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The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
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Lee Strobel
A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God'My road to atheism was paved by science . . . But, ironically, so was my later journey to God.'---Lee StrobelDuring his academic years, Lee Strobel became convinced that God was outmoded, a belief that colored his ensuing career as an award-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune. Science had made the i...more
Paperback, 352 pages
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March 1st 2005
by Zondervan
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Excellent in the discussion of its subject matter especially in the light of various scientific disciplines, such as Biology, Palaeontology, Physics, Astronomy, Cosmology, Biochemistry and Neuroscience. This might make it a better introductory read than a lot of the recent Intelligent Design books since they discuss ID mainly from the point of view of Biology.
The author interviews big names in the ID movement such as Stephen C. Meyer, Jonathan Wells and Michael J. Behe, as well as o...more
The author interviews big names in the ID movement such as Stephen C. Meyer, Jonathan Wells and Michael J. Behe, as well as o...more
Lee Strobel starts this book by telling the readers about his prior atheism, and his wife's conversion to Christianity was his impetus to discern the 'truth' behind the scientific evidence for or against a divine Creator.
This is fine, and I wouldn't mind this book if that is what he actually did. Instead he 'interviews' only those who support the divine creator hypothesis, and all of his questions are ones that he knows his interviewee already has an answer for. (Assuming he did ...more
This is fine, and I wouldn't mind this book if that is what he actually did. Instead he 'interviews' only those who support the divine creator hypothesis, and all of his questions are ones that he knows his interviewee already has an answer for. (Assuming he did ...more
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Good book. Intense read, reader should probably have some science background or at least be interested in science-related topics in order to fully enjoy. Basically it's an "investigative" book that explores the existence of God from a scientific perspective - i.e. Creationism vs. Darwinism; intelligent design vs. evolution. Lays out many very good points that makes you consider the FACTS of both evolution and creationism.
The real value of this book, in my opinion, is that it ...more
The real value of this book, in my opinion, is that it ...more
Many of the arguments in this book do provoke uncertainty and mystery, but that does not necessarily provide evidence for me in supernatural explanations such as God, let alone a Christian god. I found that Strobel interviews "experts" that do not always hold degrees in the fields they are being interviewed about, such as the his interview with Moreland about consciousness. Also, many of his "experts" hold minority views in their respective fields. Overall, this book benefit ...more
"Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but he that constructed all things is God." (Hebrews 3:4)
Do you agree with the logic of this Bible writer? Mankind has experienced some 2,000 years of scientific advancement since that verse was penned. Many scientists identified in Strobel's book believe in God. There is still the common perception, though, that belief in God and the supernatural is incompatible with good science.
Reading Strobel's book is eye-ope...more
Do you agree with the logic of this Bible writer? Mankind has experienced some 2,000 years of scientific advancement since that verse was penned. Many scientists identified in Strobel's book believe in God. There is still the common perception, though, that belief in God and the supernatural is incompatible with good science.
Reading Strobel's book is eye-ope...more
For several years in Reno, I taught a class called "Science and the Restoration." Strobel's book is a series of interviews with scientists who's work (in biology, genetics, cosmology, astronomy, physics, etc.) has strengthened their belief in an Intelligent Creator. Almost every one of these interviews is with a scientist who's forks I read in developing my class! So I really didn't learn any new from Strobel's book, although it was a good refresher. Not all of his points match my...more
This is a staggeringly heavy read for an author and former journalist who has made so many other topics accessible to the average reader. Like his previous books that examined the evidence for the Biblical Christ and philosophical arguments for faith, this book examines the overwhelming evidence that points away from Darwinism to Intelligent Design. Though I was familiar with some of the evidence having read Michael Behe's "Darwin's Black Box" and seen some Intelligent Design documenta...more
Before I write my review, I think it's necessary to state a little about myself. Growing up in school, I had no internal conflicts with science and faith. When I got to college, my natural sciences professor with his anti-Christian attitude all but shoved me in the direction of intelligent design (which, ironically, I had never heard of prior to taking his class). I remained that way for about two years before I again accepted evolution as a valid theory. That being said, reading this book did n...more
I feel the book could be summed up by this quote towards the end of this book "If I was to embrace Darwinism and its underlying premise, I would have to believe nothing produces everything, that non-life produces life, that randomness produces fine tuning, that chaos produces information, that non-consciousness produces consciousness & that non-reason produces reason" And for him that would take way more of a leap of faith then to believe in a creator.
