[troutman]

Another Case Not Made: A Critique of Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator (2005)

http://www.infidels.org/library/mode...d/creator.html

Strobel is frankly misleading about his experts' qualifications. While spending paragraphs touting each of his interviewees' "doctorate-level" educations, he fails to point out that most of them do not have doctorates in the fields dealing with the issues on which they were interviewed. Rather, most of them have doctorates in philosophy or theology, and perhaps undergraduate degrees in a related science. Strobel clearly meant to insinuate that he picked doctorate-level experts in the fields dealing with the issues they were interviewed about; but, with a few exceptions, this is not the case. This does not bode well for his claim of standing "in the shoes of the skeptic."

Further, the opinions expressed by his experts are minority opinions in their fields. Of course, minority opinions can and do become majority opinions. But if you are conducting an investigation concerning a particular field of study, you don't simply interview those with minority opinions and treat their opinions as representative of that field. This provides further evidence that Strobel's pretense of playing the skeptic is a complete farce. Even disregarding everything else I say in this review, Strobel's masquerade as a skeptic should arouse the suspicion that there is more to the story than Strobel would have you to believe.

Clearly, even if Strobel's experts are biased, they are not necessarily wrong. But given their obvious bias, considering other sources with different points of view is necessary for objectivity.

Amazon reviews are amusing, and all over the map:http://www.amazon.com/Case-Creator-J...DateDescending

Being a biologist I read the chapters that pertained to biology (since that's what I'm most comfortable with) over a one hour span. By the end of those 60 minutes I wanted to shoot myself in the face. Chad M. Estep "Chad Estep"

Seek and ye shall find! If anyone is skeptical about how our universe was created, they need to read and study this book and the Bible! Science and Anthropology are discovering more and more about creation and finding that the Bible is also the definitive source of truth about these matters. At times the book is difficult to understand from a layperson's point of view, but there are many understandable sentences that describe what really happened and how God is the master-mind of the Universe. We all need to pay more attention to this. Lettie E. Osborne "Doting grandma"

Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Latest-Results-Purpose-Universe/dp/1591020182/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325110629&sr=1-1

In the past few years a number of scientists have claimed that there is credible scientific evidence for the existence of God. In 1998 "Newsweek" went so far as to proclaim on its cover, 'Science Finds God.' Is this true? Are scientists close to solving the greatest of all mysteries? Is this the end of the age-old conflict between science and religion? Physicist Victor J. Stenger delves into these fascinating questions from a skeptical point of view in this lucid and engrossing presentation of the key scientific facts.

Stenger critically reviews the attempts of many contemporary theologians and some scientists to resurrect failed natural theologies in new guises. Whether these involve updated arguments from design, "anthropic" coincidences, or modern forms of deism, Stenger clearly shows that nothing in modern physics, biology, or cosmology required supernatural explanation and that those who claim evidence for intelligent design in the universe have made a number of fundamental scientific errors.