Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Martin adds that Craig has not justified his claim of creation ex nihilo, remarking that the universe may have been created from pre-existing material in a timeless or eternal state. Moreover, that Craig takes his argument too far beyond what his premises allow in stating that the creator is greater than the universe.
Craig argues that the cause of the universe necessarily embodies specific properties in creating the universe ex nihilo and in effecting creation from a timeless state (implying free agency). Based upon this analysis, he appends a further premise and conclusion: [43]
The Kalām Cosmological Argument is a 1979 book by the philosopher William Lane Craig, in which the author offers a contemporary defense of the Kalām cosmological argument and argues for the existence of God, with an emphasis on the alleged metaphysical impossibility of an infinite regress of past events. First, Craig argues that the universe ...
William Lane Craig (/ k r eɪ ɡ /; [2] born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. [3] [4] [5] He is a professor of philosophy at Houston Christian University and at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University. [6]
Creatio ex nihilo (Latin for "creation out of nothing") is the doctrine that matter is not eternal but had to be created by some divine creative act. [1] It is a theistic answer to the question of how the universe came to exist.
The story does not propose creation ex nihilo; rather, ... William Lane Craig has proposed a nominalist argument influenced by the philosophy of mathematics. This ...
The argument from poor design, also known as the dysteleological argument, is an argument against the assumption of the existence of a creator God, based on the reasoning that any omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity or deities would not create organisms with the perceived suboptimal designs that occur in nature.
William Lane Craig uses Molinism to reconcile scriptural passages warning of apostasy with passages teaching the security of believers. [18] Craig has also used middle knowledge to explain a wide range of theological issues, such as divine providence [ 19 ] and predestination , [ 20 ] biblical inspiration , [ 21 ] perseverance of the saints ...