Talk:William Lane Craig

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[edit] Is he born again?

On his personal website here: [1] he says that when he as "sixteen as a junior in high school, he first heard the message of the Christian gospel and yielded his life to Christ." That sounds like it means he was born again. Am I missing something here? JoshuaZ 20:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, sorry if I overreacted a bit to your edit. "Evangelical" seems more appropriate in describing Craig for two reasons.

1. Craig has opted to describe himself as evangelical and conservative but I've never heard him describe himself as "born again" so why would we put words in his mouth? To call Craig a "born again Christian" seems like either a guess or name-calling--neither of which are appropriate for wiki. (Well, unless you can cite Craig self-identifying as "born again", and maybe he does somewhere, but I haven't read it.)?

2. A slew of orthodox Christians down through the centuries have also "yielded their lives to Christ" and had a conversion experience, but no one describes them as "born again Christians," at least not in the contemporary understanding of that label, which, like "pentecostal," has evolved to mean something very specific, and which has a particular stigma that may or may not accurately represent Craig's brand of conservative, evangelical theology. Gilbertggoose 22:45, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Hmm ok, so would the statement "he became an evangelical Christian at age 16" seem like a reasonable description? JoshuaZ 23:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, something along those lines sounds fine to me. That would definitely work. Thanks. Gilbertggoose 04:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discovery Institute

Is Craig a fellow of the Discovery Institute? If so, could anyone please supply the relevant evidence? There's a brief entry on him at the DI website, but no official connection between him and the institute is stated.[2] There's no mention of the DI on Craig's CV either.[3] Sir Paul 11:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)