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Ride to Glory: The People v. Charles Robert Darwin [Hardcover]

Warren Le Roi Johns (Author)
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November 24, 1999
Charles Darwin described his theory as "a mere rag of any hypotheses with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts." "Ride to Glory" exposes flagrant examples of those flaws in a mock trial that rocks the rural campus setting of a fictitious Maryland university.

The question posed to the jury in the stated performance: "Is Evolution a Fact?"

In an intellectual free-for-all, gutsy Ph.D. candidate and star witness, Joshua Chamberlain Ryan, thumbs his nose at Darwinian speculations, incurring the wrath of his major Professor, Karl Striker, devout defender of mega-evolution.

The author/lawyer makes skillful use of precisely endnoted, authentic, academic source materials to make the case.


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Life had a beginning! Debate rages as to the how and when of the event. All rival explanations for life's origin require faith! The myth of mega-evolution roots its faith in what Darwin himself described as "a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] and holes as sound parts."

In Darwin Retried, Harvard educated Attorney Norman Macbeth referenced Tennessee's 1925 Scopes show trial, noting the "burden of proof" trap set by Clarence Darrow.

"The proponents of a theory, in science or elsewhere, are obligated to support every link in the chain of reasoning, whereas a critic or skeptic may peck at any aspect of the theory, testing it for flaws. The winner in these matters is the skeptic who has no case to prove." Attorney Macbeth suggests that the trauma inflicted on William Jennings Bryan "would have been equally disastrous for Clarence Darrow if he had tried to discharge the burden of proof for the other side."

Ride to Glory uses a make-believe courtroom setting and a lawyer's "chain of reasoning" to unmask evolution's Achilles' heels masquerading as science. To make its case, Ride to Glory cites updated factual data in endnotes blending academic credibility with fictional drama. Evidence is presented to readers, as to a jury, and the "burden of proof" shoe is put on mega-evolution's foot.

Lawyers share the challenge to all scholars: Collect the best evidence; marshal the facts; and seek honest conclusions. The results can be harnessed for presentation in book form by activating the computer's electronic wizardry. Without the input of intelligent design, no computer could create a book, even in 4.55 billion years. Darwin's Origin and Ride to Glory are linked to a common reality: neither book wrote itself.

The DNA code vested in Galapagos finches observed by Darwin carried the inherent information that powered the diversity seen in different-shaped bird beaks. This quite real genetic adaptability cannot be extrapolated to prove make-believe, molecule-to-man traveling mega-evolution's mythical mutation/natural selection route. Finches never parent eagles; fruit fly mutations have yet to produce butterflies!

It strains credulity to recognize the reasoning power of the human brain that concurrently uses that reasoning to concoct its origin to be the result of blind good-luck. Logic encourages faith in the Creative power of an Intelligent Designer, the eternal God of the universe. The alternative: worship at the secular shrine of speculative myth.

Ride to Glory challenges that myth in a premier edition that coincides with the 140th anniversary of the 1859 publication of the initial 1500 volumes of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

From the Author

Four presidential profiles peer from the granite crags of South Dakota's Black Hills. An army of terra cotta soldiers has been excavated from China's earth. No student of history claims these classic works of art designed themselves. Yet, mega-evolution asserts that the models for this art, living humans, evolved through mutation and natural selection, without the intervention of intelligent design or designer!

Make no mistake---Ride to Glory takes on the myths of neo-Darwinism in a head-to-head confrontation intended to raise eyebrows and to spark the reader's own independent inquiry as to whether or not "Evolution is Scientific Fact?"


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: General Title Inc; Limited edition (November 24, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0967341108
  • ISBN-13: 978-0967341101
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,234,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Genesis File summarizes the author's quest for scientific evidence verifying the source of life's origin on Planet Earth. His research confirmed his conviction that God created all things a long time ago and that neo-Darwinism is "superstitious nonsense" fabricated by piecing together a series of conjectured assumptions. The author's rationale speaks for itself.

"When scrutinized, evidence purporting to confirm evolution of life by chance, dissolves like spun sugar in a rainstorm.

"Every genome carries genetic reserves enabling it to adjust to its environment. "But when 44,000 generations of E.coli bacteria are saddled with laboratory induced mutations, descendant generations continue to be E.coli bacteria, never some radically new and different life kind.

"My personal faith and commitment to the truth about God and the miracle of His creation is absolute. I believe God authored science. Exploring science makes no sense while rejecting recognition of its Author.

"Thanks to science, vaccinated children need not be plagued by the crippling polio curse; humans walked the face of the moon and returned to earth; and galaxies come into focus through the penetrating eyes of the Hubble Telescope.

"Precision characterizes the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the verifiable laws of physics, chemistry, and biology. Evolution mutates genomic science by substituting accident, chaos and chance for the established formulas of true science.

"We exist because of a 'Superior Rationality' in the universe that Christians identify as an eternal, just and all-loving God. Anything beyond the modest ability of finite minds to comprehend is labeled a miracle.

"I believe life is a miraculous gift of God, the Creator of all things!"

Johns practiced law as a career in California, Maryland, and the District of Columbia until partial retirement in the summer of 1992. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1963, he has been a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

His non-fiction Dateline Sunday, U.S.A., drew national attention as a legal history documenting blue law confrontation with the U.S. Constitution's first amendment. His 1999 Ride to Glory targeted some of evolution's more obvious shortfalls while a lawyer's academic perspective documented evolution's most obvious "flaws" and "holes" in his 2007 Beyond Forever.

A 1958 graduate of the University of Southern California's Law Center, and holder of La Sierra University's 1994 "Alumnus of the Year" award, the author's professional resume appears in Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; and Who's Who in the World.

Warren LeRoi Johns, Esq. (ret.)
wj1935@yahoo.com

 

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Action oriented, splendidly written, highly entertaining., August 4, 2000
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Ride To Glory is a unique examination of the issues involved in the Darwinian hypothesis about the origins of mankind cast in the form of a novel. Action oriented, splendidly written, thoroughly entertaining (and more than a little educational), Ride To Glory is highly recommended reading for anyone on either side of the Creationism vs. Evolution issue.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wild Ride to Glory, December 31, 1999
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Like a serpentine road, Road to Glory twists and turns to the last page. It's a book you can't put down--a book you won't want to put down until the end.

The author cleverly recasts the Scopes trial with Darwinian evolution in the dock. More than a novel, the work is a compendium of scientific challenges (all well referenced) to Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Creationists will cheer the star witness. Evolutionists, however, will take solace in the summary reflections of the main character which is the philosophical apex of the book.

A dry scientific tome, it is not. It is a lively romance, an intriguing mystery, and a revealing glimpse at the nuanced life of academic philanthropy. Ride to Glory is a wild ride by any standard.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good fight but no kill..., July 13, 2008
This review is from: Ride to Glory: The People v. Charles Robert Darwin (Hardcover)
I'm glad I purchased this book before it became unavailable. It took me only three days to finish because the debate scenes were well written. However, the main man, the big kahuna, Dr. Stryker, didn't get his time in the limelight against our darwin-skeptic hero.

The rest of the plot seemed out of place. Perhaps someone could make a real movie out of this story without the "hollywood' aspect. It actually bordered on silly.
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