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Title: Genesis and the Decay of the Nations by Ken Ham, Kenneth Ham ISBN: 0-932766-23-4 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Here's the Problem:
Comment: This text distorts science and history, and the presentation of religion is simply childish. Evolution is a theory, not a religion, but for purposes of rhetoric Ken Ham puts such a label on it just as Bryan attempted to do at the Scopes trial.

History is a subjective thing, and different sides can all give honest accounts that change the slants on various events. Ken Ham doesn't know his kings from his battles. He caricatures the dark ages as a bunch of cartoon eyeballs bumping into each other. He also says that Martin Luther heroically brought us out of them. Wrong on both counts: the Dark Ages was a period of history with little literary achievement, and its was secular humanists who gave intellectual backing to the Renaissance that gave impetus to the Protestant reformation. Another issue is the history of abortion. The practice existed in this country long before evolutionary theory, but Ken tries to blame evolution for this controversial issue.

Ham accuses evolutionists of using stick-men to denounce creationist views, but his image of Charles Darwin looks more like a grimacing Papa Smurf than a conservative Brit.

Like his other works, this book is simply propaganda, an insult to a mature, competent audience. To my knowledge, the only recognitions that Ken's books ever receive are the ones that his group lavishes on them. Many of the online reviews come from his employees as well. This is not a book for an aspiring intellectual.

Rating: 4
Summary: Simply Profound
Comment: (Quote) Most children are taught what to think, rather than how to think. They should be taught that their thinking is based on presuppositions.(End Quote)(Ham p.29-30) Mr. Ham writes profound truths in an easy to understand fashion. Great for high school students! Also check out The Lie, by Ken Ham.