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William Lane Craig Gives Public Lecture Responding to Hawking Claims on the Universe and Its Origins

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We thought that readers in England (and elsewhere too) would like to know that on Wednesday, October 19th, at 7:30 Dr. William Lane Craig will present a public lecture responding to Stephen Hawking’s claims in his 2010 book The Grand Design.

The event will be held at St. Andrew’s the Great in Cambridge, England. Craig will address the question “Has Hawking Eliminated God?,” followed by a discussion with physicist Dr. Rodney Holder, with the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. The event is part of Craig’s Reasonable Faith Tour. More information here.

The Grand Design attempts to answer some of the enduring questions of life: Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why are the laws of nature what they are? In his book, Hawking writes: “Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing , why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.”

The Craig lecture is the latest response to Hawking’s controversial claims.
More information and a live stream of this event are available at www.reasonablefaith.org.

Andrew McDiarmid

Director of Podcasting and Senior Fellow
Andrew McDiarmid is Director of Podcasting and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute. He is also a contributing writer to Mind Matters. He produces ID The Future, a podcast from the Center for Science & Culture that presents the case, research, and implications of intelligent design and explores the debate over evolution. He writes and speaks regularly on the impact of technology on human living. Discovery Institute co-founder and bestselling author George Gilder has called McDiarmid “a scintillating venturer beyond the surfaces of technology to their hidden depths and meanings.” His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Wire, Real Clear Politics, Newsmax, The American Spectator, Technoskeptic Magazine, and elsewhere. In addition to his roles at Discovery Institute, he promotes his homeland as host of the Scottish culture and music podcast Simply Scottish. Andrew holds an MA in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University and a BA in English/Creative Writing from the University of Washington.
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