Résumé trouvé sur Amazon (l'isbn n'est pas répertorié dans la base de données, je ne peux donc pas l'inscrire correctement dans la fiche de lecture) :
"Award-winning reporter and author Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) once again uses his investigative skills to address the primary objections to Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rational resistance to faith. He even names the eight most convincing arguments against Christian faith:

1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil?
2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they're true?
3) If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did?
4) If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believe the right things about him?
5) If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions of people who have never heard of him?
6) If God really created the universe, why does the evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process of evolution accounts for life?
7) If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?
8) If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be a Christian?

These are mighty tough questions, and Strobel fields them well. Rather than write a weighty dissertation about the merits of faith, he brings us along on his quest as we meet leaders in the Christian community, such as Peter Kreeft and William Lane Craig. We also encounter his everyday friends and acquaintances that serendipitously fill in the holes in each of the eight arguments against faith. The use of dialogue from personal interviews and a scene-by-scene active narrative makes this an easy and engaging read. However, easy does not mean breezy. This is a book of substance and merit, one that will help Christians defend their faith, especially during the hardest of times, when they have to defend their faith to themselves in moments of doubt."


Ce livre est clair, et fait état d'une réflexion et d'une recherche honnêtes face aux objections jetées au visage de la foi chrétienne.
L'auteur est un athée converti au christianisme (si tant est qu'on puisse se convertir "au christianisme", je préfèrerai dire "converti à Jésus-Christ"), et relate sa démarche de l'athéisme à la foi, sans jamais évacuer ni le doute, ni la science. Il n'a pas peur de poser des questions difficiles, et ses réponses sont ce qu'elles sont, à savoir sans doute convaincantes pour ceux qui croient déjà, car les réponses sont à la fois logiques et fidèles aux textes, et peut-être moins convaincantes pour ceux qui ne croient pas encore, parce qu'il y a peut-être derrière des enjeux non-maîtrisables, à savoir le refus systématique de l'existence de Dieu, ou du moins de sa capacité à se révéler.

Bien intéressant pour faire bouger nos cervals et apprendre à nous entendre malgré tout.

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