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Summary: Not very good
Review: A friend of mine gave me this book when he found out I was an atheist. The book may give "warm fuzzies" to already established christians, but if a christian thinks he can use the arguments presented in this book against an educated atheist then he's wrong. The book is poorly written and seems to bounce around without giving any definitive proof of anything. As an atheist, I've read much better books defending the faith.
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Summary: Not very good
Review: A friend of mine gave me this book when he found out I was an atheist. The book may give "warm fuzzies" to already established christians, but if a christian thinks he can use the arguments presented in this book against an educated atheist then he's wrong. The book is poorly written and seems to bounce around without giving any definitive proof of anything. As an atheist, I've read much better books defending the faith.
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Summary: how pathetic
Review: As an atheist I thought I would order this book for a laugh. It certainly provided me with that. It is both pathetically simplistic and misleading. The "proofs" for god's existence have all been thoroughly refuted, and their logical inconsistencies exposed, yet here they are again. Evolutionary theory is completely misrepresented, either from ignorance or intention, by repeatedly referring to it as a purely chaotic and random process. This, of course, neglects to mention the power of natural selection as a non-random mechanism. The authors attempt to answer the "problem of evil" was especially hilarious. He offers the "gift of free will," and our misuse of it, as an explanation for evil in the world, which says nothing about natural disasters, plagues, parasites, cancers, etc. The best part was his conclusion "On the other hand, some suffering, especially the suffering of innocents such as infants, raises difficulties that we cannot pretend to answer." Wow . . . what a compelling defense of an all-benevolent God and the seeming inconsistencies in our suffering filled world. All in all this book is great fun and blast to read. An amazingly lame effort. Enjoy!
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Summary: how pathetic
Review: As an atheist I thought I would order this book for a laugh. It certainly provided me with that. It is both pathetically simplistic and misleading. The "proofs" for god's existence have all been thoroughly refuted, and their logical inconsistencies exposed, yet here they are again. Evolutionary theory is completely misrepresented, either from ignorance or intention, by repeatedly referring to it as a purely chaotic and random process. This, of course, neglects to mention the power of natural selection as a non-random mechanism. The authors attempt to answer the "problem of evil" was especially hilarious. He offers the "gift of free will," and our misuse of it, as an explanation for evil in the world, which says nothing about natural disasters, plagues, parasites, cancers, etc. The best part was his conclusion "On the other hand, some suffering, especially the suffering of innocents such as infants, raises difficulties that we cannot pretend to answer." Wow . . . what a compelling defense of an all-benevolent God and the seeming inconsistencies in our suffering filled world. All in all this book is great fun and blast to read. An amazingly lame effort. Enjoy!
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Summary: Read books by Vincent Cheung
Review: In response to the negative review by John Bice, it is fine to acknowledge that not all presentations of evidential/classical apologetics are equally compelling. For example, Craig and Moreland are better. However, the best apologist in our time is probably Vincent Cheung, and I don't think John Bice or anyone else will ever be able to refute him. He proves the existence of God, the infallibility of the Bible, the resurrection of Christ, and refutes evolution and the problem of evil. And his approach is not the evidential/classical approach. Search the web for "vincent cheung" and you will find him. All his books are free for download.
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