Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods–all of them. Among their most popular claims is that evolution is a religion, that there are no transitional species, that there are no beneficial mutations, and that supposedly sacred scripture is the infallible word of God. Yet, as the evidence and data plainly show, each of these claims is demonstrably and unequivocally false. There is simply no truth to creationism whatsoever, and the entire enterprise rests on a foundation of falsehoods. This book explains and exposes the worst of these lies, and should be read by all who honestly care about following the evidence no matter where it might lead in pursuit of the truth.
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Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods–all of them. Among their most popular claims is that evolution is a religion, that there are no transitional species, that there are no beneficial mutations, and that supposedly sacred scripture is the infallible word of God. Yet, as the evidence and data plainly show, each of these claims is demonstrably and unequivocally false. There is simply no truth to creationism whatsoever, and the entire enterprise rests on a foundation of falsehoods. This book explains and exposes the worst of these lies, and should be read by all who honestly care about following the evidence no matter where it might lead in pursuit of the truth.
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Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

by Aron Ra
Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

by Aron Ra

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Overview

Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods–all of them. Among their most popular claims is that evolution is a religion, that there are no transitional species, that there are no beneficial mutations, and that supposedly sacred scripture is the infallible word of God. Yet, as the evidence and data plainly show, each of these claims is demonstrably and unequivocally false. There is simply no truth to creationism whatsoever, and the entire enterprise rests on a foundation of falsehoods. This book explains and exposes the worst of these lies, and should be read by all who honestly care about following the evidence no matter where it might lead in pursuit of the truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781634310789
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing
Publication date: 11/01/2016
Pages: 440
Sales rank: 440,601
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Aron Ra is a science educator, secular activist, debater, and public speaker. He cohosts the Ra-Men podcast and writes at Reason Advocates on the Patheos network. He is the former Texas state director of American Atheists and current president of Atheist Alliance of America. He is also heading the Phylogeny Explorer Project, an effort to render the entire evolutionary tree of life as a navigable online encyclopedia. He is best known for his popular video series exposing the foundational falsehoods of creationism.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

The 1st Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Evolution = Atheism" 13

The 2nd Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Sacred Scriptures Are the "Word of God" 40

The 3rd Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Human Interpretation Is "Absolute Truth" 79

The 4th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Belief Is Knowledge" 110

The 5th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Evolutionism" Part I: "Evolution Is the Religion of Atheism" 134

The 6th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism "Evolutionism" Part II: "Evolution Must Explain the Origin of Life, the Universe, and Everything" 161

The 7th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Evolution Is Random" 188

The 8th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "There Are No Beneficial Mutations" 211

The 9th Foundational Falsehood: "No Transitional Species Have Ever Been Found" 237

The 10th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "The Evolutionary 'Tree of Life' Is Not Implied in Biology or the Fossil Record" 265

The 11th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism "Macroevolution Has Never Been Observed" 297

The 12th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: Creation "Science" 323

The 13th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Evolution Is a Fraud" 348

The 14th foundational falsehood of creationism: "Creation Is Evident" 378

The 15th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism: "Evolution Is a Theory, Not a Fact" 411

About the Author 440

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