Jason Lisle

Exceptional book that briefly describes the basics of logic. As a "pocket guide" it is meant to give a brief view of the topic. As it is from Answers in Genesis, it is also thoroughly evangelical and presents a compelling case for theism and faith in the Christian God in particular. Dr. Jason Lisle writes the majority of the text and ably presents both logic and faith and, in my opinion, fairly takes apart the atheist position showing that it must use Christian, theological foundations in show more order to attack theism. Lisle says: "The materialistic atheist can't have laws of logic. He believes that everything that exists is material, part of the physical world. But laws of logic are not physical. You can't stub your toe on a law of logic. Laws of logic cannot exist in the atheist's world, and yet he uses them to try to reasons. This is inconsistent. He is borrowing from the Christian worldview to argue against the Christian worldview." Atheists will object to this characterization, but it is, nonetheless, true. show less

Jason Lisle has a real gift at explaining presuppositional apologetics and logic. I always enjoy reading his articles on the AIG web site. This book gives somewhat of a step by step explanation on how he approaches feedback response and debate from the point of view that if the Bible isn't true, it would lead to the absurdity that we could never know anything at all. There are a lot of people who will criticize this apologetic approach because it doesn't pile on evidence to show one belief show more to be true over another. However, it challenges the most basic assumptions of the critic and leaves him no ground on which to stand, which is what makes it truly powerful. show less

This is a very good little booklet which I highly recommend. Its basic purpose is to help believers be able to discern the logical fallacies of some defenders of evolution. However, as the author states in the introduction, both sides often use poor logic and "there is hardly anything more embarrassing than someone who advocates your position, but doing so using bad reasoning." So, the book has just as much benefit in teaching believers how to use good logic as it does in preparing them to show more discern fallacious arguments.

This book is a pocket book and so it is very concise, each chapter is only a couple of pages. Chapter contents are:
The Fallacy of Reification,
The Fallacy of Equivocation,
The Fallacy of Begging the Question,
The Fallacy of the Question-Begging Epithet,
The Complex Question,
Bifurcation,
Ad Hominem,
Faulty Appeal to Authority,
Strawman Fallacy,
Formal Fallacies,
Atheism: An Irrational Worldview,
God and Natural Law,
and
Faith verse Reason.

Two disappointments in the book: 1) There must have been an editorial mistake in the chapter on "God and Natural Law." That is that there are a couple of chapter end notes that are enumerated in the text, but the end notes do not actually exist (perhaps these are fixed in another edition). 2) The final pages are an invitation to one "looking for truth." The author poses the question, "When you stand before God on the Day of Judgment and He asks you why you should be allowed to enter into His Kingdom, how will you respond?" This is actually an example of the fallacies of "begging the question" or of the "complex question" because it presupposes and asserts that a man is going to stand before God and be asked that question - which Biblically is not the way things are going to happen, but it has been used as a "witnessing tool" by Christians for a long time.

That aside, this is a book that many Christians should refer to in order to be equipped to discern the logical fallacies of evolutionists and to help them understand how to frame their own arguments logically and Biblically. show less

A good and fairly short introduction to defending the first eleven chapters of Genesis as factual. The book also explains why the writings in Genesis are foundational to the whole Christian message and why believing it to be literally true is so important. This book is intended to be a starting point for readers interested in going further in their understanding and defense of creationism and the young earth theory.