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Comment on Letters to Doubting Thomas (a review) by Common Sense Atheism » Updates on the Debunking Christianity / Ultimate Truth-Seeker Challenge

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:01:55 +0000

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Comment on I’m on Google buzz, I think by indygwyn

indygwyn — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:18:06 +0000

I found ya, Chris

Comment on Lee Strobel responds by jblanchard

jblanchard — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:26:07 +0000

Fine. I should say, I actually find The Case for Christ far more tolerable than I repeatedly let on in public and private.

Comment on Lee Strobel responds by Chris Hallquist

Chris Hallquist — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:11:14 +0000

Be nice, Josh. I really am hoping to be able to have a dialog with Lee here.

Comment on Lee Strobel responds by jblanchard

jblanchard — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:04:01 +0000

I like the sentence “Please don’t inadvertently misrepresent what happened.” A very hard request to grant on purpose.

Comment on There is no Lee Strobel by aigbusted

aigbusted — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:43:33 +0000

Apparently Lee Strobel himself has shown up to comment on my blog. I say apparently because it is the internet, and it could be an impersonator. But I doubt it. Here is what he said:

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

Comment on There is no Lee Strobel by Chris Hallquist

Chris Hallquist — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:26:32 +0000

The link to Ryan’s post, for whoever wants to read it, is:

http://aigbusted.blogspot.com/2010/02/re-there-is-no-lee-strobel.html

It adds on some nice examples, people should read it.

Comment on There is no Lee Strobel by aigbusted

aigbusted — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:11:46 +0000

I’ve written a response to this post and have scheduled it to post on my blog early Sunday morning:

http://aigbusted.blogspot.com

Ryan

Comment on There is no Lee Strobel by jblanchard

jblanchard — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:58:08 +0000

Well I just hope there aren’t people like Lee Strobel in general.

Comment on There is no Lee Strobel by Chris Hallquist

Chris Hallquist — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:40:17 +0000

Barker was a fundamentalist preacher who slowly moved through liberal Christianity eventually to atheism. In his book, he talks about conflict with the people hiring him to preach, with him trying to limit his sermons to “be a good person” material as much as he thought he could get away with, and eventually feeling like a coward because he found himself preaching to an audience that was all excited because they had gotten their one village atheist–a guy who wasn’t at all afraid to tell people what he believed.