William Lane Craig responds to me (and makes even more mistakes)

William Lane Craig responded to my video with Dr. Daniel Linford and Phil Halper on what Craig gets wrong about science and the beginning of the universe. Here, we respond in turn.

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OUTLINE

0:00 Introduction
1:42 Craig’s response
2:39 Thermodynamics and entropy
7:53 Philosophical case
9:03 Craig’s approach
12:38 Hartle-Hawking model
17:57 No viable beginningless models?
18:44 Craig and Sinclair’s argument
26:06 Singularity and BGV theorems
34:05 Beginningless models (again)
46:16 Mischaracterizing science
48:11 BGV Theorem (again)
51:01 Timeless physical things
1:08:03 Craig misunderstands Joe
1:12:33 Joe’s VICIOUS ad hominem ATTACK
1:14:33 Craig misuses Vilenkin’s quote
1:17:11 Misusing science
1:21:30 Concluding comments

RESOURCES

(1) The podcast to which we're responding (‪@ReasonableFaithOrg‬): https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media...

(2) Our previous response to Craig:    • How William Lane Craig misrepresents ...  

(3) Dan and I respond to the scientific case and stage two:    • No, science doesn’t show the universe...  

(4) Dan's dissertation, “Cosmic Skepticism and the Beginning of Physical Reality”: https://philarchive.org/archive/DAN_S...

(5) Phil’s book, “Battle of the Big Bang”: (a) https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/... (b) https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Big-Ban...

(6) My Kalam playlist:    • Kalam Cosmological Argument  

(7) My responses to the Grim Reaper Kalam: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com...

(8) Linford, “A modal condition for the beginning of the universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINAMC-2

(9) Linford, “Neo-Lorentzian Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe”: https://philarchive.org/rec/LINNRA-3

(10) Linford, "Big Bounce or Double Bang? A Reply to Craig and Sinclair": http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/17188...

(11) Linford, “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Meets the Mentaculus”: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/16833...

(12) Halper, "The Kalam cosmological argument: Critiquing a recent defence": https://philarchive.org/rec/HALTKC

(13) My Springer book with Dan: https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...

(14) My website: https://josephschmid.com