William Lane Craig diagnosed.

[Jehanne]

Judge for yourself:



Aron Wall is, if you look him up, a post-doctoral student in physics.  Craig, a communications major, has no business talking about "quantum gravity," an area which he knows nothing about.

Judge for myself?  I judge that Craig took a high school or college debate class, and learned how to use quotations create the appearance that he is winning a debate. 

This doesn't mean that Craig himself is stupid or deluded.  It does make him a professional at deluding other people.

I would never stand on a stage with a "professional anybody", especially, one of the World's leading theoretical physicists and "debate physics" with that person, all the while "passing judgment" on that person's published work and critiquing that of his/her colleagues.  That would be just insane; WLC is not a physicist, nor is he a cosmologist, a specialization of physics.  The man is just a pure narcissist.

[wiploc]

Judge for myself?  I judge that Craig took a high school or college debate class, and learned how to use quotations create the appearance that he is winning a debate. 

This doesn't mean that Craig himself is stupid or deluded.  It does make him a professional at deluding other people.

I would never stand on a stage with a "professional anybody", especially, one of the World's leading theoretical physicists and "debate physics" with that person, all the while "passing judgment" on that person's published work and critiquing that of his/her colleagues.  That would be just insane; WLC is not a physicist, nor is he a cosmologist, a specialization of physics.  The man is just a pure narcissist.

Again, you think he's candidly evaluating the physicist's work.  I think he's only pretending to do so.  You think he's an idiot telling the truth, and I think he's smart guy lying.

[GrandizerII]

I would never stand on a stage with a "professional anybody", especially, one of the World's leading theoretical physicists and "debate physics" with that person, all the while "passing judgment" on that person's published work and critiquing that of his/her colleagues.  That would be just insane; WLC is not a physicist, nor is he a cosmologist, a specialization of physics.  The man is just a pure narcissist.

Again, you think he's candidly evaluating the physicist's work.  I think he's only pretending to do so.  You think he's an idiot telling the truth, and I think he's smart guy lying.

Yep, or if not outright lying, major cognitive dissonance in play (so still some form of dishonesty).

Regardless, it's clear he can't afford to relinquish his position as top Christian apologist/debater even if he wanted to. He's stuck.

[Jehanne]

I would never stand on a stage with a "professional anybody", especially, one of the World's leading theoretical physicists and "debate physics" with that person, all the while "passing judgment" on that person's published work and critiquing that of his/her colleagues.  That would be just insane; WLC is not a physicist, nor is he a cosmologist, a specialization of physics.  The man is just a pure narcissist.

Again, you think he's candidly evaluating the physicist's work.  I think he's only pretending to do so.  You think he's an idiot telling the truth, and I think he's smart guy lying.

It's impossible to say; I think that he is conscious of the fact that he is a lying charlatan, but he is so committed to his evangelical Christianity that it has, for him, become the "Dark Side" and he is no longer able to escape its (financial) grasp (see my next reply.)

[Jehanne]

Again, you think he's candidly evaluating the physicist's work.  I think he's only pretending to do so.  You think he's an idiot telling the truth, and I think he's smart guy lying.

Yep, or if not outright lying, major cognitive dissonance in play (so still some form of dishonesty).

Regardless, it's clear he can't afford to relinquish his position as top Christian apologist/debater even if he wanted to. He's stuck.

He reminds me of Father Corapi (just Google); the guy was a millionaire living the "good life" in California, hit rock bottom and converted to Catholicism and became a Catholic priest; after that, he climbed the evangelical Catholic ladder, and in the process, made his millions back.  After that, he left the priesthood (after getting caught with a prostitute), and is now, once again, living the good life.

Craig is rich; there is no doubt about that. He's basically a small business owner who touts himself as being an evangelical Christian philosopher.

[abaris]

You think he's an idiot telling the truth, and I think he's smart guy lying.

I think, a little bit of both. Apologists are on the same lines as Alex Jones. Taking their own medicine but at the same time shrewd enough to appraciate the goldmine they claimed.