Modern science has uncovered a design that is surprisingly compatible with the biblical account of creation. Learn how scientific discoveries reveal the nature of God.
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Hugh Ross (Ph.D., University of Toronto) is founder and president of Reasons To Believe, a ministry team devoted to bridging the gap between science and faith. A well-known author and Christian apologist, Ross has addressed students and faculty on hundreds of campuses, churches, and professional groups in the U.S. and abroad. He also serves on the pastoral staff of Sierra Madre Congregational Church, and as adjunct faculty at A.W. Tozer Seminary in Redding, California. He and his wife, Kathy, and their two sons live in Southern California.
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85 of 91 people found the following review helpful
By B. D. Weimer
Format:Paperback
This is a very enjoyable book, for anyone who likes science and is inclined to believe in God. Hugh Ross is an astrophysicist, a pastor, and a gifted writer. In plain language, he seamlessly integrates science and the Scriptures on this most vital of topics -- how did the universe begin?
With great enthusiasm, Dr. Ross uses the latest scientific discoveries to present a comprehensive case for a Creator. Some complain that he is too quick to discuss the latest scientific theories, such as a 10-dimensional universe. But these theories are taught every day to science students, with a secular spin. Must Christians remain silent until, perhaps 40 years later, these theories have the same level of acceptance as relativity? This would put the church at an immense disadvantage in presenting an appealing, unified world view.
With great enthusiasm, Dr. Ross uses the latest scientific discoveries to present a comprehensive case for a Creator. Some complain that he is too quick to discuss the latest scientific theories, such as a 10-dimensional universe. But these theories are taught every day to science students, with a secular spin. Must Christians remain silent until, perhaps 40 years later, these theories have the same level of acceptance as relativity? This would put the church at an immense disadvantage in presenting an appealing, unified world view.
41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By C. P. R.
Format:Paperback
In the world today there are basically three views regarding creation:
1. On the one extreme is the view that there is no God, and that the world was created by natural causes. In this view, science holds the only answers. We must use our inquiring minds to learn the truth, and there is a constant search for better answers.
2. At the other extreme is the Young Earth Creations (YEC). They believe that all scriptures must be interpreted literally, and any science that contradicts a literal interpretation must be wrong, and they therefore dismiss all of science as incorrect, and attempt to define an alternative science where the speed of light changes.
3. There is the middle ground between these two. Proponents, such as Ross, take the view that the Bible is true, but that being men, our knowledge is never complete, and that therefore, while the Bible is never wrong, we must occasionally be flexible in changing our understanding of it. These people believe that God does not lie, and that therefore as we use science to learn about his creation, what we find will also be true, and consistent with his word. Therefore they attempt to reconcile science and the Bible, finding common ground in an old-earth creation (OEC) interpretation.
Typically YEC do not get along with either group, viewing both as the enemy. According to their view, you are forced to choose to accept the Bible according to their entirely literal reading, or you must reject the Bible entirely. Faced with this choice many thinking people are driven away from Christianity, or at least are forced to deal with cognitive dissonance - On Sunday the Bible is true and science is ignored, but the rest of the week science is true and the Bible is to be ignored.
By contrast there is typically more constructive dialogue and respect between the scientists and the OEC group. In the world today, most people believe that science is true. OEC provides an interpretation of the Bible that rconciles Science and the Bible. In my personal experience, when I attempt to evalgelize people with any level of scientific sophistication, they immediately prepare to attack and ridicule the YEC view. When I take the OEC perspective, they are always quite surprised to hear that the biblical account written 3000 years ago is consistent with science not discovered until recently. As a result, this book by Ross is an outstanding evangelical tool - it permits thinking people to be reached who reject YEC out of hand. This approach doesn't necessarily convert them, because in most cases their disrespect for YEC has led them to a hard-core atheistic view, but it does eliminate the major obstacle to their ultimate acceptance of the Bible.
Basically, in evaluting this book, you have to ask - does this book lay out its view is a clear, convincing way. The answer is that it does. I'm not here to attack or defend one of the views above, but I can tell you that as a scientist, I am delighted to read books like this which help to clarify that the Bible is consistent with Science. I can tell you that this book has reinforced my Christian beliefs, and that it has also been a powerful evangelical tool. I highly recommend it.
1. On the one extreme is the view that there is no God, and that the world was created by natural causes. In this view, science holds the only answers. We must use our inquiring minds to learn the truth, and there is a constant search for better answers.
2. At the other extreme is the Young Earth Creations (YEC). They believe that all scriptures must be interpreted literally, and any science that contradicts a literal interpretation must be wrong, and they therefore dismiss all of science as incorrect, and attempt to define an alternative science where the speed of light changes.
3. There is the middle ground between these two. Proponents, such as Ross, take the view that the Bible is true, but that being men, our knowledge is never complete, and that therefore, while the Bible is never wrong, we must occasionally be flexible in changing our understanding of it. These people believe that God does not lie, and that therefore as we use science to learn about his creation, what we find will also be true, and consistent with his word. Therefore they attempt to reconcile science and the Bible, finding common ground in an old-earth creation (OEC) interpretation.
