Why Mike's Not a Christian: Honest Questions about Evolution, Relativism, Hypocrisy, and More

by Ben Young

Book Overview

Can most believers give a rational explanation for their faith?Have most skeptics ever heard convincing answers to their arguments? Author BenYoung creates an intriguing and insightful dialogue... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736918655
• ISBN13: 9780736918657
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A great study...

Honest questions about evolution, relativism, hypocrisy, and more Ben Young, with Sarah Fuselier Harvest House Publishers, 2008 ISBN: 0736918655 Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 10/08 5 Stars A great study... Why Mike's Not a Christian begins with a debate between two men. Mike is challenging Josh's beliefs. Josh knows he believes in God but cannot answer Mike's arguments. Some of the statements made by Mike are: it is true for you, but not for me, all paths lead to God, Christians are hypocrites, the Bible is inaccurate and Why would a good God allow pain and suffering. Could you answer these questions? I know what I believe, and, yet, after searching myself, I realized I could not answer these questions. Ben Young offers the answers to these questions. His style is concise and easy-to-understand. He offers scriptures and logic to back up his teachings. Each chapter has a couple of questions at the end. I wish he had included more questions. Why Mike's Not a Christian would make a great Sunday school or small group study.

Excellent!

The book "Why Mike's Not a Christian: Honest Questions About Evolution, Relativism, Hypocrisy, and More" attracted me because Young deals with evolution. He actually relies on several scientists for his conclusions, including Dr James Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University and a specialist in the growing field of nanoscience. Dr. Tour's comments (page 59-60) were very insightful, as were Dr. William Dembski's (page 61). Especially helpful were the definitions of creation Young gave on page 55-56 which is critical because the common media stereotype is that a creationist is, by definition, a young earth creationist when broadly termed a creationist believes in the "beginning" was matter, motion (energy), time, and intelligence and a Darwinist believes in the beginning was matter, motion, and time. Was intelligence involved? Young makes a brief but well done case that it was according to science. Young shows why this issue is important by citing several cases of believers who became atheists after learning about Darwinism. One of my reading favorites is biographies about scientists and I am struck by how commonly they were reared in religiously devout homes and became atheists due to their exposure to Darwinism, often in the early grades of school. Young makes the point that they realize at a young age that Darwinism puts God out of a job and makes him, at best, superficial. This is the conclusion of the two cases Young relates. The first case is Patrick Glynn who learned about Darwin in grade school, in a Catholic school nonetheless, and, as he says, he became an agnostic due to his Catholic education. The second is Lee Strobel who, when he learned about Darwinism in Biology class, realized that if Darwin is correct God is out of a job. Many more cases could be cited, and this is why Young covers this topic in this book. He also covers the usual topics such if God exists why does evil exist.

Honest answers to serious questions

A lot of people are anxious to explain why Christianity doesn't work for them; Jesus was a good man, the Bible is full of myths, all paths lead to God, etc. It's not always easy to refute these claims and explain our faith. We know what we believe, it's just difficult to share it with non-believers in a way they'll understand. This book has the answers, written in plain, everyday language with quotes from the Bible to back up the arguments. Ben Young takes on these false claims with no-holds barred common sense. He even takes on evolution and the argument that a loving God wouldn't allow evil and suffering. Why Mike's Not a Christian is one of those books you'll refer back to time after time. We never know when we'll meet a skeptic, but Ben Young's honest answers about todays hot topics, will help the reader be better equipped to defend his or her beliefs. It has a permanent place on my bookshelf.