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The Case for Faith: Book Review A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity Joseph Gallo 5/10/15 REL: 110 Rev. Philip Hilenbrand The author Lee Strobel, is both a lawyer and a journalist, two of the most skeptical professions in the world. For me, my father is an attorney born the same year as Lee Strobel and my mother has a minor in journalism. So, I learned from early on to carefully formulate my answers to a question or I would hear â€Å"well that will never fly in court† from my father or â€Å"please give me the facts† from my mother. So it seems ironic for a lawyer-journalist and admitted atheist to be writing an apologetics book. The book is well organized as one would expect from a journalist and is based around typical questions that argue against the existence of God. The responses are typical for a lawyer: reason, reason, reason, therefore, â€Å"it would be obvious to anyone that,† conclusion. The book was written in 2002, and on the first page he reflects on the disaster of 9/11. At the time, I was five years old, and although I had heard the news account I did not grasp the magnitude of what had happened, it had come close to home. My father was flying to Washington, D.C. on business that morning and was part of the mid-air confusion. His was one of the last planes to be grounded because it was so close to Washington D.C. at the time of the incident. Needless to say, my mother was a wreck. But, she said her faith kept her calm, and her feeling thatShow MoreRelatedEssay about The Spanish Inquisition a History1182 Words   |  5 PagesFirst Book Review: Second Book Review: The Spanish Inquisition A History Juan H. Servin The Great Teachings-3400 California State University Stanislaus November 19, 2008 Servin 1 Juan H. Servin Prof. Richard Weikart The Great Teachings-3400 Second Book Review 19 November 2008 The Spanish Inquisition A History What was the Spanish Inquisition? 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