Why Darwin matters : the case against intelligent design
Michael Shermer (Author)
Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology. Cutting the politics away from the facts, skeptic Shermer explains how the newest brand of creationism appeals to our predisposition to look for a designer behind life's complexity. Shermer decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection. Shermer, once an evangelical Christian and a creationist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He refutes their arguments and then demonstrates why conservatives and people of faith can and should embrace evolution. He then appraises the evolutionary questions that truly need to be settled, building a powerful argument for science itself.--From publisher description
xxii, 199 pages ; 22 cm
9780805081213, 9780805083064, 0805081216, 0805083065
64511220
Prologue : Why evolution matters
The facts of evolution
Why people do not accept evolution
In search of the designer
Debating intelligent design
Science under attack
The real agenda
Why science cannot contradict religion
Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution
The real unsolved problems in evolution.Epilogue : Why science matters
Coda : Genesis revisited
Appendix : Equal time for whom?