A Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God
May 7th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
About Causes, Consequences and Conclusions
Many will raise their eyebrows when they hear about a ‘cosmological proof’ for the existence of God. A cosmowhat?! Yes, it is a rather technical sounding word indeed. But that’s how things go with jargon, isn’t it. Apologetics too makes use of its own specialist vocabulary to describe and use important concepts. An additional issue here is that ‘cosmological argument’ is not only a technical term, it is in fact a rather complex argument, to be honest. That is to say, if we want to discuss the version as developed by Christian philosopher, William Lane Craig. And that is exactly what I want to do here. I have good reasons to do so too. Craig’s cosmological argument is rather promising as far as the defense of the belief in the Biblical God goes. « Read the rest of this entry »
Questioning the question: does God exist?
February 20th, 2010 § 11 Comments
An apologetic for apologetics
Does God exist? Good one! Or… maybe not. It will be hard to come up with a question to which there are more divergent answers. For one person it is self-evident that God doesn’t exist (Duh!). For another it is exactly the other way around (How can you live without Him?). But before we consider any answers think about this: Is one allowed to even ask a question like that as a Christian (except of course that the answer is a foregone conclusion in the first place)? « Read the rest of this entry »
