Darwin's Leap of Faith: Exposing the False Religion of Evolution

by John Ankerberg, John Weldon

Ankerberg and Weldon present the major arguments against evolution, including fossil and scientific support, provide the facts on the day–age theory, the gap theory, and progressive creationism, and examine the evidence for creationism.

Genres: Religion, Evolution

396 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1998

About the author

John F. Ankerberg (born Dec 1945) is the host of a nationally syndicated evangelical Christian television talk show. The show is broadcast from Chattanooga, Tennessee via satellite and highlights contemporary Christian viewpoints and debates among well known Christian scholars.

Ankerberg holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary and is an ordained Baptist minister. He is the author or co-author of numerous books including Darwin's Leap of Faith: Exposing the False Religion of Evolution (Harvest House, 1998), and The Secret Teachings of the Masonic Lodge: A Christian Perspective (Moody, 1990).

He is married and has one daughter.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this a while ago so can't remember specific points about this book, but my enduring memory is one of congratulation that the authors point out that die-hard evolutionists require just as much faith as creationists and there are just as many unanswered questions on both sides of the debate; whilst science points to evolution there is still that gap of knowledge, the unknown. This book has a brilliant cartoon depicting scientists with all their answers still have that big gap "and then something happened" in the middle - I quite like the idea of God being in that gap! This book cleverly highlights the egregiously huge numbers of possibility involved in the smallest random chance that evolution hangs it hat on, and that really brought home a lot of points... but of course it makes more impact if you are following a time frame of only about 15,000 years (less actually), which Christians holding to literal interpretation of the Bible (creation in six days from void to Adam) timeline do. Which I personally don't.

It was an enjoyable, fast read, not too much scientific language for science lay people to get tripped on. It doesn't answer every question and unfortunately raises quite a few more by not satisfactorily proving many of it's points with scientific method. This book stomps on a lot of widely recognised and accepted scientific facts without substantial evidence to refute them. If some of the refuted points in this book had scientific weight, they would be common knowledge, surely.

I enjoyed this book, but it did highlight both faith employed but also dogged belief no matter what the evidence (or lack thereof) on both sides of the argument, presumably unintentional in the argument against evolution. Despite that, I think the authors had a pretty good stab at making their point, whether ultimately you believe them wholeheartedly or not. Read with an open mind.

[J.E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does not have as much to it as others I've read, but it still has it's impressive points.