This book
is for those intellectually curious individuals who may have been told
that evolution alone cannot explain how certain complex organs, humans,
and life itself originated; for those who have been told that a supernatural
creator was required; and for those who may have been told that the Big
Bang and the precision of many physical variables proves that God exists.
This ebook contains Chapters 1 to 24 of the book "Did Man Create
God?"
Reviews:
Parts I and II are a very competent summary of biological evolution
and a relevant rebuttal of creationism and intelligent design. Part III,
with amazing clarity, deals with the ambiguities of quantum theory and
modern cosmology − the big bang. We all know already that quantum
mechanics is counterintuitive and no high priests of modern physics are
going to try to impose belief in string theory upon us (the physicists
know that they would be much less successful than medieval theologians).
A few pages here and more in Part IV are devoted to disposing of the "anthropic
principle" − that the laws of nature were arranged so that life
and consciousness are possible − with several quotes from seemingly unlikely
sources such as Steven Hawking. Most notable is from Ken Wilbur who collected
the relevant statements of Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Einstein, De Broglie,
Jeans, Planck, Pauli, and Eddington:
The last thing those theorists would want you to
surrender is your critical intellect, your hard-earned skepticism. For
it is exactly through sustained use---not of emotion, not of intuiting,
not of faith---but a sustained use of the critical intellect that these
greatest of physicists felt absolutely compelled to go beyond [the old]
physics altogether. (page 274)
John A. Frantz, MD, NASW (National Association of Science Writers) June
23, 2008
If we believe in a traditional God then most likely we believe God
gave us a brain to think and make decisions. This is the book for that.
It is crammed full of good stuff. Philosophy. Biology. Theories. History.
Illustrations. Even little summaries in red to help a person skim through
what he knows, delve deeper into what he may want (or needs!) to know.
In short, Dr. David E. Comings has written a book to help us understand
ourselves and our universe. The science and details and clear-headed fair
approach is perfect for those who want to cut through the spiritual babble
available to us to get the facts and make up our own minds. That, after
all, is what God gave us brains to do, right? Or did I already say that.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Author |