I am an exmuslim, I just listened to all the videos of William Lane Craig. The speeches about God and Christianity are so logic and understandable, then I started reading bible. Finally I left Islam and converted to Christianity. I am so happy that I took a decision in my life. Thanks Jesus Christ for bringing love in my heart. And now I knew the true God. Amen amen ! 🙏
Dr. William Lane Craig, I appreciate your Answers to the Questions asked by several people. I listen to them all. I understood some of the questions I had which you have answered. Thank you. I am from a Hindu family - (Idol worshipers ). I found Christ , rather He found me When I was exposed to Bible verses while studying in a Christian school at the age of 19, and now I am walking with the Lord Jesus Christ praying to make me like Him in my attitudes and actions. I am 71 . God bless you and use you to many thousands who are struggling to find the Truth. Amen.
God bless you my friend!!! My dad committed suicide, it's a different pain, but Because of Jesus Christ, I am still standing. I have much to change in my life, yet he loves me and protects me! And is my Lord and Savior!
Praise the Lord for His grace and enveloping love. We would be lost without Him. I am so sorry for your loss in this world. How wonderful is it that you will be able to see your little one in your next chapter. (Edited: leaving my original reply to your comment above, but just realised you haven’t lost your child in this world, but to this world. Big difference. Let’s remember that none are snatched out of the hands of God. Let’s pray for your child’s return to his First Love).
Yes, Praise God for His Grace and Restoration of your child. My Son is still lost, but God gave me His Promise that ALL My Family WILL be SAVED! I hang on tight and learned to TRUST Jesus for He is His Saviour, and He has a Plan for my Son and my Daughter too. I will put you and your Family on my Prayer List, pls. pray for my children too, tks. and God Bless!
Isn’t the baptist church restorationist when you think about it? 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” -Matthew 16:17-19 The Church didn’t disappear And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. - John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. - Acts 3:19 If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations
I would go one further..."Only a fool says in their hearts there is no God" Right! God wrote his law on the hearts of mankind even if that man was the only man on earth he would know God exists...and they do, When some people get upset that you should talk about God to them, and say oh i don't believe in God or act as if he does not exists God says through his word they do know! They are upset because it is hard enough for them to deny God to self, let alone you should bring God up! Be Blessed!
@@drmontague6475 The natural mind cannot understand that which is beyond himself, and you sir, are spiritually dead! But yes, definitely thank God that he gave you a warning device so you don’t defecate yourself. Have a nice day and stock up on plenty of wipes 👍
Miraculous Features of the Quran Prophesying the Future There is a chapter in the Quran which clearly prophesizes a future event. The name of the chapter is Ar-Rum and it starts with verses, which state that Byzantines were defeated in a war, but would defeat their enemy later. These verses were revealed in around 616, shortly after the Byzantines were severely defeated by the idolater Persians. In this war, the loss of Byzantines was so severe that it was almost impossible for the Byzantines to survive. Additionally, the Byzantine Empire had other enemies such as Avars and Slavs. Because of these facts, the Arab idolaters of the era of Muhammad (PBUH) were of the view that the victory of Byzantines mentioned in these verses would never come true. Indeed, they were making fun of these verses. Later in 622, nearly six years after the revelation of those verses, Byzantines made a war against the Persian Empire and unexpectedly defeated their enemy. Thus, the Quranic verses prophesizing the victory of the Byzantines came true, which is an apparent Quranic miracle. The Scientific Miracles of the Quran In addition to touching on various issues, the Quran includes many miracles about diverse topics. Examples of those topics include the features of the Earth and the Sun, bone loss in old age, and the balance in the universe. Some of those miracles are discussed next. 1) The Development of the Fetus: The Quran discusses everything related to the development of fetus in detail: “Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.” The order for this complex process is given in the Quran as 1) Al-Nutfah (drops of semen); (2) Al-Alaqah (a leech-like clot); (3) Al-Mudghah (a chewed flesh); (4) bone phase; (5) clothing with flesh (i.e., stage of having muscles), 6) phase of creation and ability to live, etc. (see also Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad’s work for the explanations of all the related verses ). The Quranic expressions of this process, which has not been understood until the 20th century, completely agree with the observations of modern embryologists. 2) Expanding Universe: It is stated in the Quran that the universe has been expanding. For many years in the history of science, it has been argued that the universe is endless or infinite, and it is scientifically proven that the universe is expanding. In 1929, American astronomer Edwin Hubble observed that telescopes and galaxies were moving away from each other, thereby proving that the universe is expanding. The fact that this scientific fact is reported in the Quran in an environment in which technology has been inadequate for such matters fourteen centuries ago shows that the Quran is not a product of the human mind. 3) Verses about Honey Bee: The Quranic verses about honey bee emphasizes the task of finding nest: “And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.” A word in the Arabic language is spoken in different forms for males and females. There is a word used for females in the verses related to bees. So the female bee is emphasized in the above verse. Recent research has shown that only female honey bees work for the task of producing honey. Therefore, this verse informs us of a miracle about honey bees. 4) Mornings that Breathe: Plants take carbon dioxide and give oxygen to the air by performing photosynthesis. This process begins with the sunrise and hence during the times of the morning, photosynthesis is most intense at tree leaves and other plants. During these times, the atmosphere can be thought to breathe as if it is a living thing. The start of photosynthesis is miraculously implied in the following verse. “…And by the night as it closes in, and by the dawn when it breathes.” 5) The Atmospheric Pressure: Consider the following verse. “So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe.” Breathing gets harder as one ascends to the sky, the reason of which is explained as follows. The atmosphere has weight and pressure towards the Earth, and our body contains an internal pressure against this pressure. As one ascends to the sky, the air density decreases, which means that the atmospheric pressure drops. However, our internal pressure does not drop at the same rate. Besides, breathing becomes difficult due to the decrease in the oxygen rate. As a result, one’s breast becomes tight and gets constricted, as stated in the above verse. Note that in the era of Muhammad (PBUH), it was impossible to discover this fact because of the technological deficiency and hence the above verse should be viwewed as another apparent miracle. 6) Barriers between Seas: Scientific studies have shown that Mediterranean water is not mixed with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which has a very different salinity, and that there is a water barrier between these two different seas. A similar water barrier was discovered in the 1960s in the Mendep Bosphorus, where Aden Bay and the Red Sea joined together. Miraculously, this event is mentioned in the following verse: “He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.” In addition to the abovementioned miracles, the Quran includes miracles related to topics including but not limited to “creation in pairs”, “the orbit of the Moon and dependence on the Sun”, “heavens not supported by pillars”, “geoidal form of the world”, and “mountains as pegs”. The Nature of Certain Revelations The knowledge of the descent time of several revelations along with the reason why they were revealed is crucial in clearly observing the fact that Muhammad (PBUH) had no control over revelations. The Quran includes several verses revealed in response to the Prophet's and the believers’ (i.e., Muslims) attitudes in a particular situation. Consider the following example. “The Prophet frowned and turned away, because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified, or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? As for he who thinks himself without need, to him you give attention. And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.” In the above verses, Allah criticizes the Prophet’s attitude towards a blind Muslim who came to him to ask several questions about Islam, while he was in the middle of a discussion with an unbeliever of a higher class. When the blind man interrupted Muhammad (PBUH), he first asked the man to wait until the conversation ends. When the man insisted on talking to him immediately, the Prophet continued his conversation with the unbeliever. The point is that it is impossibly difficult for the Prophet to fabricate the above verses, which explicitly condemn his attitude towards the blind man during an ordinary conversation. In another verse, the Quran mentions the attitude of the believers of Muhammad’s era towards Allah: “[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah [various] assumptions.” The above verse is about the extremely hard situation of the Muslims during the war of Trench. In addition to being besieged by the Meccan idolaters, they faced the betrayal of the Jews living in Medina. Essentially, during this war, the entire Muslim community was likely to be destroyed. The verse reveals that, because of the severity of their situation, some Muslims had bad feelings towards Allah. Note that this verse should be considered as a response to the Muslims’ inner thoughts, which cannot be known externally. Due to the fact that they are in the form of response to Muhammad’s as well as the believers’ attitudes, the above verses can be viewed as another miraculous feature of the Quran. czcams.com/video/kFAeJJNEhp4/video.html
His life was/is a big waste of time spent his life learning something that wasn’t true and he know dam well it isn’t but, the money and the cult like followers are hard to give up.
When Dr. Craig quoted the words of the apostle Thomas "my Lord and my God!", after falling on the floor, I was stricken with the magnificence of Christ. I broke down into tears. "MY LORD AND MY GOD!"
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
@@mitchellc4 .... Jesus ... Claimed to be God’s son and equal with God. He claimed to be I AM. The holy name of God. He instructed his disciples to trust him equal with God. He was sinless like God. He behaved like God He performed miracles like God. He forgave sins with the authority of God. He was prophesied to be “God with us” Others worshipped him as God. He didn’t rebuke them. Others called him God. He didn’t rebuke them. He was described as God by John, Paul and others. Lastly, his Father called him “God” Hebrews 1:8 Unto the Son [the Father] says, “Thy throne, O God, is forever...” Stop being silly. He’s God
This is why Thomas' story was truly magnificent. After times to times, he doubted Jesus is God, that moment was the time he truly believes that Jesus is God who live.
I love The simplicity in the answers provided in this speech, Very complex questions answered with logical and easy to understand explanations, God made the gospel simple and man confused it, We are likely in the end times and I feel like I need to do more for jesus.
According to Christians, we are always in the end times. And yeah i understand that scientific answers are more complicated than "must have been magic", but they actually explain stuff, "god did it" explains nothing. And what can you do for an all-powerful god? Why can absolutely nothing makes sense when it comes to religions?
@@hitman5782 my problem with his answer about evil is that he deflected everything away from God. How can anyone have a will towards evil if God never created it but he created everything else? That would mean there is another entity that could create evil and God would have had to give that entity the power to create evil. That leads back to God being responsible for both good and evil.
@@rm5282 Yeah, that´s the problem when you make your imaginary friend more and more powerful. At some point, he becomes so powerful that he is a contradiction in itself.
Dr. William Lane Craig, you’re a treasure for the Christian world and an expression of God’s grace to those who have not yet given their lives to Jesus. Thanks and God bless you
@Carl Valentine why would he be dishonest? He's not lacking in intelligence so he could make a living doing something similar in a legitimate way. It would be a lot of work to carry on fairly profitless lies.
@@RMGWOO That is the ongoing problem that apologists present. Liars, or legitimately deluded? As you said, if they are at least semi intelligent it's hard not to go with option A. And I'm not sure how you see the lies as profitless.
@@Roper122 charlatans are usually driven by the profit. There are many roles within christianity that he could've occupied that would've been easier and vastly more profitable. I can't see why he'd opt for the less profitable but much more rigorous life of a historian and scholar. He could've been a multi millionaire peddling Christianity to gullible people of lower IQs. Why choose to take on the very people most likely to expose his dishonest practices, in public, in front of the world? It's not making sense.
@@RMGWOO Making money with the least effort. If you were promoting yourself and your books and your website, how would you do it without high profile debates? There's lots of apologists who have no audience, they are on street corners and make nothing. Sure there are many roles, but Mega Church Preacher has it's own challenges. If you spent years academically studying a subject and realised that it was nonsense, but that you could easily write book after book, and obfuscate enough to get past most amateur debaters. I often see that moment where Craig realises he has overstepped. But he hides it well.
@@Roper122 the man is established in his field, and is respected by many, including secular scholars and historians. There's a big difference between having your work taken seriously by an audience who don't know any better and by noted historians and scholars. He makes money from books, but they're hardly intended for a mainstream audience. He's not Deepak Chopra. To me you don't come across very realistic. Maybe you have an issue with people being religious and intelligent, and force the conclusion? I'm not sure. But Dr. Craig isn't an example of the types of people you're describing.
You only think that because you're an idiot. See how easy it is to be biased, you just say things and hope others will agree. They do demean people, occasionally. You're a world changer.
Question: U thank God for giving u life & for giving animals life for u to kill & eat. U thank God for picking u to recover from illness & ignoring many dead patients. Are u unable to realize how religion uses an imaginary God to fool u into feeling special by exploiting your hypocrisy narcissism gullibility arrogance & ignorance? No offense.
Yes, Dr. Craig has achieved what he set out to do. And he is providing the argumentation to go with it. But we need to earn it by not being lazy in studying and internalizing it. Every time I listen to Bill, I truly admire the clarity of his presentation, the thoroughness of his logic, the knowledge with which he pulls together so many threads, as well as his humility and civility. He has done wonders for me. God bless you, Dr. Craig Thank you.
This guy is my hero, he is such a champion for the Gospel. Reminds me of 2 Corinthians 10 vs 5 which says we tear down arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. And that's exactly what Bill does, takes them out. I love him, he takes on any giant and slaughter them.
@@1john4six oh ye of little faith! Why do you think that God is not capable of preserving His Holy Word? Do not be deceived by doubt causing lies from satan, you are letting the enemy win by believing the lies. God bless you.
@@1john4six Jesus Christ is Lord! He is the Son of God! Word made flesh. Father God is God! You don’t need to say we didn’t confess that. Are you a bot? Throwing lame accusations against people. Stop using the Name of the Lord in vain.
@@barbaraannen8126.. Since you read the bible without asking the Holy Spirit to lead, you'll never know the truth. In fact, there are a lot of evidence that validate the Bible either historical, scientific, and so on, I can't say that one by one, too much. And also many prophecies in the Bible that have been (being) fulfilled. So it's stupid for me to forsake my faith.
This was really informative. I've been wrestling with the question about the fate of those who've never heard the gospel for a long time but that was the most biblically sound explanation that still shows the importance of evangelism
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
Never limit the Sovereignty of God that if one shows a modicum of any faith towards God that God who is not limited by time nor space and is more than able to provide that one with both the placement in time and placement in the place of the world so they will hear the entire gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ and there is no faith without hearing. Scripture tells us this explicitly. Romans 10:13-14 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Sorry Dr. Craig, you may be an intellectual but you can't over intellectualize God and His word. He has been quite clear. God is not on trial. This Is His plan and we can't just change scripture just to make Him fit what we think is just. Read Job 38-42 if you think you can.
This genius doesn't understand that arguments are not evidence and that arguments are null and void if even one of the premises can not shown to be true or can be shown to be not true. His favorite arguments are complete non-starters. And if God reveals himself and it's really the christian god, WLC's arguments are still bullcrap.
@@amanuelberhe4149 My view is that Jesus is a mere prophet--not the God of Israel who created all else. The evidence that I discovered after seven years of research have lead me to believe that Jesus is not divine and that God is not Triune. The evidence is just overwhelming. I hope that one day I get a chance to debate Dr. Craig.
