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What Darwin Didn't Know: A Doctor Dissects the Theory of Evolution |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 123102
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736913130
Type: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 320
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Endorsed by William Dembski, Ph.D., the scientist at the forefront of the intelligent–design movement. Darwin might have thought twice about publishing his theories if he had had access to today’s medical and microbiological discoveries. Drawing on years of research, Dr. Simmons demonstrates that the almost infinite complexity of the human anatomy simply could not have developed by chance. For example: - the body runs on “battery power”...from the hundreds of mitochondria in each cell
- the two sexes—evolutionary theory cannot explain why they exist
- every cell is its own pharmacist, chemist, and metallurgist
Accessible, clearly presented, and utterly fascinating, What Darwin Didn’t Know shows the human body to be a marvelous system constructed by an infinitely wise Designer.
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Review: 2009-07-27
Recycled work... into a derivative product
I hate to speak critically of anyone who at least puts forth the effort to write any book... but this was not great. It reads like a general introduction to human anatomy that was re-purposed to counter Darwinian Evolution Arguments by adding a paragraph to every chapter that says, "See how complex the (fill in the blank) system is? That could not possibly evolve as Darwin suggested."
The book *does* however give the reader a much greater appreciation for the complexities of our bodies... and if you are undecided on the topic, it may push you much closer to intelligent design over random mutation.
Review: 2008-12-21
What Simmons Didn't Know
Simmons tells us in his book that he is a doctor who came to know Christianity through his wife. He also tells us that he studied the human body for 40 years. He then tells us that he was inspired by Michael Behe and believes that the marvel of the human body points to the existence of a designer. As a medical doctor he must have seen innumerable cases of the designer product breaking down, and every body eventually gets recalled. If those are signs of a designer, they indicate a very poor designer; and any manufacturer with such abysmal record ought to shut down his factory.
Simmons' naivety is also evident from his quoting Einstein as saying "Now I believe there's a God in Heaven". Einstein said that after he was enthralled by the performance of the 14-year old Yehudi Menuhin. It was a jocular throwaway line (Einstein was never a Christian and did not believe in heaven) meant to flatter the young prodigy.
This book does not have any profound or substantive argument worth reading, and hence, nothing much to criticize. It is a short piece of work generally expressing the gratitude and amazement the author had for the universe and his god.
Review: 2008-09-27
It will make you wince
I'm really stunned that this book got published, it's so full of errors and misunderstandings. He seems to be unaware of the transitional fossils of the whale and and giraffe lineages dug up in the past 20 years. He also wants to take Darwin down, a man who lived in the 19th century. Though his foundation was correct, we now know he made some missteps. Imagine an attack on Christianity called "what Adam didn't know."
His lazy "things must be as they appear" approach is flawed (resurrected from the Bronze Age, perhaps). For example, to most of us, the sun *appears* to go around the earth, space *appears* to not be curved near massive objects, matter *appears* to not be made of mostly empty space. Yet these are incorrect. Likewise, to some people, human life *appears* to be designed. There's strong evidence that this is also wrong.
The author should join the 21st century. It's quite nice here.
Review: 2008-07-25
A physician's-eye view of the human body
The book basically gives a very simplistic overview of each body system (college-level anatomy and physiology textbooks are much deeper in scope) and ends with several main points from each chapter that would seem to point to design. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Christian and I believe in God. However, I have read better and more informative books about the design inherent in the universe as well as in humanity.
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