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The New Answers Book (Answers Book Series)

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Compiled by Answers in Genesis, the world's largest apologetics ministry, The New Answers Book: Over 25 Questions on Creation/Evolution and the Bible presents the fundamentalist Christian perspective upon the debate of creation versus evolution versus intelligent design. Founded upon the core principle that the Bible is God's Word and can be trusted implicitly, as opposed to the changing theories of fallible mankind, The New Answers Book gives a strict Biblical interpretation of the existence of fossils, carbon dating, UFOs, the question of death and suffering, and much more, with a handful of black-and-white illustrations. "If one allows science (which has wrongly become synonymous with evolution and materialism) to determine our understanding of Scripture, then this can lead to a slippery slope of unbelief through the rest of Scripture. For instance, science would proclaim that a person cannot be raised from the dead. Does this mean we should interpret the Resurrection of Christ to reflect this? Sadly, some do just this, saying that the Resurrection simply means that Jesus' teachings live on in His followers." A cogently written account that straightforwardly and unabashedly makes its case.

This book will place at your fingertips helpful ideas to check out for yourself. The other intolerant and unkind reviewer was obviously grinding the proverbial ax. I have a copy of the unrevised book and found it very thought provoking in how it pointed out the very real problems with the model of Darwin as well as presenting lots of scientific data for an alternate view. It takes far more faith to believe the twisted evidence presented by Darwin's current followers than to believe the evidence from those who cite scientific evidence for some sort of intelligent design. Ham is not a ranting Bible thumper. He is coming with real ideas and evidence.If this updated version is anything like the former issue it will deal with most the main sections of the debate and give you a good heads up. Dembski and Behe will go much deeper, but Ham is a good, real good, place to begin. As for the dinosaurs living at the same time as man, you owe it to yourself to see the evidence for this. You will not get the real story presented by anyone sympathetic to the Darwin model. I seriously wonder if the only reason evolutionists do not accept this and other similar arguments for a younger earth is that it would remove the incredible amounts of time that evolutionists think they must have for the impossible scenario of all the many missing links to somehow connect. I give it 5 stars as an strong introduction to the subject, which is what it is. I'm ordering it today and will update my review if it's not at least as good as the earlier edition.

Sorry, I'm still laughing at Carl's misguided misquoted twisting of the Book of Job below!! Please leave Biblical hermeneutics to those who know what they are doing. Read Carl's review below for humor - read The New Answers Book for an awesome handling of this Creation/Evolution issue. I'm not sure too many Evolutionists are aware of the Scientific Dissent from Darwinism - which one can Google to read about. Nearly a thousand scientists from all across the nation (Stanford, Yale, Smithsonian Institute, just to name a few places) have signed the document stating that Darwin's theory is flawed, misguided and indefensible. Despite this, Evolutionists still love to mistakenly claim that Creationists have neither real science nor any real scientists behind their views. Sadly much of the public is following the rest of the lemmings off of the cliff on this issue.

The evidence presented in this book is quite compelling (unless you choose to close your eyes to it) and evidence given that dinosaurs co-existed with man is simply undeniable. I've still yet to hear an Evolutionist give a good reason for the dinosaur footprints found alongside of human footprints in the Paluxy River bed, near Glen Rose, Texas.

Many other great topics are covered as well such as starlight and time, the fossil record and carbon dating just to name a few.

This is an enlightening book that offers alternatives to evolutionary theories.

There are two main theories:
(1) The world is so complexed that it must all have happened by accident. (2) There is an intelligent Creator behind the development of the universe.

Ken was wise not to address each and every question by himself but rather use authorities of each specific field to identify the weakness of the #1 theory and offer the views of the #2 theory. This is a must read to those that have questions about their faith and whether it has scientific standing.

One particular topic that the average Joe will enjoy is about the weaknesses of the carbon dating methods. The very foundation of how they claim the world is 'XXXX billions of years old'. Or even humorous questions like how would dinosaurs fit in Noah's ark? (Answer: Probably eggs/baby dinos!) Illustrated, creative, and mixed in with some humor and real science makes this book an easy read.

