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Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalismby David MillsISBN 1569755671 (1-56975-567-1)
Softcover, Ulysses Pr
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Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With Itby David MillsISBN 1413434819 (1-4134-3481-9)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With It'Book summary:Is there really a God? Or does God exist only in our heads? Is the Bible truly Gods Word, or a jumble of fanciful myths? THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING BOOK ON ATHEISM is your front-row ticket to mankinds most enthralling debate. An atheist for thirty years, David Mills argues that God is unnecessary to explain the universe and lifes diversity, organization and beauty.
This unique and captivating book rebuts every argument ever offered to "prove" Gods existence and the Bibles credibility arguments from logic, common sense, Christian apologetics, philosophy, ethics, history, and up-to-the-minute science.
Among the intriguing questions addressed in this all-inclusive volume:
* What, precisely, is atheism, and why is it misunderstood so thoroughly?
* If God is a myth, then did the universe appear from nothing?
* Does the meticulous clockwork of planetary motion result from mindless random forces?
* Do atheists believe that human beings evolved through blind accident from lifeless matter?
* Do the splendor and intricacy of life on Earth reveal evidence of intelligent design by a supernatural Creator?
* Can atheists prove that God does NOT exist?
* What about Creation Science, and the popular new movement to reconcile Scripture and science?
* Have recent scientific discoveries pointed to Gods governance of the cosmos?
* Did Albert Einstein believe in God?
* Does the fact that energy cannot be destroyed lend credibility to a belief in eternal life?
* Without God, can there be a valid system of ethics or an objective "right" and "wrong"?
* Does religion encourage moral conduct and civilized behavior? Is the Golden Rule really such a bad idea?
* What is the meaning of life without God?
* When we die, are we simply dead like dogs?
* Did atheists suffer a trauma in childhood that warped them into blasphemous rebellion?
* Because of ubiquitous injustice on Earth, is an afterlife required to redress the imbalance, where evil is ultimately punished and virtue rewarded?
* Is atheism just another crackpot religion?
* Whats the harm in a persons private spirituality? Does humanity have everything to gain, and nothing to lose, through belief in God (even if Hes only imaginary)?
* Apart from the Bible, is there secular historical evidence of Jesus miracles and resurrection?
* How do atheists explain "near death" experiences and medical miracles which amaze even skeptical doctors?
* Why should a tiny minority of atheists be able to force their opinions on everyone else by banning prayer in public schools?
* Since "there are no atheists in foxholes," have famous nonbelievers recanted on their deathbeds?
* Did Old and New Testament prophecies correctly predict events which actually unfolded during our own lifetimes?
* What about the Shroud of Turin and the discovery of wood fragments from Noahs Ark on Mount Ararat in Turkey?
* Does the Law of Entropy (or the "running down" of the universe) contradict evolutionary theory, which asserts that Natures complexity is increasing?
* Is there absolute proof that man evolved from a lower form of life?
* Even if you believe that all life evolved from a single cell, how could complex cellular life originate without a Creator?
* Is atheism a totally negative philosophy, leading only to cynicism and despair?
* Does communisms past embrace of atheism prove that atheism is an evil and failed philosophy?
* Was America really founded upon Christian principles by Christian believers?
* What is the true, behind-the-scenes relationship between politics and religion in 21st-century America?
All of these questions and hundreds of others are fully confronted and methodically answered in the riveting pages of Atheist Universe. Its all here for you in one richly entertaining, comprehensive, and easy-to-read volume. Few other books provide such spellbinding inquiry and arrive at such a controversial and well-documented conclusion.
