Peter Kreeft debates the argument from desire - Unbelievable?




Unbelievable show

Summary: <br> <p>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."</p><br> <p>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?</p><br> <p>Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment.</p>For more faith debates visit <a href="http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable">www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable</a> <br> <p>Join the conversation via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/unbelievablejb">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/unbelievablejb">Twitter</a></p><br> <p>For Peter Kreeft <a href="http://www.peterkreeft.com/">http://www.peterkreeft.com</a></p><br> <p>For Richard Norman <a href="http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/">http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/</a></p><br> <p><a href="http://media.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/ba4ae12f-7711-423b-89a3-9b7e5fd99bae.mp3">Click for direct MP3 of this show</a></p><br> <p>Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? <a href="http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx">http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx</a> or Via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=267142101">Itunes</a></p><br> <p>You may also enjoy:</p><br> <p><a href="http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid=%7B59B37D04-1841-4BCA-AAD7-D8DB1AAEC365%7D">Unbelievable? 17 December 2011 - Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?Stephen Law &amp; James Orr</a></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid=%7B6FD97244-F0E5-4DE5-BCBE-A09BA6DA9538%7D">Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music &amp; God - David Robertson &amp; Gordon Livesey </a></p>