Defeating
Darwinism by Opening Minds
by Phillip E. Johnson
Johnson writes from a Christian viewpoint for
Christians intending to "prove" the validity of creationism. Whether you
accept creationism (i.e. God made it all) or not is unimportant though, and Johnson
adequately clarifies the flaws in Darwin's theory of evolution from a largely scientific angle. Accepting the Christian creationism argument is not the only alternative
to Darwin's theory, and anyone seeking the "truth" would benefit by reading
Johnson's examination of the inadequacies of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Reviews
Synopsis
Defeating Darwinism provides a new
and powerful treatment on evolutionary naturalism for students, parents,
teachers, pastors, and youth advisors. Phillip Johnson aims not just to
defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it by opening minds to the truth.
The publisher, InterVarsity Press, www.ivpress.com,
mail@ivpress.com, August 1, 1997
An easy-to-understand guide for critics
of evolution.
For decades, those who have object to Darwinism
have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally,
ordinary people have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false
claims of Darwinism.
With all of the complicated scientific debate
swirling around the topic of evolution, is there an easy way to understand
the basic issues without oversimplifying? Phillip Johnson says there is:
the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds
to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes
in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes
trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific
issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details.
In the bestselling and critically acclaimed
Darwin
on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took
on the academic elites of the scientific establishment and exposed the
misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. Defeating Darwinism provides
a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students,
parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson
aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way
- by opening minds to the truth.
Customer Comments
Nelson Alonso (nalonso@pcsiusa.com),
October 27, 1999
A great critique on a stagnant field
of science
This book is a great "down to earth" summary
of the problems of Neo-Darwinism. Showing that there is no evidence for
(macro) evolution , but overwhelming evidence for intelligent design. If
you are not the technical type and want just a run down of his thesis,
along with some other good nuggets of information, Then I recommend this
book.
j_graham@bigfoot.com from
Denver, CO, July 24, 1999
Distinction between micro and macro Evolution
For the majority of Christians, it is obvious
that microevolution exists. This is what has been seen in Finches, dog
breeding, etc. Unfortunately, many evolutionist believe this to prove that
man was created by evolution. Macro evolution is what they are trying to
prove, but they are using examples that prove micro evolution. Just because
I may gain or lose my little toe in a million years doesn't mean that,
from nothing, random chance can create the sophisticated systems that the
human body possesses. In a way, Evolution is just as much a "religion"
as Christianity. The reason I say this is that both have to be taken upon
by faith. I don't believe it will be possible to prove one way or the other.
Phillip Johnson is not trying to prove that God exists and that he created
man. He is pointing out the flaws that scientists are making when they
try to prove that Evolution is what created man.
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