Hardcore naturalist migh...more
Hardcore naturalist migh...more
Book Review: The Case For A Creator by Lee Strobel
Author Lee Strobel was the award winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. He was a spiritual skeptic until 1981 when his wife's newfound Christian faith challenged his prevous assumptions. Strobel used the research and analytical skills that had built his journalistic career and applied them to the question of whether God exists.
He searched the Bible and secular sources for the historical Jesus and concluded that he ...more
Author Lee Strobel was the award winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. He was a spiritual skeptic until 1981 when his wife's newfound Christian faith challenged his prevous assumptions. Strobel used the research and analytical skills that had built his journalistic career and applied them to the question of whether God exists.
He searched the Bible and secular sources for the historical Jesus and concluded that he ...more
Strobel lays out three arguments in this book, all of which are problematic:
1) Creationism and Evolution are two completely distinct ideas, completely at odds with each other, there is no viable middle ground between the two, and no viable alternatives. His proof of this largely boils down to "both religious creationists and atheist scientists have asserted this to be true, therefore it must be true!"
2) Evolution is "just a theory", not all evolutionary b...more
1) Creationism and Evolution are two completely distinct ideas, completely at odds with each other, there is no viable middle ground between the two, and no viable alternatives. His proof of this largely boils down to "both religious creationists and atheist scientists have asserted this to be true, therefore it must be true!"
2) Evolution is "just a theory", not all evolutionary b...more
This is tough to get through, and I'm not sure if it's because I don't want it to be true or because it's reasoning seems dubious or both.
Done. Throughout I found that for whatever reason I might wish Christianity to not be true and God to not exist, without regard to the evidence. The book is very one-sided, and apparently a small proportion of the scientific community shares these beliefs (not too surprising), and the author doesn't question his interviewees arguments too critically....more
Done. Throughout I found that for whatever reason I might wish Christianity to not be true and God to not exist, without regard to the evidence. The book is very one-sided, and apparently a small proportion of the scientific community shares these beliefs (not too surprising), and the author doesn't question his interviewees arguments too critically....more
I highly recommend this book for anyone with a scientific background. I studied Physics and Math at CU Boulder, and went from a Christian, to an Atheist, to an Agnostic, and then back to a Christian. This was actually good for my faith, but there were still lots of nagging doubts around science and God. This book helped tremendously. I’d like to briefly mention 3 items that really spoke to me.
The Big Bang
For some reason, people seem to think that the Big Bang theory contra...more
The Big Bang
For some reason, people seem to think that the Big Bang theory contra...more
I think people who believe we evolved from molecules fused together by lightning into complex organisms need a bigger dose of faith than God creating us. However, this book seems to set up all arguments from the other side as straw men. Maybe it is the best they've got, but this book doesn't convince me it's so.
I don't recommend this book and I don't think I'll read any others by this author because as he discusses the "evidence" pro and con regarding how man came to be on Earth and the beginning of the universe it gets confusing. I felt, by the time I was done reading this book, that he was just putting out mumbo jumbo. Whether scientists or religious believers are correct about "the beginnng" was turning into a faith experience with who you believe about what they were saying. But...more
I'm surprised I enjoyed this as much as I did. I was expecting essentially an elongated bibliography, but it was more compelling than that. I'll have to track down the science that interests me more directly to see how the evidence holds up, but this one was well done.
Lee Strobel is an award winning journalist and editor and now a bestselling author for his "Case" series. In this edition, Strobel explores the fascinating side of modern science which appears to be agreeing with those who believe in an intelligent designer of the universe. From a writer's standpoint, I closely observed Strobel's research process for composing this nonfiction book. Beginning with an interview of a prominent scientist, within the specific field of interest, (Biology,...more
I have to confess, I've actually had this book sitting on my shelf unread since 2006. As of writing this review it's Dec. 2011 and I finally decided to pick it up and read it. It was neglected simply because I was already aware of much of the information that would be presented in a book like this.
That said, I was pleasantly surprised by the compelling nature of the narrative format of this book. It reminded me why I found Strobel's previous book "The Case for Christ" so fasc...more
That said, I was pleasantly surprised by the compelling nature of the narrative format of this book. It reminded me why I found Strobel's previous book "The Case for Christ" so fasc...more
I like the couple of books I've read in this series by Lee Strobel. I think it is an excellent source for those searching for religion or even spirituality. Because he was an atheist starting out, you could follow along without the feeling that it is "prejudiced material." I had seen some reviews about his interviews being biased, but I think he researched correctly. If someone wants to know everything about how to make cheese, they don't go ask a bread maker. They would ask someo...more
And absolute must read for those who have an interest in the so-called religion vs science debate. Strobel's talent as a journalist is evident in his ability to make what is scientifically technical book come to life and be accessible to the reader. Systematically addressing the issue of the origins of the universe in the fields of Physics, Biochemistry, Cosmology, Astronomy etc, Strobel illustrates that rather than disprove the existence of an intelligent designer over the past 150 years, sci...more
I didn't want to read this book.
