Dr. Craig, I appreciate how you are willing to face the biggest challenges to the Christian faith.

You have inspired me to explore philosophy. Even though your work is impressive, I must say I am still not convinced of the existence

of God. In fact, I believe that the Christian God is impossible to exist for mainly one reason.

I have not heard you talk about this specific argument, so I present it here.

1. 2. Will something is to choose between options based on preference.

2. Preference implies a finite set of desires or inclinations.

3.

An infinite perfect being cannot have limitations or finite preferences.

Since a perfect being cannot have finite preferences, it cannot will.

4. Creation is unnecessary for a perfect being, since it adds nothing to its perfection.

In addition to not being able to act out of a will, a perfect being cannot create something

out of necessity.

5.

The Christian God is defined as an infinite, perfect being who created the world.

6. The act of creation requires motivation either from necessity or desire. 7. There cannot be an

infinite perfect being who created the world. Therefore, the Christian

God cannot exist. Here in Finland, most people do not believe in God. But now religious

belief has had a resurgence in the youth. So faith has been somewhat of a hot topic these recent years. This has led to

some light-hearted debates in the school cafeteria. I have presented this same argument to my religious

friends. The one objection I keep hearing is to the idea that God cannot have desires. In their

mind, God has the free will to do anything. To me,

the idea that God has a human-esque mind is inconceivable. How can the ultimate source of the

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