Evidence that Demands a Verdict, eBook: Fast Answers for Skeptics' Questions about Jesus Kindle Edition

My mother, a heartfelt Christian woman, recommended this book as a source of cold, hard Christian facts that would provide scholarly evidence to back Biblical claims about which I (an atheist) have reservations. I delved into the text expecting an intellectual challenge rich with carefully sourced primary materials providing an evidence-based, compelling argument for belief in God. What I encountered instead was a miserable opinion-based quandary of fallacies that disgusted my sense of intellectual honesty. This book was written by Christians, for Christians, and requires the reader to abandon his skepticism and adopt the presupposition that all of it is true to make sense of the arguments. Many fallacies appear over and over in the discussion, most notably false appeals to authority as substitute for evidence and that viciously inane brand of circular reasoning peculiar to those possessed of a religious mindset. Beware false premises as they abound.To anyone wishing to purchase a challenging scholarly defense of Christianity, steer clear. Atheists seeking a laugh or Christians in need of further biased, factually false brainwashing will enjoy this work of creative fiction.

This book is good for the Christian laymen who want to go deeper in their understanding of the Scriptures, for high school students who may or may not have difficulty in trusting a 2,000 year old book to be true and accurate in what it says; also, for college students, pastors and seminary students who desire to seek the evidence for themselves. Josh McDowell has assembled and made clear the historical evidences for the Christian faith. So, if you're interested why Jesus Christ was and is profoundly different from any other man who ever lived, read this. You won't regret it!

Josh McDowell does an excellent job leveraging the method to compose a college level research paper - systematically and in a logical flow - showing that there is a solid case for why the Christian Bible is reliable and the fantastic claims within it must be true. Beyond that, he leaves each factoid in bibliographical reference form so that you can more easily do your own research.Can science build a case that counters McDowell? Of course...especially when they are interested in avoiding the idea of an invisible Creator. But science cannot refute these facts.I would point out another good read on these lines: "God vs. Religion" written by Albert Einstein, who proved that other dimensions exist using scientific method...irrefutable by scientific standards. If other dimensions exist, which are invisible to us in the natural world, so also life can exist that is invisible to us in the natural. And it is in that realm that God exists, and from where He interacts with us, and in fact created the physical dimension with which we are all familiar.If you rely on physical evidence to describe all that exists and you pursue truth over all, you'll want to read this because you're missing the part of the iceberg that resides under the water's surface.

This book" Evidence that demands a verdict" by Josh McDowell is a reference book as to the literal proof of the Bible and its contents.It is rather like reading a encyclopedia that contains so many physical and logical proofs of events in the Bible as to be astounding.In eack chapter he gives further reading for more details concerning that chapter--another bonus.I got this book to study how we got the books of the Bible assembled and who or what committee,s authorized them-this book helped me understand this.He also goes into detail how the scribes hand wrote each Bible andf the intricate rules surrounding them---an outstanding book---and for only 1 cent plus shipping--wow---if your faith is waivering because of lack of proof of spiritual stuff or if you simply want to grow more in your Christian life---this is the book for you---a must buy for every believer.

No, my problem is that I wanted the book not a college type study. The problem is mine since I must not have read the description correctly.

This is a great book for someone that wants to learn about the Bible. This gives you the evidence how the Bible was put together and why we should read it. For me it answers the question, "why should I trust what is in the Bible, and why should I read it?"

A life changing expose’ for belief in Christ. It put a solid foundation under my faith in the reality of Jesus. I bought it for my grandson graduating from high school and moving on to a state college. He will need fortification!

A very straight forward intellectual, logical and thought provoking book for any person who truly wants to look at the evidence for believing in Jesus Christ.

Informative. Good for those want to invest the time in reading it and are open to discovering truth by carefully assessing the evidence. Complete waste of time for those who are not.

Thanks very much. Just what I expected and a good price too, David.

Had the hard back for years. Always a useful one. Heard Josh McDowell speak in the the '80s, and was always impressed by his easy to access research.

Quite old now, but brilliantly researched and comprehensive.

Classic book.