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Review Summary: Clear thinking, or Moonie brainwash? You decide |
Date: 2008-08-04 |
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Details: Wells pokes holes in Darwinism (defined as macro evolution, not microevolution, of all species from a common ancestor, by natural selection of random processes) and defends Intelligent Design as legitimate science, and clearly revels in the task. The writing is understandable, the examples are enlightening, and the control of Darwinism on the scientific establishments in government and universities is examined in numerous cases.
A scan of reviews on Amazon shows about a 60/40 split between 5 stars and 1 star, averaging 3 stars with a standard deviation of two!. In other words, there is no middle ground. Wells was accused of being a brainwashed Moonie, and the Discovery Institute for which he works a Moonie front, and he was praised as a clear thinker and defender of academic freedom, but never by the same people.
Read and judge. |
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Review Summary: Utterly biased, lacking in science, outright deception |
Date: 2008-07-06 |
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Details: This book is not properly titled because it is basically a rant from a creationist about how Darwinism is evil and targets Christianity with malicious intent and the author never talks clearly about exactly what Intelligent Design is. Intelligent Design is what creationists now call their belief concerning the history of life on earth. The author is a devout Christian whose previous book has been unanimously panned and discredited by the scientific community and every educated person without a religious agenda who reviewed it. This book is basically a rehashing of his first.
Inside The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, you will find the desperate attempt of a man to distort evolution by constantly referring to it as Darwinism(which is basically everything the author doesn't like about evolution). He manipulates quotes from respected scientists to read in a manner that he wishes them to while destroying the cited person's original intent. No scientific community endorses Intelligent Design nor is it considered by any respectable scientific mind. Belief if God is based on virtually no hard evidence while evolution is supported by mountains of facts. This book is just a Christian's attempt to give validity to his belief in God while lambasting evolution(which he clearly has a very poor understanding of).
Check out the reviews of this book on the internet. Plenty of people have reviewed it, so it won't be difficult. Find reviews of this book from scientists and they will tell you that the entirety of it is uncorroborated nonsense. There is even available, a nearly chapter by chapter analysis by various scientific professionals critically analyzing this book(The review by the biologist and professor, PZ Myers, is particularly revealing). If you wish to amuse yourself, check out reviews of the book by Christian groups and you will find an endless supply of accolades for the book.
Bottom line - this book is a propaganda piece for Christians particularly that will reinforce your belief in God, if you do so believe. If you are a person with a good understanding of evolutionary biology, this book will shock you with it's distortion and outright falsehoods. |
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Review Summary: Ashamed at the Small Minded, Simpleton Arguments Against ID Theorists |
Date: 2008-07-01 |
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Details: I cannot believe the petty-minded arguments and character assassinations being leveled against ID proponents and their theory nowadays. I have an M.A. in Anthropology from an accredited midwestern U.S. university. ID theorists for the most part are legitimate scientists speaking out at great personal cost in the fields of their expertise, as this author is doing. The childish nature of the disinformation campaign being used to turn away max people from buying and reading I.D. books nauseates me, and makes me even ashamed. It should do the same similarly to any open-minded, even-handed scholar. Read this book for what it claims to be and weigh its arguments carefully. Anti-ID propaganda is a travesty steeped in antireligious malice and bitterness. See it for what it is and steer clear of it. For one, it is a distortion campaign steeped in (or more accurately put -- permeated with) mob-like, bullying activity, systematically violating accepted tenets of argumentation theory. This author has the qualifications as he states and he appears less biased than many of his accusers. Read his book for what it states it stands for (considering its point of view), weigh its arguments, and then decide for yourself what to think! Adjust your persuasion only if or as needed, then endeavor to stop these bigots (aka the petty critics of I.D. theory) from fomenting riot and possibly a civil war in our midst. |
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Review Summary: From Regnery, so you know it's false |
Date: 2008-05-20 |
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Details: It amazes me that Regnery publishing still markets this defective product. Someone should sue them for it, and I'm not kidding. The idea that people will be misinformed about evolutionary biology (nobody but creationists calls it "Darwinism") through this, and that perhaps millions of taxpayer dollars will be spent by people defending "intelligent" "design" because of this tome is nothing short of an abomination, an attack on science, and ultimately an attack on freedom.
The opinion of Dover - yes the judge used the cogent arguments of the plaintiffs, as he's allowed to do! - showed once and for all that "intelligent" "design" is nothing more than creationism dressed up like a prostitute down on her luck.
Avoid this tome; read some real science. There's no such thing as "politically correct" or "politically incorrect" science.
And when you have clowns from Regnery comissioning tripe like this, you know that the truth will be the last thing they care about. |
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Review Summary: To the atheist religion - |
Date: 2008-05-08 |
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Details: Yes I will cling to the Bible and the Old Rugged Cross till my physical death. If your right and I cease to exist at death then I'll never know I believed in vain. However, if the Christian Bible is correct, and God exists, then what will you answer when you stand before him for judgement when he supplied you with all the knowledge you needed? Either way I'm covered (saved) from enduring an everlasting hell. On your side, if you're correct you will never know after you die just as I will never know. If you're incorrect you will not have any defense. Remember, even here on earth, ignorance of the law is no excuse. What good would it do to argue with the God of all that is that he is unfair? He is who he is and you have been warned. |
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