Darwin on Trial

Phillip E. Johnson

Dec 2015 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact. This easy acceptance, however, hides from us the many ways in which evolution—as an idea—shapes our thinking about a great many things. What if this idea is wrong?

Berkeley law professor Phillip E. Johnson looks at the evidence for Darwinistic evolution the way a lawyer would—with a cold dispassionate eye for logic and proof. His discovery is that scientists have put the cart before the horse. They prematurely accepted Darwin's theory as fact and have been scrambling to find evidence for it.

Darwin on Trial is a cogent and stunning tour de force that not only rattles the cages of conventional wisdom, but could provide the basis for a fundamental change in the way educated Americans regard themselves, their origins, and their fate.

Ratings and reviews

Darwin spent decades gathering evidence and formulated his theory based on the evidence he found. So the author's idea that scientists looked for the evidence to support the theory after its acceptance is plain wrong.

I liked that the author is a professor of law. He refutes all the illogical claims of Darwinism with solid arguments.

Rational arguments against the intolerant materialist religion of Darwinism.

About the author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.