{"id":6675,"date":"2016-02-08T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/02\/08\/william-lane-craig-on-the-same-god-question\/"},"modified":"2016-02-08T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:28:36","slug":"william-lane-craig-on-the-same-god-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/02\/08\/william-lane-craig-on-the-same-god-question\/","title":{"rendered":"William Lane Craig on the &#8216;Same God?&#8217; Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">A tip of the hat to Karl White for pointing us to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reasonablefaith.org\/do-muslims-and-christians-worship-the-same-god\">this article<\/a> which includes a critique of Francis Beckwith&#39;s contribution to the debate.&#0160; Craig concludes:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">So whether Muslims and Christians can be said to worship the same God is not the truly germane question. 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