A Question of Origins: Created or Evolved?

by MacFarlane, Shelby

• ISBN13: 9781579217631
• ISBN10: 157921763X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Winepress Pub

Summary

One of the most controversial subjects of our day is that of origins. Did everything in our universe come about as a result of random mechanistic events, or does the perfection of our world and larger universe demand an intelligent designer? This high school textbook illustrates both sides of the issue, first of all explaining what evolution is and what its proponents use as proof and then explaining creationism and its proponents' scientific reasons for their position. The text also demonstrates the ramifications of a belief in evolution versus a belief in a Creator. A valuable companion CD can also be purchased providing teachers, parents, and students with easy-to-use supplements such as: ? Vocabulary review ? Chapter review ? Concepts maps ? Tests ? A Final Exam This subject has too long been neglected by our schools because of a lack of curriculum on a high school level.

Author Biography

Shelby MacFarlane is an educator and author, who graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. MacFarlane has served at several public and Christian schools during her teaching career. She is presently an instructor at Oakland Christian School in Auburn Hills, Michigan, where she has been doing research and teaching a class on origins for the past fourteen years. After waiting for eight years for someone to write a textbook on the subject for high school, Mrs. MacFarlane decided to embark on the project herself. The book she wrote, A Question of Origins: Created or Evolved?, is the result. Mrs. MacFarlane is married and has two children and one grandchild.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Critical Thinking	p. 11
History of Evolution	p. 13
Evolution-What Is It?	p. 23
Evolution of Man	p. 35
Spontaneous Generation: What Scientists Proved	p. 45
The Scientific Facts about Genetics and Comparative Embryology, Homology and Biochemistry	p. 57
What Does the Fossil Record Really Say?	p. 71
Radiometric Dating	p. 87
Evolution of Man?	p. 103
The Pervasiveness of Perfection	p. 119
Alternate Theories of Beginnings	p. 133
The Effects of a Belief in Evolution	p. 147
Glossary	p. 159
A Question of Origins Notes	p. 169
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