A rational, pragmatic, and heartfelt foray into Christian apologetics. Young will be a welcome addition to any theological scholar’s bookshelf, yet his approachable style, popular cultural references, and interesting personal anecdotes will engage even the most casual seeker.
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“Wow. Mr. Young pulls out all the stops with a purely rational, reasonable look at the evidence for a higher lifeform/deity. If I were to write an apologetic, this would be it. Citing the greatest apologist of the twentieth century (CS Lewis), he builds his case by including other notable philosophers, Sartre, William Paley and others, to push forward his case for the existence of a designer.
This is a must-read for anyone in intellectual circles. It is full of quotes, rationales, and logical appeals that will be attractive to anyone who has spent time in higher education. It is written at a readable level so that even those outside academics will find it engaging. Even if the final product is unconvincing to you, I believe that you will appreciate Mr. Young’s intellectual legwork and his logical leaps will have left you wanting more, not less.”
– Adam Stump, Pastor, and Author of “The Endless Summer”
There are a lot of reasons to read this book. Those reasons are in fact the topic of the book. Why do we believe what we believe? Are there actual reasons? Do they make any sense? M.J. Young brings up a lot of things to ponder, and does so in a well structured and logical way. At the same time, his style is casual and engaging, like hanging out with an old friend, instead of going to a lecture. This is a book I know I will be circling back to, as these are not easy questions and they should not simply be rubber stamped.
Mark’s conversational style is a pleasure to read and his logic is refreshingly solid. This book has got me thinking about a lot of really fascinating, and frankly, crucial topics, in ways that I haven’t considered in years. I foresee some of Mark’s ideas making their way into my own writing projects.
– Ken Goudsward, Author of Magic In The Bible
In Why I Believe, MJ Young invites the critic, the sceptic and the believer into a personal and yet philosophical understanding of God, faith and all that encircles that.
The book explores crucial frames of reference that often veer toward a collision course in any objective discourse between an apologist and an atheist.
Ontology, Dualism, Evil, Suffering, Hardship are some key counterpoints touched upon with great care by the writer, subjectively providing logical and thoroughgoing arguments presented from an objective point of view.
The writing is a scholarly craft. MJ Young skillfully lays his claims in defence of faith, his faith, with measured explanations disproving all notions that seem to negate the historical reality, goodness, love and redemptive work of Christ, the Son of God.
While I found the footnotes an unnecessary distraction, intermeddling with the main work, the said distraction takes nothing away from the good intention to relay his points expressly, to which, I must add, he demonstrably accomplished to a degree. By the reading of the book, you could clearly tell that C.S Lewis, the iconic apologist, has had a great deal of influence on the writer.
In the end, each man’s faith is a practically private event, and if MJ Young’s goal was to bring each man to a point of reasoned reflection and intellection of his own faith, then it must be said that the book, Why I Believe, accomplishes that goal to a reasonable extent.
– Aramide Salako