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The Lie: Evolution

Ken Ham

3.93 · Rating details · 953 ratings · 128 reviews

Ken Ham once again takes the lead in pointing out the looming precipice too many church leaders are rushing towards: a denial of the full authority and accuracy of the Bible from its very first verse.

In addition, Ken powerfully shows how the ideas of evolution and millions of years are driving young people away from the Christian faith, and provides solid, biblical solut ...more

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Jun 07, 2007 Ancient Weaver rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: people interested in the creation/evolution battle and in how creationists think

Shelves: f-this-crap, religion, from-a-past-life

Rated 1 star for fear-mongering, conspiracy theorizing, repetitiveness, naivete, and disturbing authoritarian overtones.

This was a terrible book, a book which is little more than an extended rant where the author regurgitates the same set of ideas over and over again. While the presentation of the ideas is bad, the content of these ideas is far worse. Nevertheless, this book provides a valuable little window into the mind of Ken Ham, one of the leaders of the "Creation Science" movement... a sc Rated 1 star for fear-mongering, conspiracy theorizing, repetitiveness, naivete, and disturbing authoritarian overtones.

This was a terrible book, a book which is little more than an extended rant where the author regurgitates the same set of ideas over and over again. While the presentation of the ideas is bad, the content of these ideas is far worse. Nevertheless, this book provides a valuable little window into the mind of Ken Ham, one of the leaders of the "Creation Science" movement... a scary little window.

After reading the kind of arguments made in this book, it would seem that Ham is a deeply credulous and inconsistent thinker. When it comes to any scientific hypothesis (what fundamentalists like to call "a theory of men") where there is room for any doubt and uncertainty (which is the case with many, if not most, scientific theories), Ham approaches it with a fierce, radical, and uncompromising skepticism. Any room for doubt and that theory must be thrown right out! Yet, at the same time, this almost Hume-like skeptic in regards to all matters scientific and philosophical clings to an inflexible and laughably simplistic understanding of his own Christian religion and it's Bible. His is a belief that takes no cultural, historical, or interpretive issues into account when trying to understand and evaluate the Bible or his own Christian dogmas. The bumper sticker, "God said it. I believe it. That settles it," was created for people like him.

The Lie has it's share of other random and bizarre ideas. According to Ham, people only wear clothes because it is a practice mandated in the biblical book of Genesis. Ham goes on to claim that that if one were to invalidate the Book of Genesis as a record of literal history and fact, the practice of wearing clothes would thereby be called into question which could lead to some sort of anarchy of nakedness. (Presumably the ancient natives of Asia, the Americas, Australia, etc. who all developed their own customs of clothing themselves had a copy of the Bible?) For some reason Ham also makes the claim that all fathers are biblically appointed to be the priests of their families. Make of that whatever you will. (Dad's duty to offer up sacrificial animals on the grill?)

Taken as a whole The Lie fails to make a coherent, logical argument. The book opens with a rambling tirade on the growing evils of society where the author would have us believe that all of these growing evils stem from a single cause - the scientific theory of evolution, the supposed root of all evil. Following this is more rambling on about how true Christianity and the Bible are. This is a given we are supposed to take for granted without any proof. Around and around we are led in the same loops of absurd illogic. There is a term for people who reason and argue like this - cranks. (Cranks always want to oversimplify things down to a singular evil that threatens society which can be defeated with a silver-bullet solution. For prohibitionists booze was the singular evil destroying society, for Scientologists psychology is the one, true evil, for the Cold Warriors, it was Communism, etc., etc.)

The Lie makes it clear that Ken Ham is one of those black-and-white thinkers with no room in his brain for either ambiguity or nuance. Conservative, right wing, authoritarian types like him reduce everything to a simplistic morality tale of Good and Evil. Ham's mind is made up, and he and his like-minded compatriots will not abide any other members of society deviating from their own narrow-minded ideas of proper belief, thought, and behavior. What makes this all the more clear are Ham's favorite words (or the variant forms thereof) popping-up frequently throughout this text: "lawlessness", "right and wrong", "dogmatic", and "authority". The single word (and it's variants) which Ham uses most frequently is "absolutes". (Out of curiosity, I went back and counted it as having been used 24 times throughout this short text.)

