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Making the case for intelligent design..., July 26, 2003
This review is from: Dismantling Evolution: Building the Case for Intelligent Design (Examine the Evidence) (Paperback)
~Dismantling Evolution (Examine the Evidence)~ is authored by a former skeptic and evolutionist. This is not the most in-depth book on the subject of the creation vs. evolution debate, but it documents the evidences for special creation and the flaws in evolutionary theory quite well. The author makes a compelling case for intelligent design in the universe and life itself. One chapter entitled Hard Evidence versus Soft Evidence gives a background on epistemological methodology in proving intelligent design. The fossil record and geological evidence that supposedly gives credence to macroevolution is analyzed with remarkable clarity. Muncaster also expounds upon the theory of irreducible complexity, which Michael Behe deals with thoroughly in Darwin's Black Box. The existence of DNA, the building blocks that program organic life, gives ample evidence for intelligent design, particularly when one begins to grasp its' utter complexity. In challenging the evolutionist's worldview, Muncaster goes beyond the life sciences in order to to point out the laws of physics, which fundamentally undermine evolutionary theory. The laws of thermodynamics cast serious doubts on the claims of evolutionists. Evolutionists posit that the life is advancing to higher order, which is contradicted by the fact that observation has never revealed new information being added to DNA and that everything in the universe is in a state of entropy or decay. Nonetheless, while this book covers many bases, a skeptic or creation apologist may want to explore a book that probes one facet of creationism at a time (i.e. the irreducible complexity theory or the information theory.) This is not the definitive book on the subject, though it certainly is an informative reference. For the scientific laymen this book maybe preferable to Michael Behe's book.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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We are without excuse, April 20, 2007
This review is from: Dismantling Evolution: Building the Case for Intelligent Design (Examine the Evidence) (Paperback)
Former evolutionist turned creationist, Ralph Muncaster saw the absurdities in evolutionary theory. He raises amazing, thought provoking questions. He tests theories made by scientists supporting evolution, and quotes their findings, indicating difficulties in the support of evolution; it is severely flawed.
When looking at creatures and plants we need to ask: "how" did they know........."how" to grow?, "how" to repair?, "how" to form?, "how" to reproduce? Through probability, Muncaster shows us that life by chance from a simple cell to a full life form is an unbridgeable chasm. There is such an irreducible complexity even within the simplest of life forms that if one bridge is broken the whole theory collapses. We have discovered: mutations are damaging, order can not come out of chaos, and the incredibly complex designed machines from nanotechnology. What we are learning on the molecular level is truly mind-blowing. These small molecular machines may hold the future. "It defies logic to pretend that such complex systems--systems that work together in such a precise and harmonious way--came about randomly. It is plainly obsurd."---------Gerald Schroeder
Why bother studying this? Because evolution is being taught as fact in our schools, and secularism is creeping into our church. This book will help reinforce us.
We should be asking why evolutionists don't mention "chirality" in their studies? Is it not because it cannot be explained, so it is then ignored? If scientists believe in the impossible probabilities of life by chance, why are we still in disbelief? One only needs to go to the textbooks, the Science Channel, the National Geographic Channel, PBS, the History Channel and the Discovery Channel, to see evolutionary thinking is rife.
Ralph believes no matter a young or old earth, there has not been enough time for evolution. We are without excuse, there is a Creator; He has manifested himself.
Wish you well
Scott
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13 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the most powerful books against the evolution lie, February 16, 2005
This review is from: Dismantling Evolution: Building the Case for Intelligent Design (Examine the Evidence) (Paperback)
The book speaks to you on a conversational level. It does not hold academia high above your head and expects you to understand what the book has to say. The book doesn't just say that Genesis is correct and that's that. It goes deep into each and every argument of the evolution lie and dismantles each and every one of them a step at a time. A book like this is important because evolution...the lie and the racist idea that it is...is practically stapled to our schools and our universities. The concept of an Intelligent Design/er is realistic, scientific, and worthy of accepting. Only those who hate Christians and Christianity will go against such a book, and I do know many of those...they cling to the idea of evolution but this "scientific idea" is like sand that slowly slides through the palm of their hands. The concept of evolution holds no true ground. If you truly look at it, you realize just how foolish it is.
Christians need books like this and books like those of Hugh Ross that shows the foolishness of atheism and humanism evolution. The mere thought that evolution could exist on what is referred to as a macroevolution scale is absurd. Then there's the realization that evolution itself has so many different types of hypothesis shows that there is no firm groundwork. However, if you take cosmic design and human design, bringing them all together facing you, you realize that the Bible is right. That there is a Creator and we and the universe around us are the created. Do you not realize the following as stated in this book?
This book follows the thought pattern of the apostle Paul. We need to examine the evidence for the Bible before us, so that we can bring intelligence to the debate...not just arguing "I'm right and you are wrong" and that's that. By examining the evidence, by truly keeping an open mind while exploring books like Dismantling Evolution and Hugh Ross's Fingerprint of God, we realize that our Christian faith is a wall that cannot be brought down. The final thought by the author, Ralph Muncaster, shows an important truth:
"In essence, this challenge [the one faced by evolutionists today] means a change of faith from one unseen to another. No one has ever seen evolution in action. Nor has anyone ever seen an intelligent designer such as God. Both require faith. Faith in the nothing of evolution leads us to despair. Belief in the God of intelligent design leads us to great hope...Those who cast off the weights of evolutionary presuppositions can scale that final peak and find peace in an intelligent-designer God--a real God that has beautifully and wonderfully crafted all living things He's waiting for evolutionists to find him--and the hope he can bring them all" (224).
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