(December 13, 2011 at 6:16 am)elly Wrote: Hi all,
I'm just wondering if any of you are familiar with the writings of Lee Strobel? I've been coming up against his works more and more when arguing against christianity. Apparently, he used to be an atheist, but found proof of God, and now is a born again christian. Based on what I've already read on him, I call total bull shit, but his supposed "scientific findings" seem to be swaying a lot of people. I was just curious if any of you had an opinion on him or were familiar with his work.
His books are mostly for Christians who want some cool facts that they can interpret as proving that Jesus is Lord. The books make perfect sense if you already believe, but outside the Christian circle I can see why there would be some issues. I think its all a matter of the context and/or worldview you find yourself in. Strobel is ordering the relevant data in a way that makes sense to his context. Others will order the relevant data in a way that makes sense in their context.
Of course I expect that most atheist on the board would think of their context as science and would not like it being put on the same terms as Lee Strobel. I'm not arguing that science proves that Jesus Christ made all the dinosaurs out of clay 6,000 years ago, my comments are really just a nod to post-modernism. Even factual data is interpreted subjectively, which is how you have a world with Dawkins and Strobel.
I will henceforth re-issue my extremely controversial statement that I enthusiastically embrace whatever science shows us, and I don't think that a religious person is incapable of also being a totally scientific person. Please see the ideas of John Polkinghorne, specifically, specifically his idea that whatever science observes should become part of what Chrsitians believe.
