Lee Strobel responds

Lee Strobel (or someone purporting to be him; I can’t actually verify the identity) has posted a comment at AiG BUSTED:

With all due respect, this characterization of my spiritual journey is selective, misleading and inaccurate. To suggest that I was so emotionally enthralled by a visit to church that I then simply read Christian apologists “to assure [myself] it was all true” is to simply rewrite history. My “Unchurched Harry and Mary” and “Case” books are entirely consistent, as any fair reading of them will establish. I was an atheist who thoroughly investigated both sides of the issue and concluded that the weight of the evidence supports Christianity. My “Case” books focus on experts whose arguments I ultimately found to be the most persuasive. Please don’t inadvertently misrepresent what happened. Many thanks, Lee Strobel

Here’s the comment I left there:

Lee,

The first thing I’d like to say is that I agree that the stories you tell in Inside the Mind… and Case for… are consistent. However, I still feel that your Case for… books are written in such a way that anyone who reads them, but doesn’t read them extremely closely, is almost guaranteed to come away with a false impression of your experience. I’ve heard some of your fans describe your books as a literal record of your conversion experience–don’t you agree that it’s worth your while to try to correct such misunderstandings?

If you’re reading this, maybe you could clear up some things I’ve been curious about. In particular, what books defending atheism did you read in the year or so after you started going to church? What books defending non-Christian religions?

Thanks,
Chris

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