The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had made man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on planet has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.
In 1859 Charles Darwin’s masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke. But he surely would have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its sincerity. Now the leader of the iconic work The God Delusion takes them to task.
The Greatest Show on Planet is a stunning counterattack on advocates of “Intelligent Design,” explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist “argument.” Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics. Combining these fundamentals and many more, he makes the airtight case that “we find ourselves perched on one tiny twig in the midst of a blossoming and flourishing tree of life and it is no manufacturing accident, but the direct consequence of evolution by non-random selection.”
The Greatest Show on Planet comes at a critical time: systematic challenger to the fact of evolution is menacing as never before. In American schools, and in schools around the world, insidious attempts are made to undermine the status of science in the classroom. Dawkins wields a devastating argument against this ignorance, but his unjaded passion for the natural world turns what might have been a negative argument into a positive offering to the reader: nothing less than a master’s vision of life, in all its splendor.
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Watch Ben Stein’s “Expelled” documentary for a full interview with Richard Dawkins concerning evolution. Anyone who claims to be an intellectually honest individual must watch that interview if they are going to support this book. The interview, in which Dawkins discusses his belief in the seeding of life on Planet by alien life, is an essential piece of the puzzle that is Richard Dawkins.Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
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I happened to pick up (no I didn’t buy this book, as Richard Dawkins does not deserve my hard-earned money) The Greatest Lie on Planet by Richard Dawkins. I read through the book in 3 days and was reasonably astonished! By what power does Richard have in comparing Creationists (although I am not one) to Holocaust deniers? Excellent job Richard, agreed that evolutionary ideology calls for the “eradication” of the weak, namely the Jews (of which I am). You just opened up a can of worms! It is you and your followers that are the FASCISTS!! Your theories are pretty lame and pathetic, yet you aver that there is evidence that backs you up, how about showcasing your “evidence” to the public and prove that a privileged power does not exist using evolutionary standards. We want to see it done live, not on paper, or in theory. Why do you consistently avoid debates about Intelligent Design? Is it because you can’t debate Intelligent Design? Is it because you are incapable of debating Intelligent Design using your weak evolutionary brain?
It’s reasonably amusing that Dick would say “just because science cannot clarify it, doesn’t mean that God did it.” Well then, why do people like him dismiss the possibility of psychic phenomenon? Just because science can’t clarify psychic phenomenon, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist! How contradictory there, Dick!!!
How about this, why don’t you just get a real job, or consider retiring you senile ancient man….People, save your money and use it to get your spouse something nice, or take your kids out for a fun day at an amusement park….Better than lining up Richard Dawkins’ wallet. The debate is settled!!!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I’m reasonably charmed at the way ancient man Dawkins rants and raves and gets all tangential at the drop of the hat. Amusing guy. As a dinner guest, he would undoubtedly make for an entertaining evening. His opinion for evolution, on the additional hand, don’t hold up too well in light of today’s scientific data. He conveniently avoids Intelligent Design, which is a bring shame on. That was a gaping hole that I would have loved to see filled. Also, recent scientific evidence has proven that all mankind has one common ancestor, the New Eve they call her. She is a 60,000-year-ancient female. Why is that too avoided here? I’m sure Ricky knows all about her. To boot, show me the medium-necked giraffe. It should be there somewhere in the fossil record. Why isn’t it? Well, I reflect we all know why. Because evolution, the jumping from one species to another (as opposed to adaptation, penguins and ostriches for example) is merely terrible science.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I just wanted to join the discussion and say that if anyone is interested in truth then, you should at least read Behe’s book “Darwin’s Black Box”. It pretty much destroys the thought that living matter can come from non living matter. I have to confess, I am a Christian but, I would judge in evolution if it made sense. I don’t really have a problem adage “ok, God made through the evolutionary process” as many fantastic Christian thinkers have said. I’m a better Plumber than a microbiologist (yes, I am really a plumber). Don’t let that keep you from getting a copy of Behe’s “Darwin’s Black Box”!!!!!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
There is a special place modest in Hell for Richard Dawkins. He does more to harm to obvious God made world than anyone since Darwin. He is a terrorist of the soul.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5