Darwin on Trial, Phillip E. Johnson
Darwin on Trial, Phillip E. Johnson
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Darwin on Trial

Author: Phillip E. Johnson

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2012

Synopsis

Is evolution fact or fancy? Is natural selection an unsupported hypothesis or a confirmed mechanism of evolutionary change? Darwins theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact, but what if this idea is wrong? What if evolution is just a word that covers up scientific ignorance of how the wonders of the living world may have been created? Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson looks at the case for evolution with a lawyers cold, dispassionate eye for logic and proof. What he finds is that scientists have put the cart before the horse: they have prematurely accepted Darwins theory and have since been scrambling to back it up, mostly unsuccessfully. As the difficulties piled up, scientists have clung to the theory out of fear of encouraging religious fundamentalism, but in the process, they have turned Darwinism into a religion of its own. Johnsons relentless pursuit to follow the evidence wherever it leads remains as relevant today as it has ever been.

About Phillip E. Johnson

Phillip E. Johnson, a retired UC Berkeley law professor and author, is considered the father of the intelligent design movement and the architect of the Wedge strategy. He was also the cofounder of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of several books on evolution, philosophical naturalism, and other cultural issues and has spoken extensively around the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Randy on August 05, 2011

In a culture that supposedly places a high value on open-mindedness and healthy criticism, evolution has somehow been a sacred cow, beyond the reach of serious analysis. Dissent has been effectively marginalized through the use of a caricature which assures us that all educated people recognize that......more

Goodreads review by Dave on September 04, 2010

I was reminded about this book the other day as I was listening to a UCSD Anthropology podcast. As a child I was taught the typical anti-evolution Christian ideology. I've always been one to do my own research and make up my own mind about things. I finally got around to evolution in college where I......more

Goodreads review by Kris on November 17, 2018

Excellent read! This was just the book I was looking for: an honest and sincere evaluation of the flaws in macroevolutionary theory (or Darwinian naturalism) on its own merits, regardless of creationism or any kind of religion. I greatly enjoyed Johnson’s perspective in this one. His voice was genui......more

Goodreads review by Booketeer on July 17, 2011

I'm rating this book on the assumption of a stipulated umpteen-billion-year history of the universe. That is not my current belief, but I have virtually no knowledge of the science of dating so I have nothing to say about it at this point. I recently read Coyne's much more recent Why Evolution is Tru......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on May 22, 2007

Philip Johnson fully admits that he is not a scientist--a fact that his critics seem to have brought up as a reason to discredit him. To a certain degree, I think they are right -- if he doesn't have a deep understanding of the science, he misses out on some aspects of the discussion. But to a larg......more

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