No. 13 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Philosopher and Christian apologist
William Lane Craig is a philosopher and Christian apologist, and professor emeritus at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where William Lane Craig's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
One of the most experienced formal debaters alive on the existence of God, with public debates against Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris among many others.
Craig holds doctorates in philosophy from the University of Birmingham and in theology from LMU Munich, and has taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Westmont College and Houston Christian University.
He is best known for his defense of the Kalam cosmological argument.
On the record
2014
February 2014
Formal debate
Against Sean Carroll · Greer-Heard Forum, New Orleans
Craig argued that contemporary cosmology makes God's existence more probable, developing two familiar arguments before a crowd of more than 900.
2011
April 7, 2011
Formal debate
Against Sam Harris · University of Notre Dame
The second annual God Debate. Both men agreed objective moral truths exist; Craig argued they need God as their foundation, Harris that they do not.
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2009
April 4, 2009
Formal debate
Against Christopher Hitchens · Biola University
Moderated by Hugh Hewitt before about 4,000 people on campus. Craig opened with five arguments for God's existence; Hitchens replied that he did not have to prove God did not exist.
2009
March 18, 2009
Formal debate
Against Richard Carrier · Northwest Missouri State University
Craig defended the historicity of the resurrection and called Carrier's views outside the mainstream of scholarship.
2006
March 28, 2006
Formal debate
Against Bart Ehrman · College of the Holy Cross
Craig argued from the burial, the empty tomb and the appearances, and charged that Ehrman's position put him in the minority of New Testament scholarship on those facts.
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