Life, the Universe and Nothing: Is it reasonable to believe there is a God? (Part 1)

Video of a discussion between Prof Lawrence Krauss and Dr William Lane Craig

Fri 16 Aug 2013

Graham Oppy

Lawrence Krauss

Robert Martin

William Lane Craig

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This is the third in a three-part discussion between Prof Lawrence Krauss and Dr William Lane Craig. This discussion was moderated by atheist Graham Oppy.

Prof Krauss and Dr Craig discuss whether it is reasonable to believe there is a God.

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Lawrence Krauss

Professor Lawrence Krauss is a renowned cosmologist and science advocate, and is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. Hailed by Scientific American as a rare public intellectual, he is also the author of more than three hundred scientific publications and nine books, including A Universe from Nothing, (published 2012). In 2013, Krauss starred in a new full-length feature film documentary called The Unbelievers, alongside Richard Dawkins.

William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher[5] and Christian theologian, Christian apologist, and author.[6] He is Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University and Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University). Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. He has also published work where he argues in favor of the historical plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus. His study of divine aseity and Platonism culminated with his book God Over All (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Graham Oppy

Dr Graham Oppy is a Professor of Philosophy at Monash University. Specialist in Philosophy of Religion. The main focus of his research is arguments about the existence of God. Dr Oppy researches and lectures in a variety of philosophical issues and has written extensively on atheism and the epsitemology of discussion and disagreement. Dr Oppy is an atheist who enjoys reasonable

Robert Martin

Rob works as a pastor of the English speaking congregation of Northcote Baptist church in Melbourne's inner north. He enjoys engaging life's bigger questions and for many years hosted the popular podcast and radio show Bigger Questions.