Given his deeply conservative, authoritarian outlook, it's not surprising that Ken Ham's religion is one of rigid discipline and law. He pictures God first and foremost as being the Absolute Authority - God the Divine Cop. What distresses Ham is that the world is no longer the squeaky clean, never-never land he imagines it once was back in those glorious, moral days of yore that never were. In order to save the world from itself, Ham believes he must sally forth and lead a crusade against, in his own words, "the Satanically backed religion of evolution."

Make no mistake, the "Creation Science" and "Intelligent Design" movements are the groups with the truly evil agendas no matter how innocent they might try to pass themselves off as being. To paraphrase Ham's stated views in this book, Creation Scientists view themselves as Christian soldiers fighting to take back control of society in the name of Absolute Authority. "The Lie" isn't evolution, it's all of Ham and company's talk about bringing balance and fairness to science classrooms. The real goal these people (or at least their leaders) have is to take over the public schools, the courts, the government, and any other seats of power in order to foist their fundamentalist brand of right wing Christianity onto us all.

As individuals members of the Creation Science movement can be nice, well-meaning people, but as a collective their ideas and goals (insofar as they follow the social and political agenda Ham has outlined in The Lie) are on par with that of the Taliban. ...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Eugene rated it did not like it

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I was about half way done with the book Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne when I decided to read this book. At the point where I was in it, Why Evolution Is True had gone through things like how geometric dating can be used to accurately measure things as millions or billions of years old and how it can be independently verified, how the analysis of our DNA proves time and time again the reality of natural selection, how vestigial organs such as the tiny leg bones in whales are evolutionary r I was about half way done with the book Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne when I decided to read this book. At the point where I was in it, Why Evolution Is True had gone through things like how geometric dating can be used to accurately measure things as millions or billions of years old and how it can be independently verified, how the analysis of our DNA proves time and time again the reality of natural selection, how vestigial organs such as the tiny leg bones in whales are evolutionary remnants of ancestor species, and how the fossil record proves exactly what we'd expect from evolution: that land based organisms evolved from a water based land one, and how water based mammals (whales, dolphins) evolved from land based ones, among other things.

So when I started reading "The Lie: Evolution," I expected a scientific attack on evolution. I expected fact-based attacks on the fossil record as evidence of evolution, the reliability of radiometric dating, the potential implausibility organs as complicated as the eye or the heart to be the result of randomly generated genetic mutations, etc. After all, evolution is "The Lie," right?

What I got instead was one hundred and seventy-two pages of this conservative Christian Ken Ham whining about how bad it would be if evolution were true because it causes Holocausts. He spends the first chapter whining about how Christianity is under attack in society (relevance=none). The next two chapters are about how both evolution and creation are religions because scientists are rebellious against God because the bible says so. Then he spends the next few chapters talking about how you're going to hell if you don't believe Noah stuck billions of animals in a wooden boat in precisely the year 2348 BC until he gets to chapter eight, where he talks about how evolution is definitely responsible for nazism, racism, drugs (?!), abortion, capitalism (I'm not kidding), and of course, sexism. Even though earlier, he cries about how evolution is leading to more pastors that are female in churches. In earlier chapters he also talks about how evolution is making people take off their clothes in public.

Then he spends a few chapters talking about how Christians have to fight evolution because Genesis is definitely right. Even though it takes the infinitely powerful God who invented time six whole days to make a planet. Shut up.

At one point, he argues that to get more people on your side, you should replace evidence with propaganda. I'm honestly not kidding. On page 48, he complains that when he uses an "evidentialist approach" to teach students about creationism, he keeps getting pesky quesitons like "What about carbon 14 dating?" But he gets "excited" to hear questions like "Where did God come from?" when he uses the "presuppositional approach," which entails, instead of using evidence to try to prove the Great Flood, declaring that anyone who tells them that evolution is true (ie other teachers in the school) has a "belief system that determined the way in which he looked at evidence." So he must be lying.

Probably the saddest thing about this book is that I'm pretty sure that Ken Ham is actually genuine, because he has the absolute worst understanding of the theory of evolution. Just to name one thing, one of the very first things you'd learn in an Intro to Biology class is that the earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old and that life originated at least 3.5 billion years ago. That's billion. Not million. But this very fundamental claim seems not to have imprinted itself into Ken Ham's head. On page 140, he claims that "Evolutionists tell us that the earth has been in existence for millions of years and that life started evolving on this earth millions of years ago." The age of earth being at least 4 billion years had been established for decades before this book was published in 1987, yet Ken Ham, who has a degree in biology, seems to have no idea, even while someone young like me without any kind of professional background in anything knows the general age of the earth off the top of my head. Perhaps he made frequent use of ear plugs as a student.

