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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
405 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
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By the set up in premise the author is one-sided. I would have liked if he presented more of the counterfactual in a less than dismissive tone and approach.
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I received this book as a gift this past Christmas. I was asked to go into it with an open mind, told that Strobel was like me, an atheist who was skeptical, but who found his way to Christ. He was a journalist, formal legal editor for the Chicago Tribune. I did a little research on him and on this book before diving in, and I thought I knew what I was getting into.
It was so much worse than I thought.
Strobel begins by saying he was an atheist and skeptic all his life. He treated his wife like shit and blamed it on his supposed atheism. He used the term atheism as an excuse for an immoral life, because apparently you can only have a moral code if you’re a good Christian. And when he’s wrapping up the book he makes sure to remind you that all atheists are immoral and treat their wife and daughter like shit. News flash, motherfucker. You’re just an asshole.
In his introduction, Strobel asks the reader to treat this book as though you are a juror in a trial; that is that you should go in completely unbiased. That seems reasonable, right? After all, he’s just conducted 13 interviews in an attempt to prove or disprove the case for Christ...
Except all 13 interviews are with Evangelical Right Wing Christians. Not very unbiased if you ask me.
By the end of the first interview, and incredibly more so by the end of the book, it’s ridiculously obvious that Strobel has never been an atheist. He’s clearly using that lie as a catalyst for his interviews, giving his interviewees “hard hitting questions” in the form of skepticism. It’s an easy way to avoid interviewing with scholarly atheists. Here’s the problem: the guy takes every answer to his questions with no grain of salt, and hardly a follow up.
Every interview in this book hinges on this warped idea that nobody involved in the writing of the Bible could possibly lie about the events because they had nothing to gain from it.
Right, because religious leaders have never lied for personal gain. Sure. And if you need any more proof of his bias, Strobel spends about a page and a half at the beginning of each interview lifting his interviewee onto a high pedestal, complimenting their looks and published works, while referring to any rebuttal arguments as coming from “atheist” or “skeptic,” always careful to downplay their arguments and certainly never list their credentials.
It’s a sick cycle: The prophets of the New Testament couldn’t lie about the events they recorded because they were good people, and they were good people because the Bible said so.
This book is nothing more than a cash cow for Strobel, who ended up auctioning off the rights to it for a movie. At best, this book can serve as a nudge to “get back on track” for Christians with a wandering eye. But Strobel is a shit liar who closes out the book with a preposterous claim that his 5 year old went up to her mother and said, “Mommy, I want God to do for me what he did for Daddy,” and then proceeds to say he was surprised since his daughter only knew him as “profane, angry, verbally harsh, and all too often absent.
Strobel, your problem isn’t atheistic immorality. You’re just an asshole, and a disgrace to journalistic integrity.
It was so much worse than I thought.
Strobel begins by saying he was an atheist and skeptic all his life. He treated his wife like shit and blamed it on his supposed atheism. He used the term atheism as an excuse for an immoral life, because apparently you can only have a moral code if you’re a good Christian. And when he’s wrapping up the book he makes sure to remind you that all atheists are immoral and treat their wife and daughter like shit. News flash, motherfucker. You’re just an asshole.
In his introduction, Strobel asks the reader to treat this book as though you are a juror in a trial; that is that you should go in completely unbiased. That seems reasonable, right? After all, he’s just conducted 13 interviews in an attempt to prove or disprove the case for Christ...
Except all 13 interviews are with Evangelical Right Wing Christians. Not very unbiased if you ask me.
By the end of the first interview, and incredibly more so by the end of the book, it’s ridiculously obvious that Strobel has never been an atheist. He’s clearly using that lie as a catalyst for his interviews, giving his interviewees “hard hitting questions” in the form of skepticism. It’s an easy way to avoid interviewing with scholarly atheists. Here’s the problem: the guy takes every answer to his questions with no grain of salt, and hardly a follow up.
Every interview in this book hinges on this warped idea that nobody involved in the writing of the Bible could possibly lie about the events because they had nothing to gain from it.
Right, because religious leaders have never lied for personal gain. Sure. And if you need any more proof of his bias, Strobel spends about a page and a half at the beginning of each interview lifting his interviewee onto a high pedestal, complimenting their looks and published works, while referring to any rebuttal arguments as coming from “atheist” or “skeptic,” always careful to downplay their arguments and certainly never list their credentials.
It’s a sick cycle: The prophets of the New Testament couldn’t lie about the events they recorded because they were good people, and they were good people because the Bible said so.
This book is nothing more than a cash cow for Strobel, who ended up auctioning off the rights to it for a movie. At best, this book can serve as a nudge to “get back on track” for Christians with a wandering eye. But Strobel is a shit liar who closes out the book with a preposterous claim that his 5 year old went up to her mother and said, “Mommy, I want God to do for me what he did for Daddy,” and then proceeds to say he was surprised since his daughter only knew him as “profane, angry, verbally harsh, and all too often absent.
Strobel, your problem isn’t atheistic immorality. You’re just an asshole, and a disgrace to journalistic integrity.
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The writing style wasn't for me and I felt as if the author was bein condescending to the audience.
Lee Strobel picked some great people to interview for this book, but I think any one of those people would have done a better job at writing this book than he did. He did a great job at getting their reasoning and points of view for what they believe, but I wish he would have also included interviews of Jews, atheists, and Muslims instead of being the lone skeptic who doesn't know a whole lot about the arguments for either side. That being said, the questions he asks the biblical scholars shows that he did research into the arguments against Christian apologetics, and these questions allow for insightful and thought provoking discussions from those he interviewed. Overall, I'd say that this is a great starting point for anyone looking into the historical evidence for Christianity, but I'd also hope that this book isn't the last place you look.
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The Case for Christ” by Lee Strobel is an engaging blend of investigative journalism and faith exploration. Strobel, a former atheist and legal editor, applies a courtroom-style approach to examining the evidence for Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Each chapter takes the form of an interview with experts, covering historical reliability, medical evidence, and more. I appreciated how balanced and thorough the questioning felt, even when presenting challenging viewpoints. Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or seeking to strengthen your faith, this book offers both depth and accessibility.