It Couldn't Just Happen [Hardcover]

Lawrence O. Richards (Author)

Book Description

Presents Biblical and scientific evidence that the natural world was created by God rather than through evolution.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Worthy Pub (October 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0834401452
• ISBN-13: 978-0834401457
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,236,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lawrence O. Richards is currently a full time author and speaker. He has written over 200 Christian books, including commentaries on every book of the Bible and Zondervan best-selling Adventure Bible and Teen Study Bible, which he did with his wife, Sue.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, November 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: It Couldn't Just Happen (Hardcover)

The book was great. I have read it many times and am amazed at the wealth of real, hard and fast scientific facts. I recommend it to anyone who needs to defend creation and refute evolution with science.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Your children believe everything you say when they're little..., February 24, 2006

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Bennie J. Matusek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Couldn't Just Happen (Hardcover)

In order for a book to be trustworthy, it has to be based on solid facts. However, this book starts off with blatant errors in even the most basic science and then goes downhill from there. At some point, your children will become educated enough to see those errors. And then what will happen? Will they start to question the conclusion that God and His Son do indeed exist? Find a better book. :)

Some errors in this book:

Page 8 - There are exactly 1029 visible stars.
answer - With good eyesight, as many as 6000 stars are visible.

Page 8 - Galileo's 1609 work was done "about 300 years ago."
answer - This book was copyrighted nearly 400 years after 1609.

Page 8 - Galileo invented the telescope in 1609.
answer - Hans Lippershey invented the telescope in 1608.

Page 8 - Galileo saw exactly 3,310 stars.
answer - Galileo saw many more than 6,000 stars.

Page 9 - Alpha Centauri is the nearest star.
answer - Proxima Centauri is the nearest star.

Page 14 - The "bouncing universe" theory was not even a theory.
answer - It was a theory, even though it was proven false.

Page 15 - Pulsars send out bursts of energy.
answer - Pulsars send out steady streams of energy.

Page 17 - The planetary orbits are circles.
answer - The planetary orbits are ellipses.

Page 22 - The law of entropy tells us the planets are dead.
answer - Only by sending probes can we know what is happening.

Page 27 - The Earth isn't going to lose her moon.
answer - The Moon is moving 4 cm farther away each year.

Page 28 - Tjeered van Andel is an oceanographer.
answer - His first name is spelled "Tjeerd."

Page 31 - Two parts oxygen with one part hydrogen yields water.
answer - One part oxygen with two parts hydrogen yield water.

Do I really need to continue?

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Demonstrates the presence of a divine creator, July 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: It Couldn't Just Happen (Hardcover)

Richard's book very aptly presents the absurdity that the many wonders of creation just happened by chance. His presentation of material shows great research and sound logic. To the one who stated his mathematical calculations of flipping 10 coins. He was calculating the probability that all ten coins would come up heads. His calculation was mathematically correct. If you do your homework, you will see that his facts are correct.