"No one is saying that it's compelling that every rational person has to believe that God exists on the basis of the evidence. I've avoided, I think if you look at my work, trying to bludgeon opponents as Keith seems to think I do. I don't think I've ever said that atheists are irrational. What I've argued is that faith is reasonable – reasonable faith – that it's rational in view of the evidence to have faith. And I don't think I've ever denounced atheists as irrational. Now, to be sure, I think that many atheists do believe some irrational things. For example, I do think it's irrational to believe that the universe popped into being uncaused out of nothing. I think it's irrational to believe, as some atheists do, that nothing ever begins to exist. I think it's irrational to think that time is not real, as some have claimed. But I've never tried to say that my opponents in these debates or the people I'm trying to persuade are irrational."
Reasonable Faith Podcast, "Atheism and Theistic Hypotheses", October 11, 2021, URL = <https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/atheism-and-theistic-hypotheses>.
"When I'm asked what is the most common misunderstanding about my work, I don't think that it would be about any particular argument that I offer. I think perhaps it would be that I regard these arguments as somehow rationally compelling, so that anyone who disagrees with me about them is irrational. And I've never said that."
YouTube, drcraigvideos, "The Biggest Misconception About My Work—Clearing the Confusion", June 27, 2025, URL = <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIEmLcDjxxQ>.
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