Product Description

This 60-minute program is a compelling adaptation of Lee Strobel's personal journey from atheism to faith in God... a journey in search of the truth about intelligent design in the universe. During his academic years, Lee became convinced that God was outmoded, a belief that colored his ensuing career as an award-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune . Science made the idea of a Creator irrelevant... or so Strobel thought. My road to atheism was paved by science... but, ironically, so was my later journey to God. Lee Strobel Has science discovered God? At the very least, it's giving faith an immense boost as new findings emerge about the incredible complexity of life and our universe. In The Case for a Creator DVD, Strobel reexamines the theories that once led him away from God. Highlighted by spectacular computer animation, The Case for a Creator DVD is a remarkable film in which you'll encounter the mind-stretching discoveries from cosmology, cellular biology, DNA research, astronomy, physics, and human consciousness. The Case for a Creator DVD is produced by Illustra Media, the same studio team that released The Privileged Planet, Unlocking the Mystery of Life , Where Does the Evidence Lead and The Prophecies of the Passion . More than 40 minutes of extra bonus features.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8257 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-10-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Review
Interesting, from an Engineering Perspective. As an engineer, this DVD really clicked with me. (Lee) Strobel found experts who really approached nature from the same perspective an engineer would if he were given a product and told to reverse engineer it to see how it worked. Indeed, just the fact that such analytical techniques even hold up, let alone produce results that fall so cleanly into established technological paradigms, should be an earth-shaking finding. --(James E. - KY)

Review
Very informative and scientific. This video is very thorough in discussing several different scientific thoughts on the origin of creation. It also has good commentary from Lee (Strobel) about why he went on his search. I would recommend this to middle schoolers on up. But if you show it to teens, do not show it all at once because it is pretty in depth in terms of scientific discussion. --(P. S. - Indianapolis, IN)

Review
Incredible! Great investigative writer, intriguing topic in DVD format, highly suggested for intelligent, open minded adults and teens. --(Thomas K. - CA)

Customer Reviews

not bad at all, I wish more people would watch it
Pretty good video.
Lee goes around and interviews various people regarding the arguments for the existence of God. I have to admit that the does good job, and the arguments are short, concise, clear, and convincing. Some philosophical arguments are very old, while scientific (i.e. irreducible complexity) is newer.
I wonder greatly WHY nobody celebrated on the idea of "irreducible complexity" before Behe? It seems SO obvious!! When you listen to it, you say... 'it seems like I always knew it, it's so obvious'.

IF you wearing pink glasses of naturalistic dogmatism -
THEN avoid this video, since it may disturb you.

IF you open to see what's up with this "intelligent design movement" -
THEN watch it with no preconceived assumptions and you may actually come to know about God.

IF you are a believer -
THEN watch this video to build up your faith.

Interesting from a medical perspective
This is an excellent video. It is extremely easy to watch and to comprehend. In college, we are taught about Darwin evolution as if it was true and scientific. However, if you look at the complexity of the human body from individual cells to organs to functions of different body parts, it is very difficult to believe that the body was a result of a "random" process and evolving from simple one celled organisms.

I watched in this video to see the scientific evidence for or against intelligent design and I was amazed how much the scientific evidence supports intelligent design. This video logically discusses how the various fields of science supports and confirms intelligent design. The idea of "irreducible complexity" explains how even simple living cells cannot be a result of a random process. There is such beautiful design, complexity and architecture in every aspect of the human body from muscles to blood cells to bone to skin that challenges the theory of a random chance of events. Even something as simple as the disc within the spine has such intricate engineering and perfect architecture that it clearly points to an incredible creator.

I highly recommend this video to anyone- the skeptic, the agnostic, the atheist and also the Christians. I was looking for something scientific and something logical and this video fulfills both. Enjoy.

a case for a creator
First, of all Strobel attempts to refute Darwin, without properly defining evolution .


"In a world of stable populations where each individual must struggle to survive, those with the "best" characteristics will be more likely to survive, and those desirable traits will be passed to their offspring. These advantageous characteristics are inherited by following generations, becoming dominant among the population through time. This is natural selection. It may be further inferred that natural selection, if carried far enough, makes changes in a population, eventually leading to new species. These observations have been amply demonstrated in biology, and even fossils demonstrate the veracity of these observations"

The theory of Evolution cannot not be used to explain phenomena such as the big-bang ( the origin of the universe) or abiogenesis (the origin of life). And while it is true there maybe some point of contention in the scientific community regarding how both the universe started and how life began, it should be understood that there is virtually no dispute among the scientific community regarding theory of evolution. Around 99% of scientists with advanced degrees believes in evolution.

Strobel can sidestep the overwhelming body of evidence that suggests evolution is a fact all he wants, but he pays a price. His argument is a straw man; plain and simple.


if Strobel wants to make "A Case" he needs to use some real facts

*Embryology is very powerful evidence for evolution
*The Fossil record is very powerful evidence for evolution
*DNA evidence is very powerful for evolution ( For instance, the DNA evidence that we humans evolved from a primate is overwhelming. Look at the scientific reports that clearly show Human Chromosome 2 is a fusion of two ancestral chromosomes)


And it's the synergy of various disciplines is what makes the theory of evolution so strong. With strobel mainly using his high school biology class as reference--it follows this book does not attempt to generate any real intellectual arguments against the theory of evolution


Funny, how strobel offers no "Case for a creator" to explain the best evidence for evolution. So Strobel has no case.

Strobel is a misguided individual, who should understand that evolution does not, by any means, prove or disprove a God. He is by every account an intellectual light weight, a lair ---or most likely he is both a lair and an idoit. As a scientist hungry for facts; Strobel comes across as a clown and a fool.