Lastly, I find it depressing that Ken Ham doesn't think there is any evidence for evolution. He literally claims there is NO evidence: "You will notice in humanist opposition to the creation ministries that they very rarely identify any evidence for evolution. The main reason is, of course, that there is none" (page 53). I just might send him Why Evolution Is True.

I had really hoped that I would be making this review to provide counter evidence to Ham's evidence-based arguments against evolution. But he has only one argument: evolution doesn't have evidence. He just fills up the rest of those 172 pages with how you must interperate Genesis literally or you're going to hell, and how atheistic evolution kills Jews. Even though the official platform of the Nazi party promoted Christianity. ...more

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Jul 12, 2013 Brian Williams rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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May the Lord continue to bless Ken Ham and the Answers in Genesis ministry. What an important book this is! In this day and age when people are venerating and idolizing the unprovable words of mere men (i.e. humanism/evolution), how refreshing it is to spiritually feed on the soul-stirring, bible-based creation apologetics contained in this powerful book. I highly recommend THE LIE: EVOLUTION. 5 stars is not nearly enough!!!

"I am often asked how people change their biases. This is a good questio ...more

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May 06, 2007 Patrick rated it did not like it

Shelves: science-evolution-vs-design-etc

This was given to me by a friend years back, and is pretty much a waste of time. Circular reasoning, claims that the fossil record was implanted by God to test our faith (yes, this is that kind of book).

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Dec 18, 2008 David rated it did not like it

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Incredibly simple-minded and, in my opinion, not worth the read. The same old creationist arguments you've heard before, except now this book puts child-like drawings next to them. A prime example of lying for Jesus. ...more

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Nov 04, 2010 Fiver rated it did not like it

I almost never rate a book without finishing it, but I'm happy to make an exception in this case.

I can respect religious views, even if I don't agree with them.
I can judge rational arguments, based on their logic and premises.
But I can't support raw statements of self-admitted staunch ideology.

Mr. Ken Ham spends most of the book trying to set up the issue of Creation vs. Evolution as both being based on bias and unforgiving absolutes. Every single aspect of this idea revolts against a truth that ...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

25 years later, this book still rings true and is even more important to read today as evolution and millions of years is taught as "fact". Over the last several decades, schools and society in general have been steering people to look within themselves for some type of enlightenment. Accepting that there truly is a God who is Creator of all means accepting individual responsibility for our sinful lives. It would mean acknowledging that God really did set beneficial rules in the beginning. Our c 25 years later, this book still rings true and is even more important to read today as evolution and millions of years is taught as "fact". Over the last several decades, schools and society in general have been steering people to look within themselves for some type of enlightenment. Accepting that there truly is a God who is Creator of all means accepting individual responsibility for our sinful lives. It would mean acknowledging that God really did set beneficial rules in the beginning. Our choice to not obey and follow His guidelines means eternal separation from the most High Lord of all life. Ken Ham brings lies we are told to light and stresses the additional concerns we should have over Christians buying into these lies.

While I didn't read the original The Lie book, it seems that one of the most important additions to this book is found in addressing Christians who are compromising the Truth; those trying to make evolution fit into the Scriptures. There is no possible way for evolution and Biblical Creation to mesh. The most pointed fact is found on the 6th day of creation, when God created man in His own image (not in the image of an ape or pond scum). There was no death before sin, thus no death before Adam disobeyed God. Trying to fit millions of years into 6 days just doesn't work because there was no sin/death before Adam and Eve's devastating choice. In addition, God ended each day commenting that His creation was "good", culminating in it was "very good." God would never call sin or any of it's horrific after-affects good; thus there was no sin/no death/no millions of years.

Differentiating between OBSERVABLE science and HISTORICAL science is something that is left severely understated (or missing completely) in many circles (Christian and secular). How many times have I heard or read the argument that someone is "all about science" so to them that is the end-all to the Creation vs evolution debate! Just being able to give someone the definition of what observable and historical science mean is a huge first step to understanding how "science" itself is defined and how it relates to the past. I love that this is explained and expanded on in this book. It's something we need to not only know for ourselves but is of utmost importance to teach this differentiation to our children so they understand and will know how to defend the Bible/Biblical Creation against attacks to God's truths.

