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The Case for a Creator (originally a published book) consists of interviews with intelligent design advocates and Christian apologists who argue for the existence of a creator.
Various topics are examined in an unscientific manner: the Theory of Evolution; Abiogenesis; Big Bang; “Rare Earth hypothesis”; Biology Complexity and Human Consciousness. ExtantDodo provide the missing scientific perspective.
Lee Patrick Strobel is a writer and Christian apologist and a former journalist and megachurch pastor. He is the author of several books, including an Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Christian Book of the Year and a series that addresses challenges to a Biblically inerrant view of Christianity.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=36131
Strobel also runs a video apologetics web site also hosted a television program called Faith Under Fire on PAX TV.
Strobel earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. He was a journalist for fourteen years, at The Chicago Tribune and other newspapers.
Strobel was a teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, from 1987 to 2000, and of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California from 2000 to 2002, before shifting his focus to his writing and producing his TV show.
http://www.leestrobel.com/Bio.php
He continues to speak periodically at both churches and has been a board member of the Willow Creek Association. In 2007, Strobel was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Southern Evangelical Seminary in recognition of his contributions to the field of Christian apologetics.
The Case for a Creator
The Case for a Creator (originally a published book) by Lee Strobel consists of interviews with intelligent design advocates and Christian apologists who argue for the existence of a creator. The advocates interviewed in the chapters and their topic(s) of discussion are as follows:
Intelligent design advocate, Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture (CSC) fellow and Unification church theologian Jonathan Wells presents a case against evolution.
Intelligent design advocate, CSC fellow and philosopher of science Stephen C. Meyer discusses the relationship between science and religion, as well as the origin of life, arguing against the likelihood of abiogenesis without the assistance of a creator.
CSC fellow and philosopher of religion William Lane Craig discusses the Big Bang and argues for a creator as first cause, invoking the Kalam cosmological argument.
International Society for Complexity, Information and Design fellow and philosopher Robin Collins discusses the anthropic principle and argues that the universe must be designed by a creator.
Intelligent design advocates and CSC fellows Guillermo Gonzalez (an astronomer) and Jay Richards (a theologian) present a case that the Rare Earth hypothesis supports intelligent design.
Intelligent design advocate, CSC fellow and biochemist Michael Behe discusses irreducible complexity in biology as an argument for a creator.
CSC fellow, philosopher and theologian J.P. Moreland examines the supposed existence of consciousness separate from the brain, including near-death experiences, as an argument for a creator.
Critics of this book accuse it of bias, which they assert is contrary to the book’s own claims of being neutral and scientifically rigorous.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5452676/No-case-at-all-Book.html|
Paul Doland commented that Strobel portrays himself as a skeptic who would ensure a balanced perspective on the issue, but no scientists who oppose intelligent design were interviewed in the book.
The video claims to investigate scientific evidence for a creator, but most of the interviewees have their doctorates in philosophy or theology, rather than science.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/paul_doland/creator.html
The book was the recipient of a 2005 ECPA Christian Book Award in missions and evangelism.
http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/cba2005.php
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April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
It was, of course, …
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. –Albert Einstein
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Nicely done but …
Nicely done but would have been more powerful with an actual voice in lieu of text–perhaps both would have filled the dead space but good work nonetheless.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Yea even if there …
Yea even if there was evidence to suggest there was a creator, Why would that creator be the God from the Bible that sais illness is demons and the Earth is flat.lol ?
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
what bothers me is …
what bothers me is this: Even if one found evidence that there was some type of creator (which nobody has) One still lacks the ability to say anything meaningful about who that creator is and what plans he has for us. Does God love us? Is God cruel or kind? It is absolutely useless.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
It points to a …
It points to a creator only because you want it to. You can postulate it as a theory, but I’d be interested to know how you would test it.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
How does that offer …
How does that offer proof of the existence of a god of any kind? How do you know for sure that this universe was created? What if it has always been here? Not possible, you say? Then explain for me how you would describe non-existence. Sounds like it might be easy, but give it a try. We no more have proof of a god than we do of a flying spaghetti monster. I’m not saying there is no god, but we just don’t have any definitive proof. Your suppositions are just that – suppositions.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
things could pop in …
things could pop in and out of excistance and quatum physics of chance would cause matter to be created and destroyed for no apparent reason the fact that our univers follows laws and has a very ordered design points to a creator scientist and even yes these dumbasses have no explaination for why the universe follows these laws OH it just does that is not rationall if there are laws there has to be be a law enforcer mathmatics is gods language
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Who ever made this …
Who ever made this video has only a one track mind before the existance of space time the creation of the atom was essential to the big bang the fact that our universe contains laxs like gravity and the expansion with dark matter should be proof of a god scientist agree the set order and the fact that the universe follows mathmatics to a tee is bafeling some one had to make these laws some thing had to use math to create it it is easy to imagine a disordered universe wer no laws are present
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
oh and how does …
oh and how does evolution cancel out god both could exist
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
i find it this …
i find it this highly arrogant no mortal could ever no the deep awnsers to life i dont know if there is a god but i dont have an ego big enough to claim to have it all figured out if you claim you know there is no god you are an idiot whos thinking will never be on an elevated level einstein is alot smarter than you people and he believed in a higher power
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
In a few years, …
In a few years, this guy will have his own religion or religious offshoot. Like Elijah Muhammed in the U.S. for example, he has developed a new niche for people who are not totally comfortable with the classic views in religion. I believe there are probably enough people out there who love science and still need very desperately to put their trust into something else. YKWIS
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Ugh! Faith is a …
Ugh! Faith is a lack of evidence Einstein! Read Hebrews 11:1 for the best definition of “faith” I have ever found. You don’t wake up in the morning, put your foot off your bed with “faith” that the floor didn’t move in the night!
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
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April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I really liked your …
I really liked your video and your channel. If you need any help getting this video or channel exposed I use a site called tubeviews.(net) It has really helped like 20 of my main videos get to the top in position. God Bless!
Awesome!
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I find it amusing …
I find it amusing that you seem to think that your sarcastic bashing of a well-made documentary is in some way a ‘critical analysis.’
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Excellent Job!
I …
Excellent Job!
I read Strobbel’s book a while back and was endlessly irritated by his intellectual dishonesty and rhetorical tricks.
Thank you, for taking the time to tear into his fallacious arguments.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
What if that ” …
What if that “Creator” is Baal? Or Vishnu? Or Slartybardfarst?
These guys are real idiots.
Great job ExtantDodo keep it up
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
“Made by Tim. …
“Made by Tim. Inspector #4″ Lol.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Absolutely …
Absolutely brilliant!
Earlier today I stumbled onto a VenomFangX rant that I was surprised to see had only positive comments. I was even more surprised when I couldnt post my own comment pointing out the glaring flaws in his crazy argument. In trying to work out what was going on I ended up here and am just starting to get my head around all this DMCA stuff and what looks suspiciously like a blatant suppression of free speech.
Anyway, thank you so much for reposting ExtantDodos stuff.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
To date, this was …
To date, this was the most exhaustive refutation of creationist BS I’ve seen on YouTube. Fine job. Favorited!