire etc. The woeful standards of argumentative substance, ethics of behaviour and the narrow perspective adopted by many of the enemies of the Christian faith, and often by supposedly very erudite and distinguished people, I have found to be ironically enlightening and encouraging to me as a Christian, for reasons that need no explanation.

Yesterday I watched, on Utube, your recent exchanges with Dr. Krauss in Australia. As well as witnessing the appalling and immature behaviour of Dr. Krauss during your exchanges, after learning, via this sites ipod summary of the background and build up to your Australian tour and of Krauss's various diktats stipulating that every pre/post stall should be arranged according to his will - in terms of format and publicity - it truly underlined for me the weakness of the modern day atheists position, not least in their own minds. Your past experiences in the UK, and the evasive cowardice of people like Richard Dawkins and Polly Toynbee, was perhaps the first real eye opener for me in this respect.

Thankyou for all the inspirational and wonderfully informative work you do here and elsewhere.

May God keep you healthy and motivated.

Kindest Regards,

-Peter