William Lane Craig on Philosophy, Adam & Eve, Jesus, Suffering, and Bad Arguments for God

Renowned Christian thinker William Lane Craig answered listener questions on a live edition of the show (Ask William Lane Craig Anything). He responded to questions on philosophy, Adam & Eve, suffering, the worst argument for God and more.

[princekazhila]

When he said broken hill Rhodesia, that's In my country 🇿🇲Zambia the town is now called Kabwe, less than 200Km from the capital Lusaka. God bless you Dr Craig 🙏

[cobusprinsloo]

Craig should definitely have a conversation with Gary Habermas, one of the experts on NDEs. My great-grandmother had an NDE under surgery at 88. After this, she had a complete personality transformation, from a grumpy old lady to a kind-hearted, caring person who would pray every day for the salvation of certain family members. I remember, when asking her about it, her face gleamed as she recollected what she had experienced during her NDE. I cannot tell her whole story, but the most interesting part was that she heard God telling her that it wasn’t her time yet. Often times she would cry to my dad, who was a pastor, unable to accept that she had come back to life. Well, five years later, at her funeral, one of our family members that she had prayed for, told dad that he had committed his life to Christ. It came out later that all the people she had prayed for during the last 5 years of her life, had come to a saving knowledge of Christ. So, why did she come back? Its clear that she still had task on Earth, which was to intercede for certain souls.

[DanielPlainsight]

I am in no way, shape, or form religious or faith-based. But listening to William A Craig's arguments in defence of Christianity is always worth the time.

[rolson]

Loved listening to this SO much. Justin and Ruth, you're such excellent hosts -every time- and such a pleasure to learn from, as to how to ask questions and listen thoughtfully. Just so helpful and inspiring! Justin, your question to WCL about Ben Shapiro had been on my mind as well, and it delighted me to hear you ask it! The response from WCL was a delight as well. MANY thanks for what you do!

[saycheese]

Dan Mohler - I recommend all Christians to listen to his sermons. It’s a must!

[margaretphilomenagibbons]

As a catholic I unite my suffering with the cross of Christ I place different intentions : eg I pray for God's Kingdom to come on earth & outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I heard a nun say ' don't waste your suffering. No cross no crown .
Reassuring now as 70 this years aches & pains easier to accept most 😢of the time
God bless to all.
I listened to this gentleman before great teacher

[kennethshields]

I attended this Q&A live. I asked the following question, but it was never answered. Here it is: when debating Calvinists, like in the “Calvinism vs Molinism” debate with James White last year, Craig claimed that his middle knowledge counterfactuals truths don’t need further grounding or any deeper explanation. But when debating atheists about objective morality, Craig charges that their moral realism is ungrounded because it lacks a “deeper explanation.” But what principled reason can Craig give to require such grounding from atheists for objective moral truths (e.g., “We should avoid unnecessary suffering.”) but then not require such grounding for himself for his counterfactuals that (allegedly) constitute God’s middle knowledge? Atheists treating some moral facts as metaphysical primitives is no less mysterious (and thus no less philosophically problematic) than Craig treating counterfactuals of freedom truths as metaphysical primitives. It appears to just be opportunistic, advantageous, to pick and choose when to play the “need deeper explanation” card and when to play the “no deeper explanation needed” card.

[michaelnance]

I'm a big fan of Dr. Craig and have learned allot over the years. The question that I have is how do we view how that Jesus and the Pharisees viewed Genesis in their interactions on marriage and divorce in Matthew 19?

[jimmyavalos]

Hello Dr. craig! Firstly I must thank you for all the material you have available from various sources and I thank you for the time that you have spent defending and promoting the Gospel, lord bless you, I do have a question .. of all the distinct doctrines and views of the Bible that we hear about from Calvinism, molinism etc etc.. how do we reconcile and grow spiritually and theologically with sound doctrine when so many disagree on these matters . thanks again!

[hopaideia]

Do not forget that more important than the apologetics of Faith, is to set an example, and mercy with the other. Whether or not, the other is a believer or not . Exemple comes first.

[ensenqui]

I would like it to have Spanish subtitles, there are many Spanish-speaking Christians who would like to be able to understand these good interviews that you do. I liked the interview with Mr. Craig, a person with a lot of wisdom.

[faithburns]

My daughter has encountered severe trauma in her short life, surprisingly, she says no thank you to heaven, she wants only silence in death; nothingness. I’d never heard anyone say this before, I am very sad and pray God’s mercy for her🙏🥲

[repooc]

Looking forward to him being on Rogan.

[fernandosanchez]

Craig es un tesoro, el Señor le dé muchos años más de vida

[salmonkill]

I listened to the question by the THEIST MEDICAL DOCTOR about miracles. I gave my heart to Jesus at a young 12 to 13 year old, and as a high school graduate in the summer after graduation, I was driving to the Mall with my friend. We drove on a 4 lane, two way lane separated by a large guardrail and large guardrails protected each side of the road from a steep Clift about 75 to 80 degrees steep and 30 to 40 feet down to the floor of the river below. After a fast lane change my friend accelerated to 90 mph and we had another lane change in front of us on the passing lane and we had to hit the breaks and we spun out of control and we FLEW off the embankment at 80 mph at a perpendicular angle. As a PHYSICIST I reasoned the probability of us flying off the road at exactly the right angle to jump the embankment and land safely was miraculous! I calculated a 1 in 10000 chance to jump the guardrail at a perpendicular angle that allow the car to fly over and land on the bottom of hill at just the correct orientation that we stopped instantly without injury and without rolling the vehicle! This was beyond "lucky " in my estimation and I now teach high school students at a Christian high school after retiring from a 34 year career in Science!!

God Bless everyone!!

[JewandGreek]

So the Genesis account of creation is a myth/allegory? I don't see anything in the Bible that says there were people before Adam and Eve.

[poerava]

When I listen to Willy with a lens of ‘this guy is a comedian’ then what he says makes a lot more sense.

[oliverbollverk]

I have a question regarding Reformed Epistemology, or rather, the language used when discussing the topic. As a non-native speaker, I find it very difficult to translate words such as "warrant" or phrases like "warranted belief" or "proper basicality". In English, I seem to grasp these concepts, although when I think of the word "warrant", the first thing that comes to mind is a judge's warrant. When I want to explain what Reformed Epistemology means in my native tongue, Estonian, I find it hard to describe justified belief or warranted belief for example with different words. In general, there seems to be a lot of extra terminology when it comes to this topic, that simply does not exist in my language. It seems to me I should pick up some book by Plantinga and try to translate that. But surely there is some easier way to communicate the ideas of Reformed Epistemology with less complex language. If Dr Craig can suggest some layman's material, that is easier to translate, or just comment on the topic, that would be great!

Thank you!

[carlmurphy]

When is his work of systematic theology coming out?

[traceyedson]

It’s evident that the suffering of Jesus “for us” isn’t substitutionary in the sense that we don’t then suffer. We do. In fact, a believer suffers more the more like Christ they become, since love suffers most profoundly. So, bearing our “punishment” doesn’t really work. Something else is going on, I’d argue, more profound.