Typically YEC do not get along with either group, viewing both as the enemy. According to their view, you are forced to choose to accept the Bible according to their entirely literal reading, or you must reject the Bible entirely. Faced with this choice many thinking people are driven away from Christianity, or at least are forced to deal with cognitive dissonance - On Sunday the Bible is true and science is ignored, but the rest of the week science is true and the Bible is to be ignored.
By contrast there is typically more constructive dialogue and respect between the scientists and the OEC group. In the world today, most people believe that science is true. OEC provides an interpretation of the Bible that rconciles Science and the Bible. In my personal experience, when I attempt to evalgelize people with any level of scientific sophistication, they immediately prepare to attack and ridicule the YEC view. When I take the OEC perspective, they are always quite surprised to hear that the biblical account written 3000 years ago is consistent with science not discovered until recently. As a result, this book by Ross is an outstanding evangelical tool - it permits thinking people to be reached who reject YEC out of hand. This approach doesn't necessarily convert them, because in most cases their disrespect for YEC has led them to a hard-core atheistic view, but it does eliminate the major obstacle to their ultimate acceptance of the Bible.
Basically, in evaluting this book, you have to ask - does this book lay out its view is a clear, convincing way. The answer is that it does. I'm not here to attack or defend one of the views above, but I can tell you that as a scientist, I am delighted to read books like this which help to clarify that the Bible is consistent with Science. I can tell you that this book has reinforced my Christian beliefs, and that it has also been a powerful evangelical tool. I highly recommend it.
33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By ERK
Format:Paperback
I recommend this as a must-read book to just about everyone. Not because I agree with everything Ross says (because I don't) but because it opens up a completely new and refreshing perspective on the whole cosmology, religion, and the meaning of the universe topic. I especially liked the part describing just what conditions must be met for human life to develop in the universe.
His arguments are quite reaching in many places, but that does not disqualify his valid points, of which there are many, and it is worth it to the reader to hear them in a society increasingly being indoctrinated by a secular, politically correct elite.
Very interesting book.
His arguments are quite reaching in many places, but that does not disqualify his valid points, of which there are many, and it is worth it to the reader to hear them in a society increasingly being indoctrinated by a secular, politically correct elite.
Very interesting book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Creator and the Cosmos
Great book. I keep giving mine away to friends and now it's gone out of print.
There is a very similar book (Beyond The Cosmos) by the same author, Hugh Ross, that's also... Read more
There is a very similar book (Beyond The Cosmos) by the same author, Hugh Ross, that's also... Read more
Published on December 21, 2010 by wbehrens2
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Intriguing
This book was very interesting and has a lot of cold hard facts. It was technicial but not so technicial that it could not be understood.
Published on October 26, 2010 by B. Ellison
4.0 out of 5 stars
No Where to Hide
This book is technical, for those who wish to criticize and suggest there is no science in Dr. Ross's work; all I can say is "BALONEY". Read more
Published on July 3, 2010 by Mark (Greek for "Hammer")
5.0 out of 5 stars
Science PROVES the Bible...who knew!
For both intellectuals and the merely scientifically curious: just read it! Would make an amazing Bible study!
Published on April 21, 2010 by Intelligent Learner
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revealing
I already have this book and bought this copy for a relative. A great discourse on the compatibility of science and the Creator. Read more
Published on January 30, 2010 by ivan oak
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Well Researched and Written
I was very impressed with the thoroughness with which Dr. Ross approached the immensity of his topic. Read more
Published on November 4, 2009 by John L. Betcher
1.0 out of 5 stars
No Reasons to Believe
Amazon lists well over a dozen books by Hugh Ross in which the author frantically endeavors to increase the plausibility of divine creation by debunking not only the biological... Read more
Published on October 5, 2009 by V
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Creator of the Cosmos: How the latest Scientific Discoveries of...
A very well presented case on the belief in God based on the observation of his creation and reference to bible verses. Read more
Published on November 16, 2008 by Richard D. Owens
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!!!
About time someone like Dr. Ross came along and told it the way it is. More of the same please. What more can I say? Just buy it, read it and enjoy it.
Published on May 22, 2008 by Jason
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Science Refutting the Atheist View of the Universe
Excellent easy to read scientific discussion refuting the atheists' view of origins and our universe. Finally!
Published on March 13, 2008 by Blake
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- The Fingerprint of God: Recent Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Unmistakable Identity of the Creator (New Edition) by Hugh Ross on 13 pages
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking on 10 pages
- The Principle of Relativity (Dover Books on Physics) by Albert Einstein on 5 pages
- The Solar System (with AceAstronomy™, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card) by Michael A. Seeds on 4 pages
- Information Theory, Evolution, and The Origin of Life by Hubert P. Yockey on 4 pages
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- The Ten Assumptions of Science: Toward a New Scientific Worldview by Glenn Borchardt on page 67
- Secrets of Super Achievers by Philip Baker in Back Matter
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