Defeating Darwinsim by Opening Minds

by Johnson, Phillip E.

• ISBN13: 9780830813605
• ISBN10: 0830813608
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

Voted one ofChristianity Today's1998 Books of the Year!For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism.With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying. Phillip Johnson has the answer: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details.In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism.Defeating Darwinism by Opening Mindsprovides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way-by opening minds to the truth.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(4)
1 Emilio's Letter: Three Common Mistakes	13	(11)
2 Inherit the Wind: The Play's the Thing	24	(13)
3 Tuning Up Your Baloney Detector	37	(16)
4 A Real Education in Evolution	53	(15)
5 Intelligent Design	68	(16)
6 The Wedge: A Strategy for Truth	84	(13)
7 Modernism: The Established Religion of the West	97	(11)
8 Stepping off the Reservation	108	(12)
Notes	120