Cosmic Skeptic & Dr. Craig Discuss the Kalam

Dr. Craig is interviewed on the Cosmic Skeptic podcast by Alex O'Connor. What ensues is a thoughtful, informative exchange on the Kalam Cosmological Argument for the existence of God.

Special thanks to Sam Leiper for this interview and footage.

We welcome your comments in the Reasonable Faith forums:

[Miatpi]

With all toxicity between atheists and theists around, genuine conversations like this really warms my heart.

[skeebo]

The Cosmic Skeptic demonstrates that an atheist can debate a believer without being demeaning.
This would be a good lesson for Richard Dawkins.

[wattsobx]

That was amazing! As a former atheist and now a Christian that was such a necessary and meaningful conversation. Alex is clearly brilliant and I wish the best for him on his journey. I obviously think William lane Craig is the man. I just can’t express how much I enjoyed that discussion.

[juradoalejandro]

You got to love Alex's honesty and willingness to have a sincere conversarion

[ghost_of_jah]

This is the most positive I’ve ever seen a comment section on a video with a religious discussion, good job everyone!

[true_west]

I’m a Christian, and I think Alex is terrific. I love his podcast.

[ccpol]

It feels like a professor teaching his student

[purpleniumowlbear]

I saw this when it first appeared on Cosmic Skeptic's channel, and was happy to see it again here. Literally my favorite Christian philosopher having a great conversation with my favorite atheist philosopher. I hope Dr. Craig speaks to Alex again. This is exactly the sort of respectful, constructive conversation we need more of. In more recent videos from Cosmic Skeptic, it seems evident to me that this conversation had a profoundly positive impact on his attitude towards theism.

[rw]

I watched this on Alex’s channel a while back but it’s so good I watched it again here!

[bkhan]

Really appreciative of Alex here. He is very respectful and asks very good questions. Kudos to Dr. Craig as well for taking his time and trying to answer all his questions. Well done!

[mmichellecruzgarcia]

Love how Craig is always so respectful and kind 🤍 his arguments are always really clever. Great debater, apologist and person❤️ (love Alex’s accent btw XD)

[thomasstokes]

Thanks Alex for never making of us straw men. You always give our best representations, and in this case, one of the best representatives of it. I thought considering the opposition Alex faced he held his ground extremely well. Thanks Dr. Craig for again representing Christianity in the way it should be. Respectful, honest and sincere. Excellent discussion 👏

[aquapointbeshoy]

absolutely wonderful interview! God bless you all

[olorinmartinez]

Kid is super respectful. I love it. Absolutely love it.

[manlydaily]

how refreshing, a respectful intellectual seeking of understanding. love it

[rw]

The choices were, Netflix, Kdrama, Disney +, Prime and this episode on the Kalam. I definitely made the right choice 👌👏👍. Such a good job to both of you.

[markh]

As an atheist i really enjoyed this discussion.
This is much better than debates where people are trying to score points.

[ttimetotroll]

A major part of this interview (towards then end) sounds like a student trying a radical worldview to escape the arguments and therefore, the conclusions of the professor. And then professor considers the radical view and breaks it down for the student to the fullest extent. Throughout this process, the professor not only notes the errors in reasoning employed by the student (to escape the conclusion using his radical view), but also notes that the professor's original arguments and conclusions still stand regardless of this radical view.

[tomwhatley]

Maybe the best interview of Dr Craig I've seen. Alex is obviously a brilliant young man. I love the way both guys showed respect for each other as they sincerely sought truth. No "gotcha" questions or answers. I could tell Dr Craig really enjoyed it. Hope they will meet again

[grayel]

This is without a doubt one of the best examples of ‘civil discourse’ between two people with supposing positions. It was a real conversation and an wonderful example to so many other great minds out there. Thank you for showing us all that it can be done