God?: A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist (Point Counterpoint)

169 Pages·2004·0.8 MB·english

by  William Lane Craig

GOD?
POINT/COUNTERPOINT SERIES
Series Editor
James P. Sterba, University of Notre Dame
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND RACIAL PREFERENCE
Carl Cohen and James P. Sterba
GOD? A DEBATE BETWEEN A CHRISTIAN AND AN ATHEIST
William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
G O D ?
A DEBATE BETWEEN A CHRISTIAN
AND AN ATHEIST
William Lane Craig
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Point/Counterpoint Series
James P. Sterba, Series Editor
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2004
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Craig, William Lane.
God? : a debate between a Christian and an atheist / William Lane Craig,
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
p. cm.—(Point/counterpoint series)
ISBN 0-19-516599-3 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-19-516600-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. God—Proof. 2. Atheism. I. Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955- II. Title. III.
Point/counterpoint series (Oxford, England)
BT103.C73 2003
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
PART 1
1 Five Reasons God Exists, William Lane Craig 3
2 There Is No Good Reason to Believe in God,
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 31
3 Reason Enough, William Lane Craig 53
PART 2
4 Some Reasons to Believe that There Is No God,
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 81
5 Theism Undefeated, William Lane Craig 107
6 Atheism Undaunted, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 129
Index 151
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