Peter Kreeft debates the argument from desire - Unbelievable?

from Unbelievable? · host Justin Brierley

CS Lewis said "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor and well know Christian thinker and writer. He defends the "argument from desire". Does our experience of transcendent longing indicate that there is a God to satisfy it? Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment. For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Peter Kreeft http://www.peterkreeft.com For Richard Norman http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/ Click for direct MP3 of this show Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 17 December 2011 - Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?Stephen Law & James Orr Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music & God - David Robertson & Gordon Livesey

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CS Lewis said "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor and well know Christian thinker and writer. He defends the "argument from desire". Does our experience of transcendent longing indicate that there is a God to satisfy it? Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment.For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Peter Kreeft http://www.peterkreeft.com For Richard Norman http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/ Click for direct MP3 of this show Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 17 December 2011 - Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?Stephen Law & James Orr Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music & God - David Robertson & Gordon Livesey