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Bruce and Stan's Guide to How It All Beganby Stan Jantz, Bruce BickelISBN 0736900969 (0-7369-0096-9)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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By Design : Science and the Search for Godby Larry WithamISBN 1893554643 (1-893554-64-3)
Hardcover, Encounter Books
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Calloused Hands Courageous Souls: Holistic Spiritualiy of Development and Missionby Robert J. Suderman, Robert J. SundermanISBN 1887983112 (1-887983-11-2)
Softcover, Missions Advanced Research &
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Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religionby Michael RuseISBN 0521637163 (0-521-63716-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religion'Book summary:You will have to look hard to find a better explanation of the relationship between basic Christian tenets and the Darwinian theory of evolution than Can A Darwinian Be A Christian? by Michael Ruse. The author, a professor of philosophy and zoology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, writes with bracing candour ("Let me be open", he begins, "I think that evolution is a fact and that Darwinism rules triumphant") and sophisticated sympathy to Christian doctrine ("if one's understanding of Darwinism does include a natural evolution of life from nonlife, there is no reason to think that this now makes Christian belief impossible"). Writing this book, he also clearly had a hell of a lot of fun (disarming sceptical Christian readers at the beginning, he asks, "Why should the devil have all the good tunes?").
Can A Darwinian Be A Christian? answers its title question with heady confidence--"Absolutely!"--but the book journeys towards that answer with circumspect integrity. Covering territory from the Scopes Monkey Trials to contemporary theories of Social Darwinism to the question of extraterrestrial life, Ruse applies an impressive wealth of knowledge that encompasses many disciplines. Readers may or may not be swayed, but they can't help but be challenged and edified by this excellent book. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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A Case Against Accident and Self-Organizationby Dean OvermanISBN 0742511677 (0-7425-1167-7)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization'Book summary:In this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer the questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists:
Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation of the first form of living matter from non-living matter? Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter plausible? Overman reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis, and discusses the principles of logic applicable to these questions, examining the limitations of verbal and mathematical logic. He proceeds to demonstrate that it is mathematically impossible that accidental processes produced the first living matter. The author also examines other issues related to the creation of the universe, including Stephen Hawking's no boundary proposal, the need for a Creator as the preserving cause of the universe, and the explanations offered by the weak and strong anthropic principles. Acclaimed by theologians and scientists alike as well-argued, coherent, and persuasive, A Case Against Accicdent and Self-Organization is a fascinating study of the origins of life and our universe. [via]More editions of A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization:
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The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward Godby Lee StrobelISBN 1594150753 (1-59415-075-3)
Softcover, Thomson Gale
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God'Book summary:Are Christianity and science incompatible? If there is a God, is he only an impersonal starter force? An introductory high school biology class first propelled Lee Strobel toward a life of atheism. God and science, he reasoned, were mutually exclusive. When the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune converted to Christianity, he decided to investigate the science he had once accepted as truth. Did science point toward or away from God? As Strobel interviews a variety of scientists on everything from debunking evolutionary icons to the implications of the Big Bang to the existence of the human soul, he builds his case: scientific evidence points toward Intelligent Design.
Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith.
Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, "&science offers a surer path to God than religion." Open-minded readers will find that this book, and its questions for reflection and group study, invites conversation and investigation.--Cindy Crosby [via]
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The Case For A Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward Godby Jane Vogel, Lee StroebelISBN 0310249775 (0-310-24977-5)
Softcover, Youth Specialties
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case For A Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God'Book summary:Are Christianity and science incompatible? If there is a God, is he only an impersonal starter force? An introductory high school biology class first propelled Lee Strobel toward a life of atheism. God and science, he reasoned, were mutually exclusive. When the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune converted to Christianity, he decided to investigate the science he had once accepted as truth. Did science point toward or away from God? As Strobel interviews a variety of scientists on everything from debunking evolutionary icons to the implications of the Big Bang to the existence of the human soul, he builds his case: scientific evidence points toward Intelligent Design.
Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith.
Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, "&science offers a surer path to God than religion." Open-minded readers will find that this book, and its questions for reflection and group study, invites conversation and investigation.--Cindy Crosby [via]
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The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory And the Illusion of Intelligent Designby Leonard SusskindISBN 0316013331 (0-316-01333-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design'Book summary:In his first book ever, the father of string theory reinvents our concept of the known universe and mans unique place within it. The beginning of the 21st century is a watershed in modern science, a time that will forever change our understanding of the universe, Leonard Susskind contends. Several decades ago, Susskind introduced the revolutionary concept of string theory to the world of physical science. In doing so, he inspired a generation of physicists who believed that the theory would uniquely predict the properties of our universe. Now, in his first book ever, Susskind argues that the very idea of such an elegant theory no longer suits our understanding of the universe, and that our narrow 20th-century view of a unique universe will have to give way to the much broader concept of a gigantic cosmic landscapea megaverse, pregnant with new possibilities. His other contributions to physics are too numerous to mention, but his recent victory in an argument with Stephen Hawking over the nature of black holes made headlines everywhere. [via]
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The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designerby J.P. MorelandISBN 0830816984 (0-8308-1698-4)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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Darwin on Trialby Phillip JohnsonISBN 0830813241 (0-8308-1324-1)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin on Trial'Book summary:Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson looks at the scientific evidence for and against Darwinistic evolution. 5 cassettes. [via]
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Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolutionby Michael J. BeheISBN 0743290313 (0-7432-9031-3)
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Virtually all serious scientists accept the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution. While the fight for its acceptance has been a long and difficult one, after a century of struggle among the cognoscenti the battle is over. Biologists are now confident that their remaining questions, such as how life on Earth began, or how the Cambrian explosion could have produced so many new species in such a short time, will be found to have Darwinian answers. They, like most of the rest of us, accept Darwin's theory to be true.
But should we? What would happen if we found something that radically challenged the now-accepted wisdom? In "Darwin's Black Box, " Michael Behe argues that evidence of evolution's limits has been right under our noses -- but it is so small that we have only recently been able to see it. The field of biochemistry, begun when Watson and Crick discovered the double-helical shape of DNA, has unlocked the secrets of the cell. There, biochemists have unexpectedly discovered a world of Lilliputian complexity. As Behe engagingly demonstrates, using the examples of vision, bloodclotting, cellular transport, and more, the biochemical world comprises an arsenal of chemical machines, made up of finely calibrated, interdependent parts. For Darwinian evolution to be true, there must have been a series of mutations, each of which produced its own working machine, that led to the complexity we can now see. The more complex and interdependent each machine's parts are shown to be, the harder it is to envision Darwin's gradualistic paths, Behe surveys the professional science literature and shows that it is completely silent on the subject, stymied by the elegance of the foundation oflife. Could it be that there is some greater force at work?
Michael Behe is not a creationist. He believes in the scientific method, and he does not look to religious dogma for answers to these questions. But he argues persuasively that biochemical machines must have been "designed" -- either by God, or by some other higher intelligence. For decades science has been frustrated, trying to reconcile the astonishing discoveries of modern biochemistry to a nineteenth-century theory that cannot accommodate them. With the publication of "Darwin's Black Box, " it is time for scientists to allow themselves to consider exciting new possibilities, and for the rest of us to watch closely. [via]More editions of Darwin's Black Box : The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution:
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Darwin's God: Evolution and the Problem of Evilby Cornelius HunterISBN 1587430533 (1-58743-053-3)
Softcover, Brazos Pr
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Darwin's Proof: The Triumph of Religion over Scienceby Cornelius G. HunterISBN 1587430568 (1-58743-056-8)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin's Proof: The Triumph of Religion over Science'Book summary:Do similar features found among different animal species prove a common ancestry? Is evolution purely science, as evolutionists claim, or are there other factors involved? How can we account for the evil in the world? In Darwin's Proof Cornelius Hunter tackles these questions head on, revealing evolution's scientific, philosophical, and theological failures. Following the success of Darwin's God, Hunter delves more deeply into the issues raised in that book. He exposes the weaknesses in evolution's scientific "proof" and reveals its philosophical contradiction: despite claims that religion plays no role in their theory, they rely on assumptions of God's character in order to argue that he could not have made this world. Hunter shows how Western religious traditions of Darwin's time laid the foundation for evolution, and offers Christians a reason for hope-the world is magnificent yet flawed, and only the Bible can adequately explain why this is so. Critical thinkers who are looking for an intelligent response to evolution's overconfidence will welcome this bold statement, and it will have enormous appeal to Christians who want a scientific, philosophical, and theological response to the claims of evolution. [via]
