Reviews for Christian faith as religion

The average rating for Christian faith as religion based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-21 00:00:00 Andy Benedict On the first few pages, the author explains how the rest of the book is the result of a quest for truth and should, for the reader, be something of a companion. The truth may not always be liked, but he advises us to keep our minds open. What becomes clear throughout the book, however, is the premeditation and preconception of Von Wodtke. He too easily dismisses science, too readily accepts the supernatural and paranormal, and subsequently uses the latter to criticize and ridicule the former. In the midst of things, he even takes a political detour, going on about how bad welfare is (because it incites fraud and takes away peoples' opportunities and incentives for self-improvement), and ad nauseum rambles on about "the mainstream media and academia" who are self-righteously "anointed" in their quest for "cosmic justice." He then elaborates seemingly endless, without no foundation other than the readings of a paranormal named Cayce, on the merits of belief in god (increases happiness and the morality of society), the bible, and teachings of "traditional religion." It is all a load of crock. This may seem like an empty, senseless phrase, but there simply are no arguments in the book to dissect and demolish. The guy simply assumes the truth of "traditional religion" and uses it to prove his point, namely that the truth lies with believing in god. First he raises the false premise that science proves religion obsolete, then he demolishes it by saying religious people are healthier and happier. Science can only disprove assumptions made in the past, about the nature of things. In addition, science oftentimes disprove earlier results of science. Von Wodtke states "To me, God exists, and therefore there can be no proof of his nonexistence" (p.263), which basically says it all--especially the truth value of his search for truth. Please, don't read this book, it wasted too much time already.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-04-05 00:00:00 Jeremy Diamond ehhhh.