Kris's Reviews > Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity

Basically, in the end, I'll admit it's a good resource for atheists investigating the faith. It's very light and very short. It would be helpful for some people wanting to casually pick up an easy apologetics book.

But it wouldn't be a go-to for me. There are much better apologetics works out there. There's far too much left unsaid, and the arguments he does make leave much to be desired. Doyle gives only very basic answers. Though I suppose that's all he set out to do in the first place.

His answer to the problem of evil is particularly frustrating. Doyle gets sidetracked with weak side arguments and mentions absolutely nothing about the fall of man in that section, and how sin entering the world affects nature. He also concedes some points in other areas I would not have let go. He makes historic Christian beliefs sound weak (like young earth Creationism, belief that certain stories in the bible are literal, and the importance of baptism and the Eucharist).

But I must remind myself of this book's purpose. It's meant to be basic and it remains basic. There were many points in it that I appreciated and overall it is structured well.