{"id":40096,"date":"2021-11-12T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=40096"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:01:18","slug":"1529","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1529\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Championing Theistic Evolution Comes up Short"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this <strong>ID the Future <\/strong>from the vault, Casey Luskin finishes up his look at Francis Collins\u2019s and Karl Giberson\u2019s <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1459615964\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ek-link\">The Language of Science and Faith<\/a><\/em>, a book arguing for theistic Darwinism. In this sixth and final installment in the series, Luskin reviews the contradictions and fallacious bandwagon appeals that he says permeate the book. He praises the two authors for their intelligence and professional achievements, but he encourages readers of the book to also read one or more works skeptical of theistic Darwinism in order to better assess how Giberson and Collins\u2019s case holds up when pressed. Head over to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/discoveryinstitutepress.com\/category\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Institute Press<\/a> for some good options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this ID the Future from the vault, Casey Luskin finishes up his look at Francis Collins\u2019s and Karl Giberson\u2019s The Language of Science and Faith, a book arguing for theistic Darwinism. In this sixth and final installment in the series, Luskin reviews the contradictions and fallacious bandwagon appeals that he says permeate the book. He praises the two authors for their intelligence and professional achievements, but he encourages readers of the book to also read one or more works skeptical of theistic Darwinism in order to better assess how Giberson and Collins\u2019s case holds up when pressed. 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