Title: Sadly Lacking in Persuasion-- Only for The Uncritical
Product review: Strobel sets up a number of straw men in this book, and then knocks them down: "Critics say that Jesus was such and such-- but Expert X says diferent!!!" This is his method, and it gets tiresome quickly, for many reasons. First, he does little to lay out reputable criticisms, picking and choosing those arguments he wishes to refute. Then he goes to his experts, all of whom are (surprise!) Christian professors who destroy the straw argument, leaving us little choice but to agree that, indeed, Christ actually did this or that miracle. As an example of rational argumentation, the book gets zero stars, though it's at times entertaining. There's an excellent book waiting to be written on this topic. This ain't it.
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