Peter Kreeft: If Good and Evil Exist, Then God Exists

Here is a short video featuring Dr. Peter Kreeft, which I found on the Cardinal Newman Society blog, via New Advent.



If you like this video, check out more Peter Kreeft videos that I have posted.

Peter Kreeft Refutes Moral Relativism

You can find more Peter Kreeft videos here.

Peter Kreeft and Keith Korcz debate the existence of God

The video of this debate is split into eight parts, all of which can be found below. I also have some comments on the debate below, after the videos.

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This was a good debate, and it was nice to see that Dr. Kreeft and Dr. Korcz were respectful of each other. However, I thought that Dr. Korcz's arguments were often weak and sometimes fallacious. For example:

• Dr. Korcz argues that a loving God would not allow evil to take place, including physical evils such as natural disasters. But he does not take into account that natural disasters may be a logical necessity based on the way that our universe and our planet must work in order to support life.  He also does not take into account that a Christian who believes in eternal life obviously will not see temporary suffering in this life as nearly as grave an evil as an atheist would see such suffering.
• He argues that a person must have explicitly heard of God (perhaps even the Christian understanding of God) in order to have a relationship with God.  However, I do not understand why this must be true.  I can imagine ways in which God could establish a relationship with a person who has little understanding of who God truly is, and there are probably even ways it can happen that I can't imagine.
• He also argues that God cannot do evil, and therefore God is not omnipotent.  This seems to me simply a variation on the argument which says, "Can God create a rock so big that he can't lift it? Whether the answer is yes or no, then he is not omnipotent, because we have demonstrated one thing that he cannot do." I think that Dr. Korcz fundamentally misunderstands the Christian concept of God, as well as the Christian theological and philosophical understanding of what it means that God is omnipotent.  Korcz seems to imagine God as being just like a person, but bigger, better, smarter, stronger, more loving, etc.  In other words, he seems to see God as made in our image, rather than seeing us as made in God's image.
• Dr. Korcz argues that God's foreknowledge of our actions negates free will.  However, this argument implicitly assumes that God is inside of time, whereas the orthodox Christian view is that God is outside of time.
• And overall, many of Dr. Korcz's arguments seem to boil down to his assumption that he knows what God would do if God existed.  But I don't think that any finite being can claim to know what God would do in every situation, or what God's reasons are, in every situation.

And of course, Dr. Kreeft answers Dr. Korcz's points better than I have done here, so watch the debate! :-)

An interview with Peter Kreeft on atheism and other topics

Subjects covered include atheism, transhumanism, and Dr. Kreeft's novel An Ocean Full of Angels.

Peter Kreeft on Seeking and Responding to Truth

Peter Kreeft speaks at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan in January 2010 (not to be confused with Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, or Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California).

Peter Kreeft: How to Win the Culture War

Peter Kreeft on Jesus's Shocking Life

Peter Kreeft asks and answers, "Why is Jesus the most embarrassing name in the world?"

Peter Kreeft on "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"

My two oldest boys loved the recent movie version of C. S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader when we saw it in the theater a little over a year ago. In this video, Peter Kreeft discusses that movie, and how it compares to Lewis's original book:

Peter Kreeft on C. S. Lewis

Peter Kreeft discusses C. S. Lewis, Heaven, and joy:

Peter Kreeft on Ecumenism and the Unity of the Church

Peter Kreeft on the Dominican Order and on Why to Be Catholic

In this video, Peter Kreeft discusses the Dominican order, as well as why he and others choose to be Catholic:



At the very end of the video, Dr. Kreeft mentions Magnificat, which is a very well-made and helpful prayer resource. You can learn more about Magnificat here.

And you can find more of Peter Kreeft's work, including articles and mp3 audio, and a list of his many books, at his website.

Peter Kreeft: The Problem of Evil and Suffering

In this video from the Veritas Forum, Dr. Peter Kreeft discusses questions such as: Does God exist? How can God exist with so much evil in the world? Doesn't evil disprove God?

Peter Kreeft: Rationality of Belief in God

In this video from the Veritas Forum, Peter Kreeft discusses the rationality of belief in God. Here is the Veritas Forum's description of the video:

Is there a God? How do we know? And how is it reasonable to believe in God given the evidence that the existence of evil provides? Join Dr. Peter Kreeft in a discussion of some of life's hardest questions, as he explores the rationality of belief in God.

Rationality of Belief in God from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.

(Thanks to Sonitus Sanctus for finding this video.)

Peter Kreeft and Robert Spencer Debate Islam

This video is very long, but it is well worth viewing (or just listening to). Robert Spencer and Peter Kreeft are both Catholic, but they have somewhat different views on Islam. They discuss these different views in detail in this friendly and informative debate: