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Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780830813247ISBN:0830813241
Description: Very Good. 0830813241 Near Fine. Revised and Expanded Edition, different cover. Very tiny curl at two cover tips. 220pp including Research Notes and Index. read more
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780830813247ISBN:0830813241
Description: Very Good. No Jacket Issued. This is a very attractive ansd very bright soft cover trade paperback Evolution book. The condition is Very Good, 1st paperbaqck printing. This book is in wonderful condition with a smooth spine and very clean covers. The pages are tight, bright and clean. There are a few pages underlined in pencil on chapter one, otherwise unmarked, no names. 220 pages including index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Date Published: 1993-11
ISBN-13:9780830813247ISBN:0830813241
Description: Fair. Exact ISBN/item listed; cover art is different. Better than acceptable condition, but there are sporadic underlines and possibly helpful notes (very neat) in areas in 2nd half of book; does not overwhelm book. Cover shows extremely minor wear. NO folds or tears. Tight binding; NO spine creases. A very nice copy with minor flaws. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780895265357ISBN:0895265354
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Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Pages are bright and clean-no marks or writing. Tight, solid binding. Tiny bit of wear to bottom of boards, otherwise excellent. Glossy dust jacket has minor to moderate edgewear and rubbing. (No chips or tears. ) NOT an ex-library. Orders ship same or next business day. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Date Published: 1991-09
ISBN-13:9780830817580ISBN:0830817581
Description: Very Good. This is a clean book in a clean jacket. The dust jacket has some minor handling/shelf wear, and is not perfect. A typical used book that has been very well cared for. The interior pages are pristine clean and unmarked. No dog-eared pages. No soiling or water damage. No remainder marks. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780895265357ISBN:0895265354
Description: Very Good. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. No names, no marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. No DJ. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Very good. 1996 InterVarsity Press Reprint Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Slight wear to (different)cover, few small spots on page edges, otherwise in Excellent Condition! read more
"I should like to give this book 1.5 stars but that is not possible.
If you want to know what it's like to get the theory of evolution wrong in so many ways, yet think you understand it well enough to refute it, then read this book and believe what the author says.
Coming from an intellect of Johnson's caliber, I'm deeply disappointed in the many sophmoric logical fallacies (I do mean of the standard textbook variety) he employs for the sake of rhetorical persuasiveness--the result of promoting an agenda rather than seeking truth.
This book is nothing less than a scientific farce and an intellectual junkyard.
He posits, what is now a mindless cliche, that Darwinism (a term he conflates with "evolution" and "theory of natural selection") is a faith system. Such nonsense, especially when he doesn't spell out the concept of faith in any robust sense. Does he presume to claim that the faith of the Darwinist is isomorphically analogous to the faith of the religious believer? If so, he does an incredible disservice to the religious believer because, since the Darwinist's 'leap of faith' does not yeild real knowledge of the object of that faith--it does not access truth, then neither does the faith of the religious believer yeild knowledge of God; thus the faith of the religious believer and the faith of the Darwinian scientist are on equal epistemic grounds--neither accesses the truth of reality; hence neither yeilds knowledge. Given this bitter pill, Johnson would do better to claim, on a charitable interpretation, that the faith of the religious believer and the faith of the Darwinian are analogous, but just not isomorphically so. But in what sense are they not isomorhpic? Johnson does not tell us so. He also doesn't give a robust account of a fact.
My intuition is that, granting Johnson's claim that Darwinism is a faith system for the sake of the argument (a claim to which I do not subscribe), the faith of the Darwinian and that of the religious believer are disanalogous. But this requires a well-defined notion of faith, which, I'll remind you, Johnson does not provide. I didn't say he doesn't have a definition; He doesn't provide a well-defined notion."
"Not worth reading. I do not say this because I have any particular prejudice against non-evolutionists or this man; I think they are wrong, but I do not respond ad hominem, but ad argumentum. Johnson makes the old argumenta, responding to the fossil record, punctuated equilibrium, and supposed contradictory microbiological evidence. One could find a much better book on the subject (even within the realm of creationist books).
Of course, the ultimate purpose of the book is not to put any of evolution's ideas on trial, but only what Darwin claimed, interpreted in light of present evolutionary consensus. This is something seen so often in creationist writings as to be called a "trademark" of the movement. Creationists confuse On the Origin of Species with The Bible, as if it is some infallible text. Of course, those of us who understand the theory know that Darwin was wrong about a great many things. But even among the evolutionary community, to speak against Darwin is to blaspheme. This is perhaps why I am so drawn to people who reject conventional thinking. Darwin got much right, but he failed to address many things we now know, ignored wisdom that could have aided him greatly (Mendelian genetics comes to mind), and failed to make vital connexions that would have eased his mind a little (punctuated equilibria, the more accurate dating of the earth, and, once again, Mendelian genetics). He is not a god.
Creationists often make this old mistake. They automatically assume, simply because Darwin was an atheist, that this is the underlying claim of the evolutionary theory: God does not exist. Darwin did not propagate atheism in any active sense. In fact, he was very leery of publishing his book, because he knew that the Christians would, as it were, "flip their lids". And he was right: they haven't stopped flipping in over 150 years. Of course, Johnson does not come right out and call the theory of evolution atheist propaganda, but his style reflects this thinking. This is, perhaps, why Johnson's attempt here is more widely accepted (or at least listened to): because he's not just making the old theological arguments, but trying to factually disprove the theory.
The hardest part for me about reading such books is that I get an overwhelming sense of sadness: hearing creationists (who never seem to-or perhaps refuse to-understand evolution) speak out against evolution using the same evidence that confirms it only confuses laymen on the issue, causing indecision and eventual mistrust of the evolutionary community. It's essential that one read both arguments on an issue, however."
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