The Battle for the Mind (Power Books) (Hardcover)

~ Tim F. LaHaye (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 247 pages
• Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co (July 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800711122
• ISBN-13: 978-0800711122
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,271,418 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shocking and provocative, definite re-read, January 9, 2004

By	"homernet" (La Mesa, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Battle for the Mind (Paperback)

Having been raised by an extreamist feminist, I recognized many of the accusations made by LaHaye in this book as being genuinely part of the feminist/humanist agenda. Even had I not become a follower of Christ, I would have recognized every statement as being true. What was most eye-opening for me was how accurate the author was in his predictions. He makes many statements about how "20 years from now..." that, having read this book in 2002, 20 years after the initial publishing, I could see how accurate he was.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ideological tripe, April 26, 2006

By	J. C Tolleson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Battle for the Mind (Paperback)

Mostly interesting because 25 years after the book dominated the evangelical attack on humanism in public education, the language and paranoia are still fodder for the movement.

Obviously, fundicons will love this book and liberal intelligensia will hate it. I'm neither. As a Christian who does not identify as religious right, I personally found the book's checklist of political issues absolutely maddening. I don't think there's an inherently "Christian" way to view nuclear power or balanced budget legislation, and it galls me that someone purports to claim that there is.

The reaction to this book will be so tied to the politics of the reader that objectively reviewing it is impossible.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The unpopular Truth!, August 1, 2009

By	Pamela Jones (Minnesota) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Battle for the Mind (Paperback)

I realize there are a lot of unpopular ideas put forth by Tim in his book but I have found more truth then fiction in his book. It's a shame that many so-called Christians continue to delude themselves that man-kind is somehow wise enough to better determine what is needed vs God. Absolutely False! Countries that have abandoned God's precepts are neither good nor noble. Tim correctly points out that Humanism appeals to those who delude themselves into believing that we are capable of determining what is moral and what isn't! History proves that to be one great big lie but that has done little to silence this ungodly trend. He also points out that a lot of the concepts that far-left liberals embrace have been indoctrinated into them by far-left zealot college professors. This also has been proven true but that of course doesn't stop the far left from denying this reality. I don't agree with everything in his book but he has enough basic truths present in his book that anyone wishing to truly understand the vile humanist movement should read this book. Of course humanist deny that they are trying to control those "they" deem less enlightened then themselves but what would you expect from this group. While on the surface they appear to only have their fellow human-beings "best interest" at heart but even if they did the ungodly and irresponsible way they go about it is contrary to everything that God has taught us. Not all atheist are humanist but all humanist are atheist! Since when did those who deny the existence of God know better how one should live ones life better then God! And shame on all of the ignorant persons who think that they live any sort of life they want and still be considered a Christian. And for those foolish enough to doubt the credibility of the Bible should read Lee Strobel's book 'The Case For the Real Christ'. Lee challenges numerous biblical scholars along with a psychologist and a medical Doctor in order to determine the credibility of the Bible. A few idiots have tried to bash his book as well and they come off sounding like a bunch of babbling half-wits. Zero credibility! Their arguments are incoherent and they also consist of gross misquoting or deliberate misreading of various passages of the bible. So if these feeble arguments these people can come up with to bash Tim or Lee I think those of us who are real Christians should embrace these books and ignore all of the fair-weathered and phony Christians pathetic attempts to deceive all who seek the truth!