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Darwinian Fairytalesby D.C. StoveISBN 1859723063 (1-85972-306-3)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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Darwinism, Design, and Public Educationby Stephen C. Meyer, John Angus CampbellISBN 0870136755 (0-87013-675-5)
Softcover, Michigan State Univ Pr
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Debating Design: From Darwin to DNAby Michael Ruse, William DembskiISBN 0521829496 (0-521-82949-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Defeating Darwinsim by Opening Mindsby Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 0830813608 (0-8308-1360-8)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Defeating Darwinsim by Opening Minds'Book summary:Voted one of 1998 Books of the Year! For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying. Phillip Johnson has the answer: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way-by opening minds to the truth. [via]
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The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilitiesby William A. DembskiISBN 0521678676 (0-521-67867-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities'Book summary:How can we identify events due to intelligent causes and distinguish them from events due to undirected natural causes? If we lack a causal theory how can we determine whether an intelligent cause acted? This book presents a reliable method for detecting intelligent causes: the design inference. The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating the key trademark of intelligent causes: specified events of small probability. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative book will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians. [via]
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The Design Revolution: Answering The Toughest Questions About Intelligent Designby Charles W. Colson, William DembskiISBN 0830832165 (0-8308-3216-5)
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The Design Revolution: Answering The Toughest Questions About Intelligent Designby William Dembski, Charles W. ColsonISBN 0830823751 (0-8308-2375-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Design Revolution: Answering The Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design'Book summary:Winner of a Christianity Today 2005 Book Award!A 2005 Gold Medallion finalist.Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution?Today scientists, mathematicians and philosophers in the intelligent design movement are challenging a certain view of science--one that limits its investigations and procedures to purely law-like and mechanical explanations. They charge that there is no scientific reason to exclude the consideration of intelligence, agency and purpose from truly scientific research. In fact, they say, the practice of science often does already include these factors! As the intelligent design movement has gained momentum, questions have naturally arisen to challenge its provocative claims. In this book William A. Dembski rises to the occasion clearly and concisely answering the most vexing questions posed to the intelligent design program. Writing with nonexperts in mind, Dembski responds to more than sixty questions asked by experts and nonexperts alike who have attended his many public lectures, as well as objections raised in written reviews. The Design Revolution has begun. Its success depends on how well it answers the questions of its detractors. Read this book and you'll have a good idea of the prospects and challenges facing this revolution in scientific thinking. [via]
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Doubts About Darwin: A History Of Intelligent Designby Thomas WoodwardISBN 0801065216 (0-8010-6521-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doubts About Darwin: A History Of Intelligent Design'Book summary:Deep in the halls of scientific academia, a debate has been quietly raging between Darwinian macroevolution and the theory of Intelligent Design. Doubts About Darwin follows the key players in this debate, confronts the challenge of scientific naturalism and provides a stirring overview of this growing movement. Armed with lucid, scientifically grounded arguments, proponents of Intelligent Design have put evolutionists on the defensive. Who are the adherents of this emerging movement? Author Thomas Woodward traces events, personalities, and sociocultural factors that contributed to its growth; and examines the rhetorical dimensions that continue to fuel it. Doubts About Darwin shows that the erosion of certainty about the factual truth of Darwinism is the product of a rhetorical onslaught& the persuasive case making by highly accredited critics like Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, and William Dembski. Accessible and compelling, Doubts About Darwin opens a dramatic door to moral and intellectual reformation. [via]
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Evolution: A Theory in Crisisby Michael DentonISBN 091756152X (0-917561-52-X)
Softcover, Adler & Adler Pub
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The Evolution of a Creationistby Jobe MartinISBN 0964366509 (0-9643665-0-9)
Softcover, Biblical Discipleship Ministries
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Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolutionby Kenneth R. MillerISBN 0060930497 (0-06-093049-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theoryby Niall Shanks, Richard DawkinsISBN 0195322371 (0-19-532237-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory'Book summary:In the last fifteen years a controversial new theory of the origins of biological complexity and the nature of the universe has been fomenting bitter debates in education and science policy across North America, Europe, and Australia. Backed by intellectuals at respectable universities, Intelligent Design Theory (ID) proposes an alternative to accepted accounts of evolutionary theory: that life is so complex, and that the universe is so fine-tuned for the appearance of life, that the only plausible explanation is the existence of an intelligent designer. For many ID theorists, the designer is taken to be the god of Christianity.
Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of, this controversial new intellectual movement. Shanks locates the growth of ID in the last two decades of the twentieth century in the growing influence of the American religious right. But as he shows, its roots go back beyond Aquinas to Ancient Greece. After looking at the historical roots of ID, Shanks takes a hard look at its intellectual underpinnings, discussing modern understandings of thermodynamics, and how self-organizing processes lead to complex physical, chemical, and biological systems. He considers cosmological arguments for ID rooted in so-called "anthropic coincidences" and also tackles new biochemical arguments for ID based on "irreducible biological complexity." Throughout he shows how arguments for ID lack cohesion, rest on errors and unfounded suppositions, and generally are grossly inferior to evolutionary explanations.
While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment. [via]More editions of God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory:
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monsterby Bobby HendersonISBN 0812976568 (0-8129-7656-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster'Book summary:CAN I GET A RAMEN FROM THE CONGREGATION?!
Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), todays fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSMs devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say its the assuring touch from the FSMs noodly appendage. Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Churchs flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its matchand it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden.
Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts dispelling such malicious myths as evolution ( only a theory ), science ( only a lot of theories ), and whether were really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!)
See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say:
If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory.
Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D.
Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative theories like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.
J. Simon, Ph.D.
In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory.
Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D.
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The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universe: The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universeby Denyse O'LearyISBN 1894860039 (1-894860-03-9)
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How Blind Is the Watchmaker?: Nature's Design & the Limits of Naturalistic Scienceby Neil BroomISBN 0830822968 (0-8308-2296-8)
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Mythby Jonathan WellsISBN 0895262762 (0-89526-276-2)
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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrongby Jonathan Wells, Jody F. SjogrenISBN 0895262002 (0-89526-200-2)
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Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectivesby Robert T. PennockISBN 0262661241 (0-262-66124-1)
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The book contains articles previously published in specialized, hard-to-find journals, as well as new contributions. Each section contains introductory background information, articles by influential creationists and their critics, and in some cases responses by the creationists. The discussions cover IDC as a political movement, IDC's philosophical attack on evolution, the theological debate over the apparent conflict between evolution and the Bible, IDC's scientific claims, and philosopher Alvin Plantinga's critique of naturalism and evolution. The book concludes with Pennock's "Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools." [via]More editions of Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives:
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Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theologyby William A. DembskiISBN 083082314X (0-8308-2314-X)
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Intelligent Design is organized into three parts: the first part gives an introduction to design and shows how modernity--science in the last two centuries--has undermined our intuition of this truth. The second and central part of the book examines "the philosophical and scientific basis for intelligent design." The final part shows how "science and theology relate coherently and how intelligent design establishes the crucial link between the two." This suggests that Dembski is not simply rejecting Darwin and naturalism on fundamentalist or biblical grounds. While grounded in faith, he wishes to show how "God's design is accessible to scientific inquiry." As such, the book should be of interest to all thinking believers. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Intelligent Thought: Science Versus The Intelligent Design Movementby John BrockmanISBN 0307277224 (0-307-27722-4)