Lol, 7 years of study led you to believe that, LOL , 7 days would be plenty long enough to see how silly the Muslim faith is, JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, You'll see it one day, Garrenteed, hopefully not too late
@@hyped2476 it took you seven years to see that Jesus is not divine, but it took me 5 minutes of a Sam Shamoun video to see that Islam is the most despicable major religion existing today
Billy Craig has really done his homework and is an inspiration to all believers. Well done for this great video. He gives me hope that there is a better life after this broken one.
W.L.C. can be an inspiration to uneducated, knowledgeable and naive people who cannot understand the emptiness of his arguments. For example "fine tuning"
He made a mistake about Jehovah's Witnesses not believing Jesus was the son of God. They do believe that. It's his deity that they don't believe in - they believe the trinity is pagan doctrine. They also believe Lucifer is Jesus' brother. I think there were other mistakes as well. What's great though is that God uses our humble words to bring people into his kingdom.
Thanks for the empty assertion proving that you have nothing to contribute. There is a good saying that it's better to be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. And a hat tip to your attempt to argue from authority by using the "Dr" in front of your name. Why don't you tell us what your expertise is and what evidence you can provide from your area of expertise to refute WLC's evidence.
Grahame Gould Believe it or not, I am a philosophy doctor. WLC does not provide any evidences. If god existed as a part of our axiomatic set up, our universe would be an complete system which is by definition a CONTRADICTORY one, i.e. it cannot balance itself and must destruct itself. However, we live and observe the system (universe) is balanced and exist; therefore god does not exist. WLC is either an idiot or (which I believe in) lies in order to make his living. There are so many stupid people, like you, to believe in what he is lying about and create a delusional piece of mind.
More assertions. A good doctor of philosophy would not use logical fallacies like you consistently do. And would have answers to WLC, not just assert. You are either lying, or one of the most self-deceived people I have ever spoken to in my whole life. Either way. blocked.
I’ve never been surprised that WLC has an answer for a question. I’m surprised every time how incredibly intelligent, thought out, and easily understandable his answer are. He is truly blessed with blessed beyond measure
In the last 300 year or so, we have seen advances in medicine, technology, engineering, behavioral and social sciences -even in the humanities- that save lives, make life easier, facilitate communications, calculate the age of the Earth, and so on. This makes me wonder, what advances have theology and religious philosophy made about God and what benefits have we received from that new knowledge?
@@estuchedepeluche2212 God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Theology doesn't need to be advanced, true theology always has been at the upmost level of advancement. All attempts to do so is trying to fix something that is not broken and ends in deceitful false teachings which lead people astray. Ps.. our carbon dating system is immensely flawed and this has been frequently affirmed by true scientists who have not sold out the truth for a lie to make a profit.
I would not be surprised if William Lane Craig comes under some severe persecution and slander because of how many people are becoming Christians because of him. The world is becoming more anti Christian and people like William Lane Craig are doing a lot of damage to atheism. William Lane Craig might end up getting framed/blackmailed for all we know.
@@HarryNicNicholas nah they learnt how to watch videos, read books and critically think for themselves and decide on their pathway they want to follow.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
a45williams I beg to differ. It just sounds good on paper. We know that excess energy will heat, and lack of it will cause cold. What is the equivalent of energy with respect to the good-evil duo? Good and evil are opposites and evil may well exist not as an outcome of the absence of good, but as an independent force.
roieis The temperature was just an easier way to understand the argument. But It is also to have evil without good. The reason for this is if their was evil with no good you wouldn’t know it was evil. So it becomes a conundrum.
@@roieis Lack of heat does not cause cold. In physics there is no such thing as "coldness". When you touch something that is 200 degree F, due to the materials that your body is made out of, signals are sent to your brain and your brain perceives the temperature as being hot. When you touch something that is 10 degrees F, the materials in your hand send the signals to your brain and your brain perceives the temperature in another way. In reality, there is no such thing as "coldness". You cannot add "coldness" to some object. You can only add more heat, or remove heat from an object. Once you hit absolute zero (0 degrees Kelvin), you cannot remove anymore heat from an object, and you certainly cannot add "coldness" to it. Absolute zero is the end point at which you cannot go any further. Either you have zero heat, or you have some heat. There is no such thing as coldness. Good and evil are not opposites. God is the absolute standard of Goodness. God IS the Good. If you were perfect and did everything right according to God, you would be 100% good. The moment you do something that is not what God wants, you have fallen away from God. This falling away from God is what is called evil. The Kelvin temperature scale goes from 0K to about 10^32 Kelvin. Scientists are not sure if the Plank Temperature is the upper limit or not, but that is what they are thinking at the moment. God is at 100% and pure evil is as 0%. 0K (point which all heat is removed)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10^32K (upper limit of heat energy) 0% God (total removal of God is pure evil)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100% God (total perfect Goodness is God)
@@karozans I agree with what you say with respect to "coldness" - I am not claiming otherwise. I am protesting the comparison between "cold (as humans feel it - I imagine this is what Dr. Graig meant) is a deprivation of heat like evil is a deprivation of what is good." I disagree with the latter part. If you pre-suppose that God exists and that God IS the Good, then everything you wrote would be true. But I don't pre-suppose that God exists. You cannot use the desired conclusion in an argument, in order to convince people of the merits of the argument and draw them to that same conclusion. Its circular logic, so it doesn't work.
@@romelimmense U thank God for your life & also for the life of the animals u kill to eat. U thank God for picking u out of many patients to recover from illness. Are u unable to see how the religion scam has fooled u to believe in an imaginary God by exploiting your hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance, & arrogance?
Don't follow this ridiculous and self deluded Apologist untrained in Ancient History or Science..he is a liar and Charlatan... misrepresents Atheists and Science..for his improbable God: All Religions are man made Myths: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/logical-take/201702/royally-bad-philosophy-reply-craig-and-colbert
@@atheistangel007 "The fool has said in his heart there is no God" Psalm 14'' Our existence outside of God and a creator is ludicrous. Life does not come from non life, there is no such example in existence. Even outside of life, its lunacy. You could wait 500 trillion trillion years and you phone would never create itself and program itself, its had to have a designer. How much more infinity complex is the universe and life. Yet you hold to the blind faith that its created and designed itself at some point.
@Barney Bonobo I'm lost but you're the one making assumptions. 1. How do you know who I voted for? That makes me question the integrity of our voting system.. 2. How do you know what I believe in? I said I found the part that God can be personally experienced to be most convincing. I say this because my personal experiences have affirmed this. I did NOT say that I agreed with the version of God he is claiming to experience. I'm lost, but you're the one that has no discernment. I find that ironic.
@@lil-al Yes, evidence is relative. If your interlocutor doesn't have evidence for, say, inerrancy, then inerrancy makes a lousy starting point for conversation, especially if your own evidence for inerrancy can't be easily presented. Using evidence that isn't shared has a similar effect as, say, name calling or taking quotes out of context.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Love WLC's reasoned responses. He has done a lot to help see the reasonableness of believing in God and specifically in Jesus. I thank God for men like these.
+Eddie J. Augustini You are very Religious But I am don't very Religious I am only believe in god and Mohammed and I don't pray or I do the Islamic works I believe that god is very great so the god doesn't care about us if we make a mistake or no The god doesn't need us (I don't speak English very well I hope I can explain the adea )
@@mariamalsaeedi How do you call yourself a muslim when you don't even pray or do any islamic work?!!!!!!!!! that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Between disbelief and faith is abandoning the Salat." Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2618
As a christian who live in muslim-majority country (Indonesia), I agree with you in how to share the gospel for them (muslims). I really enjoy your videos, thank you.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
@@bobbyfischersays1262 Hi Bobby No I’m not a JW Jesus has a God Who is Jesus’s God? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
@@mitchellc4 Mormon then? You're cherry picking verses and twisting them to mean something they don't. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are ONE. They are three distinct, coequal persons that constitute ONE being. I and my Father are one. John 10:30 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:5-6 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Colossians 2:9-10 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
@@bobbyfischersays1262 Hello Are you not able to answer the question? Who is Jesus’s God? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
@@hitman5782 Let's start with the other way around. Provide a statement you believe is false, then I'll explain why it isn't. Most of the time, Atheists are just conflating philosophy with science because they don't know the difference... so they just hand-wave dismiss all philosophical claims as false just because they can't be scientifically verified. That's what philosophy IS... it deals with beliefs beyond the limitations of the scientific method. That means they're adhering to the self-refuting philosophy of Scientism. Here's why it's self-refuting: The claim *Truth can only be known if it's scientifically verified* cannot be scientifically verified ITSELF. So anyone arguing as if Scientism is true has declared belief in a philosophy that philosophies can't be true, which is self-refuting and false by necessity
@@lightbeforethetunnel All of Craigs arguments are irrelevant or bullshit, let´s start with his cosmological argument. Nobody knows how the universe came into existence, so to claim that it was his god is the so called "god of the gaps fallacy". We have that in all human history. Pretty much every time we had a question nobody was able to answer, a guy like Craig came around screaming it was his god. The problem is that every single time we later figured out an actual answer, it never was a god. Let´s go to fine-tuning. This universe is dead and lethal to way over 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999...%, how this should be evidence for an intelligent creator is ridiculous and in any way of course only an empty unsupported claim. It´s as good as claiming that invisible unicorns have pooped this universe into existence. That the biblical genesis account is bullshit (like exodus, a worldwide flood and so on) is something i should not need to explain to an educated person. How any of Craigs talk should or even could possibly be evidence for a strange spacemonster that made his own virgin mother pregnant with himself to sacrifice himself to himself, because a woman made out of ribs was told by a snake to eat a magical apple, is something nobody has ever been able to explain to me. Morality also doesn´t help his point. We evolved as a social species and we are intelligent, so we understand that if we do not like to get punched in the face, that other person also doesn´t like it, so we don´t punch them and they don´t punch us and we all can live in peace. Nobody needs a god to figure that out and for sure not a god as this monster from the bible who is arguably the most unpleasant person in all fiction:jealous and proud of it;a petty,unjust,unforgiving control-freak;a vindictive,bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser;a misogynistic.homophobic,racist,filicidal,pestilential.megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic,capriciously malevolent bully. Last point is his evidence for Jesus walking around as a zombie. The stories from Jesus are nothing but very weak copies from other older myths, like from gods such as Horus, Mythras or of course Chrishna ( Christ) No person that lived during Jesus supposed lifetime wrote a single word about him. It is all hearsay in best case, written by some anonymous fanboys decades later, that also contradict themselves in pretty much every story. So, now i hope you understand better why i call Craig a useless tool.
You haters can say what you want. WLC is very intelligent and you can tell he's really thought this through; most people (be they theists *or* atheists) are nowhere near his level.
Craig is a moron. His arguments aren't particularly original or thought out. In fact, his daughter became an atheist after finding a monumental flaw in his rhetoric that unravels everything he ever taught her about his Christian faith. What he is is a skilled debater who is quite good at sounding intellectual without actually saying anything of meaning. He's good at avoiding questions that unravel his arguments by either misquoting his opponents, redefining their questions, flat out misinterpreting the Bible to make his argument sound valid, and just generally being a condescending ass. That's why he prefers a debate format. It forces his opponents to either quickly and painstakingly dismantle his nonsense or make their own points. Take the first question about God and evil. 2 Kings, Isaiah, Job, Lamentations, and Amos proclaim that God is the author of evil. In fact, Isaiah 45:7 is God Himself claiming to create evil: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." There is only 1 verse in the Bible in Psalms that says explicitly that God does not create evil. So, if you believe in the Bible who are you going to believe, God or a poet? Craig chooses to believe the poet, and pretends to be a man of God, while he natters on about free will being the cause of all evil. I'm pretty sure that Craig is aware that every single one of his arguments can be easily dismantled if someone has the time to actually pay attention to what he says and has the time to do a little research. That's probably why his CZcams channel has all comments disabled and no way to contact him in a discussion forum. There's also a CZcams ministry he's in cahoots with that disables all the comments on his videos. Now why do you think that is? Having atheists bombard him with ill constructed arguments, misinterpreting his debate points, mocking him with childish insults would actually be good for his "ministry" and his undeserved reputation as an intellectual. But he's an intellectual coward, and knows that the second his weak arguments are shredded his reputation is shredded too.
Dave C "Craig is a moron." Aww, are you going to start out by discrediting yourself? "His arguments aren't particularly original or thought out. In fact, his daughter became an atheist after finding a monumental flaw in his rhetoric that unravels everything he ever taught her about his Christian faith." Do you have a source for that? And even assuming that she did become an atheist, what was this "monumental flaw"? Why can't *you* give it here, if it actually exists? "Take the first question about God and evil. 2 Kings, Isaiah, Job, Lamentations, and Amos proclaim that God is the author of evil. In fact, Isaiah 45:7 is God Himself claiming to create evil: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." There is only 1 verse in the Bible in Psalms that says explicitly that God does not create evil. So, if you believe in the Bible who are you going to believe, God or a poet? Craig chooses to believe the poet, and pretends to be a man of God, while he natters on about free will being the cause of all evil." As WLC has said several times, one does not need to believe in biblical inerrancy and literalism to be a Christian. The Christian is free to put every single verse in the bible to one sort of test or another. Indeed, this is the basis for their faith in general! They don't read the bible and then say "Well I'm gonna start believing in god now!" Obviously, belief doesn't work that way. Instead, they usually have some sort of *testimony* to give, about alleged personal *experiences* on which they base their faith. So does Craig take up his stance on his question on the basis of *either* statement in the bible? No. He argues, instead, that evil is a "privation" rather than an object needing to be "created". Since he believes in an objective morality, he contends that evil is simply whatever doesn't adhere to that morality, and is "created" by man's free will. "I'm pretty sure that Craig is aware that every single one of his arguments can be easily dismantled if someone has the time to actually pay attention to what he says and has the time to do a little research." You mean like atheists have had for *decades* now? He even frequently *debates* the leading intellectuals on the god question. He's given anti-theists plenty of opportunity to "dismantle" his arguments, but they continue failing to do so. "That's probably why his CZcams channel has all comments disabled and no way to contact him in a discussion forum." No it's probable there's another explanation for that, as he answers questions on his website and takes questions from the audience after practically every debate. "Having atheists bombard him with ill constructed arguments, misinterpreting his debate points, mocking him with childish insults would actually be good for his "ministry"" How do you figure burying *good* comments with bad ones (such as "WLC is a moron") would help *anything?* "and his undeserved reputation as an intellectual. But he's an intellectual coward, and knows that the second his weak arguments are shredded his reputation is shredded too." Again you are discrediting yourself here. You may disagree with Craig, and you may even choose to believe that he must be being dishonest in some way or another, but there is no denying the man is an intellectual. He seeks out arguments for and against the existence of god on a regular basis. He challenges himself to contend with other intellectuals who are atheists and (ideally) have prepared their arguments against him in live, public debate. That is not cowardice. *Richard Dawkins* is cowardice. WLC is 100% the opposite.
