John Loftus misleadingly wants his readers to believe that Christian apologists are recommending his book for its alleged intellectual merit. Not so. One apologist John loves to name-drop is Norman Geisler. According to someone who personally corresponded with Geisler about this issue, here is Geisler's real opinion (the one John doesn't want anybody to know about):
Geisler does recommend it because it shows the way people turn into atheists. It's not for rational reasons. It's for emotional reasons. Just read the first few chapters and look at all that Loftus did and see what happened.
Geisler didn't think the arguments were that good. In fact, in the review, he uses the term of "high school level apologetics." Geisler's point is that people become atheists not for rational reasons but for emotional reasons. Now I know Geisler emailed DJ with his sympathies and I'm quite sure Geisler was accurate in that. Geisler is an incredibly compassionate guy. He still wants the point to be sure. People become atheists not for rational reasons but for emotional ones.
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