Infidel Delusion : A Critiue of "The Christian Delusion" edited by John Loftus

✍ Scribed by Steve Hays , Patrick Chan, Jason Engwer, Paul Manata

• Publisher: Triablouge
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Christian apologists Steve Hays , Patrick Chan, Jason Engwer, Paul Manata write a Chapter by Chapter Critique of "The Christian Delusion" edited by John Loftus

This is a review of The Christian Delusion,1 edited by John Loftus. According to Michael Martin, who wrote a blurb for this book, ―John Loftus and his distinguished colleagues have produced arguably the best critique of the Christian faith the world has ever known.‖
Well, in that event, if The Christian Delusion turns out to be just another white elephant in the overcrowded zoo of militant atheism, then that‘s a vindication of the Christian faith.

✦ Table of Contents

Introductions

Steve Hays ........................................ 1
Jason Engwer ...................................... 5
Paul Manata ....................................... 9
Part 1: Why Infidelity Fails
A Review of Chapter One
Steve Hays ........................................ 12
Jason Engwer ...................................... 13
Paul Manata ....................................... 14
A Review of Chapter Two
Steve Hays ...................................... 18
Jason Engwer .................................... 20
Patrick Chan .................................... 21
Paul Manata ..................................... 27
A Review of Chapter Three
Steve Hays ...................................... 36
Jason Engwer .................................... 38
Paul Manata ..................................... 40
A Review of Chapter Four
Steve Hays .................................... 45
Jason Engwer ................................... 47
Paul Manata .................................... 49
Part 2: Why the Bible is the Word of God
A Review of Chapter Five
Steve Hays ..................................... 57
Jason Engwer ................................... 64
Paul Manata .................................... 67
A Review of Chapter Six
Steve Hays ..................................... 68
Jason Engwer ................................... 86
Paul Manata .................................... 90
A Review of Chapter Seven
Steve Hays ..................................... 91
Jason Engwer .................................. 102
Paul Manata ................................... 106
Part 3: Why the Christian God is Perfectly Good
A Review of Chapter Eight
Steve Hays ..................................... 110
Jason Engwer ................................... 118
Paul Manata .................................... 121
A Review of Chapter Nine
Steve Hays ..................................... 125
Jason Engwer ................................... 133
Paul Manata .................................... 136
Part 4: Why Jesus is the Risen Son of God
A Review of Chapter Ten
Steve Hays ..................................... 140
Jason Engwer ................................... 145
A Review of Chapter Eleven
Steve Hays ..................................... 149
Jason Engwer ................................... 165
A Review of Chapter Twelve
Steve Hays ...................................... 173
Jason Engwer .................................... 179
Paul Manata ..................................... 182
Part 5: Why Society Relies on Christianity
A Review of Chapter Thirteen
Steve Hays ...................................... 187
Jason Engwer .................................... 189
Paul Manata ..................................... 190
A Review of Chapter Fourteen
Steve Hays ...................................... 191
Jason Engwer .................................... 192
Paul Manata ..................................... 194
A Review of Chapter Fifteen
Steve Hays ..................................... 197
Jason Engwer ................................... 199
Paul Manata .................................... 200
Appendices
Appendix I: Antiochus or Antichrist ............. 206
Appendix II: “Extraordinary Claims” ............. 222
Appendix III: Comparative Mythology ............. 224
Appendix IV: Reviewing the Reviewers ............ 229
Appendix V: Babinski’s Tall Tales................ 234
Appendix VI: And your old men shall dream dreams.. 236
Appendix VII: Hallucinations, Hostile Witnesses, and the Resurrection .. 238
Appendix VIII: The Significance of Suffering: Did the Resurrection Witnesses Lie to Achieve A Greater Good? ........................................................................................ 246
Appendix IX: The Future Present ........................................................ 249
Appendix X: What Richard Carrier Claimed About The Christian Delusion When It Came Out ........................................................................................ 250