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Chapter 13

            I liked the part where they discussed and refuted the idea of a mass hallucination as it indeed did seem like a flawed criticism. I wish they would have addressed it in a way that incorporated more reasonable alternatives however.

Chapter 14

            I had a major issue with the way that Moreland attacked martyrs of other religions in this chapter. I don’t understand how by saying that, “Mustlims might be willing to die for their belief that Allah revealed himself to Muhammad, but this revelation was not done in a publicly observable way,” makes their martyrdom weaker and of less faith. If anything it demonstrates greater faith in that they have less proof of the cause that they are dying for.

Conclusion

            I appreciated the premise of the book, taking a skeptics approach and disproving many falsehoods regarding Christianity. I did have a major issue with the way that Strobel went about his investigation and he seemed to be greatly biased towards leaning towards Christianity rather than as the skeptic that he claimed to be. Many of his questions were leading in ways that suggested to me that he knew what type of answer he wanted to hear. He also chose a vast majority of people to interview who were members of the faith. This weakened many of his arguments with me, a very logical thinker, because of the conflict of interest that interviewing these intellectuals inherently possessed. Overall, I would like to see the book redone by someone who represents less bias and who approaches the skeptics themselves, rather than interpretations of their work through members of the Church.

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