However, if Craig's interpretation is that the Bible's statement BY GOD Himself that GOD Himself creates evil is not true, then everything said by God, Jesus, the Disciples, prophets, poets and historians in the Bible is a matter of interpretation and the very Word of God as spoken by God according the Holy Bible is, in fact, only true. -should say "is, in fact, not true."
Dave C It doesn't follow that because *some* things in the bible are untrue, therefore *everything* in the bible is untrue. As WLC himself admits, you don't have to believe in biblical inerrancy to be a Christian. You can put everything in the bible to some sort of test. And indeed, that is reflected in Christians' testimonies. They base their belief in the Christian god on alleged personal experiences in which god "makes himself known" to them. They don't just read the bible and say, "Okay I'm going to start believing now!" BTW, is that really the only point you're left arguing, after my very lengthy reply to you?
Dave is correct. Craig is a great debater. In fact, I believe he was a championship debater in his youth according to his wikipedia page. He uses this skill in debating, and in mental gymnastics in order to make fallacious arguments about the existence of God seem genuine and believable. But none of it really stands up to scrutiny, as shown during the many times he has debated atheists, such as Sam Harris.
Couldn’t helped but praise Jesus because His wisdom upon Craig lane. Craig lane ‘s works ultimate goal to win souls and call Jesus’ people back to Himself. 😯 😯 wow.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
@@mitchellc4 The gospel for the Jews was the gospel of the kingdom, as John the Baptist, Jesus and the 12 apostles preached. But the gospel for the Gentiles is the gospel of Grace, as given to us by Christ through his apostle Paul. See 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. The gospel of the kingdom has nothing to do with the cross and the resurrection, whereas the gospel of Grace has everything to do with the cross and the resurrection. In fact, one can't be said to be a Christian if he does not believe Jesus died on a cross, was buried for 3 days and raised back to life according to the scriptures! You need to learn to rightly divide the word of truth.
@@christopherlees1134 Hi Christopher Jesus said the gospel of the kingdom is for ALL nations then then end Not “for the Jews until Paul” Matt 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. ALL nations then the end Not “for the Jews until Paul” There’s only one gospel Jesus preached it The disciples preached it Paul preached it Acts 8 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. BSB The Book of Acts literally ends with Paul preaching the kingdom Acts 28 30 For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him. 31 He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. The gospel of grace IS the gospel of the kingdom It’s the same thing Acts 20 24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom will see my face no more. -->to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom Testifying to the gospel of the grace of God is preaching the kingdom
@@mitchellc4 The gospel is centered on the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. The gospel of the kingdom is not about that. It's about the the Messiah being at hand.
@@christopherlees1134 Hi Christopher The gospel of the kingdom is what Jesus preached, the disciples preached and Paul preached There’s only one gospel And it’s the same from Jesus to Paul The gospel of the kingdom includes the essential death and resurrection of the king Matt 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Acts 8 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. The Book of Acts literally ends with Paul preaching the kingdom Acts 28 30 For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him. 31 He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
Dr. Craig is, indeed, and very intelligent and talented man. His speech is almost prosaic at times. Very entertaining. Too bad he's wasting that talent on this.
I LOVE Bill! You might not meet a smarter person ever in your entire life! And he loves God! People who actually listen carefully to him have to be shaken!
@@Omegha94zip "do you feel better about yourself now?" I feel better about myself every single day, but this doesn't change the fact that "Dr" Craig is a snake oil selling moron.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
My God is a Jealous God-- Exodus 34:14 Evolution is Monkey and Big Bang is nothing and theory of everything is bullish--- They all are living in cloud-cuckoo-land if you ask me! They all need to clean-up, now. Charles Darwin is their god. God said He Created earth and heaven in 6 days over 6,000 years ago and not more than 5,000 years ago, ok Satan too can quote the Bible and false Pastors. God Created everything for Himself ok. You need this verse 2 Timothy 2;15 to know how to study the Holy Scriptures, Also, you need to be saved before you can understand what God is saying to you. You don’t have the sealed Holy Spirit in you yet. Eph1;13. The Bible is written over 1,500 years and by 40 different men, and some don’t know each other. The author of the Bible is the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay. Men just put pen to paper. 2 Timothy3:15-18 William Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known as a translator of the Bible into English, influenced by the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther. I am a Bible believer in the Body of Christ, saved through Faith alone and I am acting as an ambassador for Christ. You too can be saved today just believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross of Calvary. The good news gospel is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, The perfect Atonement Blood. That watched all your sins away. I pray that someone (Evolution, Big Bang, theory of everything) will not tamper with your brain that there is another Jesus. Turn you Evolution, Gay/lesbians or take control of Soul. Evolution, big bank (nonsense) and false Pastors are just there to collect or entertain you, beloved be careful. We are all sinners, no one is good but God. Jesus Christ knew who his father was, and this is what he said as the father had loved me so have, I love you continually. Adam =Poison =Law = Death in the Lake of Fire Jesus - Antidote =Grace = Eternal Life in the Heaven Evolution=Big Bang= Monkey & Stone= Nothing. =Lake Of Fire. 1 Corinthians 4:14--I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons, I warn you. Evolution (the biggest Bigot in the World today) just like CNN if I may say- is just a load of highly intelligent well-educated individuals coming out with loads of rubbish from their gobs (Just like Plastics pollution in the world today) & May God help them. They told us they are animals, Rock, from nothing and they're going to die going back to nothing -May God help them To all the Governments in the western world today, evolution needs to be cleaned up just like the Pollution of plastic killing our animals in the ocean and river. God told us in-- Romans 16:17--Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. DR. Kent, avoid them. Hell, and Heaven is real. Evolution will never teach Moral. I think evolution you should be thought in the Zoo. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. Proverbs 21:2-Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. Evolution is a mess and needs to be CLEANED-UP NOW. Debate Proverbs 25:15 -With patience, a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. Titus 3:9 -But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 1 Corinthians 15:38-40---Authorized (King James) Version Evolution, Big Bang, and theory of everything will be - ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Go Back to the Holy Bible, Now and get saved. Hell is real.
I was grown up in a. Christain. home. The bible was very scared not even allowed to touch it When I became a man .the reserection story begins to occupy my mind.Question? After his crucified He appeared to his diciples in a.room.and said to Doubt believing Thomas and showed him his wounds in the palm of.his hands and.his side and said here.i am.Can a man so mortally wounded appear on the third night able to present himself.The best I have is resuraction.of.sprit.walking through walls.man kind have twisted the bible to.soot is belief.A lot of research is needed factually.most christains are illiterate and live by anything told to them in the bible 2000 years ago.what i.also find very strange on his acention to Heaven only his chosen few was there.man has spoil religion by making it a system like.a company.with pastors working very hard to see how many fish.they can catch.The religion.has been damaged by.man having his own view of jesus story.and the lack.of evidence of jesus story .what humans believe 2000 years ago is.not so in 2022.So the jesus story look like a falsity. I believe in God in all of us mix with the devil.in all of us
4:00 intellectual self defense techniques from William Lane Craig. 7:50 friendly approach to Muslims who are curious 17:00 Paul on his authoritative view on matters The Lord didn't directly address 18:30 Paul alludes and referenced the known story or account that was going 'round the countryside 29:30 Most often associated with the skeptic's insults of zombie Jesus or Dawn of the Dead memes. 34:00 this is true of my attempts walk it out 34:42 it does 35:20 this was my path 36:00 kids and reality 38:00 Yeshua's treatment of the texts He had
In the last 300 year or so, we have seen advances in medicine, technology, engineering, behavioral and social sciences -even in the humanities- that save lives, make life easier, facilitate communications, calculate the age of the Earth, and so on. This makes me wonder, what advances have theology and religious philosophy made about God and what benefits have we received from that new knowledge?
@@estuchedepeluche2212 One example would be confidence in a psychological self defense perspective; If you're afraid to be yourself in public in fear of people asking, or bullying, for proofs of your worldview or beliefs, a sound defense can improve your attitude, posture, and body language which would have benefits such as confidence and ability to handle a dicey situation instead of being an easy target and carrying that weight everywhere. It can also serve to further shape your world views, educate your over all perspectives, and dismiss or eliminate any hay makers and sky daddy ideas one may blindly hold. A practical approach to one's spirit and walk can easily translate to a lifestyle and routine of a martial artist. There are flaws and smart ass quips to piggy back off my analogy but like James 4:8, you got to be on the mat and willing to participate. Craig improving on the kalam or Leibniz, improving on Darwin observations with Mendel's work, is all very similar to working the sword fighting out of Judo and evolving a practical self defense strategy from the major breakthroughs of Jigoro Kano, Mitsuyu Maeda, and the Gracie Family of Brazil. If someone has a basic and reasonable belief, or the basic ability to fight, theology, philosophy, develop tools to polish those disciplines and areas. Gentle Jesus is the stumbling block.
@@MessianicJewJitsu Great examples, but none sound new and they don’t seem to be applicable to society at large, the benefits seems individual, parochial at best, mostly contingent to individuals’ psychology and fortitude, while benefits brought by scientific developments work independently of believe, e.g. : surgery can remove a deadly tumor even if the patient and his/her family don’t believe cancer exists or surgery works. I’d love to hear of a great discovery from theology that has shown something new, something that helps us all to advance and progress.
@@estuchedepeluche2212 Plantiga's expose on naturalism is pretty useful in the quest for answers, studying say Noah's Ark against other flood narratives and legends may help us understand comet impacts and global flooding from glacier melting after the Younger Dryas 10kya when cross referenced with other fields of ancient study and texts, the inspiration and motivation from theology drives Francis Collins in his search for scientific answers has been pretty helpful too. The great examples may not be novel enough for you and the benefits are as individual as a diet, whether physical or mental spiritual. You didn't get immediate result from walking in to a zumba class...you got results from practicing Zumba and drawing near and becoming one with the process. Your zumba class, my dojo, a church, an atheist club, all can be accused of being parochial. Rejecting Christ can be psychology and fortitude based as well. Ego and stubbornness being seen as weak or as concession can make a person blind to the truth as well.
@@MessianicJewJitsu On your last line you say that “ego and stubbornness being seen as weak or concession can make a person blind to the truth”. Do you mean that seeing ego and stubbornness as weaknesses can lead to blindness? So should I embrace ego and stubbornness and not see them as weaknesses so that I don’t become blind to the truth?
Just had a great idea: how about before you comment on how ignorant and clueless you think the arguments of Dr Craig are, you actually listen to them. Straw men are falling from the sky.
Well said, Jeffrey. BTW, did you know that Dr. Craig regularly commits what is known as the Let's Just Say He Committed A Logical Fallacy? It's true! ;)
Biblical inerrancy - a huge topic among people, they see so many divisions over doctrine, so many denominations, so many different interpretations of scripture - and the icing on the cake is that this book which people claim to be 'inspired by God' has errors and supposed contradictions. What I have told people is this: If Jesus/Yahusha is indeed the true God, then everything we have today, passed down through His prophets and scribes is sufficient for us, and we then must trust that He has preserved all the necessary truths we need to be led and to be taught by His Spirit. Yes indeed. God provides.
There are plenty of ignorant and annoying atheists, but does the intellectual dishonesty or plain delusion of most Christians not make you cringe as well? I mean, the stuff they claim to believe... it's rather jaw dropping.
Alex Joseph If by "goes both ways" you mean that people can be total lunatics, whether Christian or atheist, then yes I agree. I am curious though, what specific claims you're hearing from atheists.
Yes! "He sent His Holy Spirit....and Awesome things happened and are still happening worldwide- btw Christianity is the fastest growing Faith Worldwide
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
The reason you struggle to comprehend Him is that you look at Him in worldly nature. God/Father is Spirit and you need to be baptised into the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit awakens your Spirit. Jesus could only do miracles once he was baptised with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is Gods Spirit and It is filled with fire/power.
Read: St Paul's advice in 1 Timothy 2:12 'i do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, she must be silent' Endorsing genocide and pain in 1 Samuel 15:3 'this is what the Lord almighty says... Now go and strike amalek and devote destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' Moses calling a witch hunt in Exodus 22:18 'do not allow a sorceress to live.' God advice for slaves in 1 Peter 2:18 'slaves, submit to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.' Moral teachings? Give me a break
@@conordelaney76 Whi Braen is referring to one of God's many attributes. From what it appears, it looks like you may be taking God's attribute of love and misapplying it to other situations where other attributes of God would apply. For example, God says that he has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. In another example, after he judges the people for their sins, God mourns over them in the Bible, showing that it is necessary to deal with sin, though God is not happy when the wicked perish. Death or separation from God is not the purpose for man being created, it is the opposite, which is life and nearness to him. We also see Jesus death on the cross for the sins of the world, showing that death is necessary for sins, but that God still loves us and wants us to be reconciled to him and live. Jesus shows the bridge between the Holiness of God, the judgment of God, and the love of God. Sometimes atheists misapply the attributes of God. Some misapplications may be unintentional, but I believe some are intentional. I would like to give the benefit of the doubt. Aside from the issues of people who perish, though that is not God's will, there's a scripture that talks about two believers who are disputing among each other and suing each before secular courts, and Paul asks an interesting question, why not rather suffer yourself to be defrauded or to be done wrong (so that one can avoid engaging in sin to fight a brother, or to give a poor witness before the ungodly)? The Bible says be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. This does not mean it's God's will for a person to suffer wrong, just like it is not God's will for a servant to be mistreated by a mean ruler, but that the righteousness of the servant would be a testimony, that a person maintains integrity as a good man in the face of oppression. Finally, biblically speaking, there are two sides to the coin of morality. There is a physical or natural side, and there is a supernatural side. We only take one side into account, but God takes both sides into account. This is why we can relate to Commandments like "honor your father and mother", or "do not steal", or "do not commit adultery", but we do not relate to other commitments like "do not take the Lord's name in vain" or "honor the Sabbath". Biblically speaking, sins are not just actions that we do wrong, they have actual substance to them and are able to spread and affect/infect other things. Some things that were cursed in the Bible had to be broken or burned or destroyed simply because it was cursed or had some affiliation with demonic entities. If one is going to assess the morality of the Bible, one must understand the plane by which evil arises, including both natural and spiritually, covenant, and other relevant or legal aspects. One ought to study the Bible to gain understanding of what God's perspective would be.
