Science of Today & The Problems of Genesis [Paperback]

Rev. Patrick O'Connell (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2009

The error of Evolution, the truth of the Flood, the real age of the earth, the accuracy of the Bible account of creation, how science supports the Bible, etc., etc. Fabulously interesting, especially on the Flood! Impr. 448 pgs, PB

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: TAN Books and Publishers (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895554380
• ISBN-13: 978-0895554383
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,212,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review from the Publisher, March 15, 2001

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This review is from: Science of Today & The Problems of Genesis (Paperback)

As a missionary in China for 50 years, including during Teilhard de Chardin's "Peking Man" fraud, Fr. O'Connell got in on the ground floor of research into questions regarding man's origins. He read all the relevant literature in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Here he brings forth the archaeological, paleontogical and astronomical evidence which confirms the traditional Catholic teaching that the human race did not evolve from lower animals - and that it began with a single man and woman. Though he wrote in 1959, the research findings he reports are still almost unknown today and the crisis of faith caused by unfounded scientific hypotheses has worked havoc in the Church and undermined the faith of most Catholic intellectuals and of many "ordinary" Catholics. Fr. O'Connell gives the scientific evidence why the Church was right about Adam and Eve and the Great Flood. This book is a major contribution and is destined to have a tremendous impact on rebuilding the faith of Catholics! 439pp. PB. Imprimatur.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Against Evolution, July 10, 2000

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This review is from: Science of Today & The Problems of Genesis (Paperback)

This is a very good book for those who wish to refute evolution, in favor of creation as written in the Bible.

The author uses many reference materials from both evolutionists and creationists to show that, when all is said and done, evolution is a religious viewpoint that has no foundation to stand on.

Some of the most interesting cases are those "hard-core" evolutionists, who, when they finally began to examine the evidence, chose to abandon evolution in favor of creation. The author goes on to show that those who are most strongly in favor of evolution are those who are the least education regarding it - people who are relying on theories abandoned a long time ago, yet still claim them as "fact" (i.e., those who still demand a man-from-ape evolution).

This book gives much needed strength to those wishing to combat evolutionism, for the truth of creation.

There are several major sub-headings in the book: the author first runs thru several of the days of creation; he then continues on with the well-known hoaxes of "the missing links". For me, the most interesting subject was the Flood of Noah, and how geological evidence quite squarely denies evolution.

The author is Catholic. That may not make a lot of difference to people, but being ex-Catholic turned Protestant, I admit I have my bias. However the author usually writes in such a way that is unbiased towards Catholicism. He does use references to the Pope's Encyclical Letters, but he generally refers to the Bible as the ultimate authority.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Science of Today, October 17, 2011

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This review is from: Science of Today & The Problems of Genesis (Paperback)

This book was a disappointment. The author, like so many other Catholic authors addressing the interpretation of Genesis, makes the fundamental exegetical error of accepting uncritically the Darwinian hypothesis of an old earth. While Father's arguments in favor of a literal interpretation of many of the histiorical events chronicled in Genesis, including the historical reality and necessity of Adam and Eve as our first parents, the Flood etc, are laudable and much needed in light of today's hyper-Darwinian dogmatism, it would have been a pleasant surprise to read Father's analysis of the age of the earth in light of hsitorical teaching of the Church and the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, who almost universally held to a very young age of the earth prior to the advent of the false theory of evolution.