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 | | What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza ISBN-10: 9781596985179 ISBN-10: 1-59698-517-8 ISBN-13: 9781596985179 ISBN-13: 978-1-59698-517-9 Hardcover 2007-10-16 Regnery Publishing Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Today, more than ever, Christianity is under attack. In his new book, bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza takes on the leading critics of Christianity, from E. O. Wilson to Richard Dawkins. D'Souza shows that, against all expectations, Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in the world and that secularism and atheism are on the decline. This, D'Souza contends, explains the panicky efforts by atheists to discredit Christianity, exclude it from the public sphere, and indoctrinate schoolchildren in atheist doctrine masquerading as science. | ||
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Unimpressive, doesn't live up to promises I purchased this book because I was tantalized by its promise to be a rational argument for Christianity and a bold response to the arguments of New Atheism. Unfortunately, D'Souza never delivers. Instead of strong arguments for Christianity and belief in God, this book delivers only chains of fallacious argument that evaporate under any kind of critical examination. D'Souza has a bad habit of beginning to construct an argument, but never finishing it. Instead, he makes leaps to unsupported conclusions, and delivers each weak assault with an undeserved smugness. Ceci n'est pas une bon mot, M. D'Souza. Even as an affirmation of faith, this book fails, as one gets the distinct impression that D'Souza is much more interested in attacking New Atheism (which he does not successfully do) than in defending the modern Christian faith. Overall, I regret my purchase; it's best checked out from your local library. | ||
A First Rate Argument for the Christian Faith This book presents a sound argument for the truth of the Christian faith and also helps to define what that faith entails. I highly recommend it to all interested in understanding the rational basis for Christianity and faith. | ||
For the Thinker Christianity is not for someone with "blind faith", but for a person who uses his mind to study the Bible and reason through the questions most of us have. The author tackles tough questions and writes at a level we all can understand. While I didn't agree with all he said, he caused me to think through my positions. He's right on point most of the time and ends the book with the perfect conclusion. | ||
A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing The book is essentially a book on fundamental theology, formerly called apologetics. Unfortunately, apologetics uses arguments from history, science, metaphysics, and psychology. One person can't be an expert in all these fields. For example, Dinesh doesn't understand the metaphysical proof of God's existence. Also, he never states explictly that human beings are embodied spirits which is obvious from the indefinability of human rationality. He talks about the human spiritual soul without explaining what it is. The best part of the book was his explanation of the motives of atheists. I always knew Lee M. Silver (a nonfamous biologist and author) thought human free will was an illusion, but it was great to learn that E.O. Wilson and Francis Crick say the same thing. There are similar inanities from Carl Sagen, Steve Pinker, Stephen Hawking, and Steven Weinberg. Dinesh failed to mention that they say these things against the spirituality of human beings only in philosophical conversations. They live their lives as if they had free will: they feel guilty when they do something wrong, they apologize, and they promise not to do it again. Dinesh also didn't mention that Stephen J. Gould, an anti-religious fanatic, admitted that the science of evolution only concerned the bodies of human beings and that the souls of human beings were created by God. His idea that Christianity superceded Judaism is predjudiced. A better way to put it is that there is a disagreement about theology. He also claims that Christianity gave us Western Civilization. Russia is not part of the West and shares with non-Western countries their lack of capitalism and democracy. It is rather the Catholic Church that is responsible for Western exceptionalism. After the Roman Empire fell in the West in was replaced by the Catholic Church, which evolved into Western civilization. | ||
Great read for all who search I found this book very well researched and very well written. It is not written like a textbook but it has answers to many questions that arise in a complex world where Christians, atheists and everyone in between need to try to understand one another. To live together in todays society is a challenge for those who have faith and want to hold true to it in the barrage of opinions. Thank you Mr. D'Souza for sharing your knowledge, your research and your own faith. | ||