This book is powerful! Written at the college level and in a fun-to-read question and answer format, this book presents an argument for the true knowledge of God that cannot be ignored.

Dr. Clouser very precisely outlines the connection between one's self-evident experience(s) of God and one's right to claim that s/he knows God. Rather than try to prove that one should believe in God, Clouser shows how one's belief in God comes about from one's experiences of God, whether they be from in-your-face-see-glowing-angels type of experiences, or just the knowledge of God that comes from walking with Him your whole life. Clouser's understanding of Pascal's theme of the heart focuses on the idea of self-evidency, instead of feelings, and instead of what one would usually categorize as an "experience of God." Top-notch writing, very understandable. This is a prime example of great Christian philosophy.

by my record, roy clouser has written the most god-awful book ever printed in the united states. at times i had trouble getting through the book w/o vomiting on the pages penned by this lunatic. i feel for all the poor kids who were forced to buy this crap for any class.

Roy Clouser's Myth is indeed a clear exposition of the philosophical orientation of Herman Dooyeweerd. But potential readers will not only find an interesting connection with his Dutch calvinist background. The book is an original argument in its own terms. It is not simply a re-statement of an established position "applied" to a new (North American) context. Clouser is copncerned about common views of theory and theorising. He is also concerned with the theories which explain religious experience. To say that theoretical and scientific thinking implies religious world-views can get us into debate where all we end up with is dogma confronting dogma. Clouser painstakingly looks at the character of religious experience and theoretical thought. He shows by logical argument, and then by careful application in various scientific areas (mathematics, psychology, sociology among others) that theories are inherentlreligious. Those claiming to come clean with their religious presuppositions are not doing anything more than those who claim to be religiously neutral. Except they are facing up to the inner reality of their theorising as a religious activity. And this can make a whole world of difference to how scientific research and theoretical debate unfolds. Clouser makes a convincing case for reconsidering the entire scientific enterprise on these terms.

Clouser's argument is that there are only three possible basic assumptions of what is "Ultimate"; and all theoretical thinking must ground itself in one or another of these metaphysical frameworks. If you start with his section on "case studies" of famous scientists and philosophers, he demonstrates his point so clearly that you'll be hooked into reading the whole book.