Swedish Fish Book Updates: Book Blurbs




My friend and long time supporter The Atheist Missionary has provided a nice back cover blurb for my forthcoming counter-apologetics book The Swedish Fish, Deflating the Scuba Diver and Working the Rabbits Foot.



Thanks to TAM for being an avid reader and one of the dozen people who compelled me to do this project.
“An Essential Reading Companion to Randal Rauser's The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails. If Rauser's version of tentative Christian apologetics is the virus, readers will find this enjoyable retort to be the cure.” –The Atheist Missionary

Of course, the back cover synopsis will be:

Skeptic and best selling author Tristan Vick doesn't have a theology degree, yet he knows just as much about God as any theologian. However, don't be fooled as it's not as impressive of a claim as it sounds. Anyone can theorize about God. In this detailed rebuttal to Christian apologist Randal Rauser, Tristan Vick (a Christian turned atheist) takes on Rauser's popular brand of Evangelical apologetics and offers a worthy critique of Christianity from a different school of thought. But this book comes with a warning to those that buy into Randal's from of Christianity hook line and sinker: avoid reading this book if you don't want to have deep thoughts and profound philosophical insights, because it could be hazardous to your faith.

The book is still on track for an early 2014 release. Stay tuned for further updates!



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