Bright and Shiny...Book!

Managed to finish this short and impactful book known as 'Refuting Evolution' by Jonathan Sarfati Ph.D. Basically, the whole book revolves around the debate of evolution vs creation and can be summed up with one quote quite aptly "Evolution [is] a theory universally accepted not because it can be proven by logically coherent evidence to be true, but because the only alternative, special creation, is clearly incredible' D.M.S. Watson.

I thought some of the points made were cogent. I especially liked the chapters on 'Astronomy' and 'Is the Design Explanation Legitimate'. However, many of the other chapters were rather skimpily written. Many paragraphs appeared rushed and like the author had to complete the chapter in a day. The references given were a very good thing though and lends the book much credibility given the very watered-down way the author tried to convey his message across.

An interesting fact to show that genetic design is indeed quite marvellous is that lobster eyes are modelled on a perfect square with precise geometrical relationships. NASA x-ray telescopes have actually copied this design. Many other interesting things can be gleaned from the book but many were only accorded short shrift to enhance readability.

Powerful quote by C.S Lewis who i admit i have a bias towards, " If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our thought processes are mere accidents. And this holds for the materialists' and astronomers' and anyone else's. But if their thoughts are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give a correct account of all the other accidents." This is kind of a hilarious but very perceptive view i think, very akin to Lewis.

In all, i found the book easy to read but given the material, found the author made very little attempt for WHAO factors. I thought that was a disappointing flaw and thus give it 2.5/5 stars. This is my own view, and encourage others to give the book a read. It does claim to have 350,000 copies in print.