Dr. Craig, I would like to start by stating how incredibly thankful I am for you and your work in natural theology.

It was through

watching your several debates with atheists during a particularly difficult time in my life

that I came to believe wholeheartedly that God does in fact exist. It all started when a friend of

mine who had been studying your materials began to practice the arguments in conversations with me.

Of course, I remained resistant in my sinful nature.

The best I would ever admit to was that maybe it might be possible that a God could exist,

but that it was nevertheless highly improbable.

That is, until he ran the ontological argument,

once the concept of the greatest conceivable being had been established, and he posed the question, is it greater to be necessary or contingent? I was suddenly overtaken by the Holy Spirit

as the undeniable force of the logic hit me.

I had no answer.

I didn't fully give in to the truth at that moment.

I tried to explain away my experience of the Spirit as a purely psychological phenomenon,

but it was at that point that I began watching your videos,

and earnestly searching and considering.

It was the turning point that saved my life, and because of this, I credit the ontological

argument with my salvation. I know that this puts me in the minority as far as people

who have been saved through the various arguments, and that others are typically

considered to be more powerful or stand alone. Because of this, I have a personal interest

in considering possible ways to strengthen the argument or to augment its presentation. In contemplating

this, I believe I have identified two changes to terminology that could potentially

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