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Title: The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel ISBN: 0-310-20930-7 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (387 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Imagining a better case
Comment: Absent from Strobel's courtroom are a judge, opposing counsel, and witnesses for the defense.
In a fair trial, rebuttal witnesses would include mainstream Christian scholars. Perhaps even a few pesky "liberals" from the Jesus Seminar would make it to the stand and actually speak for themselves. (Can the 200 theologians of the Jesus Seminar, doctors all, truly be the boneheads Strobel depicts? It's hard to tell. Strobel's would-be refutation consists entirely of ad hominem attacks, straw men, and begging the question: the Seminar's findings are wrong because the Seminarians are liberal, because they are marginal, because a goofy portrayal makes their position look goofy, and because their findings are wrong.)
Adversary counsel could pose objections, and a judge would rule on them. This would elevate the proceedings by tossing out Strobel's many fallacies of relevance: red herring, straw man, and ad hominem. And how lovely it would be to have some Perry Mason in the room to jump up and say, "Objection. Counsel is presuming facts not in evidence." One wonders how a Yale law graduate like Strobel could commit such bloopers, unless, maybe, that law degree isn't quite what it appears to be... (Google "master of studies in law" site:yale.edu).
Conservative evangelicals will likely rate The Case for Christ much as did the many conservative evangelicals who reviewed it here on Amazon.com: the book is grand, the reasoning flawless, the author meticulous, the case proved. Even the publisher's blurb on dust jacket may look probative to these believers. The fellow who gave me the book -- an evangelical minister and Strobel's vociferous champion -- certainly found it so. Others, too, may find value in the book, however. It offers stunning insight into one brand of religious mentality. It's a reminder to cherish, and cherish some more, the rationalists in one's acquaintance.
Rating: 1
Summary: National Enquirer journalist writes book.
Comment: How can Mr. Strobel as a journalist write a book and only interview those people that support his particular point of view. If Mr. Strobel decided to write a book on the war in Iraq his only sources would be Sadam and his generals.
This book is so biased that to list all the fallacies it contains would require another complete book. The following is a very brief list of some of the errors it contains.
First -Scientist state that science cannot prove or disprove the existence of a god.
To interview an individual who claims that scientific evidence proves the universe is infinite and therefore god exits is just plain wrong. That the universe is opened or closed tell us nothing about the existence of god.
On page 120 Mr. Bill Craig claims that Hawking is guilty of deception because he uses imaginary numbers in his equations. The implication here is that imaginary numbers are not real numbers. He than goes a step furthers and states that because Hawking uses imaginary numbers "even he wasn't able to successfully write god out of the picture". Dear reader, imaginary numbers are real, if you do not believe me try this, touch the terminals of a charged capacitor and tell me if the jolt you received was real or imagined.
On page 256 his proof for the existence of free will consists of the following gem ."we do have free will...we all know that deep down inside."
Only the scientific illiterate would believe what is presented in this book.
Judging from the content of this book I suspect that Mr. Stobel honed his journalistic skills at the National Enquirer
Rating: 1
Summary: Misses its audience
Comment: Read these reviews, folks. The arguments in this book only seem to make sense to "believers". The cases made in this book are actually highly illogical--even to me, a Christian. A few reviewers wrote off the people who gave this book one star as "atheists". But these so-called atheists wouldn't waste their time reading a book like this if they weren't interested in who Christ is. (Would a believer read a book on atheism just for fun?) These so-called atheists are supposedly the audience this book is directed to....and it seems to fail miserably with them. What a missed opportunity!
If these are the best arguments Christianity has to offer, we're in trouble.
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Title: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel ISBN: 0310234697 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis ISBN: 0060652926 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 05 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell ISBN: 0842345523 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: April, 1987 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel ISBN: 0310241448 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today by Josh McDowell ISBN: 0785243631 Publisher: Nelson Reference Pub. Date: 22 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.97 |
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