William Lane Craig Retrospective IV: God and Time | Closer To Truth Chats

Analytic philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig discusses the relationship between God and Time. Even if one does not believe that God exists, still God and Time helps probe the nature of time itself. Craig has authored or edited over thirty books, including Time and Eternity: Exploring God's Relationship to Time.

William Lane Craig is an analytic philosopher and Christian theologian. He is known for his work in the philosophy of religion, philosophy of time, and the defense of Christian theism.

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[bakedalaska]

This is an amazing conversation. I literally couldn't help myself from laughing out loud at certain moments from the sheer depth of the line of inquiry executed so masterfully by Mr. Kuhn, and Dr. Craig's keen ability to provide satisfactory answers without skipping a beat! This reflects that we have here two very smart individuals enjoying a deep conversation on some of the most complex matters within the ambit of human comprehension. Kudos gentlemen, keep up the great work!

[MrSouthstlouis]

Excellent. Don't ever stop your search Mr. Kuhn. Their are many of us along for the ride with you and appreciate you more than you may know.

[Gushn]

It is really entertaining to see the convolutions of philosophers of his bent trying to explain concepts and ideas that are studied, analyzed, and experimentally tested by that little thing that called the scientific method. I believe it condescended entering into time some 3 centuries ago.

[stevemartin]

Enjoyed the discussion. I do think we try to understand God by our limited knowledge and this results in many fatuous theories. We could never understand the extensive nature of God. I believe that not only God created time and can uncreate it, He probably exists in time and outside of time as part of His omnipresent existence.

[tomhauer]

My head is spinning from the whirlpool of circular reasoning. 😵‍💫

[IzidorPokrivac]

Great conversation! You both are great!

[investorswantedchannel]

My favorite show and podcast. WHY is there no PBS show or podcast Please

[prime_time_youtube]

WLC's answer about the "Mary the color scientist" issue was very interesting. So God, does not EVERYTHING in the broadest sense ever, but it is reduced to propositional knowledge.
So God learns something "new" when God enters into time.

[Spock]

The best talks about existence collection ever!

[LucasGage]

Here's my question: If it took me an infinite amount of time to punch someone in the face, then do I ever punch them? The answer must be "No." My position is that time is a man-made tool to measure entropy; if one is timeless, then they are literally not moving or changing at all, which brings the question: how could something that is not doing anything (timeless like God) actually DO anything, such as create, think, so on?

[darwinlaluna]

Maybe I don’t want to set aside that first, I just want to see my family spending my time with my mom

[TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns]

Bring on Ed Feser (or Pat Flynn) and also do an in-depth discussion with Braude and Radin on the nitty details of the evidence!

[tomaskubalik]

How many books called Closer to Truth are behind Robert? I can see four.

[garybala]

Does anybody really know what time it is? Song of the same name. (Chicago)

[darwinlaluna]

When i go to work, i always got my ethics, i don’t just dive in the feald, because of my respect

[HatemAlSibai]

The most important topic of the series.
Bringing god irreversibly into time creates more problems than it solves imo. I think there is a better scenario that does not create so many contradictions.
It is essential to approach this topic with an open mind and without any theological or belief system bias.

[heshamelsafti]

I'm interested in these topics discussed in Closer To Truth

[jamesruscheinski]

Did time and creation happen together? Is there any relationship between time and creation?

[Robinson]

(The flow of) time stops at a black hole (which is a very interesting problem in the concept of reality I think). So what's his point about 'time having existed so time must be eternal'?

[gklgspy]

It boggles my mind that people take this professional evangelist seriously. The Kalam is ridiculous and it's his whole career