Book Review: Darwin's God

Author: Cornelius G. Hunter
Spiritual Bias: Unknown
Origins Bias: Anti-evolutionary
Rating: Top Shelf
Level: Intermediate

Comments: Wow! I was blown away by this book. Simply put, it is one of the best origins books that I've ever read. With great clarity, he attacks Darwinism at its roots: the metaphysics. Hunter explains how evolution is really a theodicy in that Darwin's primary motivation for separating God from the creation was the problem that he had with natural evil. For example, Darwin couldn't reconcile his view of God as Creator with the fact that some ants make slaves of other ants. Hunter then goes on to explain how the support for evolution today is still very much based on non-scientific ideas about the way God *should* have created life. All of the relevant evidence such as homology, the fossil record, and observed small scale changes is discussed in this book and for each Hunter explains how the evidence for evolution is inconclusive. In my opinion Hunter strips evolution clean of its "evidence" and leaves it looking for a new suit. Great book.


Summary Quote: "Many wonder why evolutionists make such high claims of success while the theory incurs scientific difficulties that would do away with most theories. The answer is that evolutionists find their confidence not in positive arguments for evolution but in negative arguments against the modern idea of creation. When evolutionists claim that a particular scientific observation proves their theory, they are not committing the fallacy of affirming the consequent of the premise they wish to prove; rather, they are denying the consequent of the premise they wish to disprove. Evolution is proved not because it is verified but by the process of elimination."