Read it? Recommend it? Why/why not?
2007-08-15 13:47:28 · 9 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I found it to be pretty dismal. Poor writing. Extensive use of logical fallacies. If you check the original sources you can see many outright lies. I don't think anyone who approaches it honestly will find it at all convincing. But I suppose a Christian who is desperate for something which backs their existing belief may find it convincing if they completely abandon any critical thought process.
2007-08-16 02:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have it right here in front of me The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell.
I read all 760 pages of it, and have found no new evidence at all. His prophesies are a joke, and the biggest part of the book is sections taken from other writers.
Bibliography is 41 pages averaging 28 authors per page..
My copy is like brand-new. If you were here, you could have it for all it's worth- - - zero.
2007-08-15 14:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I read it for an assignment in comparative theology.
It started with the verdict and tried to make the evidence fit.
Josh McDowell is a very sad figure. He truly thinks he's thought this out intelligently, using manipulated and incomplete 'evidence' which would never stand up in court.
More tragically are the people who simply aren't armed with enough knowledge to see through crap disguised as intelligence.
Recommended to see the perpetration of circular logic and manipulation by the xtian apologists. But only for those educated enough to see it for what it is.
2007-08-15 13:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yeah, I think it's pretty good. I read it when I wasn't a Christian, and it laid a lot of my questions to rest. I think that's one of the books that helped me become a Christian, actually.
Josh McDowell is a great writer, and he's VERY knowledgeable about the subject. I like Evidence for Christianity too, I'm reading that one right now. It's pretty heavy reading, though, and there's a LOT of information in it.
If you're going to read Josh McDowell, you should also read the books that he references, just so you can get a full picture.
Oh, and C.S. Lewis was not an atheist. He was a Christian.
2007-08-15 13:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It was well done and has been revised and been around for about 30 years.... yes I recommend it
there may be newer sourses such as Gary Habermas "The Case for the Resurrection" and also "the Answers Book" by answers in genesis , and others
2007-08-15 13:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Josh McDowell is a very non-credible author. For instance in his book More Than a Carpenter he states that C.S. Lewis was an agnostic... C.S. Lewis was an atheist. McDowell makes several other glaring errors so he has pretty much zero credibility. You can't trust what he writes... But than again he is a Christian.
2007-08-15 13:58:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
I claim Nolo Contendre and request deferred adjudication
2007-08-15 13:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by carpathian mage 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its decent and has been a round a while, a bit outdated tho, but overall a decent read.
2007-08-15 13:56:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
huh?
2007-08-15 13:52:55 · answer #9 · answered by zytlaly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