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Recently the movement known as Intelligent Design has attracted the attention of journalists, educators, and legislators. The scientific community is puzzled and saddened by this trendnot only because it distorts modern biology, but also because it diverts people from the truly fascinating ideas emerging from the real science of evolution. Here, join fifteen of our preeminent thinkers whose clear, accessible, and passionate essays reveal the fact and power of Darwins theory, and the beauty of the scientific quest to understand our world. [via]More editions of Intelligent Thought: Science Versus The Intelligent Design Movement:
Law, Darwinism & Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent Designby Francis J. BeckwithISBN 0742514315 (0-7425-1431-5)
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Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Designby William A. DembskiISBN 0830815155 (0-8308-1515-5)
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Nature Never Stops Talking: The Wonderful Ingenuity of Natureby Samuel J. AlibrandoISBN 0972548645 (0-9725486-4-5)
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Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universeby Michael DentonISBN 0743237625 (0-7432-3762-5)
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Nature, Design, and Science: The Status of Design in Natural Scienceby Del RatzschISBN 0791448940 (0-7914-4894-0)
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No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased Without Intelligenceby William A. DembskiISBN 0742512975 (0-7425-1297-5)
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Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolutionby Lee M. SpetnerISBN 1880582244 (1-880582-24-4)
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Objections Sustained: Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law & Cultureby Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 0830822887 (0-8308-2288-7)
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Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Originsby Percival Davis, Dean H. KenyonISBN 0914513400 (0-914513-40-0)
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism And Intelligent Designby Jonathan WellsISBN 1596980133 (1-59698-013-3)
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The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discoveryby Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Wesley RichardsISBN 0895260654 (0-89526-065-4)
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universeby Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee, Donadl BrownleeISBN 0387952896 (0-387-95289-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe'Book summary:"Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, microbial life will be very widespread in the universe, complex animal or plant life will be extremely rare. Ward and Brownlee admit that "It is very difficult to do statistics with an N of 1. But in our defense, we have staked out a position rarely articulated but increasingly accepted by many astrobiologists."
Their new science
is the field of biology ratcheted up to encompass not just life on Earth but also life beyond Earth. It forces us to reconsider the life of our planet as but a single example of how life might work, rather than as the only example.
The revolution in astrobiology during the 1990s was twofold. First, scientists grew to appreciate how incredibly robust microbial life can be, found in the superheated water of deep-sea vents, pools of acid, or even within the crust of the Earth itself. The chance of finding such simple life on other bodies in our solar system has never seemed more realistic. But second, scientists have begun to appreciate how many unusual factors have cooperated to make Earth a congenial home for animal life: Jupiter's stable orbit, the presence of the Moon, plate tectonics, just the right amount of water, the right position in the right sort of galaxy. Ward and Brownlee make a convincing if depressing case for their hypothesis, undermining the principle of mediocrity (or, "Earth isn't all that special") that has ruled astronomy since Copernicus. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Unknown in the Universeby Donald Brownlee, Peter Douglas WardISBN 0387987010 (0-387-98701-0)
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Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Educationby Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 0830819290 (0-8308-1929-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education'Book summary:Voted one of 1996 Books of the Year! In his first book, Berkeley law professor Phillip E. Johnson took on the heavyweights of science. And he got their attention, even provoking a response from neo-Darwinist Stephen Jay Gould in the pages of Now Johnson's back with a book that expands his critique from science to law, education and today's culture wars. Is God unconstitutional? Why is morality forced out of public school curriculum? Can Christians believe in God and evolution? Why aren't we getting anywhere in the debate over abortion? Will the Grand Unified Theory solve the riddle of the universe? Johnson dares to answer these and other tough, touchy questions. He reveals why naturalism (the philosophy that the material world is all there was, is and will be) has become "the established religious philosophy of America," supplanting Judeo-Christian belief. He shows how naturalism undergirds science, law, education and popular culture. And he argues that naturalism has even infiltrated the church--marginalizing opposition as irrational, and encouraging Christians to adopt a more "reasonable" stance. In Johnson writes energetically and persuasively--chapter by chapter zeroing in on the chinks in the argument for naturalism. He explores nearly every acre of today's cultural battlefield: God, sex education, evolution, abortion, cosmology and particle physics, what our public schools should teach, the basis of law, the meaning of reason and a few other things that matter. Armed with biblical truth, common sense and a clear understanding of his foe, he steps out like David to fell the intellectual Goliath of our day. [via]
