Can anyone tell me some of the basics on the Craig-Flew Debate on the existence of God? Thanks.?

Question

I need help trying to understand this debate. If anyone can give me some ideas on each side from William Craig and Anthony Flew I would appreciate it. Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

As a philosopher, Craig has vigorously defended Christian theism, both at the popular level and in academic publications. He is often credited with reviving the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God, which argues for a first cause from the finitude of past events and the origin of the cosmos. In Theory of Relativity he argues for the existence of an absolute frame of reference in Neo-Lorentzian interpretation, for philosophical and theological reasons.

He is also a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture which is the hub of the intelligent design movement. In the course of the public and political controversy over intelligent design Craig has written on the philosophical, physics, and Big Bang cosmology aspects of intelligent design. His work in philosophy has influenced other apologists, notably Francis Beckwith and J. P. Moreland, both of whom are also affiliated with the Discovery Institute.

As a New Testament scholar, Craig has published widely on the historicity of the resurrection accounts of Jesus. Like N.T. Wright and Gary Habermas, Craig has argued that the bodily resurrection of Jesus best explains what can be gleaned from the historical Jesus’ self-understanding, his death and burial, the posthumous apparitions of Jesus, and the origin of the early Christian movement.

Answer 2

According to an Amazon site: "Craig's arguments are standard and predictable from anyone familiar with Criag, and Flew fizzles, as even atheists William Rowe and Michael Martin admit."

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