@@Bi0Dr01d Which God are you referring to? How can you view my last comment as a misapplication? I provided examples of extremely immoral teachings, from a man made text. Why do you cherry-pick certain verses of the bible to be true, and not use them all? You claim there is a supernatural. Can you prove this claim? You mention the commandments. Do you believe that until Moses and his followers went up Mount Sinai and were issued the commandments by God we had know understanding of right from wrong. So you believe that Moses and his followers loved stealing and committing adultery before this point, but then thought 'Oh, this must be bad, because God says so'? You mention studying the bible to understand God. Should we equally study the Quran, the Torah (insert one of the thousands of other religions texts here) to study God? Why makes this one specific strand of religion and this God true relative to the thousands of other Gods and religions created throughout history?
@@conordelaney76 brother, I see you're in argument mode. Neither Whi Braen nor I are here to have some argument. I think you should approach this with a different attitude. anyway, I would like to say that it would seem it is more so the unbeliever who cherry-picks the scripture rather than the believer. If we are NOT to cherry-pick the scripture, then we must acknowledge other scriptures of the Bible that God is not pleased with the death of the wicked, that God is good, that death is God's enemy, as the scripture says. Therefore, we would have to accept verses like these and use these verses to interpret other texts by. Therefore, when we see a difficult passage, we would say that if these other verses are true, more things must be going on then that which it appears to be on the surface. The unbeliever, who may want to make God seem immoral, will ignore these verses, possibly so he can drive a conclusion to gain a justification to remain separate from him. He would be the one cherry picking the scripture. the purpose of me entering into the conversation was just to suggest that a person should read the Bible with a different set of eyes and nothing stops a person from doing so except that same person. As I said, I would like to give the benefit of the doubt that's such a person is not doing this intentionally.
So true... I just love the way he falsely claims that Jehovah Witnesses don't believe that Jesus is the son of God. I've spoken to Jehovah's Witnesses before, and they do believe that 'Jesus is the son of God' because it is scriptural. What they don't believe however is that 'Jesus is God', which is preached by many Christian denominations but is not supported by the bible. ( Literally on minute of research can confirm the information in my comment.)
@@christopherlees1134 ok sir... not sure what ur trying to say here but the question was "is Jesus the son of God?"... According to the Bible; yes he is. Jews don't agree with this neither do Muslims but Jehovah's Witnesses do. Mr. WL Craig said that Jehovah Witnesses don't believe that Jesus is the son of God which is false information.
But his arguments are only hypothetical. At no point does he test his conclusions. If you really scrutinise what he's saying, you'll realise hes spouting rubbish.
Messianic Jew Jitsu commented them: 7 maanden geleden (bewerkt) 4:00 intellectual self defense techniques from William Lane Craig. 7:50 friendly approach to Muslims who are curious 17:00 Paul on his authoritative view on matters The Lord didn't directly address 18:30 Paul alludes and referenced the known story or account that was going 'round the countryside 29:30 Most often associated with the skeptic's insults of zombie Jesus or Dawn of the Dead memes. 34:00 this is true of my attempts walk it out 34:42 it does 35:20 this was my path 36:00 kids and reality 38:00 Yeshua's treatment of the texts He had
Rather the books altogether. Chapters tend to be reliant on the context and setting. I think they offer classes like that at Christian colleges, though I would be hesitant to trust such such a weighty subject off the bat.
I am 21 years old, for 19 years I was an atheist, you could say I supported determinism. In my mind all our emotions were mere illusions due to our complexity. 2 years ago I started to study Psychology and I’ve changed my mind completely. Even if they are in fact illusions, the illusion still exists and it is not physical, it is metaphysical. It is because of people like Dr. William Craig that people like me can have faith. Thank you very much, GOD bless you!
"In my mind all our emotions were mere illusions due to our complexity" Our bioligical complexity is arguibly what enables our emotions in the first place..Emotins are fundamentally matter interacting....there is nothing divine neccessary for any of that. Given the available evidnce, Gods are in facts illusions, which only exist in the monds of those, who believe in such things. "Even if they are in fact illusions, the illusion still exists and it is not physical, it is metaphysical." The same is true for Gobnlins and Unicorns.... " It is because of people like Dr. William Craig that people like me can have faith" Faith..the believewithout evidence, the reexcuse peole give then they have no good reason otherwise...Are you not at least a bit interested that your convictions are actually true?
@@derhafiStudying psychology changed my perspective about metaphysics. What I wrote was a very simplified version of my thoughts at the time I was writing. I think I have enough evidence to have a rational motive to believe in god. What evidence do you have that proves god is an illusion?
@@robertodelgado2542 " I think I have enough evidence to have a rational motive to believe in god" Would you care to present this evidence then? "What evidence do you have that proves god is an illusion" An utter lack of a demonstrable correlation bewteen this supposed God and reality...to my knowledge there is not a sound argument and not a trace of evidence that would warrant a believe in the proposition "God exists" independent of what God in particular. The key point here is A demonstrable correaltion with reality...Literally everything I believe to be real has to meet this threshold. No God proposition ever has achieved this. I am sure you use the same standard most of the time…I am consequential with this and don’t make exceptions for things I want to be true.
@@derhafi Well, if you listen to William Lane Craig you should be able to understand philosophically why god makes sense. Listening to psychologists like Dr. Jordan Peterson it’s really helpful to. How doesn’t GOD correlate with reality?
@@robertodelgado2542 "Well, if you listen to William Lane Craig you should be able to understand philosophically why god makes sense" I did listen and no...his points don't add up. I asked you for your evidence...may I see it please. "How doesn’t GOD correlate with reality" In an actual demonstrable way.... One can assume a God, wiggle him in every gap of our knowledge and really wish such a think would exist...but non of that is adding credibility to this proposal.
Yo William! You da man! Your mad smart and use big words but some how you make it so simple to understand. That’s when you know your connecting the heart to head! Thanks
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
@@aboutislamquranmiraclesand7065 Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
@chromo48 thats a nice statement....bet you feel its a justified one....and im willing to bet my left nutsack that if i said those same words about Dawkins Hitchens Harris you'd say im a ignorant dumbass..becuz who would be fucking stupid enough to question the intelligence of people who did countless research on a subject and even have multiple degrees...thats just crazy right??....i mean unless your an athiest doing it to a thiest then its ok...ya know cuz of the whole #atheistentitlment thing....my bad bro ill just leave you on your arbritary pedestal
Trey Patton What has your feathers so ruffled? I didn't insult the guy's intelligence. In fact, I commend him on his vast amount of knowledge. He clearly knows so many things about his favorite subject and is even able to monetize that knowledge. Smart guy! As for you, if I were to claim you're an "ignorant dumb-ass," it wouldn't have anything to do with a disagreement with the well known atheist guys you mentioned, but likely because of something else.
As a Christian, having assurance of salvation, knowing GOD's love, being grateful for the eternal life with HIM, we certainly are more motivated to do the best for people in need. I think that is precisely what it means to live a christian life on earth. If we say GOD loves us and we need not to do any thing good, I think then we are not really believing in the Lord Jesus. For Jesus says: “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-44)
Calling people intellectually lazy and then coming up with ''magic is the best answer to explain our existence, therefor proof'' is embarrassing. a grown man saying this is comedy gold.
Calling it “magic” isn’t the term I would use but the Big Bang theory shows us that there was a time before the laws of science existed. That the laws themselves were created, and so you could say that “magic” existed before then, but much more rationally you could say that God existed before then.
@@carsonsnavely4641 it's not rational to suggest god exists, period. Then to suggest you know which type of religion is right about said god is even more ridiculous, in my opinion. The beauty of admitting you don't know is glorious, making it up is childish, especially when some of the texts these people live their lives by were clearly plagiarized by doctrines prior.
@@QuentinKarentino On top of the Big Bang’s creation of scientific law, there is the mind-blowing intricacy of the universe down to the smallest details that point far more to planned creation than random chance.
@@carsonsnavely4641 I get that, it truly is amazing but does the possibility of infinite examples outside of our planet of pure failure not make you think it could happen by chance as opposed to a deity creating us and then complete chaos in space for the fun of it? Entertaining the idea of a creator makes for way more questions than answers in my opinion, also, we'd be much better off as a species if we were created in some perfect image, imo.
@@QuentinKarentino I believe that it used to be more tenable that there could be other planets out there with intelligent life (such as was conceived by Carl Sagan and the popular tv shows of the 60s, 70s, and 80s). At that time very little was thought to be required for life on a planet, only two things I believe , and since then the plausibility of life on other planets has dropped dramatically with the discovery of more things essential to life on a planet. I wouldn’t regard space as complete chaos either. It’s beauty is beyond compare and it’s limitless bounds point to a limitless god. We shouldn’t avoid questions I believe that we should question the things we believe and put them to the test. And question who is influencing us and what have the great minds through the ages concluded? Hope the best for you!
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I am an exmuslim, I just listened to all the videos of William Lane Craig. The speeches about God and Christianity are so logic and understandable, then I started reading bible. Finally I left Islam and converted to Christianity. I am so happy that I took a decision in my life. Thanks Jesus Christ for bringing love in my heart. And now I knew the true God. Amen amen ! 🙏
Amen! Welcome to the Grace and Love of Jesus Christ :D
That's amazing to hear! Looking forward to seeing you in heaven. xo
You're a walking-testimony
Wonderful testimony
Out of the frying pan , into the fire .
Dr. William Lane Craig, I appreciate your Answers to the Questions asked by several people. I listen to them all. I understood some of the questions I had which you have answered. Thank you. I am from a Hindu family - (Idol worshipers ). I found Christ , rather He found me When I was exposed to Bible verses while studying in a Christian school at the age of 19, and now I am walking with the Lord Jesus Christ praying to make me like Him in my attitudes and actions. I am 71 . God bless you and use you to many thousands who are struggling to find the Truth. Amen.
Welcome to the family brother
Madhavarao Gideon God bless you
GOD Bless YOU
Awesome!!! I love these kinds of testimonies!
@Tony DC maybe he wants to be constant? to confirm he's not deluded. Should god not show to all the same?
I am a single mom who lost her child to the world. But by the grace and FAITH of God he is restoring. So thankful he has opened eyes to HIS LOVE 😊
God bless you my friend!!! My dad committed suicide, it's a different pain, but Because of Jesus Christ, I am still standing. I have much to change in my life, yet he loves me and protects me! And is my Lord and Savior!
Praise the Lord for His grace and enveloping love. We would be lost without Him. I am so sorry for your loss in this world. How wonderful is it that you will be able to see your little one in your next chapter.
(Edited: leaving my original reply to your comment above, but just realised you haven’t lost your child in this world, but to this world. Big difference.
Let’s remember that none are snatched out of the hands of God. Let’s pray for your child’s return to his First Love).
Yes, Praise God for His Grace and Restoration of your child. My Son is still lost, but God gave me His Promise that ALL My Family WILL be SAVED! I hang on tight and learned to TRUST Jesus for He is His Saviour, and He has a Plan for my Son and my Daughter too. I will put you and your Family on my Prayer List, pls. pray for my children too, tks. and God Bless!
Isn’t the baptist church restorationist when you think about it?
17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
-Matthew 16:17-19
The Church didn’t disappear
And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. - John 3:16
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
- Acts 3:19
If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church
(These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches)
If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church.
If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC.
(Different from the Church of Scotland)
If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England
(Different from the Church of England)
Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations
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Plant seeds and water with prayer. We never know who is listening or who was helped. Keep it up Dr William Craig.
Love this man for sharing his faith and intellect on Holy Scripture!❤ Anyone who just listen will now stand before God without excuse.
I would go one further..."Only a fool says in their hearts there is no God" Right! God wrote his law on the hearts of mankind even if that man was the only man on earth he would know God exists...and they do, When some people get upset that you should talk about God to them, and say oh i don't believe in God or act as if he does not exists God says through his word they do know! They are upset because it is hard enough for them to deny God to self, let alone you should bring God up! Be Blessed!
Why do Christians get off so easily to the notion of certain people being punished by some cosmic overlord?
Intellect and faith are incompatible. Thank god that there are less Christians every day.
All Glory to JESUS for doing a great work through the life of Dr. William Lane Craig.
Next time you have a wet fart pray and thank the intelligent designer.
@@drmontague6475 The natural mind cannot understand that which is beyond himself, and you sir, are spiritually dead! But yes, definitely thank God that he gave you a warning device so you don’t defecate yourself. Have a nice day and stock up on plenty of wipes 👍
Miraculous Features of the Quran
Prophesying the Future
There is a chapter in the Quran which clearly prophesizes a future event. The name of the chapter is Ar-Rum and it starts with verses, which state that Byzantines were defeated in a war, but would defeat their enemy later. These verses were revealed in around 616, shortly after the Byzantines were severely defeated by the idolater Persians. In this war, the loss of Byzantines was so severe that it was almost impossible for the Byzantines to survive. Additionally, the Byzantine Empire had other enemies such as Avars and Slavs. Because of these facts, the Arab idolaters of the era of Muhammad (PBUH) were of the view that the victory of Byzantines mentioned in these verses would never come true. Indeed, they were making fun of these verses. Later in 622, nearly six years after the revelation of those verses, Byzantines made a war against the Persian Empire and unexpectedly defeated their enemy. Thus, the Quranic verses prophesizing the victory of the Byzantines came true, which is an apparent Quranic miracle.
The Scientific Miracles of the Quran
In addition to touching on various issues, the Quran includes many miracles about diverse topics. Examples of those topics include the features of the Earth and the Sun, bone loss in old age, and the balance in the universe. Some of those miracles are discussed next.
1) The Development of the Fetus: The Quran discusses everything related to the development of fetus in detail:
“Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.”
The order for this complex process is given in the Quran as 1) Al-Nutfah (drops of semen); (2) Al-Alaqah (a leech-like clot); (3) Al-Mudghah (a chewed flesh); (4) bone phase; (5) clothing with flesh (i.e., stage of having muscles), 6) phase of creation and ability to live, etc. (see also Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad’s work for the explanations of all the related verses ). The Quranic expressions of this process, which has not been understood until the 20th century, completely agree with the observations of modern embryologists.
2) Expanding Universe: It is stated in the Quran that the universe has been expanding. For many years in the history of science, it has been argued that the universe is endless or infinite, and it is scientifically proven that the universe is expanding. In 1929, American astronomer Edwin Hubble observed that telescopes and galaxies were moving away from each other, thereby proving that the universe is expanding. The fact that this scientific fact is reported in the Quran in an environment in which technology has been inadequate for such matters fourteen centuries ago shows that the Quran is not a product of the human mind.
3) Verses about Honey Bee: The Quranic verses about honey bee emphasizes the task of finding nest:
“And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.”
