Recently I spoke at an apologetics conference alongside William Lane Craig, arguably the leading Christian philosopher and apologist today. He discussed the evidence for God in the final talk of the “On Guard” conference. Craig offered four arguments for the existence of God, which I will briefly state below.

Objections are raised to these, and Craig has responded to these objections on his web site www.reasonablefaith.org I also expand on these arguments (except the first) in my recent book, Is God Just A Human Invention? But here they are laid out briefly along with simple comments for understanding.

ARGUMENT 1: THE CONTINGENCY ARGUMENT

This argument stems from the question of why there is anything at all. Why does the universe exist?

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