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The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning & Public Debateby Phillip E. Johnson, Nancy PearceyISBN 0830832130 (0-8308-3213-0)
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Science and Evidence for Design in the Universeby William A. Dembski, Stephen C. MeyerISBN 0898708095 (0-89870-809-5)
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Show Me God: What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About Godby Fred HeerenISBN 1885849532 (1-885849-53-2)
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Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Designby William A. Dembski, James M. KushinerISBN 1587430045 (1-58743-004-5)
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The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophyby Charles B. Thaxton, Nancy R. PearceyISBN 0891077669 (0-89107-766-9)
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Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationby Robert T. PennockISBN 0262661659 (0-262-66165-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creation'Book summary:The face of creationism has been through some major plastic surgery in the past decade or so. The leading proponents of "intelligent design theory" have left the ranting flat-earth types behind and found respected positions in the academic world from which to launch attacks on mainstream science. Philosopher of science Robert T. Pennock has explored all sides of the ongoing debate, which remains (despite the protestations of many creationists) more about biblical inerrancy than scientific evidence. His book Tower of Babel examines the new directions antievolutionists have taken lately, but goes beyond a mere recounting of recent history by proposing a new avenue of counterattack: linguistics.
The parallels are striking once we look closely: Genesis proclaims that God created all human languages at one stroke, while modern scientific thought proposes linguistic evolution similar in form to genetics. Best of all for scientists, though, linguistic change is much more rapid than biological change, and we have actually observed what might be called "speciation events" to have occurred historically in languages. While not meant to supplant traditional arguments against creationism, Pennock's ideas certainly supplement them and will be useful to educators and researchers alike. His sense of urgency is compelling; he sees the future of scientific education and freedom at stake and argues strongly for a separation between private beliefs and public knowledge. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincingby William A. Dembski, John WilsonISBN 1932236317 (1-932236-31-7)
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The hostility of dogmatic Darwinians like Dawkins has not, however, prevented the advent of a growing cadre of scholarly critics of metaphysical Darwinism. The measured, thought-provoking essays in Uncommon Dissent make it increasingly obvious that these critics are not the brainwashed fundamentalist buffoons that Darwinisms defenders suggest they are, but rather serious, skeptical, open-minded inquirers whose challenges pose serious questions about the viability of Darwinist ideology. The intellectual power of their contributions to Uncommon Dissent is bracing. [via]
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Unintelligent Designby Mark PerakhISBN 1591020840 (1-59102-084-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unintelligent Design'Book summary:Physicist Mark Perakh critically reviews recent trends toward harmonizing religion and science. From intelligent design theories to arguments allegedly proving the compatibility of biblical stories with scientific data and "Bible codes" containing secret messages, Perakh shows that, however sophisticated in appearance, all such approaches are little more than tailoring evidence to fit the desired theory.
Beginning with the design theorists, Perakh provides a detailed critique of the publications of William Dembski, Michael Behe, and Phillip Johnson. In each case he clearly demonstrates lack of substantiation, internal contradictions, and multiple fallacies that mar their works.
In Part Two he critiques the "mental acrobatics" of various Christian and Jewish writers whose works attempt to prove such unlikely propositions as: the inerrancy of the Bible, the harmony of the Torah and science, the duration of the six days of creation, and deriving a theory of nonrandom evolution from the Talmud.
Part Three describes how genuine science is conducted, what the laws of science actually mean to practicing scientists, and what distinguishes real science from pseudoscience.
