Defeating Darwinism

On my quest to unravel the mysteries, questions and controversies behind the evolution-creation battles, I have chosen to start my research and review by reading Phillip E. Johnson's easy to understand guide for DEFEATING DARWINISM by Opening Minds. It is through the help of a family friend, Lorenz Lasco, who has not a single clue of hesitation to lend me his pile of books concerning the defense from as well as the attacks against the seemingly philosophical side of Darwinism (in this case, I adopt the term Darwinism to indicate it being a philosophy or inclination to philosophy), that I was able to get hold of a copy of this very interesting book.



Basically, this book aims to advise parents, teachers and students alike how to debate against evolution. To continue with, here's an editorial review from Amazon.com by Ray Olson:

"Johnson feels his successful antievolution books, Darwin on Trial (1991) and Reason in the Balance (1995), are more complicated than parents and teachers need to prepare students to take on the evolutionists. Hence, this shorter version of his overall thesis that also advises how to debate evolution. Johnson first makes clear what he perceives the real adversary to be: a dogma that insists life arose solely by chance and that denies contrary evidence a hearing. He then counsels believers to avoid such common mistakes as retreating from theism to deism (and so transforming a continuously creative God into an uninvolved First Cause), to learn to spot faulty analogies and other forms of poor logic, to know the soundest scientific data casting doubt on classical evolution, and to persist--for, he says, the days of Darwinian hegemony are numbered. He firmly believes and seeks to persuade readers that his ultimate causes, aside from religious faith, are freedom of inquiry and the opening of now closed minds."

In my next entries, I will be posting my own review of this book by citing examples, arguments and strategies exposed and proposed by the author in which I agree. In the meantime, let me just lead you to a link in Amazon.com for a quick tour/browse of the book itself. So if you want, you can simply click here.