Looking or a book author

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2006-01-22 05:14pm

I have several Fundy friends (don't ask) who from time to time try and convert me. One of their tactics is to mention a handful of books by former "Atheists" who "see the light" and become Christian and now attack Evolution and the likes. Anyone know of any of these authors? I am looking for some names here. I want to do a little research on one of these guys. I have a heavy suspicion they were never an Atheist and always had a terrible understanding of science. In other words I think these books and the claimed bios on the authors are entirely lies.

But I would like to confirm this by first hearing of some of these authors.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2006-01-22 05:17pm

C. S. Lewis would be an obvious starting point.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2006-01-22 05:20pm

Lee Strobel's Case for Christ is the one I've seen most come up.

There's a case against Case for Christ as well. Here.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2006-01-22 05:35pm

Thats gotta be it. My friend wouldn't stop talking about how the author set out to disprove Christianity and then became a Christian while writing the book. The article linked too indicates that this is an intentionaly misleading aspect of the book, but the author does state he wrote it well after he converted.

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-01-22 06:26pm

There's also Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell. I found it in my parents' basement a while back, and I've been meaning to read it critically; I'm pretty sure it's one of the more influential apologetics books, if you're interested in apologetics in general.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-01-22 07:35pm

McDowell, Strobel, and Lewis are probably some of the better known Christian apologists. Just check out your local Christian bookstore... gather ammo...

Psycho Smiley · Post by **Psycho Smiley** » 2006-01-22 07:40pm

Surlethe wrote:There's also Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell. I found it in my parents' basement a while back, and I've been meaning to read it critically; I'm pretty sure it's one of the more influential apologetics books, if you're interested in apologetics in general.

It's shredded chapter by chapter here.

Post by **Surlethe** » 2006-01-23 07:22am

Psycho Smiley wrote:
Surlethe wrote:There's also Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell. I found it in my parents' basement a while back, and I've been meaning to read it critically; I'm pretty sure it's one of the more influential apologetics books, if you're interested in apologetics in general.
It's shredded chapter by chapter here.

That's the link I gave in my post.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-01-23 10:31am

neoolong wrote:Lee Strobel's Case for Christ is the one I've seen most come up.

There's a case against Case for Christ as well. Here.

You should accept a copy of one of Strobel's books if they offer it. Then open it up in front of them and giggle as you list the fallacies the man uses.

Honestly. I have a little "Student Edition" of one of his books, and there's probably five times as many fallacies as there are pages in it... at least.

Oh, and... while he proclaimed he would "answers the tough questions", he, in fact, answered none of them. Just a lot of beating around the bush and goalpost moving.