Don Sausa
Author of The Jesus Tomb: Is It Fact or Fiction? Scholars Chime In

A lot of people have given this book poor reviews just because the name Ken Ham has been attached. Evolutionists may dislike Intelligent Design, but they want to murder Creationism with every bone in their collective bodies. This is why you see reviews (on sites like Amazon) that have less of reviewing and more of the ranting/raving. I want to subtract all of this to give an honest, balanced review.

First, this book is not for Evolutionists, and thus, is not a true "answers book". This book is entirely made by Christians for Creationists. I wouldn't expect any Evolutionist to agree with 70% of what's said in the text. Why? Because most of the authors start out with, shocker! the Bible. Now for me, as a Christian, I have no problem with this. However, as a studying apologist, I think Ken Ham often confuses his target audiences. I would only argue that there is about 30% non-biased scientific Evidence (I.e., evidence you could use in a Bible-less debate). I would've preferred that the Bible be defended BEFORE using it in authoritative manners.

Second, this book not only plays like an old record, but seems to be poorly organized. For example, chapters 2,3,5 deal entirely with Theistic Evolution, with the rest of the chapters highly referencing said theory. While I have nothing against the argument's that are used, they could've been summarized all into one chapter. As it stands, by the time you reach the end, you feel like you're being preached to, not dialogued with. The book, as a whole, feels highly disorganized and with no general purpose. The first and last chapters alone are organized well.

Let me summarize with this: because of the lack of pure, scientific evidence (there is some, but clearly not enough) and the constant dead horse of Theistic Evolution make this a frustrating read. Personally, the fact that it kept on talking about Genesis 101 stuff made it quite boring for me as a Christian. I got to learn about the Ark and how the human race got started!!! Yipee!!! I have to ask myself, who will really benefit from this book? Not Evolutionists and not a good portion of Christians.

If you didn't like this book, like me, don't take it out on Ken ham or AiG. Everyone is entitled to a crappy book once in a while.

Hopefully Answers Volume II is better.

The book is written in easy terms so most everyone will understand and is meant to be an introduction to the topic of creation. The book answers questions such as "Is there really a God?", "Could God really have created everything in six days?", "Does radiometric dating prove the earth is old?", "Does archaeology support the Bible?", "Hasn't evolution been proven true?" and more. There are thousands of technical books written by scientists that back up the information in this book.
You can listen to the long rantings of the bad reviews and let your mind be made up for you, but you really owe it to yourself to find out what the other side has to say. Let me give you one fact...There are literally hundreds of dating methods and about 90% of those methods do not give dates which are acceptable to evolutionists (huh? why not?)...and 100% of the dating methods is based on assumptions. The dating method Mr. Ken Ham talks about in his book is the dating method that is used by secular institutes, scientists and the like.

Fourteen different authors have a hand in answering 27 different questions about "Creation/Evolution and the Bible"). Some have a science-based flavor (Question 9: "Does Radiometric Dating Prove the Earth Is Old."), while others are those niggling Bible questions that you'll run across every once in a while (Question 6: "Cain's Wife - Who Was She?").

Strengths:

-When it comes to answering and posing questions about evolution, dating of rocks, plate tectonics and the Ice Age, none do it better than Ken Ham and his team of writers.

Weaknesses:

-As with all FAQ type of books, there is some overlap in some of the questions. At least 20 pages could have been edited out if the questions had been consolidated.

If I had to buy one apologetics book, out of the scores of books I have, it would probably be this one. Various Ph.D.'s from their respective fields have added to this. Parts II and III are also good. I'm waiting for part IV to come out. I disagree with some of the Calvinistic premises, but overall, it is a good work.

This is a great book. It's easy to read and understand, and has incredible information to answer some obvious questions about creation vs evolution that many people have.

Good work:)

It is a simple book easy to read even for the younger. Thought it would be more detailed but OK. Glad I ordered it.