And this book would have never made it to my nightstand (the place where the current “book of the day” usually sits), had it not been the choice for my small group Bible study.
Here’s the problem: I'm not used to reading hard core science materials and this book does get into heavy duty science. Although I consider myself of average intelligence, this book made me feel pretty ignorant.
But I sucked it up and did the reading, although...more
And this book would have never made it to my nightstand (the place where the current “book of the day” usually sits), had it not been the choice for my small group Bible study.
Here’s the problem: I'm not used to reading hard core science materials and this book does get into heavy duty science. Although I consider myself of average intelligence, this book made me feel pretty ignorant.
But I sucked it up and did the reading, although...more
Overall this book is a good place to start if you are interested in seeing some of the scientific evidence for the existence of God that contemporary Intelligent Design advocates use. Actually, the book is basically a summary of Intelligent Design arguments. Strobel interviews Christian scholars to ask them about the evidence, and the information is generally presented in an easy to understand fashion--though sometimes the scholars get to describing some complicated science that the lay reader...more
I am reading this in tandem with Losing My Religion, because the author started writing for a newspaper and what he covered lead him to become an Christian.
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Okay, so I'm on Chapter 3, and it turns out this isn't an autobiographical book about Strobel's arc toward belief - he spends the first chapter talking about how he was this atheist news guy, says he converted, and the rest of the book is his interviews with scientists that believe science supports, or does not con...more
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Okay, so I'm on Chapter 3, and it turns out this isn't an autobiographical book about Strobel's arc toward belief - he spends the first chapter talking about how he was this atheist news guy, says he converted, and the rest of the book is his interviews with scientists that believe science supports, or does not con...more
Allie
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people interested in ID Theory
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Lee Strobel has put together something very interesting. He writes in a kind of cheesy/dramatic/bad way, but it is direct and easy to read. He says, "I'm an investigator, I ask the questions that atheists ask" but could always go further with his questions and ends up not asking those questions / jumping to conclusions. You also get the sense that he does not really understand atheism.
The scientists he interviews are all in some way connected to the think tank that has been p...more
The scientists he interviews are all in some way connected to the think tank that has been p...more
Some parts of this book were better than others. For example, the discussion of fossil evidence was pathetic, used outdated information and myths, and was altogether very unsatisfying. I think it raised more questions for me than answered them. However, I did find the astronomy interesting (this may be because I am less knowledgeable in the area), and of course I had no problem reading Behe's interview (though it's more worth your time just to read his book).
In the end, the posi...more
In the end, the posi...more
One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Science done right points to God." This book discusses many scientific topics from the beginning of the universe, to Darwins theory of Evolution, to molecular biology and DNA to the human consciousness and uses it to create the case that scientific evidence points to a creator and that everything did not and could not have happened by naturalistic random chaotic chance.
Take the universe for example: Science by definition is th...more
Take the universe for example: Science by definition is th...more
Christopher
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anyone interested in Intelligent Design
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I think Stobel is a very good author. His ability to construct arguments and present them in a logical coherent manner is extraordinary. I suppose his background in law and journalism aids him greatly in this area. In respect to The Case for a Creator, I found it very well written and easy to follow, logically arranged and well documented.
In the book, far from being a traditionalist presentation of Creationism, Strobel argues from an Intelligent Design perspective. He appeals to s...more
In the book, far from being a traditionalist presentation of Creationism, Strobel argues from an Intelligent Design perspective. He appeals to s...more
This book is a great way to rebuttal against modern science's claims that are against the Bible. It's very technical which is why I only give it 4 out of 5 stars, but I believe this is necessary considering the fact that it is "evidence" for a creator in a scientific world. If you're looking for something easier but in the same category, try reading the teens version or kids version. I've yet to read them but I'm sure they will give a similar approach without all the intricacies.
I enjoy Strobels work. Science is very interesting to me, and although I don't claim to understand EVERY concept that is put across in this book, I understand most of it. A must read if you want a decent collection of scientific defenses of your faith. Each chapter covers a different topic and area of science; physical and mental. The various experts in each field try to make things as simple as they can. You wont get lost in this book if you have some basic scientific knowledge.
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