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Title: Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski, James M. Kushiner ISBN: 1-58743-004-5 Publisher: Brazos Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Book should be read before being reviewed...
Comment: A previous reviewer mused:
"this book makes no sense, and cannot answer the fundamental logical inconsistency of the creationist argument. if coherence in structure in design presupposes a creator, who then created the structure of this creator? there then must have been a higher upper creator, who in turn must have had a creator, ad infinitum. if you are a creationist you will love this book, otherwise it is a waste of time."
Evidently, the book was not read. Dr. Dembski (editor) and the contributing works detail and critique the logical and structrual evidence of design and information extant in the universe.
The response of the "reviewer" quoted above expresses [a] that the book was not read, else why not address at least *some* of its content (or essential thesis), and [b] he or she was simply expressing their ignorance of the issues and of basic theology.
Modern science is in essential agreement that the universe has not always existed--it had a *beginning*, even time itself is said to have come "into being" at some specific point in the past.
Theology does not argue that God--the "Intelligent Designer"--merely preceded the universe, but that the Intelligent Designer is transcendent to it and is eternal. As such, his question is a non sequitor; it is illogical and pointless to ask, "who made this eternal uncreated intelligent being?"
An eternal, uncreated designer does not have a beginning or a creator. The "reviewer" is confused and confusing the categories of a infinite necessary being and a finite contigent being. This is a very low level, hack objection, but, sadly, we do still hear it from time to time.
Now, if the argument of theism were that the Intelligent Designer merely preceeded the universe, then there would be legitimate complaint--but no such thesis is postulated by theism.
So, we do have, by concensus of empirical science, a universe that did not always exist and came into existence sometime in the finite past. Theism postulates a transcendent, eternal intelligent Being that has always existed--indeed, that even created time itself and exists outside of the space-time universe.
Read the book for yourself. And if you want to understand basic issues of theism, get a good systematic theology.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book confronting the true issues
Comment: This book confronts the true issue of the evolution argument: the philosophy. The naysayers who claim that there must be someone who designed a creator are simply uneducated in philosophy. Evolution is Naturalism, repackaged and sold as "science" and absolute truth. Naturalism was the beginning of philosophical ideas until other philosophies replaced it. Now it's back in the mainstream, and those who have never studied philosophy are being taken in by its claims. The contributors each make a solid point about the idea of intelligent design and the problems in pure naturalist philosophy. By reading this book, you can understand the true argument here. It is philosophy, not science, and it should never be displayed as science, because that is incorrect.
Rating: 5
Summary: Information vs. Matter
Comment: Information and matter are two distinct parameters which must be studied separately.
There has never been an adequate explaination issued in regard as to how 'information' ( i.e. the code built into DNA) became imbedded into DNA.
Matter and information are two distinct disciplines of study. Neo-Darwinism does not explain how information became imbedded into matter.
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Title: Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe by Ignatius Press, Michael Behe, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer ISBN: 0898708095 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology by William A. Dembski, Michael J. Behe ISBN: 0830815813 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong by Jonathan Wells, Jody F. Sjogren ISBN: 0895262002 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: DARWINS BLACK BOX: THE BIOCHEMICAL CHALLENGE TO EVOLUTION by Michael J. Behe ISBN: 0684834936 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 20 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski, Charles W. Colson ISBN: 0830823751 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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