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William Craig Critical Analysis

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Existential Issues:
William Craig mentioned that even Russel admitted that moral values can never be based on our personal taste and our decisions and he further said, "The point is that if there is no God, then objective right and wrong cannot exist" (Craig). I agree with him because God guides us to the path that leads to success and betterment of many people including ourselves. If we do not have faith in God then there's nothing that could go right since there would be no purpose and no fear of punishment or greed and passion for the reward that can make us follow what's right and wrong in life. “'If life ends at the grave, then we have no ultimate purpose for living'' (Craig). I'd say I agree with him to some extent because many of us …show more content…

But some atheists without even believing in the existence of God are living their life morally so good just for the sake of the betterment of society and for humanity without even thinking about life after death but that doesn’t mean human do not need God because He is very strong in our lives that we crave meaning and we aren’t just the part of nature. Humans are not meat machines as Darwin said because we all search for love and freedom and could even die for our family and loved ones. Furthermore, unfortunately, there are many atheists for whom grave is the end and they are living recklessly and not concerned about anything as this life is just a final game for them. Although it depends on people's perspective and their conscience but God is needed all the time. Being theist and having firm faith in God’s creations and existence, the grave is just the beginning for me as death connects us from the life hereafter and that is the ultimate purpose of life. And we should strive to be proud and satisfied before our God so that we’re not the one to be punished. Nietzsche implies …show more content…

In existential issues “We saw that without God, life has no meaning” (Craig). I strongly agree with this statement because I believe in existence and oneness of God and without Him, my life has no meaning or any particular reason to live. Hence, throughout this section I was quite certain in portraying my beliefs and I oppose atheists like Sartre views that all atheists still can live their life morally right and life without God is not meaningless. “Sartre argued that one may create meaning for his life by freely choosing to follow a certain course of action. Sartre himself chose Marxism” (Craig). Humans have feelings and emotions that are bestowed by God that differ us from other creatures and without God there would definitely be no purpose in life. Now talking about theology that is the philosophy of God, my faith is crystal clear because I have a very firm belief when it comes to the sovereignty and greatness of God. He is the ultimate power but maybe I couldn’t justify that well yet because I couldn’t really find any valid and strong evidence of His existence that could make those who deny speechless therefore I believe I wasn’t quite successful. My worldview has now become an essential

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