Wasn't going to leave a review of this as it's someone who doesn't know what he is talking about but seemed naive. At the end he requests 5-Star Reviews on Amazon. Well, you can take the good with the bad Mr. Morrison because your book was one of the dumbest things I have read in a long time.
Dear Opponents of Evolution,
Please make sure you understand what you're arguing against. Please make sure you know that evolution doesn't suggest that you were once a monkey. Please do not be afraid to ask questions.
Sincerely,
People who have done the reading on evolution that you don’t want too.
How you argue can say a lot about your understanding. Within a single minute of this book I knew full well the author was clueless on the subject he is writing. Comparing the theory that a giraffe's stretching its neck and passing on these genes to the intricacies of playing basketball and your children being equally as good are only comparable if you do not understand genetics or want to misrepresent your opponents.
The more the book advances, the clearer it became that this author is clueless. I say that as someone who has genuinely looked into the science of evolution and though I am by no means an expert, it is exceptionally easy to tell that he just doesn't understand history (apparently Darwin’s ideas were accepted immediately and unquestionably)… or science (aspects of sex and conception suggest he needs to go back into sex education)… or language (micro and macro evolution don’t mean what you think they mean)… or how textbooks work (he accuses textbooks of stating that a fully formed ancestor was located proving evolution… but doesn’t show any examples of this).
The best part though, and the part that made me laugh out loud, was when he declares that Aliens designing our course of biological history is entirely more plausible than that silly gradual change stuff that you cannot challenge Darwin on.
This author falls into an intellectual trap that I find a lot of people fall into: they look at the conclusion and nothing else. He lists countless people who got removed from their jobs, doesn’t look at ANYTHING else and then infers his own beliefs into the conclusion. What the author doesn’t let you know is that these people who were removed from their jobs were people who failed to substantiate their position and wanted to unjustifiably teach scientifically inaccurate positions at University.
Perhaps before releasing a book on a subject that will prove provocative, maybe understand your arguments. I am glad that this book exists though. Next time someone states that people who believe in evolution argue against straw men it’ll do well to simply bring up this book as proof that there are, in fact, people that do believe the falsehoods that get perpetuated. I wonder if the straw men that the author brings up can be supported.