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 PrintableVersion The origin of manThinking themselves to be wise…THE ORIGIN OF MAN Written by a prizeÐwinning professor of mechanical engineering and with a foreword by a past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this book has a prestigious pedigree. It sets out to show that creation is a more reasonable explanation of man’s origin than evolution, and presents some very good arguments, especially when quoting evolutionists who are aware of the weak spots in their own position such as George Wald: ‘…One only has to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of life is impossible. Yet here we are as a result, I believe, of spontaneous generation.’ Burgess clearly shows that the ‘evolution vs. creation’ debate is not one between science and faith but between two belief systems! As a reader with degrees in microbiology and medicine, I found Burgess’s arguments for creation from his engineering and design background quite fascinating. As a music lover I also found his many examples from the world of music composition and performing very convincing. ‘When concert pianists perform, they have often memorised …100 000 notes. For every note there are at least three pieces of information that have to be remembered ...pitch, length and loudness’ (p.97). Despite the evolutionist’s (accurate) claim that we are genetically similar to chimps, the genetic differences clearly lead to totally different abilities in man, not just in music but in other creative fields, verbal expression and manual dexterity. One minor criticism is that Burgess’s tone in places is unnecessarily cutting — the foolishness of evolutionists is frequently alluded to. He clearly doesn’t like it when ‘anyone who does believe in evolution is told they are not a ‘serious scientist’ (p.148). Surely likewise, repeatedly referring to evolutionists as fools in this book is hardly likely to help them take his case as seriously as they should. Dr. Trevor Stammers© Evangelicals Now - July 2005 |
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