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The Biotic Message: Evolution Versus Message Theory

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Four stars, for some poor editing in the book, but the message is what is important.

The scientific explanation based on Naturalism for any message is that it reduces to its components. I.e., the symbols and signs on your screen right now reduce to pixels, memes and the biochemical state of the brain of the writer at the moment they wrote it.

ReMine does a good job laying out the evidence against this sort of Naturalism, from "natural selection" to message theory. Those who believe in Naturalism and scientism will hate the book and find reasons to quibble over technicalities as they typically do and then pretend that technicalities avoid the message. This is quite fitting with their philosophy, in the end. They have avoided the biotic message from the Mind of God, so they can certainly avoid the messages of lesser minds.

Those who do not believe in Naturalism or scientism will appreciate the writer's systematic thought and their pursuit of the truth in a systematic fashion. The Naturalist will reply that science is not the pursuit of the truth and can only be the pursuit of naturalistic explanation....because they are getting close to being true or somethin' by now.

It ought to be telling to anyone who seeks a rationale for rationality that they make such artificial arguments to avoid the biotic message.

Do Evolutionists have strategies to hide the fact that the pattern of life found in the fossil record and in present day species happens to be a problem for their theory? You bet they do, and Walter Remine does a phenomenal job of exposing every last one of their strategies. This part of the book is fascinating, and it uses a well-thought-out system to classify these strategies.

Throughout his book Remine brings forward loads of very compelling evidence-- using what the Evolutionist experts themselves have stated about Darwin's theory to dismantle the idea that common descent is the only legitimate way to view life's pattern on Earth.

There is also a technical section in the book on Haldane's dilemma which demonstrates the fact that evolution doesn't build up much of anything helpful genetically. There is a problem with the addition of detrimental mutations in the genome of every living creature on Earth, and this is known as a substitution cost. Even neutral evolution (as opposed to selective evolution) has substitution cost. The explanation of Evolutionists which purports to solve the dilemma invokes a mysterious unobserved phenomenon of "truncation selection" (AKA "synergistic epistasis"). These concepts are nothing but vague ideas that are based on a lot of wishful thinking. Since Remine wrote his book over a decade ago, there has been new information come to light when it comes to Haldane's dilemma. See http://www.evolutionfairytale.com/articles_debates/haldane_rebuttal.htm

Much of the book is devoted to ideas of why a designer might set life up in a nested hierarchy pattern, and with sporadic instances of "convergences" in the pattern. The whole pattern is an indication that there was only one designer, not many, who specifically arranged everything to be this way. . . thus the title of the book: "The Biotic Message". The description of the Biotic Message is probably the biggest advent the book brings to the Creation/Evolution controversy. It is a scientific theory which stands on its own, and it's supported by Remine's (and Kurt Wise's) proposed classification system known as Discontinuity Systematics.

The book is a prime example of what innovative thinking can do in providing interpretations of life's observed pattern, and there's a huge amount of evidence revealed here which deserves to be studied. This book is definitely a favorite of mine. Don't pass it up.

This book deserves every one of it's five stars. This is by far the most comprehensive and best presented introduction to evolutionary theory that I have ever read. Yes, even those who support evolutionary theory would benefit from this volume.

This book is also far and away the best critique of evolutionary theory that I have ever read, and I have been reading on the topic for years now.

I will not go into specifics, but I will tell you that if you are interested in this subject at all, you need to get this book. Beware! The book is *not* for beginners. This book is by an author who knows what he is talking about and who gets into the details, but it is still well written and easy enough to follow for those with some background in the theory.

I'll close by stating that I have experienced many of the tactics which the author exposes in my own discussions with evolutionists. He is right on target, and I can't wait for the next volume by this author.

Thank you, Walter James ReMine!

The Biotic Message intrigued me from the beginning. It shows that "intelligent design" is a viable scientific theory, and credibly argues against evolution. Evolution has become such an ingrained dogma is our society, it behooves all of us to become better informed on the subject.

I have not made it past the 4th chapter yet and I would already recommend this book to anyone interested in seeing the wholes in evolutionists' statements. A sampling of the chapters I have read thus far include one on the problems concerning evoutionsts' theories for the origin of life and one on their definition of natural selection ("survival of the fittest", which is a tautology - NOTE: this author illustrates the "tautologistic" nature of this phrase more clearly than does DARWIN ON TRIAL). A common theme involves the way in which evolutionists have at their disposal a multitude of theories (mascarading as one theory) from which they can select the one that suits a particular instance. Take any one of these theories and it falls apart - but string them together so as to show only the valid parts of each and it gives the ILLUSION of being a single, cohesive theory. I can't wait to read the rest.

Dr. Remine has done an outstanding job of putting the misleading theory of evolution where it belongs, in the trash. You would think that after 150 years the failing theory would finally be discarded, so why does it keep sticking around? Dr. Remine shows you why in great detail and in a writing style that the laymen can understand. He explains like no other that I have read, what a tautology is and how it is not science. He explains how the illusion of evolution is kept going and how dogmatic evolutionists "jump" from one "mode" of explanation to the next in order to give their critics the slip.....this book will help you to not be given the slip. One of the best parts that I like about this book is the author's extensive use of EVOLUTIONIST QUOTES, there are only two quotes which he uses from creationists.

