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| The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God | 
 enlarge | Author: Lee Strobel
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0310240506
Dewey Decimal Number: 212.1
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Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Lee Strobel investigates the latest scientific discoveries to see whether they form a solid basis for believing in God.
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Are Christianity and science incompatible? If there is a God, is he only an impersonal starter force? An introductory high school biology class first propelled Lee Strobel toward a life of atheism. God and science, he reasoned, were mutually exclusive. When the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune converted to Christianity, he decided to investigate the science he had once accepted as truth. Did science point toward or away from God? As Strobel interviews a variety of scientists on everything from debunking evolutionary icons to the implications of the Big Bang to the existence of the human soul, he builds his case: scientific evidence points toward Intelligent Design. Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith. Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, "?science offers a surer path to God than religion." Open-minded readers will find that this book, and its questions for reflection and group study, invites conversation and investigation.--Cindy Crosby
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 Refreshing veiw August 10, 2008
It was nice to see a different view point of how creation could have occurred. This book does not try to convince you that Buddha, Yahweh, or Krishna is the force behind our existence. however they have a good argument that simple chance is not viable with our current scientific evidence.
I really enjoyed it. The scientific facts are very interesting and explained very well.
 A great read, cant put it down ! July 30, 2008
This is a great book and I have not been able to put it down. Its easy to read and a great introductory book for apologetics.
For those who have written reviews that he has only used Christian theists, fair enough. But that does not obscure the facts. Science verification is not dependent or should not be influenced by what the testor believes. After all we are creating an hypothesis and testing it against the evidence we find. Beliefs should be shaped on the evidence and this is what Strobel attempts to do.
I would like to have seen some interviews with atheists which would have given this a 5. But plenty of the naturalist arguements were presented in a way that seemed fair and honest. But this book and read both sides. If you only read one side you risk making a straw man out of the opposition.
My favourite chapter was the one on Cosmology & the Kalam Cosmological arguement by William Lane Craig. I heard him speak at a recent debate in Auckland. He was fantastic.
I'd wholeheartedly reccomend this book to anyone with a general interest in the ideas of intelligent design or creationism.
 I hope this isn't THE case July 30, 2008
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First, I believe in a creator who did create the universe and whose son lived among men and died for the sins of those who accept Him as their savior.
Second, I am a trained, practicing scientist.
I am not a fan of creation science. Mostly, I think it is dangerous to use scientific arguments as the basis for faith in God. If somebody could refute some of Strobel's arguments, does that mean God didn't create the universe? I'm sorry, but that's the way science works. You put forward a theory that explains all the known facts, and if a single fact is discovered that is inconsistent with your theory, then your theory is abandoned, refuted, incorrect. That is what science is. That is what I do for a living.
The guys Strobel interviews, like most creation "scientists," are not practicing scientists. They do not collect and evaluate data. They are members of a philisophical think tank. They package arguments for a living. They do not understand the data they make arguments about, and more importantly, they would not abandon their theory if they were presented with evidence that refutes it.
If, for example, someone could explain to them that the Miller-Urey experiment was seminal rather than terminal and that it started a whole field of research that continues with refinements today, they would not abandon their theory or its major conclusion. They don't have to, because they are not practicing science.
If they understood basic organic chemistry, they would see that even the earliest, simplest versions of the Miller-Urey experiment produced a mixture containing formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide, and they would remember from their sophomore organic chemistry course that these are the components of the Strecker amino acid synthesis, and they would be greatly embarassed to dismiss such a mixture as "embalming fluid." It's in fact one of the types of mixtures that people first used to make synthetic amino acids. Add ammonia (which you get by hydrolysis of cyanide), and you would see amino acids. Strobel's sources don't know this, because they are not competent, practicing scientists.
A real scientist would give up at some point and admit that the facts don't support their theory. These guys don't. They are not scientists, by definition. They probably don't know enough about what constitutes science to even realize that what they are practicing is not science. If they know what they are doing, then they are charlatans that are arrogantly misleading people. As a Christian and as a scientist, I am embarassed by the bulk of what is offered as "creation science," and I am embarassed that Strobel's book claims to be "the" case and "the" "scientific" basis on which people should worship the Lord.
I have a harder time explaining my religious beliefs than I have explaining why they have nothing to do with believing in a shell game of selected scientific material observations. I'll tell you this much. If I had to rely on someone revealing God to me through tests in the laboratory, I would not be relying so much on faith.
I also have a hard time writing this review. I want people to believe in the one who created the universe and to be saved. I am really torn as to whether it is a good thing that this book might cause someone to have or keep faith. If someone's flawed argument (to be generous) or lies (if that's what they are) leads a person down a path and he ends up saved, does that make it right to mislead people? Ultimately, I think that belief in God should be based on truth rather than trickery. That is why I wrote this.
I loved this book July 19, 2008
10 April 2008 - This is a fantastic book for the beginners-level apologist. The experts that Strobel interviewed to provide excellent cases for "Intelligent Design" based on data from their respective fields of study. It is said we cannot discus facts in schools because they lead toward a religious viewpoint.
Well researched July 12, 2008
The book was well researched and written. There will always be an antagonism between the two world views of creationism and naturalism. I feel the two paradigms should have been explored more fully.
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