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Built to Last: Creation and Evolution : A Thoughtful Look at the Evidence That a Master Designer Created Our Planet

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In this gripping little book, Dwight Nelson provides scientific evidence for life's origin. He covers topics ranging from the Neanderthal man, evidence for a world-wide flood, to the existence of a 7-day week which has no other basis except the account given in creation. I found this book fascinating reading, and could hardly put it down. At only 127 small pages, it reads quickly, but it well worth the time. Five stars!

I loved the sermon series! I was hoping that this type of book would be published so I could have those facts on hand. I teach English in Japan, and this book helped me a lot in preparing my own students for their debate final on creation and evolution.

I HIGHLY recommend this book and any other book by DKN to anyone looking for the path to life.

Dwight K. Nelson deserves a star for sincerity, which influences readers who have limited education, particularly in the sciences. He gives a creationist's view of evolution with the main explanation being "Satan established a belief in evolutionary development over long ages and thus destroyed a belief in Creation and in the Creator." So beware of that nasty little dickens, Satan, or he might make you believe anything.

The book is basically seven chapters of recycled creationist arguments from Behe to let's assume the Bible is true because you assume Thomas Jefferson existed and the Bible says evolution is false. You can read a Jack Chick tract for the same "cogent" arguments.

The final chapter where he "stops being Einstein's chauffeur" (an urban legend by the way) and makes his own argument. His argument is basically John Lennon was brutally murdered by a fundamentalist Christian therefore you should be a Christian. The only time he stops recycling ignorant creationist arguments and odd claims that we should just accept the Bible because mathematic systems can't prove themselves while being internally consistent, he does so to dance on John Lennon's corpse for the same reason John Lennon was shot.

I'm going to throw my copy away. I got it from the free bin of a yard sale and paid far too much.