Dr. Remine is highly studied and writes extremely well, he puts evolutionary dogma on the run. He pulls no punches, yet he is not rude. He lets the two opposing camps of evolutionists do all of the bashing. For those evolutionists who admit the problems of the theory, this book is not embarrassing or harmfull. To those dogmatic evolutionists who insist upon the assumption that evolution has, and still is, taking place and build their theories upon this assumption, Dr. Remine has become an eyesore. My hat is off to the Dr., he has done an outstanding job. I have looked for a book of this caliber, with explanitory "meat", and I have found it within the pages of "The Biotic Message". This book is a MUST for anyone dealing or debating evolutionists. With this book in your hand, you will be "armed and dangerous".

The Biotic Message is one book, besides the Bible, that has actually changed my life and my whole outlook on science in general. Even though I haven't read the entire volume, so far, I have been quite impressed with the logic and scientific evidence presented in it thus far. Some major points worth mentioning are the fact that evolutionists do create double standards against creationism by passing off a purely naturalistic, mechanistic view of origins over a supernatural view. I also love the scope of the book where he challenges the theory of evolution by stating that, "Life was designed to look like the work of one designer." Quite obviosly with all the homology in biology, it is easy to assert the notion that all life came from a common ancestor, which evolution teaches. A closer look on the evidence, as presented in this book, shows that a naturalistic account for explaining life's great diversity and similarities is impossible! Homology can actually serve as evidence for a single creator. Dr. ReMine used a good analogy for this: an artist paints many pictures, each one being markedly different but each painting shares some basic similarities. He applies this kind of an analogy to the similarities and differences of living organisms and it is quite effective! I don't have the space or the time to go into great detail, but, if you are willing, and open-minded enough,(this seems hard for some evolutionists) then I would suggest that you give this book an opportunity and a fair hearing. This book, shows that the theory of evolution strikes out on every account. Okay! Don't take my word for it, pick it up and read it. Do you feel up to it?

By the way, great job Dr. ReMine!

Robert

There are subtle messages in living things, and they point to a Creator, not to organic evolution. The author compiles a great deal of worthwhile information about the function of living things. The book is supported by numerous references to the professional scientific literature. If you are steeped in rationalism and cannot handle a scholarly pro-God viewpoint, then stay away from this book.

This book offers a landscape picture of the Evolution-Non Evolution debate and introduce a new and brillant theory about the origin of Life.

After encountering ReMine on the internet on several occasions, I decided to read this book of his that he and lay creationists laud as the best thing written on the subject. After reading some of the reviews here, I must say that at first I thought I had read a different book. From an author who "knows what he is talking about"? He "pulls no punches yet he is not rude"?
First off, ReMine is not "Dr.ReMine". He has a master's degree in engineering.
Second, if you want to consider the fact that he accuses evolutionary biologists of colluding to hide the 'truth about Haldane's dilemma' for more than 40 years, and repeatedly referring to evolutionist 'storytelling', is not being 'rude', so be it.

The substance of this volume is not in his use of quotes - which his 'customer service rep' told me via email is how some of the "best science" is done - but in his lack of them.

He uses quote after quote - sometimes incorrectly, as in his quote of Van Valen on p. 219 - to support non-controversial subjects. For example, he uses 14 citations to support his statement that under Haldane's model, one gene per 300 generations can be substituted (p. 216). This is not in dispute. But how many citations does ReMine supply for this:

"Think about it again. Is 1,667 selectively significant nucleotides enough to make a sapien out of a simian?"

Ignore for now the clumsy prose, and look at what he is asking/saying. He is implying that 1,667 changes - in a genome of ~30-40,000 genes - is too few to account for human evolution from an apelike ancestor. Never mind that he does not identify the ancestor, so he has no way of knowing what changes have to be accounted for. But he is saying that more - many more (he mentions "500,000 selectively significant nucleotides" on p. 209, implying that even this is far too few; odd considering the size of the genic portion of the genome) are 'necessary'. THAT deserves some support - science by quote, if you will. And if you have or have read the book, tell us how many quotes ReMine provides to support this implication.

None. Not one.

This antic is repeated throughout the book - citations galore supportive of non-controversial facts, no citations at all supportive of his 'Biotic Message' fluff.

ReMine says over and over that this or that in fact supports his 'theory'. He says over and over that his 'theory' is "robust", "testable", and "scientific." Readers and accolade-heapers should ask themselves - If this is true, why did not ReMine provide a single test? Why did not ReMine provide some real-life examples of the application of his 'theory'? What he did was lay out - usually in a demeaning way - some aspect of evolution and claim that it actually - magically - supports his 'theory', not evolution!

And, more importantly, one should wonder why ReMine's amazing 'theory' can only be read about in his vanity press book? Why has he not written up manuscripts to be critiqued by his fellow scientists? The answer? Creationists prefer writing in a medium wherein they receive only praise from like-minded individuals, such as "John Woodmorappe", not where those that know better would demolish his flimsy, evidence-less claims.

This book belongs on the scrap heap of egomaniacal creationist rants.