<![CDATA[Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design]]>

false <![CDATA[Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171046387m/83578.jpg 83578 2 <div><div><b>A creationist-turned-scientist demonstrates the facts of evolution and exposes Intelligent Design’s real agenda</b></div><div><br>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.</div><div><br>In <i>Why Darwin Matters</i>, 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.</div><div><br>Cutting the politics away from the facts, <i>Why Darwin Matters</i> is an incisive examination of what is at stake in the debate over evolution.</div></div> 1630970 8 8 2006 Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design total:223|5:54|4:113|3:45|2:10|1:1| 223 878 417 46 3 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 10:37:24 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 21:37:37 -0800 2007 Why Darwin Matters, by well-known skeptic author Michael Shermer, is an excellent introduction to the science, and lack thereof, behind the "controversy" between evolution and "Intelligent Design" (ID) creationism that has jeopardized science education in the USA. Those who ar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 07:42:30 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:54:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 05:51:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 05:51:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 11:00:16 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 12:39:19 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:00:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:44:50 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:46:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:21:31 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 12 05:49:07 -0800 2009
It is interesting that the intelligent design movement is just a warmed over version of creationism th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 12 13:46:23 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 13:48:55 -0700 2008 Darwin on Trial, I've been in the design camp, but I've never been completely comfortable there. There's been too many times when a person whose opinions I respect blasts into intelligent desi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 06:59:10 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 07:20:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 24 12:01:43 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:24:22 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 11:15:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 11:21:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Feb 08 22:06:19 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 22:11:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 13:33:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:34:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sat Jan 05 20:36:02 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 18:42:48 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 18:47:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:52:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 00:44:37 -0700 2009
Shermer puts it well:
"...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 03:57:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 04:05:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 14 08:13:33 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:14:59 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Thu Jun 25 12:28:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 12:28:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 18:17:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 18:29:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 13 13:39:15 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 13:40:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 14:01:56 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:02:35 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=83578