Show Me God What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God (Paperback, 2000) 2ND EDITION

by HEEREN FRED

Show Me What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God 2nd edition by Fred Heeren. Day Star Productions,2000

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Faith, Spirituality, Theology

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. It took me a bit longer to finish it for two reasons: I misplaced it after packing to return home from vacation, and I wanted to savor it. The author discusses his interviews with various scientists as well as looking at various scientific 'questions and answers' and how they may relate to Scripture. I found it to be a fascinating book. Most of the stuff he discusses revolves around cosmology specifically and not so much the other 'Earth Sciences', so perhaps in his other volumes he will discuss them. I thought the book was well-written, and it held my interest throughout most of the book.

I think the 'most annoying' part[s] of the book involved the author having a fake conversation with another person. I realize they were meant as humorous breaks in the book, but they did get annoying. Perhaps others found them funny; some of them were mildly amusing. Overall, though, I did not feel as if these 'attempted humor segments' took away from the message behind the book.

I did find his last chapter [before the bonus sections] to be of interesting. He discussed Biblical heroes who started off as skeptics and how important it is to ask questions. He did make a great point how God would provide some sort of answer/response to those asking the questions whereas in today's world some leaders would want to call down fire-and-brimstone on people asking questions.

I think one of the saddest lines in the book is how one scientist freely admits if he were a religious person he would have no choice but to admit there is a God Who created the universe for us [mankind] to enjoy, but since he is not religious he prefers to perceive the universe in a different fashion.

I also liked the chapter that talked about fifty scientists who were [are] Christians and what they studied. I knew there were many who did believe, and he admits he did not list all of them.

I think this book would go a long way to helping a Christian who had questions but was unsure of how to get answers. I also think it could be helpful for somebody who has questions who is not a Christian/believer. I also realize that there are compelling arguments either way for people. I could see using it for a reference for further study.

Overall, I enjoyed the book.

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the best Christian apologetics book I've read, but certainly a worthwhile one, in spite of the occasional, weirdly out of place pitfall. By this, I refer primarily to the wholly unneeded and kind of cringey attempts at comedy where Heeren interrupts the book to deliver a two-way conversation between himself and his less scientifically literate alter-ego, Karl. There was also an odd and overlong section near the start of the book where Heeren basically writes an allegorical short story about the search for God. The latter was clever in its own way, but it came long before the book started to fall into its proper groove, and I was about fifty pages in wondering just what on earth Heeren was trying do. There was even a novella-length book of appendixes at the end, but these were much more interesting so I enjoyed reading them.

Otherwise, this was quite a brilliant book. It even managed to glimpse at a potential (and, for me, pretty rare) five stars. I just decided in the end that its weaknesses were enough to keep it with a solid four. It is one of the most heavily scientific Christian books I have read - there is no doubt that Heeren is a very intelligent and learned science, and the fact the he interviewed so many highly respected people such as Stephen Hawking, and his manifestly chummy interactions with them, shows that he isn't some creationist nut that nobody takes seriously.

Personally I found it hard to follow much of the finer and more technical details - especially in astronomy and quantum theory - but as far as I was able to keep up, Show Me God, despite its cheesy front cover, is a strong and convincing entry in the intellectual argument for the biblical God.

[Alaa Nassef · Rating 4 out of 5]

The books is great. The drawbacks of the book IMHO are the breaks the author put there as dialogues between himself and his imaginary editor Carl. To me those were one of the reasons I didn't give the book a five star rating.

[Greg Ressler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Faked and/or flawed evidence, arguments that have already been dismanlted/disproven. Nothing new, but a nice attempt.

[Anthony Edridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fred Heeren provides a fascinating look at science, much of it astronomy. His unique insight and thought provoking questions lead the reader into a comfortable perspective that our universe is no accident. Personally, he interviewed a dozen eminent scientists and incorporated their discussions, often light hearted and humorous.

This is an excellent book for a first time foray into the science of this universe and the intelligence that designed it.

[Karen L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hareen interviews both Christian and secular scientists with much candor. Full of information about the different theories for creation: Includes young earth and old earth. I have used this as a reference book often.

[Miriam Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my perspective of the world when I was about 13-14 years old. I went from questioning the existence of a higher being to having a reasonable basis for accepting the possibility that there is indeed an intelligent force greater than limited, blind mortals. There has to be a higher explanation for the fact there is time and space and matter ... I am not blind enough to think they magically appeared. There is something behind the "magic" that atheism claims. This book keep the question of a higher existence open. There is not enough evidence to the contrary. It is ridiculous to think a Rolex or Apple computer could trip into existence ... and these are infinitely less complex than our universe. I just cannot comprehend how a person could be convinced that infinitely more complex designs are chance happenings while less complex designs (i.e. Apple software) are not. It goes beyond my comprehension how such arguments could seem remotely intelligent. This book will show you how ridiculous it is to think that we randomly appeared here minus intelligent design. It also leaves the question open on how the earth was created it. An intelligent mind could have orchestrated the big bang and even evolution ... these theories are certainly NOT EVIDENCE FOR NOT HAVING A HIGHER INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNIVERSE. We need to look at science to better comprehend our universe, and this book is a great start. That being said, I consider myself agnostic and see a separation between believing in higher intelligence who orchestrated the design of the universe and a religious entity wanting to control our lives. Any atheist who wants to debate otherwise (i.e. that there is no intelligence in the universe), better read this book in addition to every other science book before forming an opinion. I am tired of hearing religious creationist ideas (which try to take an unscientific stab at how things were created) in addition to atheist anti-creationist ideas (which try to say magical chance brought it together). Both are unscientific and ignorant. Only science can show us the ultimate truth while we do not have access to other dimensions.

[Allison Kohn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite book of all time favorite books. Fred is a good science writer and an interesting character, so he makes interesting information even more interesting. He also writes some good articles and i live for his info reports.

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's been awhile since I've read this one, I'll have to read it again soon to write a better review.

[Luis · Rating 5 out of 5]

For the nonbeliever in your life!

[Lydel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible look through scientific, yet
spiritual eyes of our glorious world.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some very good nuggets in this work...other parts were a little weak

[Darrin Niday]

very interesting stuff in here

[Rachel Lloyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of my college textbooks for an honors class. Very enlightening!

[Keren · Rating 5 out of 5]

My take off point/s: Being a keptic person is okay, for God is patient enough to provide us a rational evidence we needed.

[H. Givens · Rating 2 out of 5]

Six years later, I remember nothing about this book.