One quote that stood out is, "The public has genuinely been misled into thinking that evolution is only scientific and belief in God is only religious." (pg 72/73) Ken Ham explains this in much more detail than I could. Even secular museums displaying fossils, plants, and animal specimens are merely displaying evidences that they are interpreting based on "evolutionary beliefs"; a hypothesis of what could have happened. The same fossils, plants, and animal specimens could be on display in a Creation museum with interpretations based on the Biblical details of Creation, the sinful fall of mankind and and resulting corruption of everything in this world, the worldwide flood of Noah's day (with resulting upheavals/carving-out of the global surface and laying down of massive amounts of rocks layers/fossil-creation), etc. Interpretation is all relative to the glasses you are looking through. No one is here now to tell us all about the beginning of creation/time itself, but God was there and as Creator He has left us with THE record of the history of the world.

This is an excellent book to begin with or to read in addition to other Biblical-creation based books. Expand your knowledge on the subject and don't be the one to shrug your shoulders or walk away the next time someone throws the "well, I just believe in science" card on the table. Evolution and millions of years isn't observable, testable science. It's a theory that has no proof; just many voices that try to fit pieces together in an effort to push the one true God they don't want to acknowledge out of the picture. If you look at the same 'evidences' through the light of what God tells us happened in the last 6,000 years, there is ample proof (using the same 'evidences') that what God said happened did happen.

Psalm 11:3 "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Our battle today isn't just evolution/millions of years versus Creation. The Christians who are trying to fit evolution into the Bible are ultimately destroying the foundations of God's Word. His Word is infallible. What He says is truth and when you mess with God's Word you are causing people to question that anything in the Bible is true. Don't be the one to corrupt His Word with lies or you could be the one to lead others on a wide path away from the God who created and loves them. ...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Robert rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ken Ham first wrote “The Lie” twenty-five years ago. This is an updated edition of that book. Mr. Ham is head of ‘Answers in Genesis’, a group of people dedicated to the truth of the Word of God, particularly the first eleven chapters of it. The title of the book “The Lie” refers to the theory of evolution and/or the idea that it took millions or billions of years to get where we are today.

Mr. Ham writes that Christianity is under attack. If non-believers can foster doubt about the first book of Ken Ham first wrote “The Lie” twenty-five years ago. This is an updated edition of that book. Mr. Ham is head of ‘Answers in Genesis’, a group of people dedicated to the truth of the Word of God, particularly the first eleven chapters of it. The title of the book “The Lie” refers to the theory of evolution and/or the idea that it took millions or billions of years to get where we are today.

Mr. Ham writes that Christianity is under attack. If non-believers can foster doubt about the first book of the Bible, it is easier then for them to call into question the rest of God’s Word. “The Lie” says that most every conflict between believers and non-believers stems from a question of authority. It is a case of ‘man’s word vs. God’s Word”.

Much of our society’s thinking today is based on relative morality, “…that is, a person can do what he likes and is answerable to no one but himself as long as the majority of people can be persuaded that their interests are not being threatened” (p. 34). God has placed a set of standards into our hands in the form of the Bible, therefore, we see the idea of ‘man’s word vs. God’s Word’ played out daily in our culture.

Mr. Ham believes, rightly so, that there is a religion (a belief system), called evolution, being taught in our public schools today. It is a religion whose faith is in the belief that the universe did not need a creator. They believe that the universe somehow created itself; and it is with this presupposition that they evaluate the universe. Granted, Christians begin with the presupposition that God created the universe; but Christians have a record of our origins written by the only one who was there, the Creator.

Mr. Ham cautions believers never to give up their presuppositions when debating or discussing with non-believers or skeptics. He says that there is no neutral ground; everyone comes to the discussion with presuppositions based on whatever he or she holds to be authoritative.

Mr. Ham believes that much of Christianity’s energy is being squandered in addressing the symptoms of godless worldviews (i.e. same sex marriage, abortion, permissiveness, moral relativism, racism) when we should be challenging the foundations of their worldview, and the basis of their authority. One major lesson presented in “The Lie” is that Christians, young and old, need to be taught why they believe what they believe and how to defend that belief. “…always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you…” (I Peter 3:15 ESV).

The reasons and reasoning in this book are sound. I encourage every Christian to read it, it will strengthen the Christian’s faith in the historicity of the Bible by showing that the first chapters of Genesis, which concern the origins of the universe, can be taken as written and do not have to be altered to fit a secular-naturalistic-humanistic concept of evolution.

[I was given a copy of this book to review. The opinions stated here are expressly mine unless otherwise note.]
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Nov 07, 2012 Kristina Best rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ken Ham has done it again. He wrote an awesome book about the lie of evolution/million of years. The Lie: Evolution/Million of Years is an eye opener to say the least.

This book was an eye opener for me. I have struggled with the idea of Evolution/Millions of years. Since I became a Christian about 12 years ago and began to understand that what the Bible said was the truth and what I learned in school about evolution was a lie. I knew that we weren't from Apes and when I would question my science ...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Mary-ann rated it it was amazing

This is a book I highly recommend to everyone! Ken Ham has thoroughly and giftedly explained his view on why Evolution is not a science but a belief system in which scientists who were not even there when the world began came up with. He then compared Evolution to Creation which is a fact that is known through the Bible, a book that has been written my men but inspired by God who has always existed, knows everything and created the world. This is a brilliant tool to counter evolution with the t ...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Harold Cameron rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

“The Lie: Evolution/Millions of Years”

"Revised & Expanded for this special 25th anniversary edition, Ken Ham once again takes the lead in pointing out the looming precipice too many church leaders are rushing towards: a denial of the full authority and accuracy of the Bible from its very first verse.

In addition, Ken powerfully shows how the ideas of evolution and millions of years are driving young people away from the Christian faith, and provides solid, biblical solutions to turn things aroun ...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Kristine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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As Ken Ham so eloquently points out, "Whatever you believe about your origins affects your whole worldview, the meaning of life, and so on" (69).

This is the main point driven home in this updated and expanded version of The Lie that first hit shelves 25 years ago. I have not read the original, though it was often easy to point out newer stories and examples that work nicely into the text. No punches are pulled as he makes his argument for a strict interpretation of Genesis and highlights the dan ...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Jeff Randleman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: creation

If you've been around my blog for very long at all, you may know that I love the first few chapters of Genesis, including the creation account, Noah's flood, and the tower of Babel. I believe that a proper understanding of these foundational chapters provide the structure needed to correctly understand the rest of Scripture.

My wife and I were very close to joining a creation-based ministry a few years ago, in fact. So this area is one that I am pretty passionate about.

If you were to look at my l ...more

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Dec 01, 2011 Ola rated it it was amazing

Shelves: home-library, christian

Wow! This is a book I highly recommend to everyone! Ken Ham has thoroughly and brilliantly explained his view on why Evolution is not a science but a belief system in which scientists who were not even there when the world began came up with. He then compared Evolution to Creation which is a fact that is known through the Bible, a book that has been written my men but inspired by God who has always existed, knows everything and created the world. Simply a must-read!

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Nov 06, 2012 Marco Ermini rated it did not like it

I can't believe the level of ignorance America has reached today. Unfortunately from the comments I can read here it really look that's the case.
About the book, it does not contain a single proven fact or even a logical argument (unless circular self references as biblical quotes are considered as such) so just don't waste your time here. Evolution is a proven scientific fact until demonstrated otherwise, and this book certainly did not shake any real scientist. ...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: creation-science

Many Christians today view the issue of recent creation as a side issue. Whether or not they believe that God created the world in six literal 24-hour days, many believe this to be a minor doctrinal issue. More people argue about whether the rapture will occur before or after the tribulation, or whether the gift of tongues is something God still uses today. At least, in my church, they do.

But Ken Ham has a different view. He believes that our society's rejection of the biblical account of creati ...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Dan rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: Not a single literate being

If i could rate this piece of filth any lower, i certainly would. The primary argument Ham puts forth in a fruitless attempt to undermine evolution is itself undermined by its overwhelming tone of fear mongering and evangelism. There is not a single argument in this book that is rational or in any way conducive to fact. Then again, it is extremely difficult to take someone, such as Ham, as an authority on evolution when he touts the pseudoscience of "creation science" as a legitimate field. To a ...more

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Jul 19, 2012 David rated it it was amazing

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This is a great book to understand the Biblical Creation worldview. Mr. Ham effectively communicates "science involves observing using our five senses to gain knowledge about the world and to be able to repeat these observations." (p.32)

Both Biblical creationist and evolutionist have the same facts available; however, it is the interpretation of these facts which causes disagreement between the two worldviews. Mr. Ham wants people to realize that the creation vs evolution debate is about worldv ...more

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Dec 30, 2014 Kitap added it · review of another edition

Recommended to Kitap by: Received as birthday present from my parents, 2014

Shelves: religion, received-as-unrequested-gift, humor, conspiracy, christianity, science, evolution, roadside-oddities, talking-animals

Zero stars

The following reviews of this unintentionally appropriately titled volume may be read aloud in a fake, broad, Paul Hogan-esque Australian accent to great comedic effect. One may also choose to make the accent slightly more nasal and "Kiwi" in character so that you can imagine an alternate universe in which Ray Comfort wrote this book instead, if that makes you more comfortable.

Review #1

If God did not mean what He said in Genesis, then how could one trust Him in the rest of the Scriptur

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Dec 28, 2014 Eleanor rated it did not like it

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Note: I am neither Christian or Atheist.

Ham's whole work is built on the basis that the whole Bible is literally true. Starting from that viewpoint, he makes a few sound arguments. Boy, he is repetitive. Skip to appendix one and leave the rest, read more at your own discretion.

If you believe in the Jesus bit of the Bible, why don't you believe in the Genesis bit, which JC talked about.
If the 7 days are symbolic: is God creating symbolic.
If brutal natural selection is true, there is no morality. ...more

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Jun 13, 2011 Glenn Wilson rated it it was amazing

This book is a life changer! For the first time I realized that the reason I could not believe everything in the Bible was my low level of faith - not because it was not true. Ken tears back the veil that keeps men's minds in captivity to futility. A must read for anyone that wonders if there is more to this 'being a Christian' and servant of an All-Mighty Creator God! ...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Tony Breeden rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The Lie is one of those books that helped me navigate a crossroads in my life. It helped me to iron out a long-standing argument I had with myself. You see, I grew up in church, but like a lot of folks of my generation [Children of the 80s, X, Busters, whatever else the statisticians call us] I kind of graduated from church when I graduated from high school. One of the primary reasons for that was that I was taught millions of years of microbes to man evolution as scientific fact in high school. ...more

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Oct 10, 2016 Jonny rated it did not like it

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HOO BOY.

If I *was* in any way religious, I would say that this book was a penance for me.

Usual disclaimer: for this review I'm talking about this book, not all Christianity. I'm talking about Ham's Christianity and how it extends to his opinions of evolution.

"EVOLUTION IS RELIGION"

Ham's argument is basically to try to bring everyone else to the same level -the same level of inconsideration, lack of empathy, and bullheadedness. "It is not a matter of whether you are dogmatic or not, but of which ...more

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Jan 10, 2015 Justin rated it really liked it

This is a book defending the literal interpretation of Genesis. Nearly all of the essential Christian doctrines have their origin in Genesis. Why is there sin in the world? Death? Why are we here? Why do we need a savior? What's the purpose of marriage? Why are human beings special?

The author is exactly right Genesis and the Gospel go hand in hand. We dilute the Gospel when we morph Genesis 1-11 into an analogy or poetry. Jesus himself affirmed Genesis. I appreciate the ministry of Answers in ...more

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Feb 10, 2016 Logan Vlandis rated it did not like it

A disappointing book... I admire Ham's vigor in the pursuit of truth, but such a dogmatic position on an ancillary topic is not helping the body of Christ. The book proposed no reasons for believing in young-earth creationism but rather kept echoing how it is true and important to believe in, if you claim to take the Bible as God's authoritative word.

The difference between people like Ham and more “liberal” scholars who propose an old earth is their approach to discovering the meaning of the tex ...more

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Apr 17, 2009 Mel rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: All Christians and all skeptics who needs answers

Shelves: christian, reference, ebook, apologetics

When I started reading this book, I was expecting to get answers. I was wrong, this book pointed my where I should be getting answers, the Bible. Awesome book. I recommend that all Christians should read this.

