Comments on: Creationist Novel linked to Expelled! to be released shortly https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Wayne Robinson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541141 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:42:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541141 I take it back; it is as bad as it sounds. It was quite readable, and I enjoyed reading it. But it did mangle the science. In the book the jaw of a hominid fossil was found, from which DNA was able to be retrieved and amplified with PCR, and voila! it’s almost Homo sapiens in sequence, no more than 100,000 years old, but the rock in which it was found had volcanic rock in it, which could be dated to 3.4MYA. Ergo, evolution is disproved, and ID is as a result by elimination positively confirmed. I personally can’t see the reasons for these enormous leaps in logic.

]]> By: Wayne Robinson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541140 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:22:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541140 I’m about 40% through the book (on a Kindle), and it doesn’t seem too bad. It’s more or less a “it’s OK to accept Evolution if you happen to be a Christian”. It has a long quote from “Origin of the Species” saying much the same thing. Of the readers’ reviews on Amazon.com, the 5-star reviewers (from their previous reviews) don’t appear to be obvious creationists, and the one reader who gave it 2 stars complained that it wasn’t a “Christian” novel, just reflecting standard Evolution theory, so I think that is actually a recommendation.

]]> By: Anthony James Barnett https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541139 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:46:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541139 I look forward to a ‘real’ review. Can’t get the book yet here in Spain, and postage is quite heavy from abroad…. Have to wait until I visit the UK

]]> By: Martin https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541138 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541138 Well, it is fiction – finally, a correctly-situated work on Creationism!

]]> By: Laelaps https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541137 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:16:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541137 You’re welcome. I started reading it, but didn’t get past chapter 1. It really wasn’t very good. Maybe I should finish it and publish a real review, though…

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541136 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:04:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541136 See? They can’t even get their dating right!

Thanks to the link to your review.

]]> By: Laelaps https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541135 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:02:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/04/creationist-novel-linked-to-ex/#comment-541135 The novel has been out for over a year

http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2008/09/what_the_hell.php

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