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The Fallible(?) God of Molinism and the Problem of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
One aspect of “Libertarian” (nothing to do with politics) Free Will (LFW for short) is the idea that a free agent can, in the same circumstance, either do A or not do A. God’s advance knowledge of the future, coupled with God’s infallibility, poses a serious problem to this idea, since it seems that either…
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Craig's Dilemma – Escape for Aseity, but Hello Grounding Objection
William Lane Craig says he doesn’t think aseity is threatened by middle knowledge, because he is an anti-realist with respect to abstract objects including possible worlds. In other words, he views possible worlds as non-existent. Thus, God’s middle knowledge is not dependent on something outside himself. While that’s an understandable response, it runs smack into…
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Rebuttal to Craig's Denial of the Historicity of the Guard Account
The Bible declares: Matthew 27:62-66 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, “Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the…
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William Lane Craig – If God's Just a Player, Who is the House?
William Lane Craig wrote: God doesn’t create such a choice for Himself. The counterfactuals of creaturely freedom which confront Him are outside His control. He has to play with the hand He has been dealt. (source) One of the objections to Molinism is precisely that it reduces God to playing the cards he has been…
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Why Don't These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…
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William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris Debate "Does Good Come From God?"
William Lane Craig recently handily defeated Sam Harris in a debate titled, “Does Good Come From God?” (link to debate) Mr. Harris provided a very limited attempt to ground an atheistic morality in his opening speech. After that, virtually all of his arguments were simply either anti-theistic or simply anti-Christian. Those arguments were pretty clearly…