A word in the Arabic language is spoken in different forms for males and females. There is a word used for females in the verses related to bees. So the female bee is emphasized in the above verse. Recent research has shown that only female honey bees work for the task of producing honey. Therefore, this verse informs us of a miracle about honey bees.
4) Mornings that Breathe: Plants take carbon dioxide and give oxygen to the air by performing photosynthesis. This process begins with the sunrise and hence during the times of the morning, photosynthesis is most intense at tree leaves and other plants. During these times, the atmosphere can be thought to breathe as if it is a living thing. The start of photosynthesis is miraculously implied in the following verse.
“…And by the night as it closes in, and by the dawn when it breathes.”
5) The Atmospheric Pressure: Consider the following verse.
“So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe.”
Breathing gets harder as one ascends to the sky, the reason of which is explained as follows. The atmosphere has weight and pressure towards the Earth, and our body contains an internal pressure against this pressure. As one ascends to the sky, the air density decreases, which means that the atmospheric pressure drops. However, our internal pressure does not drop at the same rate. Besides, breathing becomes difficult due to the decrease in the oxygen rate. As a result, one’s breast becomes tight and gets constricted, as stated in the above verse. Note that in the era of Muhammad (PBUH), it was impossible to discover this fact because of the technological deficiency and hence the above verse should be viwewed as another apparent miracle.
6) Barriers between Seas: Scientific studies have shown that Mediterranean water is not mixed with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which has a very different salinity, and that there is a water barrier between these two different seas. A similar water barrier was discovered in the 1960s in the Mendep Bosphorus, where Aden Bay and the Red Sea joined together.
Miraculously, this event is mentioned in the following verse:
“He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.”
In addition to the abovementioned miracles, the Quran includes miracles related to topics including but not limited to “creation in pairs”, “the orbit of the Moon and dependence on the Sun”, “heavens not supported by pillars”, “geoidal form of the world”, and “mountains as pegs”.
The Nature of Certain Revelations
The knowledge of the descent time of several revelations along with the reason why they were revealed is crucial in clearly observing the fact that Muhammad (PBUH) had no control over revelations. The Quran includes several verses revealed in response to the Prophet's and the believers’ (i.e., Muslims) attitudes in a particular situation. Consider the following example.
“The Prophet frowned and turned away, because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified, or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? As for he who thinks himself without need, to him you give attention. And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.”
In the above verses, Allah criticizes the Prophet’s attitude towards a blind Muslim who came to him to ask several questions about Islam, while he was in the middle of a discussion with an unbeliever of a higher class. When the blind man interrupted Muhammad (PBUH), he first asked the man to wait until the conversation ends. When the man insisted on talking to him immediately, the Prophet continued his conversation with the unbeliever. The point is that it is impossibly difficult for the Prophet to fabricate the above verses, which explicitly condemn his attitude towards the blind man during an ordinary conversation.
In another verse, the Quran mentions the attitude of the believers of Muhammad’s era towards Allah:
“[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah [various] assumptions.”
The above verse is about the extremely hard situation of the Muslims during the war of Trench. In addition to being besieged by the Meccan idolaters, they faced the betrayal of the Jews living in Medina. Essentially, during this war, the entire Muslim community was likely to be destroyed. The verse reveals that, because of the severity of their situation, some Muslims had bad feelings towards Allah. Note that this verse should be considered as a response to the Muslims’ inner thoughts, which cannot be known externally.
Due to the fact that they are in the form of response to Muhammad’s as well as the believers’ attitudes, the above verses can be viewed as another miraculous feature of the Quran.
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Amen
His life was/is a big waste of time spent his life learning something that wasn’t true and he know dam well it isn’t but, the money and the cult like followers are hard to give up.
When Dr. Craig quoted the words of the apostle Thomas "my Lord and my God!", after falling on the floor, I was stricken with the magnificence of Christ. I broke down into tears. "MY LORD AND MY GOD!"
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
and how did you react when "Dr." Craig said "... and jesus tongued the crotch of Mary"?
@@ricabel321 haha good one
@@mitchellc4 ....
Jesus ...
Claimed to be God’s son and equal with God.
He claimed to be I AM. The holy name of God.
He instructed his disciples to trust him equal with God.
He was sinless like God.
He behaved like God
He performed miracles like God.
He forgave sins with the authority of God.
He was prophesied to be “God with us”
Others worshipped him as God. He didn’t rebuke them.
Others called him God. He didn’t rebuke them.
He was described as God by John, Paul and others.
Lastly, his Father called him “God”
Hebrews 1:8
Unto the Son [the Father] says, “Thy throne, O God, is forever...”
Stop being silly. He’s God
This is why Thomas' story was truly magnificent. After times to times, he doubted Jesus is God, that moment was the time he truly believes that Jesus is God who live.
I love The simplicity in the answers provided in this speech, Very complex questions answered with logical and easy to understand explanations, God made the gospel simple and man confused it, We are likely in the end times and I feel like I need to do more for jesus.
Does it not bother you that everything WLC says is utterly laughable unevidenced bs? Are you that intellectually dishonest?
According to Christians, we are always in the end times. And yeah i understand that scientific answers are more complicated than "must have been magic", but they actually explain stuff, "god did it" explains nothing. And what can you do for an all-powerful god?
Why can absolutely nothing makes sense when it comes to religions?
@@hitman5782 my problem with his answer about evil is that he deflected everything away from God. How can anyone have a will towards evil if God never created it but he created everything else? That would mean there is another entity that could create evil and God would have had to give that entity the power to create evil. That leads back to God being responsible for both good and evil.
@@rm5282 Yeah, that´s the problem when you make your imaginary friend more and more powerful. At some point, he becomes so powerful that he is a contradiction in itself.
@@rm5282 He's saying that evil is the result of rejecting good.
Dr. William Lane Craig, you’re a treasure for the Christian world and an expression of God’s grace to those who have not yet given their lives to Jesus. Thanks and God bless you
@Carl Valentine why would he be dishonest? He's not lacking in intelligence so he could make a living doing something similar in a legitimate way. It would be a lot of work to carry on fairly profitless lies.
@@RMGWOO That is the ongoing problem that apologists present.
Liars, or legitimately deluded?
As you said, if they are at least semi intelligent it's hard not to go with option A.
And I'm not sure how you see the lies as profitless.
@@Roper122 charlatans are usually driven by the profit. There are many roles within christianity that he could've occupied that would've been easier and vastly more profitable. I can't see why he'd opt for the less profitable but much more rigorous life of a historian and scholar. He could've been a multi millionaire peddling Christianity to gullible people of lower IQs. Why choose to take on the very people most likely to expose his dishonest practices, in public, in front of the world?
It's not making sense.
@@RMGWOO Making money with the least effort.
If you were promoting yourself and your books and your website, how would you do it without high profile debates?
There's lots of apologists who have no audience, they are on street corners and make nothing.
Sure there are many roles, but Mega Church Preacher has it's own challenges.
If you spent years academically studying a subject and realised that it was nonsense, but that you could easily write book after book, and obfuscate enough to get past most amateur debaters.
I often see that moment where Craig realises he has overstepped.
But he hides it well.
@@Roper122 the man is established in his field, and is respected by many, including secular scholars and historians.
There's a big difference between having your work taken seriously by an audience who don't know any better and by noted historians and scholars. He makes money from books, but they're hardly intended for a mainstream audience. He's not Deepak Chopra.
To me you don't come across very realistic. Maybe you have an issue with people being religious and intelligent, and force the conclusion? I'm not sure. But Dr. Craig isn't an example of the types of people you're describing.
Dr. Craig...you truly are a wise and blessed man! Thank You for your knowledge.
You only think that because you're an idiot. See how easy it is to be biased, you just say things and hope others will agree. They do demean people, occasionally. You're a world changer.
It was really telling when he said that he "sets the bar as low as possible" . That said a lot about his motives.
Astaroth that’s not a very nice thing to say
@Astaroth You're an idiot and a troll
Question: U thank God for giving u life & for giving animals life for u to kill & eat. U thank God for picking u to recover from illness & ignoring many dead patients. Are u unable to realize how religion uses an imaginary God to fool u into feeling special by exploiting your hypocrisy narcissism gullibility arrogance & ignorance? No offense.
Yes, Dr. Craig has achieved what he set out to do. And he is providing the argumentation to go with it. But we need to earn it by not being lazy in studying and internalizing it. Every time I listen to Bill, I truly admire the clarity of his presentation, the thoroughness of his logic, the knowledge with which he pulls together so many threads, as well as his humility and civility. He has done wonders for me. God bless you, Dr. Craig Thank you.
you aren't very good at criticisms then are you. look closer.
Dude, I hope you wake up before loosing to many of the best years of your life to delusional thought cave pseudo morality.
This guy is my hero, he is such a champion for the Gospel. Reminds me of 2 Corinthians 10 vs 5 which says we tear down arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. And that's exactly what Bill does, takes them out. I love him, he takes on any giant and slaughter them.
He’s mine too. His website is the closest to modern day gospel epistles I’ve ever seen
@@1john4six oh ye of little faith! Why do you think that God is not capable of preserving His Holy Word? Do not be deceived by doubt causing lies from satan, you are letting the enemy win by believing the lies. God bless you.
Glory to God! I’ve always loved that verse. So powerful 🥺
@@1john4six wow. You just want to feel superior. That's cute. Jesus is more than just the Son of God, He is God incarnate.
@@1john4six Jesus Christ is Lord! He is the Son of God! Word made flesh. Father God is God!
You don’t need to say we didn’t confess that.
Are you a bot? Throwing lame accusations against people. Stop using the Name of the Lord in vain.
I recently came across an old debate of WLC from the ‘90’s and thought it was brilliant! Love listening to bible based Christians.
Me too.. ✝️
... bible bashed Christians
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What do you mean? 😑
@@evanraymond8728 I mean that the bible is a bunch of worn out mythology
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Since you read the bible without asking the Holy Spirit to lead, you'll never know the truth.
In fact, there are a lot of evidence that validate the Bible either historical, scientific, and so on, I can't say that one by one, too much. And also many prophecies in the Bible that have been (being) fulfilled. So it's stupid for me to forsake my faith.
Craig is a scholar in biblical truth. Always enjoy his wisdom.
Very well respected as both.
***** Sure he is. You may not like him because he is a Christian, but the facts speak for themselves.
***** Sounds to me you are bias. His record speaks for itself.
***** I am not going to argue with a bias individual.
***** I understand completely.
The best apologist alive today!!! May God continue to bless him to be a blessing to others to hear about the life changing story of the Gospel.
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This was really informative. I've been wrestling with the question about the fate of those who've never heard the gospel for a long time but that was the most biblically sound explanation that still shows the importance of evangelism
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
Or you could leave those folks the fuck alone.
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Never limit the Sovereignty of God that if one shows a modicum of any faith towards God that God who is not limited by time nor space and is more than able to provide that one with both the placement in time and placement in the place of the world so they will hear the entire gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ and there is no faith without hearing. Scripture tells us this explicitly. Romans 10:13-14 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Sorry Dr. Craig, you may be an intellectual but you can't over intellectualize God and His word. He has been quite clear. God is not on trial. This Is His plan and we can't just change scripture just to make Him fit what we think is just. Read Job 38-42 if you think you can.
Dr. Craig always impresses me with his knowledge and care to respect and respond to questions.
Ive yet to see him say anything that would make me believe he has knowledge.
Too bad he doesn't actually ANSWER them.
Yes definitely , a lot of knowledge about myths , fables and superstitious nonsense !
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This man is a genius. I love listening to his work.
This genius doesn't understand that arguments are not evidence and that arguments are null and void if even one of the premises can not shown to be true or can be shown to be not true. His favorite arguments are complete non-starters. And if God reveals himself and it's really the christian god, WLC's arguments are still bullcrap.
A genius are you serious his logic has more holes than a sieve
I just don't understand why you people insist God is the most Petty person ever
I am a Muslim but I respect Dr. Craig. He is a wise and a smart person.
God bless you on your journey my friend.
So, what did you think of Jesus?
@@amanuelberhe4149 My view is that Jesus is a mere prophet--not the God of Israel who created all else. The evidence that I discovered after seven years of research have lead me to believe that Jesus is not divine and that God is not Triune. The evidence is just overwhelming. I hope that one day I get a chance to debate Dr. Craig.
Lol, 7 years of study led you to believe that, LOL , 7 days would be plenty long enough to see how silly the Muslim faith is, JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, You'll see it one day, Garrenteed, hopefully not too late
@@hyped2476 it took you seven years to see that Jesus is not divine, but it took me 5 minutes of a Sam Shamoun video to see that Islam is the most despicable major religion existing today
Living in peoria and enjoying Dr Craig’s contributions it was fun to see him here
Billy Craig has really done his homework and is an inspiration to all believers. Well done for this great video. He gives me hope that there is a better life after this broken one.
W.L.C. can be an inspiration to uneducated, knowledgeable and naive people who cannot understand the emptiness of his arguments. For example "fine tuning"
He made a mistake about Jehovah's Witnesses not believing Jesus was the son of God. They do believe that. It's his deity that they don't believe in - they believe the trinity is pagan doctrine. They also believe Lucifer is Jesus' brother. I think there were other mistakes as well. What's great though is that God uses our humble words to bring people into his kingdom.
Thanks for the empty assertion proving that you have nothing to contribute. There is a good saying that it's better to be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
And a hat tip to your attempt to argue from authority by using the "Dr" in front of your name. Why don't you tell us what your expertise is and what evidence you can provide from your area of expertise to refute WLC's evidence.
Grahame Gould Believe it or not, I am a philosophy doctor. WLC does not provide any evidences. If god existed as a part of our axiomatic set up, our universe would be an complete system which is by definition a CONTRADICTORY one, i.e. it cannot balance itself and must destruct itself. However, we live and observe the system (universe) is balanced and exist; therefore god does not exist. WLC is either an idiot or (which I believe in) lies in order to make his living. There are so many stupid people, like you, to believe in what he is lying about and create a delusional piece of mind.
More assertions. A good doctor of philosophy would not use logical fallacies like you consistently do.
And would have answers to WLC, not just assert.
You are either lying, or one of the most self-deceived people I have ever spoken to in my whole life.
Either way. blocked.
I’ve never been surprised that WLC has an answer for a question. I’m surprised every time how incredibly intelligent, thought out, and easily understandable his answer are.
He is truly blessed with blessed beyond measure
In the last 300 year or so, we have seen advances in medicine, technology, engineering, behavioral and social sciences -even in the humanities- that save lives, make life easier, facilitate communications, calculate the age of the Earth, and so on. This makes me wonder, what advances have theology and religious philosophy made about God and what benefits have we received from that new knowledge?
