Comments on: XFiles Friday: “I was a 98-pound weakling…” http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2008/10/31/xfiles-friday-i-was-a-98-pound-weakling/ The theology of Reality Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2008/10/31/xfiles-friday-i-was-a-98-pound-weakling/comment-page-1/#comment-4616 Mike Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:01:16 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=490#comment-4616 I was a staunch Josh McDowell type apologist in my high school years; after graduating, I coincidentally mixed with far few non-Christians, so I didn't read that much in the way of apologetic. A year or two later, however, I picked up Lee Strobel's <i>The Case for Christ,</i> which not surprisingly uses arguments of this flavour. Even my young earth creationist mind had a hard time with it. The defense of Christianity was just so <i>terrible.</i> Many of the things you've pointed out here <i>niggled</i> at me. I thought to myself that if this was the best that Christians could offer, then I had a real problem. I credit Lee Strobel and Normon Geisler with my eventual move to atheism. Keep up the good work, guys! I was a staunch Josh McDowell type apologist in my high school years; after graduating, I coincidentally mixed with far few non-Christians, so I didn’t read that much in the way of apologetic. A year or two later, however, I picked up Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ, which not surprisingly uses arguments of this flavour.

Even my young earth creationist mind had a hard time with it. The defense of Christianity was just so terrible. Many of the things you’ve pointed out here niggled at me. I thought to myself that if this was the best that Christians could offer, then I had a real problem.

I credit Lee Strobel and Normon Geisler with my eventual move to atheism. Keep up the good work, guys!

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