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Darwin on Trial

By: Phillip E. Johnson
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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Summary

Is evolution fact or fancy? Is natural selection an unsupported hypothesis or a confirmed mechanism of evolutionary change?

Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact, but what if this idea is wrong? What if "evolution" is just a word that covers up scientific ignorance of how the wonders of the living world may have been created?

Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson looks at the case for evolution with a lawyer's cold, dispassionate eye for logic and proof. What he finds is that scientists have put the cart before the horse: they have prematurely accepted Darwin's theory and have since been scrambling to back it up, mostly unsuccessfully. As the difficulties piled up, scientists have clung to the theory out of fear of encouraging religious fundamentalism, but in the process, they have turned Darwinism into a religion of its own.

Johnson'srelentless pursuit to follow the evidence wherever it leads remains as relevant today as it has ever been.

©1991 Phillip E. Johnson (P)1992 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Biological Sciences Environment Evolution Evolution & Genetics Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Religious Studies Science Conservation Palaeontology Natural History

Critic Reviews

“Frederick Davidson, as the narrator, handles the material at just the right tempo, making it easy to evaluate what is being read.”

(St. Louis Post)

“This cogent, succinct inquiry cuts like a knife through neo-Darwinist assumptions.”

(Publishers Weekly)

“Darwin on Trial is unquestionably the best critique of Darwinism I have ever read. Professor Johnson combines a broad knowledge of biology with the incisive logic of a leading legal scholar to deliver a brilliant and devastating attack on the whole edifice of Darwinian belief.”

(Michael Denton, author of Evolution: A Theory in Crisis)

“Dissecting the writings of Gould, Futuyama, Darwin, and Dawkins with a trenchant sword, law professor Johnson uses an attorney’s reasoning to scrutinize the scientists’ logic in defining the theory of evolution.”

(Library Journal)
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Some hostile atheists, such as Richard Dawkins, believe that religious belief (of any and every variety) is dangerous zealotry based merely on blind faith without any empirical justification, and that believers are willfully ignorant of the implausibility of their worldview and beliefs. Johnson illucidates the several ways in which such believers as Dawkins are just as zealous, ideological, blinded by their own basic assumptions and presuppositions, and lacking in convincing empirical justification for the fundamental doctrine that they espouse as anyone else. There are so many areas of uncertainty in Darwinism that the frequent proclamation of it as 'fact' smacks more of powerplay than scientific surety.

Great narrator, well-written, incisive critique.

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Very interesting. Took a while to get used to the narrator's voice but then found out a lot about the history of critical thought around Darwins theory of Evolution. very good.

The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory.

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Very convincing book
IT was surprising
I enjoyed reading iT
Good arguments
Clear speach and good tone of voice

Reasoning

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Reveals the pseudo-scientific construct of Darwinist and Neo-Darwinist ideologies, and the history of the (often-successful) attempts by various proponents of these world views to pass them off as “settled science”, allowing no room for any alternative theories, especially theistic creation. Flawless story-telling by the author, spectacular narration by the narrator and a great quality production overall as an audiobook.

Eye-Opening, Informative & Captivating

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