@@estuchedepeluche2212 God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Theology doesn't need to be advanced, true theology always has been at the upmost level of advancement. All attempts to do so is trying to fix something that is not broken and ends in deceitful false teachings which lead people astray. Ps.. our carbon dating system is immensely flawed and this has been frequently affirmed by true scientists who have not sold out the truth for a lie to make a profit.
@@Omegha94zip Very interesting way to say “nothing”. I appreciate the honesty and the wit. Thanks.
I think they are only understandable if you believe in a God first.
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A true genius and seriously underrated. I’ve learned so much from WLC and through his studies I have come closer to God.
what did you learn? how to buy books?
I would not be surprised if William Lane Craig comes under some severe persecution and slander because of how many people are becoming Christians because of him. The world is becoming more anti Christian and people like William Lane Craig are doing a lot of damage to atheism. William Lane Craig might end up getting framed/blackmailed for all we know.
@@HarryNicNicholas nah they learnt how to watch videos, read books and critically think for themselves and decide on their pathway they want to follow.
Wow, those last two answers filled my heart with joy! My heart was literally leaping out with gladness. 😍🤯😊
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Mr. Crage: "Evil is deprivation of what is good; cold is a deprivation of heat." Brilliant answer!
a45williams I beg to differ. It just sounds good on paper. We know that excess energy will heat, and lack of it will cause cold. What is the equivalent of energy with respect to the good-evil duo? Good and evil are opposites and evil may well exist not as an outcome of the absence of good, but as an independent force.
roieis The temperature was just an easier way to understand the argument. But It is also to have evil without good. The reason for this is if their was evil with no good you wouldn’t know it was evil. So it becomes a conundrum.
I fixed it. Thanks!😊
@@roieis Lack of heat does not cause cold. In physics there is no such thing as "coldness". When you touch something that is 200 degree F, due to the materials that your body is made out of, signals are sent to your brain and your brain perceives the temperature as being hot. When you touch something that is 10 degrees F, the materials in your hand send the signals to your brain and your brain perceives the temperature in another way.
In reality, there is no such thing as "coldness". You cannot add "coldness" to some object. You can only add more heat, or remove heat from an object. Once you hit absolute zero (0 degrees Kelvin), you cannot remove anymore heat from an object, and you certainly cannot add "coldness" to it. Absolute zero is the end point at which you cannot go any further. Either you have zero heat, or you have some heat. There is no such thing as coldness.
Good and evil are not opposites. God is the absolute standard of Goodness. God IS the Good. If you were perfect and did everything right according to God, you would be 100% good. The moment you do something that is not what God wants, you have fallen away from God. This falling away from God is what is called evil.
The Kelvin temperature scale goes from 0K to about 10^32 Kelvin. Scientists are not sure if the Plank Temperature is the upper limit or not, but that is what they are thinking at the moment. God is at 100% and pure evil is as 0%.
0K (point which all heat is removed)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10^32K (upper limit of heat energy)
0% God (total removal of God is pure evil)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100% God (total perfect Goodness is God)
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I agree with what you say with respect to "coldness" - I am not claiming otherwise. I am protesting the comparison between "cold (as humans feel it - I imagine this is what Dr. Graig meant) is a deprivation of heat like evil is a deprivation of what is good." I disagree with the latter part.
If you pre-suppose that God exists and that God IS the Good, then everything you wrote would be true. But I don't pre-suppose that God exists. You cannot use the desired conclusion in an argument, in order to convince people of the merits of the argument and draw them to that same conclusion. Its circular logic, so it doesn't work.
Every word Dr. Craig says has a purpose.
Yes, the purpose is to fool the gullible religious suckers.
@@AtamMardes to refute atheist as well.
@@romelimmense U thank God for your life & also for the life of the animals u kill to eat. U thank God for picking u out of many patients to recover from illness. Are u unable to see how the religion scam has fooled u to believe in an imaginary God by exploiting your hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance, & arrogance?
Thank you for the post. Going to watch it many times.
This man is a treasure.
Not really
Amazing answers
Excellent questions asked, and very informative answers.
Don't follow this ridiculous and self deluded Apologist untrained in Ancient History or Science..he is a liar and Charlatan... misrepresents Atheists and Science..for his improbable God:
All Religions are man made Myths:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/logical-take/201702/royally-bad-philosophy-reply-craig-and-colbert
@@rationalsceptic7634 LOLS! It's hard to believe that people like you still exist in 2021.
@@christopherlees1134 "It's hard to believe that people like you still exist in 2021."
Oh the irony of that comment...
"and very informative answers."
Only to those that as deluded as he.
@@atheistangel007 "The fool has said in his heart there is no God" Psalm 14''
Our existence outside of God and a creator is ludicrous. Life does not come from non life, there is no such example in existence. Even outside of life, its lunacy. You could wait 500 trillion trillion years and you phone would never create itself and program itself, its had to have a designer. How much more infinity complex is the universe and life. Yet you hold to the blind faith that its created and designed itself at some point.
I recently read a quotation that two signs of a dying society or culture are 1. Tolerance 2. Apathy. We tolerate everything and don't care.
I find his last argument on the list to be most compelling. "God can be personally experienced."
@Barney Bonobo There's no such thing as objective reality.
@Barney Bonobo Don't care. I'd rather know what's really going on than be blinded by ignorance. Even if it's more comfortable.
@Barney Bonobo I'm lost but you're the one making assumptions.
1. How do you know who I voted for? That makes me question the integrity of our voting system..
2. How do you know what I believe in? I said I found the part that God can be personally experienced to be most convincing. I say this because my personal experiences have affirmed this. I did NOT say that I agreed with the version of God he is claiming to experience. I'm lost, but you're the one that has no discernment. I find that ironic.
God = feelings
@@dayweed85 What led you to that conclusion?
"I don't argue with a non-believer about Biblical inspiration or inerrancy." Thank you!
"...because it just makes me look even more stupid when I still can't produce the evidence..."
@@lil-al Yes, evidence is relative. If your interlocutor doesn't have evidence for, say, inerrancy, then inerrancy makes a lousy starting point for conversation, especially if your own evidence for inerrancy can't be easily presented. Using evidence that isn't shared has a similar effect as, say, name calling or taking quotes out of context.
@@lil-al Chill Li'l, go take a pill.
@@lil-al Show me one error of the Bible, just one, and I will believe yoy
Thank u dr William , it was very informative
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Love WLC's reasoned responses. He has done a lot to help see the reasonableness of believing in God and specifically in Jesus. I thank God for men like these.
,I left Catholicism thanks to William Lane Craig ,hello from 🇪🇦SPAIN
Praise God that a man with this much understanding, knowledge, and wisdom would spend this kind of time answering honest questions, etc... wow
That’s perhaps why he was given such brilliance
I am Muslim and I love ❤️ him😍
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
+Eddie J. Augustini
You are very Religious
But I am don't very Religious
I am only believe in god and Mohammed and I don't pray or I do the Islamic works
I believe that god is very great so the god doesn't care about us if we make a mistake or no
The god doesn't need us
(I don't speak English very well
I hope I can explain the adea )
@@mariamalsaeedi How do you call yourself a muslim when you don't even pray or do any islamic work?!!!!!!!!!
that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Between disbelief and faith is abandoning the Salat."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2618
Yeah but he’s wrong about Jihad, he should qualify his statements about Islam.
You should checkout Hamza Yusuf. He’s really knowledgeable too.
Love this guy! May god continue to bless him and each and every one of you. Amen 🙏
Always use capital “G” when referring to the Almighty.
This is incredibly helpful.
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I love William lane Craig! He is so smart and he obviously loves our lord Jesus Christ!
wonderful and powerful responses
A lot of great information, thank you!
As a christian who live in muslim-majority country (Indonesia), I agree with you in how to share the gospel for them (muslims). I really enjoy your videos, thank you.
@The Truth..
One day, this garbage will turn into a precious jewelry
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I'm agnostic today because of Dr. Craig. I used to be an atheist.
Rodrigo Lopes only a matter of time my friend 😏
How is it going?
The seed have been planted
I love listening to Dr. Craig
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
@@mitchellc4 Jehovah's Witness I'm assuming? Jesus is God. Learn about the Trinity.
@@bobbyfischersays1262
Hi Bobby
No I’m not a JW
Jesus has a God
Who is Jesus’s God?
Rom 15
6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Cor 11
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
Eph 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
1 Pet 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
@@mitchellc4 Mormon then? You're cherry picking verses and twisting them to mean something they don't. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are ONE. They are three distinct, coequal persons that constitute ONE being.
I and my Father are one.
John 10:30
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Philippians 2:5-6
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians 2:9-10
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1
@@bobbyfischersays1262
Hello
Are you not able to answer the question?
Who is Jesus’s God?
Rom 15
6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Cor 11
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
Eph 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
1 Pet 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
God bless you William🙏♥️x
WLC is so passionate about the truth of this subject. It's a pleasure to hear.
I wonder if you can name a single true statement he has ever made?
@@hitman5782 Let's start with the other way around. Provide a statement you believe is false, then I'll explain why it isn't.
Most of the time, Atheists are just conflating philosophy with science because they don't know the difference... so they just hand-wave dismiss all philosophical claims as false just because they can't be scientifically verified. That's what philosophy IS... it deals with beliefs beyond the limitations of the scientific method.
That means they're adhering to the self-refuting philosophy of Scientism. Here's why it's self-refuting:
The claim *Truth can only be known if it's scientifically verified* cannot be scientifically verified ITSELF.
So anyone arguing as if Scientism is true has declared belief in a philosophy that philosophies can't be true, which is self-refuting and false by necessity
@@lightbeforethetunnel All of Craigs arguments are irrelevant or bullshit, let´s start with his cosmological argument.
Nobody knows how the universe came into existence, so to claim that it was his god is the so called "god of the gaps fallacy".
We have that in all human history. Pretty much every time we had a question nobody was able to answer, a guy like Craig came around screaming it was his god. The problem is that every single time we later figured out an actual answer, it never was a god.
Let´s go to fine-tuning. This universe is dead and lethal to way over 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999...%, how this should be evidence for an intelligent creator is ridiculous and in any way of course only an empty unsupported claim. It´s as good as claiming that invisible unicorns have pooped this universe into existence.
That the biblical genesis account is bullshit (like exodus, a worldwide flood and so on) is something i should not need to explain to an educated person.
How any of Craigs talk should or even could possibly be evidence for a strange spacemonster that made his own virgin mother pregnant with himself to sacrifice himself to himself, because a woman made out of ribs was told by a snake to eat a magical apple, is something nobody has ever been able to explain to me.
Morality also doesn´t help his point. We evolved as a social species and we are intelligent, so we understand that if we do not like to get punched in the face, that other person also doesn´t like it, so we don´t punch them and they don´t punch us and we all can live in peace.
Nobody needs a god to figure that out and for sure not a god as this monster from the bible who is arguably the most unpleasant person in all fiction:jealous and proud of it;a petty,unjust,unforgiving control-freak;a vindictive,bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser;a misogynistic.homophobic,racist,filicidal,pestilential.megalomaniacal,
sadomasochistic,capriciously malevolent bully.
Last point is his evidence for Jesus walking around as a zombie. The stories from Jesus are nothing but very weak copies from other older myths, like from gods such as Horus, Mythras or of course Chrishna ( Christ) No person that lived during Jesus supposed lifetime wrote a single word about him. It is all hearsay in best case, written by some anonymous fanboys decades later, that also contradict themselves in pretty much every story.
So, now i hope you understand better why i call Craig a useless tool.
@@hitman5782 He said he has a head.
You haters can say what you want. WLC is very intelligent and you can tell he's really thought this through; most people (be they theists *or* atheists) are nowhere near his level.
Craig is a moron. His arguments aren't particularly original or thought out. In fact, his daughter became an atheist after finding a monumental flaw in his rhetoric that unravels everything he ever taught her about his Christian faith.
What he is is a skilled debater who is quite good at sounding intellectual without actually saying anything of meaning. He's good at avoiding questions that unravel his arguments by either misquoting his opponents, redefining their questions, flat out misinterpreting the Bible to make his argument sound valid, and just generally being a condescending ass. That's why he prefers a debate format. It forces his opponents to either quickly and painstakingly dismantle his nonsense or make their own points.
Take the first question about God and evil. 2 Kings, Isaiah, Job, Lamentations, and Amos proclaim that God is the author of evil. In fact, Isaiah 45:7 is God Himself claiming to create evil: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." There is only 1 verse in the Bible in Psalms that says explicitly that God does not create evil. So, if you believe in the Bible who are you going to believe, God or a poet? Craig chooses to believe the poet, and pretends to be a man of God, while he natters on about free will being the cause of all evil.
I'm pretty sure that Craig is aware that every single one of his arguments can be easily dismantled if someone has the time to actually pay attention to what he says and has the time to do a little research. That's probably why his CZcams channel has all comments disabled and no way to contact him in a discussion forum. There's also a CZcams ministry he's in cahoots with that disables all the comments on his videos. Now why do you think that is?
Having atheists bombard him with ill constructed arguments, misinterpreting his debate points, mocking him with childish insults would actually be good for his "ministry" and his undeserved reputation as an intellectual. But he's an intellectual coward, and knows that the second his weak arguments are shredded his reputation is shredded too.
Dave C "Craig is a moron."
Aww, are you going to start out by discrediting yourself?
"His arguments aren't particularly original or thought out. In fact, his daughter became an atheist after finding a monumental flaw in his rhetoric that unravels everything he ever taught her about his Christian faith."
Do you have a source for that?
And even assuming that she did become an atheist, what was this "monumental flaw"? Why can't *you* give it here, if it actually exists?
"Take the first question about God and evil. 2 Kings, Isaiah, Job, Lamentations, and Amos proclaim that God is the author of evil. In fact, Isaiah 45:7 is God Himself claiming to create evil: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." There is only 1 verse in the Bible in Psalms that says explicitly that God does not create evil. So, if you believe in the Bible who are you going to believe, God or a poet? Craig chooses to believe the poet, and pretends to be a man of God, while he natters on about free will being the cause of all evil."
As WLC has said several times, one does not need to believe in biblical inerrancy and literalism to be a Christian. The Christian is free to put every single verse in the bible to one sort of test or another. Indeed, this is the basis for their faith in general! They don't read the bible and then say "Well I'm gonna start believing in god now!" Obviously, belief doesn't work that way. Instead, they usually have some sort of *testimony* to give, about alleged personal *experiences* on which they base their faith. So does Craig take up his stance on his question on the basis of *either* statement in the bible? No. He argues, instead, that evil is a "privation" rather than an object needing to be "created". Since he believes in an objective morality, he contends that evil is simply whatever doesn't adhere to that morality, and is "created" by man's free will.
