And God Created Darwin [Paperback]

Duane Schmidt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001

In And God Created Darwin, the author debunks Darwin's theory of evolution. This is a sweeping case against Darwin, and shows the flaws of his arguments and the lack of supporing evidence. It's an easy-to-read book that will interest creationists, educators, and all those who have an interestin the beginning of life. It's endorsed by Phillip Johnson, the author of Darwin on Trial.

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Many people will benefit from his personable yet learned way of explaining what is wrong with Darwinian evolution. -- Phillip Johnson, author of Darwin on Trial

From the Publisher

And God Created Darwin is an easy-to-read expose on Darwin's false teachings. It's ideal reading for anyone interested in Darwin, evolution, and creationism - particularly for readers of books written by Phillip Johnson (who endorsed the book), Michael Behe, and Jonathan Wells.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: Xulon Press (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931232105
• ISBN-13: 978-1931232104
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,901,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a revisal, June 21, 2001

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"captain_winky" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: And God Created Darwin (Paperback)

After having met Duane Schmidt (read my below review), i was able to ask him about his target audience. "My audience are the 90% of Americans who believe who believe in God," he replied.

Not all of this 90% are creationists, and many (as i said below) will find some of the phrases foreign. But it gave me a clearer idea of his target audience.

Schimdt is publishing a second book; a version of this book, but for teenagers. I mentioned that many adults may find it more useful than this one, and he agreed. That one may be more accessible to those not familiar with evolutionary biology.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Written for intelligent creationists...like the author!, June 18, 2001

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"captain_winky" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: And God Created Darwin (Paperback)

Duane Schmidt lives in my hometown. I was called upon by our local paper to write a review of this book.

Like so many creationist books, this one seems targeted not to scientists or atheist but to Christians who want to believe in creationism but find secularism too convincing. I myself have no problem with the co-existance of God and evolution, but when reading this book, I have to put my views aside and accept by faith that "if evolution is true, God cannot exist."

Content aside, this book is written in a style common to Evangelical journalism and prose. The sarcasm is trademark of Christians who address issues of secularism. His negative tone will give him no credibility with atheists or scientists.

However, if the book is written for Christians, than the tone poses no problem.

However, there is another problem. From the get-go, Schimdt plumits into his own views without clearly presenting the opposition. Schmidt seems to assume that Christians understand the most basic concepts of evolution. Many do not, and may find phrases such as "vestigal organs" troublesome.

This leads me to conclude that there can only be one audience for this book: people who understand evolution and are already in agreement with Schimdt.

That leads me to one question: why was the book written? I can't say.

5.0 out of 5 stars Supportive and Informative!, January 19, 2011

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Catherine A. Lewis "mama cat" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And God Created Darwin (Paperback)

As a Christian and Homeschooling mother I found this book to be right on the money! There are too many flaws in Darwin's supposed evolution of man and the author nails them all, one by one. I don't only want to teach my children what's in the Bible, I also want them to understand scientific theory, and why Darwinism doesn't adhere to the true definition of "theory" as put forth by science.

Human evolution from apes is myth not fact, and atheists continue to use Darwinism to expel God from science, school and intelligent conversation. God gave us intelligence, he gave us these wonderful brains to use and we need to use them to understand the scientific world He created. Atheists continue to "take over" science and eschew God from the physical world He created, and I find it sad and pathetic.

Christians can embrace science, REAL science, not the myths that atheists want us to believe. God gave us honey bees to pollenate the plants that become the food we eat. That's science! That's God! That's real, not a myth.

We can start to "take back" science from the people with agendas, and we can start by debunking human evolution, and waking up the world to the fact that as a scientific theory it doesn't pass the test!