Kevin Scharp comes back on the podcast to discuss William Lane Craig’s eight-part case for the existence of God: contingency, cosmology, mathematics, fine-tuning, consciousness, morality, miracles, and experience.
Video of this interview is available on YouTube.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:20 Behind the scenes: Kevin vs. William Lane Craig
00:14:11 Craig on probability & inference to the best explanation
00:23:07 Divine psychology and fine-tuning
00:27:06 Argument #1 - Contingency
00:43:30 Does everything need an explanation?
00:49:48 Argument #2 - Kalam cosmological argument
00:51:35 Actual infinity and Hilbert’s Hotel
01:03:06 Argument #3 - Fine-tuning
01:09:53 What does the Big Bang actually tell us?
01:11:53 Divine psychology
01:27:08 Argument #4 - Applicability of mathematics
01:35:08 Argument #5 - Consciousness
01:40:47 Does consciousness really get us to God?
01:45:41 Argument #6 - Morality
01:54:43 Argument #7 - The resurrection of Jesus
01:58:27 Miracles and the laws of nature
02:08:25 Argument #8 - Experience of God
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