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An Argument against Islam and Calvinism

March 1, 2019 by Randal

I was recently asked by a friend to watch and respond to this short clip in which William Lane Craig offers an argument against God as defined in Islam:

In that clip, Craig appears to present an argument like this:

(1) If God exists, God is the greatest conceivable being.

(2) For any being to be the greatest conceivable being, it must be omnibenevolent (i.e. love all people perfectly and equally).

(3) Allah is not omnibenevolent.

(4) Therefore, Allah is not the greatest conceivable being.

(5) Therefore, Allah is not God.

Interestingly, we can apply that same argument to Calvinism since Calvinism also denies God’s omnibenevolence:

(1) If God exists, God is the greatest conceivable being.

(2) For any being to be the greatest conceivable being, it must be omnibenevolent (i.e. love all people perfectly and equally).

(6) God in Calvinism is not omnibenevolent.

(7) Therefore, God in Calvinism is not the greatest conceivable being.

(8) Therefore, God in Calvinism is not God.

What do you think? Is this a good argument? If it works against Islam, does it work against Calvinism as well?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Calvinism, Islam, perfect being theology, William Lane Craig

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