Exposing the Modern Evolutionists

The Evolution Delusion: A Scientific Study of Creation & Evolution

Author: Dr. Bo Kirkwood – Published by: Truth Books, Athens, AL, 2016

As a Christian, a father, and a grandfather, watching the impact inconclusive and unproven science has on our world and loved ones, I find it very hard to resist “just one more perspective” on the issue of evolution vs. creationism. So when offered an opportunity to review Bo Kirkwood’s book on the topic, I took up the challenge.  And a challenge it was – for reasons you’d not easily guess.

Dr. Kirkwood is a Board Certified Physician and on the faculty of two medical schools. Previous to medical school, he earned a B.Sc. in Biology. He is also the author of Unveiling the Da Vinci Code as well as a co-author, with his two brothers, Ron and John, both doctors, of A Case For Life: Christian Ethics & Medical Science. Bo Kirkwood is also a Christian but that should not prevent anyone from reading his book, as he approaches this topic with extreme fairness to the “other side”.

The book is clearly not for novices in this area. Kirkwood starts it off with a historical view on the origin of species as well as material on homology, DNA and the Genome. He very carefully addresses topics like irreducible complexity; the creation of life; birds, moths, and a missing link; the human fossil record; Cambrian explosion; and entropy. One of my favorite chapters was his treatment of evolution and racism.

At the end of the first section Kirkwood gets very direct identifying what he calls the “elephant in the room”. In a chapter by the same name, the author calls it out, “. . . if evolution is so obviously philosophical and so diametrically opposed to the scientific method how can so many very smart, extremely well-educated people, accept it so easily and in most cases without question? . . .  Many, many scientists today and in the past have rejected evolution on a scientific basis . . . People like [and he lists them] do not accept molecules-to-man evolution and this list could go on and on and on.  So the question remains, why can some see the problems scientifically [sic] with evolutionary theory and others cannot? This seems to me to be the elephant in the room!”  That chapter alone is worth the price of the book.

In the second half of the book, Kirkwood offers some alternative views when he tackles cosmologies; a fine-tuned universe; the age of the earth; and beginnings. His passion though comes out strongest in his last chapter entitled “What Does It All Mean?” He then proceeds to answer that for both the evolutionist and the creationist.

Admittedly, someone with a scientific mind or background would be able to navigate the book’s pages much better than I did, but certainly having a keen interest in the topic as I do, helps one follow the arguments both for and against both sides. Even though we know what side the author lands on, he still encourages us to think for ourselves. His biggest bone of contention is the circular arguments used by evolutionists today and the fact that theory (which is what Darwin himself called his hypothesis) is today passed off as fact.

The book helped me get a better picture of the bigger “evolution vs. creation” world. It isn’t simple. Evolutionists are divided on many counts. Creationists are not all marching to the same tune. So someone who is really searching for answers has to do some homework, and more importantly, be open to both possibilities. Kirkwood isn’t so kind on those who start off with the belief of evolution and then reject all arguments against it; nor is he too accepting of creationists that do not seek to understand what science has indeed truly proven (vs. unproven theories) and try to work that into their beliefs. And it’s this open-minded perspective that makes Dr. Kirkwood’s book well worth reading for the Christian, the atheist, the scientist, and the searcher. This is a book I’d want my grandchildren to read before they embark on their post-secondary school studies.

In the process, I gained many gems of knowledge that I found not only fascinating, but helping me to both better argue for my own beliefs as well as understand the nature of the debate. Here are but a few:

·      When experimentation cannot disprove the hypothesis then that theory becomes much more relevant.

·      Both evolution and creationism require a degree of faith.

·      What must be considered, however, is that evolutionary studies already presuppose evolution.

·      Darwin was keenly aware of the biggest obstacle with his theory and that was the lack in the fossil record of transitional forms which should have been innumerable, thinking they would come later, but never did.

The book clearly gives anyone who is a creationist a sense of comfort that not all scientists (including some non-theists) are letting evolutionists get away with bad science or worse still, no science at all. And for that, Bo Kirkwood has done a great honor to the topic and the debate.

By Ken B. Godevenos, President, Accord Resolutions Services Inc., Toronto, Ontario, May 13, 2016. www.accordconsulting.com

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Using Math & Logic Skills To Argue God Exists & Other Classic Issues

Truth & Consequences

Ralph E. Carlson, iUniverse, Bloomington, IN, 2015

One does not have to be a metallurgist or be a Ph.D. in mathematics as the author, Ralph E. Carlson, is to understand this book. But one needs to accept how logic, “a science that deals with the rules and processes used in sound thinking and reasoning” (Merriam-Webster), works.

While the book is promoted as answering the question, “Does God Exist?”, Carlson goes much further and deeper, both to arrive at the answer (‘truth’) and to outline the ‘consequences’. And he does so using logic.

The book begins with a thorough explanation and examination of three major approaches (Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution) typically used in answering questions like does God exist? what is the origin of life? and in particular what is the origin of human life? His basic approach to each of the questions under discussion is to turn each question into a proposition, and then to examine what are the consequences of each of the propositions if they were false and if they were true, as well as the impact of one proposition being true or false on a second, and third, etc., proposition. Finally, once he arrives at the most likely outcome, he delves into the consequences that such an outcome implies.

From there he addresses the issue of what are the consequences of there being life after death? A most interesting and valuable chapter. He next deals with the proposition that God does exist and is in fact active in the world today.

From there, the author turns to the topic of the past and present “Threats to Christianity”.  In this chapter he deals with the American Constitution and its relationship to the issue of separation of Church and State, as well as what the Supreme Court and other lower jurisdictions have been doing in that regard. This is a great historical account of many key decisions and their explanations and impacts. [A must read for anyone interested in how we got to this point in society.]

His second last chapter deals with the issue of “Is God Speaking to America?” in the form of warnings as He did to ancient Israel.  He lands, as we would expect, on the side of those who would say “yes”.  Finally, Carlson concludes with a mind- and soul-searching question for the reader. If we agree, as he has attempted to show, that an Infinite Intelligent Entity (IIE) exists, and that this IIE created life on earth, including human life; and that there is life after death; and that Jesus, the Son of God, as described in the New Testament, was a living being who came to earth – then, he asks us to consider a life-threating medical circumstance with two possible options. He asks us which one we would take? The answer for most of us would be obvious. He then asks us to consider a similar situation only this time says we have to make a decision regarding possible options where this IIE is involved at the time of our death. His point is well-made.

If I fault this book at all, it would be for the breadth of very serious and controversial topics it tackled in one relatively short volume. On the other hand, I highly recommend it as an excellent and quick read (close to 100 pages) for anyone interested in one or more of the issues the author has covered. I also would not want readers to miss the importance of what Carlson proposes to us. One way or another, the questions he deals with, have to be addressed by each of us. Ignoring them ultimately leads to default non-decision in the negative.

--   By Ken B. Godevenos, President, Accord Resolutions Services Inc., Toronto, Ontario, May 13, 2016. www.accordconsulting.com

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