Mere Creation; Science, Faith & Intelligent Design Paperback – Special Edition, September 28, 1998

This collection of essays spread across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines explains why science has not been able to formulate a "unified theory" reconciling Eisenstein's Relativity with Quantum mechanics. The homage science affords the false god of Darwin precludes progress and real scientific advancement. This work viewing creation through a new prism clearly defines the fact that "Darwin" has no legs to stand on.

All arrived on time and in good order. Binding seems strong enough to last for a bit.

Very convincing and documented. Even us laymen can understand the basics!

I'm beginning to read from both sides of the debate, but am a lay-person just beginning to take up and expose myself to the issues. In particular, I am now reading Dembski's *Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology* and Kenneth Miller's *Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution* (among others such as Behe's and the essays of others in *Mere Creation*, Lee Spetner's *Not By Chance!: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution* and Richard Lewontin's most recent *The Triple Helix: gene, organism, and environment*) I don't consider myself strongly affiliated with any religious tradition in particular, though, in Dembski's broad definition of the term, I do consider myself a creationist, rather than an evolutionist (if considered in the terms of one who espouses "a purely naturalistic, purposeless process," rather than someone who is leaving open the issue of the extent to which organisms have changed over time).But, as a layperson, just beginning to gather information, I'm not able to address the kind of refutation to intelligent agency such as Kenneth Miller placed on the table. He spent a full chapter in his book refuting Behe's "irreducible complexity" assertions. And I see in my reading of this current Dembski book that Dembski has great confidence in Behe's ideas on this subject. Kenneth Miller's book came out at about the same time this current one of Dembski's did, so it's a refutation of a kind not specifically addressed in Dembski's book, or at least, I don't see Dembski addressing it at this point in my reading--I'm still in the midst of it (though I'm guessing since Miller's refutation has come out later, it likely has not been addressed). Or even if I find that Dembski does take the issue up, can folks further discuss it?Could someone familiar with Dembski's and Behe's work and Miller's refutation help me out here? Is Miller's refutation, specifically refuting the soundness of Behe's "irrudicible complexity" as a challenge to naturalistic evolution, adequate? If not, how is it not?Interesting issues...Thank you...Linda

...A number of specialists laboring in different fields beganto come to the conclusion that the universe they perceived couldhardly have arisen by chance, but seemed at every turn to be guided by intelligent design. William A. Dembski, who managed to obtain advanced degrees in both mathematics and philosophy, brought together a number of these persecuted souls for a conference on the singularly unhip topic of creationism.The ensuing essays in "Mere Creation" are guaranteed to change the way you view the world. To glean some highlights from the numerous arguments favoring intelligent design of the universe:The Universe began with the Big Bang, the instant of time when all matter and energy came into existence in an enormous explosion. Despite the Universe's seeming complexity, it is governed by only a tiny handful of physical laws. Should any of these governing principles be altered in the slightest (a bit less gravity, for example), life could not exist. The odds of life arising naturally are infinitesimally small. Genetic mutation, the means for transferring traits so crucial to the theory of evolution, always results in the loss of information, making beneficial mutation much less likely. There is no evidence of interspecies evolution extant.If you have the slightest interest in how our Universe came about, or pondered the existence of God, or even simply distrust the dogma constantly shoveled around by tweed-jacketed academics who haven't had a new idea since Che Guevara's book came out, you'll thoroughly enjoy "Mere Creation."