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This sounds like a interesting book to read. However, is not faith acquired through individual, spiritual understanding and demonstration? Thus, would not your "case for faith" be based on your perception and may not touch another who has less faith?

Kevin McPeak Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming from your lead-in that you haven't read the book. Your immediate impression is an interesting one and I real…moreCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming from your lead-in that you haven't read the book. Your immediate impression is an interesting one and I really think you should if you are curious about other approaches to the topic of faith. Whereas, on the one hand, I agree with your more abstract assessment of faith and one's own unique journey with faith, I also value an intellectual, philosophical approach to the subject. That's what this book does. The author was a lawyer and self-proclaimed atheist, and he puts the Christian faith to a test of logic. Can it survive calculated scrutiny? Through in-depth interviews with highly accomplished theologians, chemists, and professionals from a variety of disciplines, he examines each of the most ardent objections that atheists level against the Christian faith. And I commend him for his impartial approach throughout the entire work. It's a truly provocative read.

Directly to your point, though--I feel it is more useful for adding a tool to the believer's toolkit. In times of severe doubt or trial, this book grapples with the very same doubts over which even devout Christians agonize. I would agree that its power as a persuasive device would be limited, as the path to faith in any thing is supremely personal. But it would be hard for even a highly educated atheist to merely dismiss many of the points made in the book--it would prompt even the staunchest opponents of faith to re-examine some of their positions.(less)

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