"I'm pretty sure that Craig is aware that every single one of his arguments can be easily dismantled if someone has the time to actually pay attention to what he says and has the time to do a little research."
You mean like atheists have had for *decades* now? He even frequently *debates* the leading intellectuals on the god question. He's given anti-theists plenty of opportunity to "dismantle" his arguments, but they continue failing to do so.
"That's probably why his CZcams channel has all comments disabled and no way to contact him in a discussion forum."
No it's probable there's another explanation for that, as he answers questions on his website and takes questions from the audience after practically every debate.
"Having atheists bombard him with ill constructed arguments, misinterpreting his debate points, mocking him with childish insults would actually be good for his "ministry""
How do you figure burying *good* comments with bad ones (such as "WLC is a moron") would help *anything?*
"and his undeserved reputation as an intellectual. But he's an intellectual coward, and knows that the second his weak arguments are shredded his reputation is shredded too."
Again you are discrediting yourself here. You may disagree with Craig, and you may even choose to believe that he must be being dishonest in some way or another, but there is no denying the man is an intellectual. He seeks out arguments for and against the existence of god on a regular basis. He challenges himself to contend with other intellectuals who are atheists and (ideally) have prepared their arguments against him in live, public debate. That is not cowardice. *Richard Dawkins* is cowardice. WLC is 100% the opposite.
However, if Craig's interpretation is that the Bible's statement BY GOD Himself that GOD Himself creates evil is not true, then everything said by God, Jesus, the Disciples, prophets, poets and historians in the Bible is a matter of interpretation and the very Word of God as spoken by God according the Holy Bible is, in fact, only true.
-should say "is, in fact, not true."
Dave C It doesn't follow that because *some* things in the bible are untrue, therefore *everything* in the bible is untrue. As WLC himself admits, you don't have to believe in biblical inerrancy to be a Christian. You can put everything in the bible to some sort of test. And indeed, that is reflected in Christians' testimonies. They base their belief in the Christian god on alleged personal experiences in which god "makes himself known" to them. They don't just read the bible and say, "Okay I'm going to start believing now!"
BTW, is that really the only point you're left arguing, after my very lengthy reply to you?
Dave is correct. Craig is a great debater. In fact, I believe he was a championship debater in his youth according to his wikipedia page. He uses this skill in debating, and in mental gymnastics in order to make fallacious arguments about the existence of God seem genuine and believable. But none of it really stands up to scrutiny, as shown during the many times he has debated atheists, such as Sam Harris.
Colossians 3 : 1 " If you were raised with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above, where Jesus is seated at the right hand of God."
Couldn’t helped but praise Jesus because His wisdom upon Craig lane. Craig lane ‘s works ultimate goal to win souls and call Jesus’ people back to Himself. 😯 😯 wow.
Nah. Its money.
GOD Bless you forever Dr. Craig. You are a blessing to The body of CHRIST
Dr William Lane Crag you are my most favorite. Thank you for all you do.
God bless you ✊❤️
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
@@mitchellc4 The gospel for the Jews was the gospel of the kingdom, as John the Baptist, Jesus and the 12 apostles preached. But the gospel for the Gentiles is the gospel of Grace, as given to us by Christ through his apostle Paul. See 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. The gospel of the kingdom has nothing to do with the cross and the resurrection, whereas the gospel of Grace has everything to do with the cross and the resurrection. In fact, one can't be said to be a Christian if he does not believe Jesus died on a cross, was buried for 3 days and raised back to life according to the scriptures! You need to learn to rightly divide the word of truth.
@@christopherlees1134
Hi Christopher
Jesus said the gospel of the kingdom is for ALL nations then then end
Not “for the Jews until Paul”
Matt 24
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
ALL nations then the end
Not “for the Jews until Paul”
There’s only one gospel
Jesus preached it
The disciples preached it
Paul preached it
Acts 8
12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
BSB
The Book of Acts literally ends with Paul preaching the kingdom
Acts 28
30 For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.
31 He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
The gospel of grace IS the gospel of the kingdom
It’s the same thing
Acts 20
24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.
-->to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom
Testifying to the gospel of the grace of God is preaching the kingdom
@@mitchellc4 The gospel is centered on the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. The gospel of the kingdom is not about that. It's about the the Messiah being at hand.
@@christopherlees1134
Hi Christopher
The gospel of the kingdom is what Jesus preached, the disciples preached and Paul preached
There’s only one gospel
And it’s the same from Jesus to Paul
The gospel of the kingdom includes the essential death and resurrection of the king
Matt 24
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Acts 8
12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
The Book of Acts literally ends with Paul preaching the kingdom
Acts 28
30 For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.
31 He continued to preach about the kingdom of God and to teach boldly and freely about the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
Awesome stuff
I am an atheist but I must say that Dr. Craig is really eloquent ! A pleasure to listen to.
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@@Darksaga28 Damn bro you trolled me.
i got news for william is also an atheist
Dr. Craig is, indeed, and very intelligent and talented man. His speech is almost prosaic at times. Very entertaining. Too bad he's wasting that talent on this.
@@paulrichards6894 Where'd you see that?
Everytime an artist make something social and intelligent it has artistic integrity. That only possible in a created universe.
I LOVE Bill! You might not meet a smarter person ever in your entire life! And he loves God! People who actually listen carefully to him have to be shaken!
"You might not meet a smarter person ever in your entire life!"
My shoe is smarter.
@@atheistangel007 do you feel better about yourself now?
@@Omegha94zip "do you feel better about yourself now?"
I feel better about myself every single day, but this doesn't change the fact that "Dr" Craig is a snake oil selling moron.
As always, well said Dr Craig
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
My God is a Jealous God-- Exodus 34:14 Evolution is Monkey and Big Bang is nothing and theory of everything is bullish--- They all are living in cloud-cuckoo-land if you ask me! They all need to clean-up, now. Charles Darwin is their god.
God said He Created earth and heaven in 6 days over 6,000 years ago and not more than 5,000 years ago, ok
Satan too can quote the Bible and false Pastors. God Created everything for Himself ok. You need this verse 2 Timothy 2;15 to know how to study the Holy Scriptures, Also, you need to be saved before you can understand what God is saying to you. You don’t have the sealed Holy Spirit in you yet. Eph1;13.
The Bible is written over 1,500 years and by 40 different men, and some don’t know each other. The author of the Bible is the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay. Men just put pen to paper. 2 Timothy3:15-18
William Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known as a translator of the Bible into English, influenced by the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther.
I am a Bible believer in the Body of Christ, saved through Faith alone and I am acting as an ambassador for Christ.
You too can be saved today just believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross of Calvary. The good news gospel is
1 Corinthians 15:1-4, The perfect Atonement Blood. That watched all your sins away.
I pray that someone (Evolution, Big Bang, theory of everything) will not tamper with your brain that there is another Jesus.
Turn you Evolution, Gay/lesbians or take control of Soul.
Evolution, big bank (nonsense) and false Pastors are just there to collect or entertain you, beloved be careful. We are all sinners, no one is good but God.
Jesus Christ knew who his father was, and this is what he said as the father had loved me so have, I love you continually.
Adam =Poison =Law = Death in the Lake of Fire
Jesus - Antidote =Grace = Eternal Life in the Heaven
Evolution=Big Bang= Monkey & Stone= Nothing. =Lake Of Fire.
1 Corinthians 4:14--I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons, I warn you.
Evolution (the biggest Bigot in the World today) just like CNN if I may say- is just a load of highly intelligent well-educated individuals coming out with loads of rubbish from their gobs (Just like Plastics pollution in the world today) & May God help them. They told us they are animals, Rock, from nothing and they're going to die going back to nothing -May God help them
To all the Governments in the western world today, evolution needs to be cleaned up just like the Pollution of plastic killing our animals in the ocean and river.
God told us in-- Romans 16:17--Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
DR. Kent, avoid them. Hell, and Heaven is real. Evolution will never teach Moral. I think evolution you should be thought in the Zoo.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 21:2-Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Evolution is a mess and needs to be CLEANED-UP NOW.
Debate
Proverbs 25:15 -With patience, a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
Titus 3:9 -But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1 Corinthians 15:38-40---Authorized (King James) Version
Evolution, Big Bang, and theory of everything will be - ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Go Back to the Holy Bible, Now and get saved. Hell is real.
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I was grown up in a. Christain. home. The bible was very scared not even allowed to touch it
When I became a man .the reserection story begins to occupy my mind.Question?
After his crucified He appeared to his diciples in a.room.and said to Doubt believing Thomas and showed him his wounds in the palm of.his hands and.his side and said here.i am.Can a man so mortally wounded appear on the third night able to present himself.The best I have is resuraction.of.sprit.walking through walls.man kind have twisted the bible to.soot is belief.A lot of research is needed factually.most christains are illiterate and live by anything told to them in the bible 2000 years ago.what i.also find very strange on his acention to Heaven only his chosen few was there.man has spoil religion by making it a system like.a company.with pastors working very hard to see how many fish.they can catch.The religion.has been damaged by.man having his own view of jesus story.and the lack.of evidence of jesus story .what humans believe 2000 years ago is.not so in 2022.So the jesus story look like a falsity.
I believe in God in all of us mix with the devil.in all of us
4:00 intellectual self defense techniques from William Lane Craig.
7:50 friendly approach to Muslims who are curious
17:00 Paul on his authoritative view on matters The Lord didn't directly address
18:30 Paul alludes and referenced the known story or account that was going 'round the countryside
29:30 Most often associated with the skeptic's insults of zombie Jesus or Dawn of the Dead memes.
34:00 this is true of my attempts walk it out
34:42 it does
35:20 this was my path
36:00 kids and reality
38:00 Yeshua's treatment of the texts He had
In the last 300 year or so, we have seen advances in medicine, technology, engineering, behavioral and social sciences -even in the humanities- that save lives, make life easier, facilitate communications, calculate the age of the Earth, and so on. This makes me wonder, what advances have theology and religious philosophy made about God and what benefits have we received from that new knowledge?
@@estuchedepeluche2212 One example would be confidence in a psychological self defense perspective; If you're afraid to be yourself in public in fear of people asking, or bullying, for proofs of your worldview or beliefs, a sound defense can improve your attitude, posture, and body language which would have benefits such as confidence and ability to handle a dicey situation instead of being an easy target and carrying that weight everywhere. It can also serve to further shape your world views, educate your over all perspectives, and dismiss or eliminate any hay makers and sky daddy ideas one may blindly hold.
A practical approach to one's spirit and walk can easily translate to a lifestyle and routine of a martial artist. There are flaws and smart ass quips to piggy back off my analogy but like James 4:8, you got to be on the mat and willing to participate.
Craig improving on the kalam or Leibniz, improving on Darwin observations with Mendel's work, is all very similar to working the sword fighting out of Judo and evolving a practical self defense strategy from the major breakthroughs of Jigoro Kano, Mitsuyu Maeda, and the Gracie Family of Brazil.
If someone has a basic and reasonable belief, or the basic ability to fight, theology, philosophy, develop tools to polish those disciplines and areas.
Gentle Jesus is the stumbling block.
@@MessianicJewJitsu Great examples, but none sound new and they don’t seem to be applicable to society at large, the benefits seems individual, parochial at best, mostly contingent to individuals’ psychology and fortitude, while benefits brought by scientific developments work independently of believe, e.g. : surgery can remove a deadly tumor even if the patient and his/her family don’t believe cancer exists or surgery works. I’d love to hear of a great discovery from theology that has shown something new, something that helps us all to advance and progress.
@@estuchedepeluche2212 Plantiga's expose on naturalism is pretty useful in the quest for answers, studying say Noah's Ark against other flood narratives and legends may help us understand comet impacts and global flooding from glacier melting after the Younger Dryas 10kya when cross referenced with other fields of ancient study and texts, the inspiration and motivation from theology drives Francis Collins in his search for scientific answers has been pretty helpful too.
The great examples may not be novel enough for you and the benefits are as individual as a diet, whether physical or mental spiritual. You didn't get immediate result from walking in to a zumba class...you got results from practicing Zumba and drawing near and becoming one with the process. Your zumba class, my dojo, a church, an atheist club, all can be accused of being parochial.
Rejecting Christ can be psychology and fortitude based as well. Ego and stubbornness being seen as weak or as concession can make a person blind to the truth as well.
@@MessianicJewJitsu On your last line you say that “ego and stubbornness being seen as weak or concession can make a person blind to the truth”. Do you mean that seeing ego and stubbornness as weaknesses can lead to blindness? So should I embrace ego and stubbornness and not see them as weaknesses so that I don’t become blind to the truth?
I didn't realize David Lee Roth had become an apologist, sweet!
Yes! I can see it!
That was wonderful a lot of questions I was struggling with were answered, thank you Dr WLC
I have Watched a Lot of WLC. I think this is my favorite video. Maybe because of all the practical answers.
Yes, plus WLC is intellectually genuine and humble. Awesome.
and worth 11 million dollars
What a dude! Thank you!
Great vid: revisited it just now. :)
Thank you it a blessing to have a good answer from you . God bless you .
Just had a great idea: how about before you comment on how ignorant and clueless you think the arguments of Dr Craig are, you actually listen to them. Straw men are falling from the sky.
It is far easier to dismiss a man who disagrees with you than to deal with his words.
People actually are listening to him and addressing what he has to say. How about taking your own advice?
Well said, Jeffrey. BTW, did you know that Dr. Craig regularly commits what is known as the Let's Just Say He Committed A Logical Fallacy? It's true! ;)
Lew Rodd They don't need that hope, it's bad hope.
Locke Demosthenes Give some examples on how his arguments are "unsound"
so well spoken
Biblical inerrancy - a huge topic among people, they see so many divisions over doctrine, so many denominations, so many different interpretations of scripture - and the icing on the cake is that this book which people claim to be 'inspired by God' has errors and supposed contradictions. What I have told people is this: If Jesus/Yahusha is indeed the true God, then everything we have today, passed down through His prophets and scribes is sufficient for us, and we then must trust that He has preserved all the necessary truths we need to be led and to be taught by His Spirit. Yes indeed. God provides.
The PURE ignorance of atheists in this comment section, makes me cringe.. Wow...
There are plenty of ignorant and annoying atheists, but does the intellectual dishonesty or plain delusion of most Christians not make you cringe as well? I mean, the stuff they claim to believe... it's rather jaw dropping.
chromo48 Yeah that makes sense, man. But the most ridiculous claims I've heard, come from the ignorant atheists. It goes both ways, you could say.
Alex Joseph If by "goes both ways" you mean that people can be total lunatics, whether Christian or atheist, then yes I agree. I am curious though, what specific claims you're hearing from atheists.
