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21 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing, May 9, 2001
This book demonstrates an amazing lack of understanding of the theory of evolution. For a book that has 'examine the evidence' in the title, the fact that there is no examination of evidence in it at all is puzzling. Since it's under 50 (small) pages, on the otherhand, this is not suprising. It contains very few references (16 are listed in the back), and for good reason... If you research his references you find that Muncaster is being (seemingly purposefully) misleading. For instance he mentions a statistical analysis by the molecular biologist, Harold Morowitz, that the random events required to create a single living cell are astronomical. Muncaster uses that as 'proof' that evolution couldn't have happened. He fails to mention that Morowitz is, in fact, an evolutionist. The statistic he calculated was in support the protocell theory of evolution, suggesting that life biogenesis was not a ridiculously unlikely collision of molecules into a fully assembled modern cell. Rather that it was a logical, step by step process of natural selection. Almost the entire argumental thrust of this (overpriced) pamplet revolves around the statistical implausability of complex structures appearing by mere chance. Since the theory of evolution is not at all about complex structures appearing by pure chance, but about adaptions being selected by natural forces (the antithesis of chance), every argument that Muncaster makes against evolution is rendered pointless. He makes many bold statements such as: "... most microbiologists, physicists, and experts in applied mathematics and statistics (who know about the findings) now reject evolution." But he gives nothing to support statements like this. No references, or quotes. Nothing. The microbiologists and physicists that he mentions, are evolutionists, by the way. If you are interested in what the general gist of what the creationist arguments are, then this glosses over them pretty well without going into any substance (rather typical of all of the creationist information i've found so far). The same information and arguments are easily found scattered around the internet, pretty much verbatim, but this will give you a good place to know what to look for. If you have opted to believe in creationism, and are looking for a good book to make you feel really clever for not believing in that 'idiotic theory of evolution'. Then this is would be a great book for you. However, you really ought to read *something* (i'd recommend Futuyna's 'Science on Trial') that at least gives some hint as to what the theory of evolution is all about. Don't expect to find that out from Muncaster, he apparently doesn't have a clue about it.
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by Ralph O. Muncaster
by Ralph O. Muncaster
