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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Philip Johnson was and is a big fat thorn in Darwin's side. Why couldn't he have kept teaching law at Berkely and let sleeping mythologies lay?? VERY good book on the ID side of things. A clear and honest writer: not into name calling or invective. Highly recommended.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 1 stars “At first glance, this book would seem to be a very well written, solid critique of Darwinian theory. But it hardly is. Largely, this book is aimed at those who know little to nothing about evolution; in effect, it hopes the reader knows nothing about evolution. Similar to Ken Ham's book,...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 1 stars

  “At first glance, this book would seem to be a very well written, solid critique of Darwinian theory. But it hardly is.
  
  Largely, this book is aimed at those who know little to nothing about evolution; in effect, it hopes the reader knows nothing about evolution. Similar to Ken Ham's book, The Lie: Evolution, this book makes broad generalizations, over-simplifies complex material, and overall, is very poorly representative of the state of evolutionary theory.
  
  In its entirety, it is mostly the use of the "argument from verbosity," or, by saying a lot of things, it SOUNDS like the author knows what he's talking about.
  
  Johnson is not an evolutionary biologist, nor does he claim to be. He's a lawyer. And part of his claim is that whether or not ID should be taught in schools is for the legal system to decide. Science is not decided in a courtroom. Science is not a matter of opinion, to be decided in a courtroom, where you try to convince people through emotional, or even logical tricks.
  
  Science is done in the lab. It's through experiment and hypothesis testing that science is arrived at. Not by arguing that we should "teach the controversy." Scientifically speaking, there is no controversy.
  
  And what, let's say, should we teach in class if Johnson gets his way? Is class over with? Is there nothing to learn because everything came to be the way it is through magic? God did everything, and therefore there's nothing to learn.
  
  ID does not answer any questions. It only creates more. God did it? That's great. How did He do it?
  
  In conclusion, the book may be well-written in terms of grammar and punctuation, but it is no different from the simple-minded ID promoting books like The Lie: Evolution. It's just a little more sophisticated in its delivery. Improved deception tactics, in Jesus name, Amen.”

  David Garrett wrote this review Sunday, December 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Philip Johnson was and is a big fat thorn in Darwin's side. Why couldn't he have kept teaching law at Berkely and let sleeping mythologies lay?? VERY good book on the ID side of things. A clear and honest writer: not into name calling or invective. Highly recommended. ”

  gregornotthemonk wrote this review Wednesday, July 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Best part about this book is that the author just gave the facts and didn't give opinions. Can't have a better philosophy when creating the defense against a lie that is corrupting nearly half of this worlds minds.
  Definately recommend this book to those who are intrigued by the evolution - creation argument.”

  Chris C wrote this review Monday, October 29 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No