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William Craig is one of the Christian theologians who, by participating in numerous debates, sought to prove the existence of God against the common atheism among philosophers and scientists. In the scenes with the American philosopher Sinnott Armstrong, which is also published in a book titled "God", Craig first tries to prove the existence of God by denying "real infinity" and relying on the concept of beginning and "the need of every beginning for a cause" and On the other hand, he takes Big Bang as a witness to his claim. While Armstrong rejects Craig's argument by referring to the existence of real infinity in the outside world and the existence of scientific evidence to negate the implication of the Big Bang on the beginning of the world. Considering the confirmation of Sinnott Armstrong's opinion in explaining the Big Bang problem from a scientific point of view, it seems that empirical evidence cannot be used as a verbal argument;Such methods can make the belief in God face a crisis. Therefore, the lack of proper interaction between theology and science can be considered one of the most important weaknesses of Craig's argument on the existence of God. In this critical analysis, by introducing a scientific model, it is possible to provide a solution for the interaction of science and theology in such a way that theological evidence matches with experimental evidence and does not threaten the scientific developments of theism.
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