In conclusion, Perakh discusses the rise and fall of the so-called Bible code as an example of how well-marketed pseudoscience can successfully cloak itself in the mantle of science.
For everyone interested in separating scientific facts from the hype of trendy theories about science, this book is must reading. [via]More editions of Unintelligent Design:
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The Voyage of the Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1853264768 (1-85326-476-8)
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The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalismby Phillip E. JohnsonISBN 0830823956 (0-8308-2395-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism'Book summary:A 2001 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! A 2001 Award of Merit winner! Science is the supreme authority in our culture. If there is a dispute, science arbitrates it. If a law is to be passed, science must ratify it. If truth is to be taught, science must approve it. And when science is ignored, stroms of protest are heard in the media, in the university--even in local coffee shops. Yet a society ruled by science (and the naturalistic philosophy that undergirds much of it) faces major problems. Science speaks so authoritatively in our culture that many are tempted to use its clout to back claims that go beyond the available evidence. How can we spot when such ideological slight of hand has taken place? More important, while we may learn a great deal from science, it does not offer us unlimited knowledge. In fact, most scientists readily acknowledge that science cannot provide answers to questions of ultimate purpose or meaning. So to what authority will we turn for these? The deficiencies in science and the philosophy (naturalism) that undergirds it call for a cognitive revolution--a fundamental change in our thinking habits. And it all begins with a wedge of truth. This wedge of truth does not "wedge out" a necessary foundation of rational thought. But it does "wedge in" the much-needed acknowledgment that reason encompasses more than mere scientific investigation. Phillip E. Johnson argues compellingly for an understanding of reason that brings scientific certainty back into relational balance with philosophical inquiry and religious faith. Applying his wedge of truth, Johnson analyzes the latest debates between science and religion played out in our media, our universities and society-at-large. He looks to thinkers such as Newbigin, Polanyi and Pascal to lay a foundation for our seeing the universe in a totally different way. And from that base he then considers the educational programs and research agendas that should be undertaken--and have already begun in some earnest--during this new century. In the end, Johnson prophetically concludes that the walls of naturalism will fall and that the Christian gospel must play a vital role in building a new foundation fro thinking--not just about science and religion but about everyhting that gives human life hopeand meaning. [via]
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Why Darwin Matters : The Case Against Intelligent Designby Michael ShermerISBN 0805081216 (0-8050-8121-6)
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Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology.
In Why Darwin Matters, bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how the newest brand of creationism appeals to our predisposition to look for a designer behind life's complexity. Shermer decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection. Shermer, once an evangelical Christian and a creationist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He refutes their pseudoscientific arguments and then demonstrates why conservatives and people of faith can and should embrace evolution. He then appraises the evolutionary questions that truly need to be settled, building a powerful argument for science itself.
Cutting the politics away from the facts, Why Darwin Matters is an incisive examination of what is at stake in the debate over evolution.More editions of Why Darwin Matters : The Case Against Intelligent Design:
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Creazione Senza Dioby Telmo PievaniISBN 8806184970 (88-06-18497-0)
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El Casa Del Creador / Case For The Creator: Un Peroidista Investiga Evidencias Cientificas que Apuntan Hacia Diosby Lee StrobelISBN 0829743669 (0-8297-4366-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Casa Del Creador / Case For The Creator: Un Peroidista Investiga Evidencias Cientificas que Apuntan Hacia Dios'Book summary:The Case for a Creator A journalist investigates scientific evidence that points toward God. In recent years, a diverse and impressive body of research has increasingly supported the conclusion that the universe was intelligently designed. Join Strobel as he reexamines the theories that once led him away from God. Through his compelling and highly readable account, you'll encounter mind-stretching discoveries from cosmology, cellular biology, DNA research, astronomy, physics, and human consciousness that present astonishing evidence in The Case for a Creator. [via]
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Het Pseudoniem Van God: Een Wiskundige over Geloof, Wetenschap En Toevalby Ronald MeesterISBN 9025953727 (90-259-5372-7)
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