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Aug 24, 2013 Sloan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book presented fantastic and new evidence for the truth in Genesis. His argument are very valid and reasonable. I would definitely suggest this book

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Nov 14, 2012 Lisa Johnson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Title: The Lie 25th Anniversary
Author: Ken Ham
Pages: 220
Year: 2012
Publisher: Master Books
Apologetics…what an interesting word don’t you think? What does it mean anyway? Defining apologetics begins with a definition of apologetic, which according to Collins English Dictionary is “defending by speech or writing”. Ken Ham has been in this field for many years. His speeches and writings have been under scrutiny for just as long. He is the founder of Answers in Genesis, an organization on the fron Title: The Lie 25th Anniversary
Author: Ken Ham
Pages: 220
Year: 2012
Publisher: Master Books
Apologetics…what an interesting word don’t you think? What does it mean anyway? Defining apologetics begins with a definition of apologetic, which according to Collins English Dictionary is “defending by speech or writing”. Ken Ham has been in this field for many years. His speeches and writings have been under scrutiny for just as long. He is the founder of Answers in Genesis, an organization on the frontline in defense of the book of Genesis as well as defending the Gospel and more. There are other ministries that also are bringing materials along with a message that focus on Genesis being taken literally.
As a homeschooling parent for almost 17 years, with my final year culminating in December 2013, the Answers in Genesis Ministry has helped encourage, exhort, and bring to attention the fact that future generations need to be biblically equipped. Many, who don’t believe the Bible to be the final authority or don’t believe in God, rage a continuous battle against Christ followers. The Body is equipped through media, books, and various other materials to learn how to defend the Gospel, staying strong against contrary ideologies. The Lie has been updated and expanded to help bring to the forefront the latest information as well as understanding the times in which we live.
The author begins the defense with understanding: “The origins debate is not, therefore, one of the science versus religion but one of religion (belief or starting point) versus religion (belief or starting point).” (pg. 46) Right from the start we see how the author has, through the years, learned that the debate is no longer of evolution as a science, but as a religion. With logic and reasoning, Ken Ham presents his arguments along with examples of those who neglect to ground their beliefs with the Word of God as their foundation, replacing it with man’s opinions.
As I was reading this book, I was greatly disturbed to find that those who claim to be Christians don’t hold to the Word of God as absolute authority, but instead seem to add or subtract parts they don’t agree with. While examples from books showing the results and reasons as to why people have left the church are uncomfortable to read, they also exhort us to train ourselves and others to present a defense against the onslaughts attacking the Bible. We all must heed the call to be trained, self-taught, to read, to share, and to engage others in order to grow. We are called to mature and run our race to the finish. The examples of people who never stopped learning compel us to learn in order to teach. Above all, if we don’t continue to dig into the Bible for answers and learn what we can from other biblical people, how can we grow, share Christ, mature, and teach others?
I am thankful for this book, Answers in Genesis, and other ministries that have put so much effort into producing materials so we can be prepared to give an answer for our faith to those who ask. Sometimes we forget that it is okay to say, “I don’t know. Can I get back to you?” if we don’t have the knowledge right then to answer. Just make time to locate the answer and go back to the person with what you learned. God is the only One who knows all, so go to the Word first. After that, go to ministries whose foundations are built first with the Bible as the infallible authority, and look at what they offer to help you grow. Above all, remember that one day we have to give an account for our actions or lack thereof to Jesus, so don’t be found wanting. Seek Him and He promises you will find Him when you look for Him with all your heart. To God alone be all the glory, so continue to run your race until it is over.
My rating of this book is 5 stars.
Note: I received a complimentary copy for an honest review of this book. The opinions shared in this review are solely my responsibility. Other reviews can be read at http://seekingwithallyurheart.blogspo... . Also follow me on Twitter @lcjohnson1988, FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/lisa.johnson...
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A good book about the Evolution/Creation debate. If you do not know Ken Ham, this book is the way to get to know him. He does a good job of taking the reader to the core of the problem that secular scientists cannot answer by asking them what their pre-assumptions are before they even begin to interpret the data at hand (whether it be biological or geological or anything-else-ical). Although it does not dig deep into some of the harder issues, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in ...more

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Dec 27, 2017 Robert rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: sheep

Shelves: waste-of-time

Fun fact: Ken Ham believes that the word of God is unchanging and infallible. He also explicitly states in the very beginning from which version of the bible he is quoting in his book.

I tried hard to read through this book. I really tried. Even though this book is trying to look like "real science book for Christians", it can't be further from the truth. If you are about to read this book because you are expecting a honest case against evolution, save yourself some time. This is a brief overview ...more

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