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This comprehensive reference volume covers every key issue, person, and concept related to Christian apologetics from Anselm to Zen.
Item Specifications...
ISBN 0801021510 EAN 9780801021510 UPC 000000303972
Pages 864
Dimensions: Length: 10.1" Width: 7" Height: 2" Weight: 3.6 lbs.
Binding Cloth Text
Release Date Nov 1, 1998
PublisherBAKER PUBLISHING GROUP #20
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This book is useless. Atheists and Christians alike will find the loopholes in his arguments. You get the idea that he is hiding something and not telling you all you need to know to take a position. The topics chosen make little sense. I could not decide what his purpose was in writing the book. On one hand I figured he wanted to discuss why Christianity is superior, then he includes topics of theology that do not seem to fit into that purpose. Many of the topics I hoped he would cover, he did not. I found it a waste of my time.
OH! MY! GOD! Nov 17, 2006
The arguments, reasoning and logic used in this book are so horribly bad that it scares me that the men who wrote live in the same world as me! The bottom line reasoning of this book is that God is real and perfect and that the Bible is his real and prefect word. The end all proof, the world exists, we exist, the bible exists, if God did not exist how could these things exist. And how do we know that the Bible is the real and perfect word of God, because God told the people who he had write it ,say so in it, so we would know it came from him................. Hey, I'm not kidding, here's an example, how can we know that evolution is false, in the bible Adam can speak, talk to God, and names all the animals, proving that he was not an "ignorant half-ape", proving that man did not evolve, proving that evolution is false. TA DA! How do we know that evolution is false, because the bible says so, how do we know whats in the bible is true, because God does not lie, how do we know that God does not lie, because the bible says so...... and round and round it goes.
For the Theist, this is just a very, very, long winded faith statement, if you already have faith then don't waste your time and money on this. Of course if you reading this then you must feel that you are lacking in something, like a rational explanation for your faith, if you find it here then it is amazing that you had the capacity to reason that you were missing it in the first place.
For the Atheist, this is a must have for a few reasons, 1) As an Atheist your making a choice (Vs faith), that choice should be based on all the best available information 2) If this is the best case the Theist can make then you are fully justified in your belief. 3) And as a bonus you get to remove from the table the hypocritical Theist claim that if you would only listen to what they had to say you would see the light.
Final word, if the arguments made in this book make since to you, well, then, I'm sorry to say, your stupid. How do you know your stupid, because this review says so, how do you know whats in this review is true, because the reviewer says it is, how do you know that what the reviewer says is true, because the reviewer wouldn't put it in the review if it wasn't. TA DA!
Why go see a Toyota dealer to learn about Hondas Jun 19, 2006
Mr. Geisler is far from an expert on many of these topics. I feel he just flipped through other peoples books and wrote down what he wanted to present to others.
Example is, his talks on say Zen. Anyone whose spent an hour online knows that the whole point of Zen or Eastern Religions, is to achieve an allocentric state of being, aka, enlightenment.
One of the problems is, in the West (USA) the ego is taught as being part of the brain that...blah blah blah
The ego isnt part of the brain, its your symbol of yourself, resulting from being selfcenterd. By meditating, aka, keeping your attention on something else, aka, whats infront of you (the moment), you can go beyond this egocentric state, the state that leads to suffering.
In this allocentric state, time feels to have stopped, life feels blissfull and one has gone beyond fear.
The rulers dont want that...
p.s.
...the fools will laugh, but the wise will understand
MUST HAVE RESOURCE! Jun 14, 2006
There are ALOT of Apologetics handbooks or resource books of sorts out there. However, most of them that cover a broad array of topics do so at the expense of thoroughness. They never handle any topic with any real depth. This volume is different. It handles all its major topics with great depth. while not becoming so technical that it become annoying to read. While this doesnt cover EVERY topic...it covers 99%..it is a must have resource for any pastor, teacher, or layman...
A must-have Christian apologetics work Mar 5, 2006
Dr. Norman L. Geisler's "Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics" is a must-buy. It is one of the best defenses of orthodox Christianity available anywhere.
The encyclopedia contains excellent evaluations of famous philosophers and views on religions, theology, ontology, epistemology, axiology, biology, cosmology, and hamartiology, among other areas of philosophy.
Geisler skillfully defends Trinitarian monotheism, the physical resurrection of Jesus, the historicity and reliability of the Old and New Testaments, the possibility and reality of miracles, theistic proofs, the virgin birth, the principle of causality, the divine inspiration of the Bible, Christian exclusivism/particularism, moral absolutism, divine essentialism, creation ex nihilo, the early dates of the Gospels, predictive Biblical prophecy, divine omniscience and omnipotence and other attributes, the justness of Hell, the reality of Satan, and other key Christian doctrines and philosophical concepts.
Geisler thoroughly refutes atheism, polytheism, agnosticism, pantheism, panentheism, deism, Finite Godism, communism, utilitarianism, materialism, monism, existentialism, humanistic optimism, nihilism, secular humanism, fideism, mysticism, illusionism, atomism, Islam, Hinduism, religious pluralism, creation ex deo, the J-E-D-P and Q Gospel theories, Gnosticism, conventionalism, deconstructionism, logical positivism, modalism and other Christological heresies, Molinism, naturalism, neotheism, neopaganism, reincarnation, Sikhism, annihilationism, universalism, and other false doctrines.
The book contains a helpful index of Scripture and Apocrypha, but instead of a word index has only an article index. The book contains many cross-references and is highly readable. It clearly presents Christian arguments and accurately and fairly evaluates anti-Christian arguments. Geisler is careful not to jump to conclusions.
The book mentions several cults as part of articles on other topics. The book doesn't discuss Heaven and Purgatory, and doesn't get too much into the Catholic vs. Protestant issue (mass, papacy, Mary, infant baptism, etc.), except for the article on the Apocrypha. Hopefully these and other topics will be added in future editions. Nevertheless, this book is outstanding and a perfect complement to William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland's "Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview," as well as a corrective to Craig's theological Molinism. Don't hesitate; buy this book today and you will not be disappointed!