Really? If you haven't heard any of the number of absurd claims made by famous fools, like Krauss, Dawkins, and etc. Then you're delusional.
Well put, but deaf ears, unfortunately.
In Jesus presence his love and compassion is so overwhelming you surrender
Yes! "He sent His Holy Spirit....and Awesome things happened and are still happening worldwide- btw Christianity is the fastest growing Faith Worldwide
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM!
Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings!
Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21
Jesus said the Father is the only true God!
John 17
3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
How did you know it was Jesus?
@@atheistangel007 Because His Spirit is the brightest out of everybody Atheist Angel
The reason you struggle to comprehend Him is that you look at Him in worldly nature. God/Father is Spirit and you need to be baptised into the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit awakens your Spirit. Jesus could only do miracles once he was baptised with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is Gods Spirit and It is filled with fire/power.
Praise God Almighty Always
Praise God that he brought you out of Islam and opened your ears and eyes. Welcome brother:)🙏❤️.
What a Man of God
Yes, and what a charlatan.
WLC is worth 11 million dollars but he missed the part in the bible when jesus told the rich man to give his money to the poor
@@paulrichards6894 Xtian cherry picking 101
@@atheistangel007 i think WLC is closer now to being an atheist than he has been anytime in his life
@@paulrichards6894 How do you figure?
Would love to see you in conversation with Jordan Peterson.
I dont agree with a lot of what he says but I thoroughly enjoy listening to him
A lot ? Could you pls list some ?
Kerro
Lovely explaination
we love because God first loved us....God IS LOVE= agape
Read: St Paul's advice in 1 Timothy 2:12
'i do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, she must be silent'
Endorsing genocide and pain in 1 Samuel 15:3
'this is what the Lord almighty says... Now go and strike amalek and devote destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
Moses calling a witch hunt in Exodus 22:18
'do not allow a sorceress to live.'
God advice for slaves in 1 Peter 2:18
'slaves, submit to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.'
Moral teachings? Give me a break
@@conordelaney76 Whi Braen is referring to one of God's many attributes. From what it appears, it looks like you may be taking God's attribute of love and misapplying it to other situations where other attributes of God would apply.
For example, God says that he has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. In another example, after he judges the people for their sins, God mourns over them in the Bible, showing that it is necessary to deal with sin, though God is not happy when the wicked perish. Death or separation from God is not the purpose for man being created, it is the opposite, which is life and nearness to him. We also see Jesus death on the cross for the sins of the world, showing that death is necessary for sins, but that God still loves us and wants us to be reconciled to him and live. Jesus shows the bridge between the Holiness of God, the judgment of God, and the love of God. Sometimes atheists misapply the attributes of God. Some misapplications may be unintentional, but I believe some are intentional. I would like to give the benefit of the doubt.
Aside from the issues of people who perish, though that is not God's will, there's a scripture that talks about two believers who are disputing among each other and suing each before secular courts, and Paul asks an interesting question, why not rather suffer yourself to be defrauded or to be done wrong (so that one can avoid engaging in sin to fight a brother, or to give a poor witness before the ungodly)? The Bible says be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. This does not mean it's God's will for a person to suffer wrong, just like it is not God's will for a servant to be mistreated by a mean ruler, but that the righteousness of the servant would be a testimony, that a person maintains integrity as a good man in the face of oppression.
Finally, biblically speaking, there are two sides to the coin of morality. There is a physical or natural side, and there is a supernatural side. We only take one side into account, but God takes both sides into account. This is why we can relate to Commandments like "honor your father and mother", or "do not steal", or "do not commit adultery", but we do not relate to other commitments like "do not take the Lord's name in vain" or "honor the Sabbath".
Biblically speaking, sins are not just actions that we do wrong, they have actual substance to them and are able to spread and affect/infect other things. Some things that were cursed in the Bible had to be broken or burned or destroyed simply because it was cursed or had some affiliation with demonic entities. If one is going to assess the morality of the Bible, one must understand the plane by which evil arises, including both natural and spiritually, covenant, and other relevant or legal aspects. One ought to study the Bible to gain understanding of what God's perspective would be.
@@Bi0Dr01d Which God are you referring to?
How can you view my last comment as a misapplication? I provided examples of extremely immoral teachings, from a man made text.
Why do you cherry-pick certain verses of the bible to be true, and not use them all?
You claim there is a supernatural. Can you prove this claim?
You mention the commandments. Do you believe that until Moses and his followers went up Mount Sinai and were issued the commandments by God we had know understanding of right from wrong. So you believe that Moses and his followers loved stealing and committing adultery before this point, but then thought 'Oh, this must be bad, because God says so'?
You mention studying the bible to understand God. Should we equally study the Quran, the Torah (insert one of the thousands of other religions texts here) to study God? Why makes this one specific strand of religion and this God true relative to the thousands of other Gods and religions created throughout history?
@@conordelaney76 brother, I see you're in argument mode. Neither Whi Braen nor I are here to have some argument. I think you should approach this with a different attitude.
anyway, I would like to say that it would seem it is more so the unbeliever who cherry-picks the scripture rather than the believer.
If we are NOT to cherry-pick the scripture, then we must acknowledge other scriptures of the Bible that God is not pleased with the death of the wicked, that God is good, that death is God's enemy, as the scripture says. Therefore, we would have to accept verses like these and use these verses to interpret other texts by. Therefore, when we see a difficult passage, we would say that if these other verses are true, more things must be going on then that which it appears to be on the surface.
The unbeliever, who may want to make God seem immoral, will ignore these verses, possibly so he can drive a conclusion to gain a justification to remain separate from him. He would be the one cherry picking the scripture. the purpose of me entering into the conversation was just to suggest that a person should read the Bible with a different set of eyes and nothing stops a person from doing so except that same person.
As I said, I would like to give the benefit of the doubt that's such a person is not doing this intentionally.
@@Bi0Dr01d Not argument. A debate.
You haven't addressed any of my points or questions. That says it all, really.
Praise the Lord. God bless you abundantly Mr.craig. and He will use you much more.
White noise....beautifully packaged. Nothing more.
he is the best, God bless him !
Really like WL Craig, an awesome debater and defender of the truth
So true... I just love the way he falsely claims that Jehovah Witnesses don't believe that Jesus is the son of God. I've spoken to Jehovah's Witnesses before, and they do believe that 'Jesus is the son of God' because it is scriptural. What they don't believe however is that 'Jesus is God', which is preached by many Christian denominations but is not supported by the bible. ( Literally on minute of research can confirm the information in my comment.)
@@anthonyc4rodrigues548 Jesus's divinity is supported by the Bible. Now you should correct your thinking in light of that.
@@christopherlees1134 ok sir... not sure what ur trying to say here but the question was "is Jesus the son of God?"... According to the Bible; yes he is. Jews don't agree with this neither do Muslims but Jehovah's Witnesses do. Mr. WL Craig said that Jehovah Witnesses don't believe that Jesus is the son of God which is false information.
WLC is a great person of debate. His use of logic gives his arguments strengths that many cannot refute or debate without confusing themselves.
But his arguments are only hypothetical.
At no point does he test his conclusions.
If you really scrutinise what he's saying, you'll realise hes spouting rubbish.
@@lewis72 what do you mean by testing the conclusion?
@@lewis72 Historical probability is not the same thing as scientific fact. The historical method is better as far as human history is concerned.
@@arnolddonaldson7129 What the hell are you talking about?
@@atheistangel007 you really don't know? You want me to explain difference between possibility, probability, and fact?
Simply amazing
Wow truth really sounds clean n awesome. Awesome job as for me n my family we will serve the lord
I know this video is old now but it would be nice if someone added timestamps.
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4:00 intellectual self defense techniques from William Lane Craig.
7:50 friendly approach to Muslims who are curious
17:00 Paul on his authoritative view on matters The Lord didn't directly address
18:30 Paul alludes and referenced the known story or account that was going 'round the countryside
29:30 Most often associated with the skeptic's insults of zombie Jesus or Dawn of the Dead memes.
34:00 this is true of my attempts walk it out
34:42 it does
35:20 this was my path
36:00 kids and reality
38:00 Yeshua's treatment of the texts He had
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God bless William Craig.
First question is answered in Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
William Lane Craig should run a Bible podcast where he takes you through each chapter of the Bible and tells you his interpretation
Rather the books altogether. Chapters tend to be reliant on the context and setting. I think they offer classes like that at Christian colleges, though I would be hesitant to trust such such a weighty subject off the bat.
I am 21 years old, for 19 years I was an atheist, you could say I supported determinism. In my mind all our emotions were mere illusions due to our complexity. 2 years ago I started to study Psychology and I’ve changed my mind completely. Even if they are in fact illusions, the illusion still exists and it is not physical, it is metaphysical. It is because of people like Dr. William Craig that people like me can have faith. Thank you very much, GOD bless you!
"In my mind all our emotions were mere illusions due to our complexity" Our bioligical complexity is arguibly what enables our emotions in the first place..Emotins are fundamentally matter interacting....there is nothing divine neccessary for any of that.
Given the available evidnce, Gods are in facts illusions, which only exist in the monds of those, who believe in such things.
"Even if they are in fact illusions, the illusion still exists and it is not physical, it is metaphysical." The same is true for Gobnlins and Unicorns....
" It is because of people like Dr. William Craig that people like me can have faith" Faith..the believewithout evidence, the reexcuse peole give then they have no good reason otherwise...Are you not at least a bit interested that your convictions are actually true?
@@derhafiStudying psychology changed my perspective about metaphysics. What I wrote was a very simplified version of my thoughts at the time I was writing. I think I have enough evidence to have a rational motive to believe in god. What evidence do you have that proves god is an illusion?
@@robertodelgado2542 " I think I have enough evidence to have a rational motive to believe in god" Would you care to present this evidence then?
"What evidence do you have that proves god is an illusion" An utter lack of a demonstrable correlation bewteen this supposed God and reality...to my knowledge there is not a sound argument and not a trace of evidence that would warrant a believe in the proposition "God exists" independent of what God in particular.
The key point here is A demonstrable correaltion with reality...Literally everything I believe to be real has to meet this threshold. No God proposition ever has achieved this. I am sure you use the same standard most of the time…I am consequential with this and don’t make exceptions for things I want to be true.
@@derhafi Well, if you listen to William Lane Craig you should be able to understand philosophically why god makes sense. Listening to psychologists like Dr. Jordan Peterson it’s really helpful to.
How doesn’t GOD correlate with reality?
@@robertodelgado2542 "Well, if you listen to William Lane Craig you should be able to understand philosophically why god makes sense" I did listen and no...his points don't add up.
I asked you for your evidence...may I see it please.
"How doesn’t GOD correlate with reality" In an actual demonstrable way....
One can assume a God, wiggle him in every gap of our knowledge and really wish such a think would exist...but non of that is adding credibility to this proposal.
I'm glad that the question was asked about people who have never heard about Jesus. That is a question that I think is very common with unbelievers.
Welcome to the family Sister ❤️
Yo William! You da man! Your mad smart and use big words but some how you make it so simple to understand. That’s when you know your connecting the heart to head! Thanks
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Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
@@aboutislamquranmiraclesand7065 Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
"You're"...but no, he isn't.
anyone who's disagreeing with Dr Craig here in the comments..I'm confident he knows more than you...just saying
He does seem to know a whole lot about nothing. I'll give him that.
@chromo48 thats a nice statement....bet you feel its a justified one....and im willing to bet my left nutsack that if i said those same words about Dawkins Hitchens Harris you'd say im a ignorant dumbass..becuz who would be fucking stupid enough to question the intelligence of people who did countless research on a subject and even have multiple degrees...thats just crazy right??....i mean unless your an athiest doing it to a thiest then its ok...ya know cuz of the whole #atheistentitlment thing....my bad bro ill just leave you on your arbritary pedestal
Trey Patton What has your feathers so ruffled? I didn't insult the guy's intelligence. In fact, I commend him on his vast amount of knowledge. He clearly knows so many things about his favorite subject and is even able to monetize that knowledge. Smart guy! As for you, if I were to claim you're an "ignorant dumb-ass," it wouldn't have anything to do with a disagreement with the well known atheist guys you mentioned, but likely because of something else.
Trey Patton Craig is prone on making statements on subjects that he has no Phd in.
Trey Patton is your tactic seriously to just remove comments that you don't agree with?
As a Christian, having assurance of salvation, knowing GOD's love, being grateful for the eternal life with HIM, we certainly are more motivated to do the best for people in need. I think that is precisely what it means to live a christian life on earth. If we say GOD loves us and we need not to do any thing good, I think then we are not really believing in the Lord Jesus. For Jesus says: “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-44)
Very good explanations sir,GBU and all our brothers and sisters in humanity and may God guide us all.
William Lane Craig is an immense debater and Christian. May God bless him!
Calling people intellectually lazy and then coming up with ''magic is the best answer to explain our existence, therefor proof'' is embarrassing.
a grown man saying this is comedy gold.
Calling it “magic” isn’t the term I would use but the Big Bang theory shows us that there was a time before the laws of science existed. That the laws themselves were created, and so you could say that “magic” existed before then, but much more rationally you could say that God existed before then.
@@carsonsnavely4641 it's not rational to suggest god exists, period.
Then to suggest you know which type of religion is right about said god is even more ridiculous, in my opinion.
The beauty of admitting you don't know is glorious, making it up is childish, especially when some of the texts these people live their lives by were clearly plagiarized by doctrines prior.
@@QuentinKarentino On top of the Big Bang’s creation of scientific law, there is the mind-blowing intricacy of the universe down to the smallest details that point far more to planned creation than random chance.
@@carsonsnavely4641 I get that, it truly is amazing but does the possibility of infinite examples outside of our planet of pure failure not make you think it could happen by chance as opposed to a deity creating us and then complete chaos in space for the fun of it? Entertaining the idea of a creator makes for way more questions than answers in my opinion, also, we'd be much better off as a species if we were created in some perfect image, imo.
@@QuentinKarentino I believe that it used to be more tenable that there could be other planets out there with intelligent life (such as was conceived by Carl Sagan and the popular tv shows of the 60s, 70s, and 80s). At that time very little was thought to be required for life on a planet, only two things I believe , and since then the plausibility of life on other planets has dropped dramatically with the discovery of more things essential to life on a planet.
I wouldn’t regard space as complete chaos either. It’s beauty is beyond compare and it’s limitless bounds point to a limitless god.
We shouldn’t avoid questions I believe that we should question the things we believe and put them to the test. And question who is influencing us and what have the great minds through the ages concluded?
Hope the best for you!
Entertaining talk.
Does anyone know what year this was?