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It is sad, but this book is needed; creationism is alive and widespread in America in the 21st century and what is problematic with that is that they are defaming scientists, attacking science, confusing the public, thus fomenting an anti-science culture, which ends up affecting all of us. I’ve read plenty of creationist books in my life. Once upon a time I was deceived by this movement myself. However, being someone who is interested in science and a “seeker of truth” it soon became obvious to me that creationism has nothing to do with science and everything to do with deception. I did not realize that by reading material debunking creationist claims, I discovered that as I learned about science. You don’t need someone to debunk the claim that the second law of thermodynamics contradicts evolution, or that it even represents a challenge for evolution. You just need to know what the second law of thermodynamics is to know that the claim is completely bogus. However, with so many bogus claims emanating from creationists it is good to have a book like this.
I should say that I fully respect the opinions of creationist who believe God created the world as it says in the Bible but who also admit that the scientific evidence does not favor that view. I also fully respect creationists who believe that God created life through the process of evolution even though that might be hard to prove. However, then we have the creationists who believe that the theory of evolution is not science and even believe it is disproved nonsense. These creationists are very mistaken and they aggressively spread disinformation, myths, false hoods, and conspiracy theories, and they also often regard their ideological adversaries with contempt and hostility. Unfortunately these creationists thrive because of the lack of education among the general public.
The purpose of this book is to provide counter arguments for the various assaults from the latter groups. In doing so it educates the reader and also successfully debunks virtually all content of every traditional creationist book out there (I've read quite a few of them). The evidence for evolution by natural selection is massive coming from virtually scientific fields, while creationists cannot present any valid evidence for creationism. What they do is to make claims that seem to put evolution in question, claims that are invariable misleading, irrelevant, or false. The book is intended mostly for people who may have to argue with well rehearsed creationists (teachers, parents, administrators) but who do not know much about the claims the creationists make. However, as the introduction of the book states, creationists themselves can also use this book to devise their strategy.
The book features more than 400 of the most common claims made by creationists. Then it debunks these claims and suggests further reading in research articles or books. I should say it not only features Christian creationism but it also considers other religions. I should add that all 400+ claims the book debunks references and quotes fairly recent and widely read creationist books, movies or public speaches (last sentence added/edited for clarity). The content of the book is organized according to types of creationist claims; Philosophy and Theology, Epistemology, Biology, Paleontology, Geology, Astronomy and Cosmology, Physics and Mathematics, Miscellaneous, Biblical Creationism, Intelligent Design, Vedic Creationism, Native American Creationism, and Islamic Creationism.
Examples of claims debunked in the book are;
- Macroevolution has never been observed
- No new species have been observed
- Some systems are irreducibly complex
- The Bombardier Beetle is too complex to have evolved
- Mutations do not produce new features
- There is not enough moon dust for an old Universe
- The Earth’s magnetic field is decaying, indicating a young earth
- Hitler based his views on Darwinism
- Evolution does not explain morals, especially altruism
- There should be Billions of transitional fossils
- The Piltdown man was a hoax (true but it was exposed by fellow scientists and irrelevant)
- Recent pollen has been found in old rocks
- Cosmic rays and free neutrinos affect U and Ar decays
- Evolution requires as much faith as creationism
- First cells could not come together by chance
- Human foot prints have been found with dinosaur tracks at Paluxy
- A Plesiosaur was found by a Japanese Trawler (myth)
- Juvenile water is added to oceans too fast for an old earth
- Tornadoes in junkyards do not build things (true but is irrelevant to evolution)
- There are gaps between class X and class Y (long lists of X and Y, all debunked)
- Evolution does not make predictions
- Scientific Findings are always changing
- No gradual biochemical evolution models have been published
- Evolution is only a theory
- Evolution is atheistic
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic and I also recommend this book just for skimming to those who are only mildly interested (since it can be read that way). It can also be used as a reference book and for looking up facts about creationist claims. It is well organized, but discussing so many claims makes it lacking in depth. However, the frequent references and suggestions for further reading makes up for that.
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- dvimusReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2008
An excellent resource by which to answer anti-science propaganda
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A good primer for rebuttal of creationist claptrap
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