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CENSORED SCIENCE:SUPPRESSED EV
Full-color photography backs each page of this creationist guidebook. Fifty truths of creation are presented here, each with a "skeptics corner" to provide answers to some common objections by intellectual folks. Following questions anyone might ask in looking at the earth-"how do birds know to migrate?", "how do bees know their dance and have the ability to understand the meaning?"-this book fires right back, "how could elements evolve in dependently?" "Are mutations really ever positive?" "How could something so complicated evolve by chance?" Bringing it all back to God, this book ends with support for 6-day creation, imagining Christianity as line of dominos that will topple if the first-6-day creation-falls. Finally, an invitation for salvation is given. 111 pages, softcover.
110 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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April 14, 2022
1) There is some fascinating information in this book that explores some interesting evidence for young-earth creation. It is easy to follow, and flows well. This is the only reason it gets two stars.
2) It's poorly edited. There are ridiculous numbers of typos, spelling errors, duplicate words, and poorly structured sentences that I had to rephrase. For a book proposing scientific arguments, it should have been edited within an inch of its life! Every book has a few errors. This one had them on probably half of the pages! (Ish. I didn't count, but I wish I would have.) 😳 For example, on page 121, the "I" is left completely off the word "In" AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE. It may sound nitpicky, but this is a baseline for books. Edit. Edit. Edit.
3) There are only a handful of beautiful photos. The rest are poorly photoshopped or copy/pasted stock photos. Again--for a book attempting scientific arguments with helpful visuals, a higher standard should have applied. All photos are credited properly, but there are NO CAPTIONS on the photos to tell you ANY information about the images. That is gross neglect in any scientific work. For example, I literally had to google image photos on page 43 to see what they were, because there were no captions, and we couldn't see the connection to the content on that page. For comparison, the poetry book we are reading is illustrated by nature photography. Every single photo is captioned. I have never seen any other work that didn't caption the photos. It's a minimum standard.
4) There is no bibliography or works cited page. This alone makes me want to knock it down to 1 star. Again -- a scientific work ought to cite EVERY SOURCE where they make any kind of assertion. Period. There are a few quick footnotes for creationist assertions, all linked exclusively to creationist sources. Not a single scientific journal, study, paper, or even newspaper article is cited. When the author explains current naturalistic scientific thoughts and theories, there aren't even citations to support his assertions. Yes, I can Google all of it, but the burden of proof rests on the author, and he badly missed the mark there. This is also gross neglect in any work claiming to be scientific.
5) There are several logical fallacies in the author's handling of differences among sincere Christians who hold to varying theories of creation and the age of the earth. False dichotomies and straw men abound, especially in the supposed "skeptic's corner" of the page spreads, which purports to show how young earth skeptics answer young earth arguments and evidence. Again, without citations.
Sigh...
That said, a lot of interesting, sound young earth defenses were made clear in this book. Many of which I have never heard, and found fascinating. I just wish that Christians held themselves to a higher standard. Probably ANY other similar secular science book would be much better written and presented than this one. Still, it was engaging and created a lot of opportunities to chat through a lot of topics with Dain. We did learn from it.
2) It's poorly edited. There are ridiculous numbers of typos, spelling errors, duplicate words, and poorly structured sentences that I had to rephrase. For a book proposing scientific arguments, it should have been edited within an inch of its life! Every book has a few errors. This one had them on probably half of the pages! (Ish. I didn't count, but I wish I would have.) 😳 For example, on page 121, the "I" is left completely off the word "In" AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE. It may sound nitpicky, but this is a baseline for books. Edit. Edit. Edit.
3) There are only a handful of beautiful photos. The rest are poorly photoshopped or copy/pasted stock photos. Again--for a book attempting scientific arguments with helpful visuals, a higher standard should have applied. All photos are credited properly, but there are NO CAPTIONS on the photos to tell you ANY information about the images. That is gross neglect in any scientific work. For example, I literally had to google image photos on page 43 to see what they were, because there were no captions, and we couldn't see the connection to the content on that page. For comparison, the poetry book we are reading is illustrated by nature photography. Every single photo is captioned. I have never seen any other work that didn't caption the photos. It's a minimum standard.
4) There is no bibliography or works cited page. This alone makes me want to knock it down to 1 star. Again -- a scientific work ought to cite EVERY SOURCE where they make any kind of assertion. Period. There are a few quick footnotes for creationist assertions, all linked exclusively to creationist sources. Not a single scientific journal, study, paper, or even newspaper article is cited. When the author explains current naturalistic scientific thoughts and theories, there aren't even citations to support his assertions. Yes, I can Google all of it, but the burden of proof rests on the author, and he badly missed the mark there. This is also gross neglect in any work claiming to be scientific.
5) There are several logical fallacies in the author's handling of differences among sincere Christians who hold to varying theories of creation and the age of the earth. False dichotomies and straw men abound, especially in the supposed "skeptic's corner" of the page spreads, which purports to show how young earth skeptics answer young earth arguments and evidence. Again, without citations.
Sigh...
That said, a lot of interesting, sound young earth defenses were made clear in this book. Many of which I have never heard, and found fascinating. I just wish that Christians held themselves to a higher standard. Probably ANY other similar secular science book would be much better written and presented than this one. Still, it was engaging and created a lot of opportunities to chat through a lot of topics with Dain. We did learn from it.
March 13, 2025
I read this with my daughter as part of her 8th grade curriculum. Some of the photos are amazing. Neither of us enjoyed this book.
November 22, 2014
"Censored Science" is a coffee-table style book discussing 50 different problems with evolution and how the Biblical record (i.e. 6 days for creation and a world-wide flood) better explains the evidence. The book is full of colorful pictures. The text tends to summarize the information rather than give a fuller explanation, so this book is better for readers who prefer an overview. The author uses many analogies to explain complex concepts, so both teenagers and adults can follow the arguments.
This is probably best suited to those who have been taught about evolution but are open to hearing the young earth/world-wide Flood arguments. Anyone devoted to evolution will likely be turned off by some of the wording used to describe evolution and the lack of detailed, technical arguments. Overall, I'd recommend this book as a way to introduce interested "non-technical" teens and adults to these ideas.
I received this book as a review copy from a publicist.
This is probably best suited to those who have been taught about evolution but are open to hearing the young earth/world-wide Flood arguments. Anyone devoted to evolution will likely be turned off by some of the wording used to describe evolution and the lack of detailed, technical arguments. Overall, I'd recommend this book as a way to introduce interested "non-technical" teens and adults to these ideas.
I received this book as a review copy from a publicist.
August 7, 2023
Easy read with scientific understanding. Excellent scientific referances and foot notes. What all who really want to know the truth and how accurate the Bible is scientifically and archeologically
. recommended for all scientific minded students in chemistry, biology or medical fields.
Sent specifically to my adult grandchildren with the hopes they will pass it on.
. recommended for all scientific minded students in chemistry, biology or medical fields.
Sent specifically to my adult grandchildren with the hopes they will pass it on.
May 22, 2024
Has some very strange illustrations, but good content.
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