To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / cosmicskeptic  

To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic

To purchase Cosmic Skeptic merchandise: https://cosmicskeptic.teemill.com/

-------------------------VIDEO NOTES-------------------------

William Lane Craig is an American philosopher and Christian theologian. He holds two PHDs in philosophy and theology, and is a professor of philosophy at both Houston Baptist University and Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

Dr. Craig is arguably the world's most famous Christian apologist, and often cited as its most effective public defender. He has taken part in high-profile debates with Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Anthony Flew, among others.

Dr. Craig is the man who gave the kalam cosmological argument its name, and he speaks to Alex in this episode about that argument, and answers a number of objections to it.

-------------------------------LINKS--------------------------------

My essay, 'The sly circularity of the kalam cosmological argument': https://cosmicskeptic.com/2020/04/04/...

Reasonable Faith: 'The Kalam Cosmological Argument': https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writi...

Dr. Craig (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology: https://amzn.to/2NbYfyN

Dr. Craig's lecture, 'Objections so bad I couldn't have made them up':    • Objections So Bad I Couldn't Have Mad...  

Actual vs potential infinites: https://www.iep.utm.edu/infinite/#SH1a

Thompson's lamp paradox:    • [1] Thomson's lamp and infinity  

Dr. Craig on God and time: https://www.iep.utm.edu/god-time/#SH7b

David Albert's review of Krauss' A Universe From Nothing: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/bo...

Lawrence Krauss (lecture), 'A Universe From Nothing':    • 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence...  

Lawrence Krauss (book), 'A Universe From Nothing': https://amzn.to/37INKwk

A.C. Grayling, 'The History of Philosophy': https://amzn.to/2CoUhkg

Mereological nihilism Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereolo....

Aristotle, types of causes (efficient vs material): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ar...

---------------------SPECIAL THANKS-----------------------

As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons:

Itamar Lev
Evan Allen
Faraz Harsini
James O'Neill
John Early
Austin Chiappetta
Sveline
Teymour Beydoun
J.Jay Berthume
Julia Albrecht
Hans

----------------------------CONNECT-----------------------------

My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com

SOCIAL LINKS:

Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic  
Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic  
Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic  
Tiktok: @someonetookcosmicskeptic

The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

---------------------------CONTACT------------------------------

Business email: [email protected]

Or send me something:

Alex O'Connor
Po Box 1610
OXFORD
OX4 9LL
ENGLAND

------------------------------------------------------------------------