If postmodernist claims are objectively true [and if they aren’t, there is no reason why we should believe or accept them], then those claims are themselves the mere products of social forces and so are not objectively true. Of course, if postmodernist claims are not objectively true, then they are just the arbitrary opinions of certain people that we are free to ignore.

William Lane Craig (b. 1949), Religionsphilosoph und Apologet

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding

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William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig ist ein 1949 geborener US-amerikanischer Religionsphilosoph und evangelikaler Apologet, der an Hochschulen in Kalifornien und Texas lehrte. Er wurde durch öffentliche Debatten mit bekannten Atheisten sowie durch seine Weiterentwicklung des kosmologischen Kalam-Arguments und die historische Verteidigung der Auferstehung Jesu bekannt. Für Bibelleser bietet er logisch strukturierte Begründungen des Glaubens, stößt jedoch mit seiner Einordnung der Schöpfungsberichte als Mythogeschichte und der theologischen Erklärung alttestamentlicher Gewaltpassagen auch auf Widerspruch.

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