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This collection of essays spread across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines explains why science has not been able to formulate a "unified theory" reconciling Eisenstein's Relativity with Quantum mechanics. The homage science affords the false god of Darwin precludes progress and real scientific advancement. This work viewing creation through a new prism clearly defines the fact that "Darwin" has no legs to stand on.


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Mere Creation; Science Faith Intelligent Design William A Dembski 9780830815159 Books Reviews

Editor William Albert Dembski (born 1960) is a key figure in the "Intelligent Design" movement, who is a professor at the Southern Evangelical Seminary and a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute. He has written/edited many other books, such as The Design Inference Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities,Intelligent Design The Bridge Between Science and Theology,The Design Revolution Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design,Uncommon Dissent Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing,Tough-Minded Christianity Legacy of John Warwick Montgomery, etc.

This 1998 collection contains essays by persons such Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe (author of Darwin's Black Box The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution), J.P. Moreland, William Lane Craig, Hugh Ross (author of Creation and Time A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy), Robert C. Newman (author of Genesis One and the Origin of the Earth), Philip E. Johnson, etc. Most of the essays center on some aspect to the concept of Design.

Dembski says in his own introductory essay, "for C.S. Lewis, 'mere Christianity' signified the essentials of Christianity---what minimally one must hold to be a Christian... Mere creation, then, is a theory of creation aimed specifically at defeating naturalism and its consequences." (Pg. 13-14) He adds, "Christians are not deists. God is not an absentee landlord." (Pg. 15) He suggests that "This fear of falsely attributing something to design only to have it overturned later has prevented design from entering science proper. With precise methods for discriminating intelligently from unintelligently caused objects, scientists are now able to void Kepler's mistake." (Pg. 16) He asserts that "We can know that something is designed without knowing the ultimate or even proximate purpose for which it was designed." (Pg. 18)

He argues, "intelligent design is incompatible with what is typically meant by theistic evolution. Theistic evolution ... is no different from atheistic evolution, treating only undirected natural processes in the origin and development of life... If God purposely created life through Darwinian means, then God's purpose was to make it seem seem as though life was created without purpose." (Pg. 20) In a later essay, he admits, "Another difficulty is that detecting intelligent causes requires background knowledge on our part. It takes an intelligent cause to know an intelligent cause." (Pg. 106)

Michael Behe states in his essay, "The idea of Darwinian molecular evolution is not based on science. There is no publication in the scientific literature---in journals or books---that describes how molecular evolution of any real, complex, biochemical system either did occur or even might have occurred. There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations. Since there is no authority on which to base claims of knowledge, it can truly be said that the assertion of Darwinian molecular evolution is merely bluster." (Pg. 183)

Somewhat uneven as a "collection," this book will nevertheless be of great value to anyone interested in Intelligent Design, the Creation/Evolution controversy, or scientifically-oriented Christian apologetics.
Although I have a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from conventional schools, I do not consider myself a stereotypical hard-boiled scientist. I do not immediately discount unconventional theories, I am open to spiritual ideas, and I am not an atheist. I did purchase and begin to read this book with a completely open mind; I was genuinely curious about what this "Intelligent Design" stuff was all about.

I was utterly disappointed to find that this book is a bunch of ignorant tripe, full of poorly-supported opinions argued with possibly the WORST logic skills I have been astonished to encounter.

If you are interested in how life has come into being and how it came to be the way it is today, by all means, I suggest conventional science as the first step. If you are interested in religion, philosophy, and the spiritual side of nature, I suggest conventional religion as the first step. I must conclude that "Intelligent Design" is a trashy attempt to disguise the latter as the former, which ends up being horrible at presenting either.

This is such irritating trash. I was completely incapable of finishing even the first chapter, and I am a compulsive reader who will read almost anything (like the cereal box, over and over, or even trashy supermarket tabloids when I am waiting in line!). I could not even bear to donate it to the library, as I usually do with books I've finished, because I could not bear the thought of passing it on. I had to dump it into the recycle bin.
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Very convincing and documented. Even us laymen can understand the basics!
This collection of essays spread across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines explains why science has not been able to formulate a "unified theory" reconciling Eisenstein's Relativity with Quantum mechanics. The homage science affords the false god of Darwin precludes progress and real scientific advancement. This work viewing creation through a new prism clearly defines the fact that "Darwin" has no legs to stand on.