The Case for Christ

[mdrummer5]

While I was working from home today (lucky me!) I played movies via netflix on my xbox all day. One of the things I watched was the documentary titled above. It’s a journalist’s journey from Atheism to Christianity. He took a very logical and educated approach very much like the one I would say I’ve taken and am continuing on.

It was very well done and by the end of it he points out the simple truth… comparing the “evidence” it takes more faith not to believe than it does to believe.

 

[steveb1]

While I was working from home today (lucky me!) I played movies via netflix on my xbox all day. One of the things I watched was the documentary titled above. It’s a journalist’s journey from Atheism to Christianity. He took a very logical and educated approach very much like the one I would say I’ve taken and am continuing on.

It was very well done and by the end of it he points out the simple truth… comparing the “evidence” it takes more faith not to believe than it does to believe.

Sorry, I have to disagree. I feel obligated to warn that Lee Strobel is a fundamentalist Protestant inerrantist. The “reasons” he cites for Christian belief are shallow and embarrassingly inept. Strobel is neither a deep or a critical thinker, nor is his Christianity highly informed and educated. This is not to denigrate your personal search. But I for one could never recommend Strobel, especially for anyone doing a profound search for spiritual truth.

For anyone who wants to read, or is now reading Strobel, I would recommend a truckload of salt, as expressed in articles such as this one:

infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html

 

[stephe1987]

Well, of course it’s going to appear shallow and inept if you are the sort of person who cannot believe for whatever reason. You know, the sort of person who, even if God did appear and speak to you face to face, you would come up with an alternate explanation as soon as He left… it’s a precondition in your life that God cannot exist, the Bible is false, etc.

I read Lee Strobel’s books and found them to be very informative.

 

[mdrummer5]

Strobel is neither a deep or a critical thinker, nor is his Christianity highly informed and educated.

That’s a matter of opinion and perspective but perhaps not. I should have worded it more clearly… when I said his approach was logical and intelligent I didn’t mean to imply that he himself is an expert on the matter just that he didn’t seem to just flippantly decide to convert for no reason. But the people he interviewed are experts on Christianity… which is the problem with it that I completely agree with is that it is entirely one sided but it presents that one side very well without condemning other options which isn’t always the case in such things.

Also, I’m not referring to the book, this was film so I don’t know if it was done differently but most of the commentary on actual beliefs and thought processes came from the “experts”. His commentary seemed to be more focused on what his thought processes were as a skeptic not as any kind of expert.

Is it going to change the mind of someone (not saying you specifically just in general) who isn’t looking to convert? Probably not. But for someone who’s strongly considering it or just interested it served it’s purpose well.