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William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an analytic philosopher, Christian theologian, evangelist, and author and editor of around 40 books. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in Birmingham, England, and a doctorate in theology in Munich, Germany.
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The man who claims to have no need of philosophy is the one most apt to be fooled by it.
What can we say about metaphysical naturalism? Again, I want to make two points.
Question from an audience member: What role does the Holy Spirit play in your ministry?
More often than not, it is what you are rather than what you say that will bring an unbeliever to Christ.
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (1994)
Well, there are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those who show up and those who get Eastwooded. You get Eastwooded.
The Bible says all men are without excuse. Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons to disbelieve have no excuse, because the ultimate reason they do not believe is that they have deliberately rejected God's Holy Spirit.
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (1994)
Is there no reason for life? And what of the universe? Is is utterly pointless? If its destiny is a cold grave in the recesses of outer space, then the answer must be yes.
When they say that Christian beliefs about Jesus are derived from pagan mythology, I think you should laugh. Then look at them wide-eyed and with a big grin, and exclaim, 'Do you really believe that?' Act as though you've just met a flat earther or Roswell conspirator.
Hitchens: I've got another question for you, which is this: How many religions in the world do you believe to be false?
As we progress further into the 21st century, I anticipate that natural theology will be an increasingly relevant and vital preparation for people to receive the gospel.
Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This is a position that is so extreme that to call it marginal would be an understatement; it doesn't even appear on the map of contemporary New Testament scholarship.
Dr. Lewis Wolpert: But because there is a beginning doesn't imply a god.
If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. There is no God, and there is no immortality. And what is the consequence of this? It means that life itself is absurd. It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose.
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (1994)
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