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The Rocks Were There: Straight Science Answers to bent Creationist Questions, Volume 1
"The Rocks Were There" (Volume 1 of two) is the first comprehensive analysis of the current claims of young earth creationists and other anti-evolutionists. Thoroughly documented with thousands of resources, readers of this first volume will discover the wonderful range of science evidence supporting evolution and the geology of Deep Time, as well as seeing the bad reasoning that anti-evolutionists employ in denying that evidence. From the latest findings on feathered dinosaurs and the details of genetics to the discoveries of geology that trace the naturally changing landscape on earth over billions of years, anyone curious about knowing the facts to defend sound science from creationist assault will find a powerful resource in this work.
827 pages, Paperback
Published February 27, 2020
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September 7, 2021
The book was just so negative and condescending. I thought scientists were supposed to be open-minded? Clearly neither one of the people who authored the book are.
May 16, 2024
A very good book. I would recommend approaching this book as something like a thorough encyclopedic debunking of just about every Young Earth Creationist "study" out there... prolific pseudoscientist such as Morris, Austin, and Miller are thoroughly and delightfully dissected in great, scientific detail.
I mention the encyclopedia approach because the book does, IMHO, run just a little long if you are trying to read it simply as you would any non-fiction or science work. It's not that the authors could have left much out--indeed, there's so much to debunk that they split their material into two books--but around 500 pages in I started feeling like this would be more of a book I would go to as a solid reference that perhaps sitting down and reading it cover-to-cover. It's a hefty book. That's not a bad thing. Just approach it with that in mind.
Finally, it's disheartening to see what appear to be a lot of 1-star reviews from people who didn't take the time to write anything. I question whether they actually read the book? I often see this on science books that people disagree with because of religious or pseudoscience beliefs.
I mention the encyclopedia approach because the book does, IMHO, run just a little long if you are trying to read it simply as you would any non-fiction or science work. It's not that the authors could have left much out--indeed, there's so much to debunk that they split their material into two books--but around 500 pages in I started feeling like this would be more of a book I would go to as a solid reference that perhaps sitting down and reading it cover-to-cover. It's a hefty book. That's not a bad thing. Just approach it with that in mind.
Finally, it's disheartening to see what appear to be a lot of 1-star reviews from people who didn't take the time to write anything. I question whether they actually read the book? I often see this on science books that people disagree with because of religious or pseudoscience beliefs.
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