Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel, Jane Vogel · first published 2013
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Why HN recommends it
Journalist's account of interviewing experts about historical evidence for Jesus, presented as a rational investigation; recommended to skeptics and doubters who want a structured look at the case for Christianity.
Common criticism: Critics call it one-sided and dismiss its arguments as weak.
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…your statement. Many people (admittedly on both sides of the fence) have not done much research in this regard, but in my opinion is a valuable exercise, so if you haven't I'd highly suggest it. [0] The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel), along with The Case for Faith and the Case for a Creator. He was a former atheist who initially set out to prove God did not exist after his wife converted. This is certainly not an extensive…
…idea. Jesus said "seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you". Seems like a good advice to me. (If you want some links, Luke's gospel is an interesting place to start. Or "The Case for Christ" (The book by Lee Strobel - ignore the preachy movie) might be interesting.)
on “'Where was the Lord?': Slave testimonies” ↗If you haven't, I would recommend you read "A Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. He was a journalist and hardened atheist who came to believe in Jesus after interviewing dozens of people about historical evidence for the deity of Jesus, from a variety of angles.
on “Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed At YC Demo Day” ↗…a Christian who finds evidence for evolution pretty strong. http://biologos.org/ is an organization promoting this general view. I also find the evidence for Christ's resurrection quite strong. "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel is a book that lays it out well (though I'm not a huge fan of the literary approach).
on “To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they're right” ↗…great one. He was agnostic and set out to disprove Christianity and found its evidence was impossible to refute. Others I'd highly recommend would be: - More than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell - The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel - Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis I find all of these books fascinating because they're all written by men who were atheists and set out to disprove the "foolishness" of Jesus. In the…
on “Becoming a Contractor” ↗…Jesus, but came to the conclusion that the evidence supporting his claims to deity are monumental! - Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell - More than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell - The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel - Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis Finally, this is addressed in probably each of these books, but as for your last comment. It's not unthinkable to imagine Jesus was so insane he was…
on “Becoming a Contractor” ↗I don't believe God is in outer space, but I do believe He exists. There's plenty of practical evidence to support it too. It's getting old now, but Lee Strobel's "The Case for Christ" is a classic that does a good job at investigating a lot of this evidence.
on “Show HN: Biblos – Semantic Bible Embedded Vector Search and Claude LLM” ↗…of the question. Finding a written Q would for some detract from the quality of the gospels as a primary source. Lee Strobel has a good take on the authenticity of the Gospel account in his book The Case For Christ [0] and as always the book is better than the movie [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73186.The_Case_for_Chris...
on “Is the Q source the origin of the Gospels?” ↗…once, twice, it was enough, and I've been betting my life on it ever since. That is sufficient for me, but hardly accessible for you. For a tour of rational research leading to faith, Lee Strobel's Case For Christ is excellent, and is even available in movie format. There's another one about C.S Lewis that came out recently. Both depictions of hardened, rational skeptics who did the research and came away convinced.…
on “Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin” ↗…over as if "obviously so", when it's so not. Fucking terrible, and obviously so. So overrated. If it's in your top 5, then... wow. That's not good. I mean, it's not quite as bad as the likes of "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel, but that's not saying much at all.
on “C.S. Lewis on the Reading of Old Books” ↗…is that he wanted to assemble evidence to challenge her). Or you could claim he did an incompetent job -- as critiques of his book often do. But I don't think you can claim the process he documented Case for Christ wasn't rational or evidential. What I mean is, you don't have to buy his arguments. But I don't think you can fault him for buying them. And I don't think you can call his process anything but rational.…
on “A 1956 encyclopaedia's view on the computer ” ↗…volume 2: - are the gospels a reliable record? See chapters 16 through 27 The Testimony of the Evangelists, Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice -- Simon Greenleaf Case for Christ, Lee Strobel If you are willing to step closer to the evidence and take an honest look, these are available. If you remain unwilling, then this branch of the conversation dies here. The record will…
on “First live birth using Fertilo procedure that matures eggs outside the body” ↗I'm curious, have you also read "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroebel?
on “Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)” ↗…alternatives in religion. It was always a faith-based thing. Strobel, one I pulled myself outside the echo chamber, was especially one-sided and fraudulent as shown below. Author even encourages you to whip out Case for Christ and follow along with him. http://www.bidstrup.com/apologetics.htm You have the logical arguments that most ex-Christians come up with on their own. Also, recall Genesis says we have ability of "gods"…
on “A Personal Lisp Crisis (2012)” ↗It’s a mishmash of things and I’m only scratching the surface, sorry can’t give a coherent answer. But some books (Mere Christianity, The Case for Christ, The Believing Scientist, stuff by Garry Habermas, etc.), Wikipedia, the Bible (especially letters of Paul and historical analysis of them), Reddit, going to Church, taking Alpha course provided by it,…
on “Ask HN: What's on your learning list?” ↗