Oh shit -- BIG MISTAKE (I made this same mistake with my over-zealous step mother too many a decade ago). This book (also all the books by Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel which are all equally as stupid as Turek's) are simply not written or designed for an atheist audience (or any audience with a critical eye) -- despite the provocative titles.
Rather, they are merely meant to preach to the choir. They are designed to bolster the religious in their faith and that's it. They are the equivalent of heroin for the already drug-addicted faith-heads, like your step mother. That's why they are so smug sounding. That is why they present so many long-countered, false, and misleading arguments. That's why they rely so heavily on strawmen. And...that's why you cannot read a single page in any of these books without your head exploding. The godless were never meant to read them. These authors are little more than drug-dealers pushing apologetics to an already strung-out audience of junkies all in need of a good fix.
Your step mother is going to absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this book and you (as you already found out) will HATE HATE HATE it. Moreover, I predict, She will come away with a complete high, and you will simply get a raging hang-over. Worst of all (if my situation is any indication) this experience will actually enlarge the already sizeable rift between you and her on this topic of religion. After reading this book, she, like a satiated junkie, will find your continuing reluctance to shoot up the jesus-juice with her all that much more frustrating now that she has a line on some really good shit (as she will likely view Turek's book through her drug-addicted god-goggles). On the other hand, you, as the unaddicted clear-headed party, will see this book for the junk that it really is, and subconsciously you will simply lose a bit more respect for her as your own inner-child realizes she has no more intellectual capactiy than an australopithecine. Sharing apologetics books with the faithful is what proves the adage, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." Get out now if you still can. Deny ever reading the damn thing if you value your relationship with her at all. (okay I am overstating it a wee bit, but don't say I didn't warn you!)
Rather, they are merely meant to preach to the choir. They are designed to bolster the religious in their faith and that's it. They are the equivalent of heroin for the already drug-addicted faith-heads, like your step mother. That's why they are so smug sounding. That is why they present so many long-countered, false, and misleading arguments. That's why they rely so heavily on strawmen. And...that's why you cannot read a single page in any of these books without your head exploding. The godless were never meant to read them. These authors are little more than drug-dealers pushing apologetics to an already strung-out audience of junkies all in need of a good fix.
Your step mother is going to absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this book and you (as you already found out) will HATE HATE HATE it. Moreover, I predict, She will come away with a complete high, and you will simply get a raging hang-over. Worst of all (if my situation is any indication) this experience will actually enlarge the already sizeable rift between you and her on this topic of religion. After reading this book, she, like a satiated junkie, will find your continuing reluctance to shoot up the jesus-juice with her all that much more frustrating now that she has a line on some really good shit (as she will likely view Turek's book through her drug-addicted god-goggles). On the other hand, you, as the unaddicted clear-headed party, will see this book for the junk that it really is, and subconsciously you will simply lose a bit more respect for her as your own inner-child realizes she has no more intellectual capactiy than an australopithecine. Sharing apologetics books with the faithful is what proves the adage, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." Get out now if you still can. Deny ever reading the damn thing if you value your relationship with her at all. (okay I am overstating it a wee bit, but don't say I didn't warn you!)
