This book answers some tough questions relating to the Christian worldview. For example it provides biblical and logical answers for questions relating to:
1. "Where did Cain get his wife?" 2. "What about carbon-dating?" 3. "Where did all the people groups come from?"
It is a fabulous resource which should be read by believers and skeptics of the Christian worldview.
This book changed my view on Genesis. It convinced me that the "gap theory" is wrong. I especially like the chapter on distant starlight. I recommend giving it to teens as well as adults who are confused or have questions about creation/evolution issues.
I really enjoyed this book. I felt that it was (for the most part) easy to follow and went into pretty good depth. I look forward to reading more from Ken Ham!
Of course some facts will change when more science come to light, but overall this book is a good, short go to book when you have a question about the Bible.
While not a general overview of creation science, it does give an in-depth look at certain topics in the creation-evolution debate, including several I haven't come across in other books (UFOs, the "gap" and "ruin-reconstruction" theories, where Cain's wife came from).
Unfortunately, the final chapter does include a brief appeal to "be saved".
I wouldn't be sure about every fact the authors have produced (especially since it is more than a decade since I read it), but it was useful. If nothing else it helped me as a new believer to see that the case for evolution was far from solid.
The authors starts the book with extreme prejudice against atheists saying they are the forefront of efforts to legitimize abortion, euthanasia, drug taking and basically all "vices" known to man. Then he goes on to claim Jesus went around riding dinosaurs. This book is a joke.
I happened to run across it a few days after discussing Noah's flood with a friend, so I couldn't not read it. Seemed like an extended exercise in circular logic. But it's not like I regret reading it, for nothing else than a look at an unfamiliar worldview. Quick read, too.