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Prophets or
Evolution - An LDS Perspective Appendix Recommended
Books and Videos Note The LDS
church does not endorse any science book, meaning the church does not even
endorse science books which are opposed to the theory of evolution. A Required Movie It is
required to watch this movie: Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed, by Ben
Stein. This movie generally gets poor
reviews by movie critics because most movie critics are evolutionists or they
have no clue what science is all about.
Evolutionists don't like this movie!! But it is
an absolutely superb, superb movie!!! Ben Stein interviews evolutionists and
creation scientists and asks the key question: "Why doesn't the scientific
establishment want to consider God."
He also asks why college professors got fired for supporting creation
science (which is what the title of the movie is based on). The Top Two Books There have
been many books written in defense of creation science. However, two of these books are
head-and-shoulders above the rest from a technical viewpoint. These should be considered required reading
for any true student of creation science: #1) Genetic
Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome by. Dr. J. D.
Sanford (Elim Publishing) While an
understanding of the genome is still in its infancy, this world-famous plant
biologist, who is not afraid to be on the side of creation science, sets the
record straight about how quickly DNA is deteriorating across the board. Because the entire premise of the theory of
evolution is to pretend that DNA can dramatically improve via random mutations;
this book totally annihilates this proposition using real data from a large
number of real geneticists. Another
valuable aspect of this book is in the way it explains why such a high
percentage of human DNA is required for life and why the genes need so many
other nucleotides in order for proteins to be formed and implemented. #2) The Edge of Evolution - The Search for the Limits
of Darwinism by Michael J.
Behe (Free Press) Dr. Behe is
famous for being the father of "intelligent design," but his new book
goes far beyond intelligent design. He
discusses point mutations in single-celled microbes and in complex
animals. He proves that evolution could
never have advanced beyond single-celled microbes. He also discusses the bacterial flagellum,
and other complex designs, from a more advanced viewpoint than his Darwin's
Black Box book. The title
of the book refers to the random generation of binding sites on proteins and he
mathematically proves that it was impossible for complex structures inside of
cells to have "evolved" by random mutations because of the
polypeptide folding issue, and more importantly, the "binding site"
issues. Other Excellent Creation
Science Books 1) Evolution:
A Theory in Crisis by Dr. Michael
Denton This
well-known creationist covers everything from the fossil record and morphology
to advanced genetic information. 2) by Michael J.
Behe This is the
classic book on intelligent design.
While the scientific establishment discounts intelligent design, it is
not because they have an answer to intelligent design; it is because they do not have an answer to intelligent
design. Behe's
newer book, mentioned above, takes intelligent design a step further. 3) Of
Pandas and People - The Central Question of Biological Origins by Percival
Davis and Dean H. Kenyon Dr. Kenyon was
the co-author of Biochemical Predestination (by Dean H. Kenyon and Gary
Steinman). Biological Predestination
was the classic college textbook on chemical evolution (i.e. the formation of
the "first living cell") for about twenty years. The problem was that about five years after
co-authoring the biochemical book he
switched from being an evolutionist to a creationist. Of
Pandas and People is
an excellent summary of why creation science is superior to evolution. However, there is one very disappointing
aspect of this book: he does not vigorously pursue the issue of amino acid
bindings, which is the primary reason he switched to creation science in the
first place. This book
has been the center of controversy because it was originally written talking
about "creation science", but references to this term were changed to
being references of "intelligent design" after the Supreme Court made
the term "creation science" illegal to use in schools. This terminology conversion was insignificant
from a technical viewpoint, but it gave the evolution establishment a way to
divert people's attention away from the excellent content of the book. 4) by Phillip E.
Johnson If you like
logic, this is the book for you. Mr.
Johnson, an attorney, is frequently at the lead of the creation science side of
the evolution debate. His books are full
of piercing logic. 5) Icons
of Evolution - Science or Myth? by Jonathan
Wells This is an
excellent book on exposing the myths of the arguments of evolution. He goes through the main "icons"
(i.e. main arguments) of the theory of evolution one by one and dissects each
one with the facts. This is a highly
recommended book. 6) Evolution
Exposed - Your Evolution Answer Book for the Classroom by Roger
Patterson This book
examines the most popular biology textbooks used in the public schools and
exposes error after error in their claims.
Most parents have little clue what their
children are exposed to in the public classrooms. Highly recommended for people helping youth understand
the evolution debate!! 7) by Luther D.
Sunderland (late) This is an
older book on the evolution debate, but its discussion on the fossil record,
and particularly the politics of the fossil record, is excellent. It also includes mention of the Wistar seminar on the mathematics of evolution, which seminar
was very, very disturbing to those who supported evolution. However, as might be expected, the way to
deal with disturbing facts is to ignore them, and this seminar is never
mentioned by the media-controlled evolution establishment. There are many, many other excellent
books on creation science. DVDs 1) Unlocking
the Mystery of Life (DVD) Illustra
Media (www.illustramedia.com) This movie
recounts a seminar involving several of the premier creation scientists (e.g. 2) Incredible
Creatures That Defy Evolution I (DVD) with Dr. Jobe Martin Exploration Films
(www.explorationfilms.com) This DVD might
be termed "super intelligent design." This excellent movie details the complexity
of many different species which are so unique they could not have developed
these characteristics piecemeal by random mutations. In other words, these animals are so unique they don't have ancestors. 3) The
Privileged Planet (DVD) Illustra
Media (www.illustramedia.com) This
excellent movie is about the vast number of conditions which must all simultaneously
occur in order for a planet to support complex life. It is kind of like "intelligent design,"
but instead of being at the level of animals, it is at the level of the solar
system, and the galaxy. This is a highly
recommended movie for those interested in why life exists at all on this
planet. We are part of a very, very rare
set of conditions, which could only have been very carefully designed by a
Creator. One of the co-authors lost his
job at a university because of his involvement in the book on which this DVD
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