outside reading 3 - case for christ book

 outside reading 3

I am currently reading a book called the Case for Christ. I think it is relative to what we've learned in class about myths. The book is about an atheist journalist whose wife one day decided she wanted to be a christian. He didn't like this idea so, as a journalist, he decided to go on to prove the non-existence of god (because he thought all of this was mythical). From what I've learned a myth is something that is a person's personal narratives/beliefs that are not false, but also do not tend to be historically true either. In lee strobels opinion, he did not think anything about christianity or christ was historically true so he went on a mission to prove it wrong. Throughout his book he tries to answer difficult questions that many people have about christianity - was jesus the son of god, what if that was a lie - would someone in their right mind die for a lie - was jesus in his right mind - what is the proof of jesus being the son of god - were they really miracles or was it hypnotism -was the bible reliable, etc. these are the questions my book has answered so far. And, by comparing these questions to real life evidence and facts, lee strobel is beginning to use real history to back up the facts and so far, christianity is becoming the opposite of a myth. this takes me back to ask myself the question "could christiantiy be a myth?" and although my faithful answer was no, this book has really proved to me the right answer.

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