In Six Days

by John F. Ashton

Book Overview

In Six Days presents fifty doctorate-holding scientists from around the globe who certainly advocate a literal six-day creation and give sound scientific reasoning for doing so. Topics discussed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890513414
• ISBN13: 9780890513415
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

“In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose To Believe In Creation” is my new favorite book.

Excellent, excellent, excellent book. Can not say “Excellent”enough times. Fifty PhDs in science stating in their own words their belief in the Six Day Creation and world-wide Flood of the Bible. Clearly shows the foolishness of macro-evolution. (And if you don’t understand the difference between micro-evolution and macro-evolution, perhaps you should turn off the TV and read more.)

Scientists pro genesis

According to a poll of the magazine "Nature" 40% of Americas scientists believe in a personal God. Science and faith must be divided, or not? Many scientists have another opinion. This book is a collection of the statements of 50 scientists of renown from all fields concerning the theme creation contra evolution. The good thing is, that there are no boring repetitions, instead everybody has something interesting to say about his own special field of research. Often it was the scientific research that made the scientists to reconsider their ideology and - regarding the force of the facts - to come to a believe in an intelligent creator of life. Genesis is not proved and perhaps not imaginable (how could it!), but by sober consideration of the facts the appearance of life in the sense of Darwinism seems to be much more unlikely. The evolutionists have a disadvantage. They would like to prove something, which cannot or can only hardly be proved. Besides they investigate permanently data, for which never can be prognosticated a meaningful result. Meanwhile the creationists can lean back and wait until the scientists have proved again to contradict themselves. But at first one should read carefully through the statements of these creationists to realize with astonishment who diligent they worked their thesis out and how logic their conclusions are. There are clear assumptions for example from the Geophysician John Baumgardner who is writing about the theory of an accidental molecular interaction for the engendering of life. He says that simple arithmetic calculations show that this theory is not realistic! And then he starts to calculate it as a proof. About the calculation of time he says that most people, including most scientists, are not aware that there is a flagrant systematic conflict between the radiometric methods of age calculation and the non-radiometric ones. Then he is explaining why there must be doubts about the used methods. The zoology professor Walter Veith is writing that "natural selection itself is no scientific principle, because it is based on a circular argument. Then he is explaining why. And likewise it goes on throughout the whole book. The book is full of statements, many of which are well proved and undergirded. For others you have to look up in the literature yourself. For example when the Astro-physician Edmond Holroyd is asserting: "How many super-novas have been found in our galaxy? Only as much as can have happened to be in the last 7000 years, not in millions of years." Should one raise the bar higher than one is used from evolutionists? They do constantly assert unproved things and hardly talk about thesis or hypothesis. It was like that and finish! The biology professor Timothy Standish even ventures to reckon up for Stephen Hawking that his example calculation of a million apes, who in millions of years finally arrive at the sonette of Shakespeare is mathematical nonsense (besides an example which is also phen

Great summary of Creationism

This book os a good read to inform both sides of the Creation vs Darwin debate. It is simple and to the point but it doesn't dig deeply enough to confuse the normal reader. All topics are covered including Creation, Evolution, and Present Circumstances in biology and geography. All in all the book is great for learning the basics. It touches on everything without becoming slow and uncumbered by numbers and statistics. Designed to be a tool for helping make an simple arguement it is not the end all for an in depth research project.

For those interested in truth...

This book is gold. Quite obviously some people don't like it (just read some of the other reviews) and aren't even remotely willing to consider that evolution has many major flaws that some scientists aren't as prepared to overlook.An undecided but open-minded reader should get something out of this book, as will many creationists seeking to understand better some of the issues, but if you have made your mind up that evolution is absolutely true, you're better off spending your time coming up with some better reasons why a few dozen highly qualified scientists would believe in a six-day creation than the following inaccurate reasons given by other reviewers here:1) Creationists regularly lie2) Creationists can't be real scientists3) Creationists approach the issue with preconceived ideas that they fit the facts around.4) All evolution is science5) Thermodynamics is not a problem for evolutionThis book addresses all these arguments (and much more) and it's simply not true to claim that evolutionists have refuted many of the points (or all) raised in the essays here.I work in the media and I can't help but think that something smells when outspoken supporters of evolution so often resort to name-calling and intimidation to press their point. It reeks of the very anti-knowledge campaigns they claim creationists use - or even worse - their case is weak.Most creationists I have actually taken the time to observe remain calm and willing to approach any evidence with an open mind. Check out the writing styles of each of the essays in this book. There is no underlying message that you're an embarrassment to the human race if you believe in evolution. Conversely, just about every evolution book, every evolution website, every evolution Radio program, TV doco, movie etc... uses various forms of intellectual snobbery to try to prove its point and put people down. Frankly, I find this offensive and closed-minded. The human race deserves better.Read this book for a breath of fresh air.

An Excellent Book for both creationists and Evolutionists

From my experience working in a laboratory with scientists I have learned that many scientists accept the world view of those around them, which is often called evolutionary naturalism. They see this world view as natural and valid partly because they are unfamiliar with the intelligent design world view, but also because of the tendency to accept the greatly distorted picture of creationists commonly presented by the media. Most scientists have little familiarity with the estimated 10,000 conservative creationists and the other 30,000 creationist scientists in America alone. This book consists of brief discussions to introduce the reader to the evidence behind the creation worldview, and as a result helps the reader to understand the thinking process of these estimated 40,000 creation scientists. The common response to ideas that we are unfamiliar with is to react emotionally, and reject as out of hand the unfamiliar views. This tendency is apparent in some reviews of this book (although to compare a theistic world view with the Nazi scientists that rejected Einstein's ideas is a cheap shot). This book is a must for all persons interested in this rapidly growing international movement. It helps the reader to understand why so many scientists now accept some form of intelligent design. The book contains a balance of scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds. In harmony with the trend towards pluralism, it would seem that more effort should be expended to understanding this often misunderstood and commonly maligned minority. This book will help remedy this gap.

A Refreshing and Solid Book!

I found "In 6 Days.. to be an outstanding collection of essays by noteworty scientists from a variety of disciplines. Perspectives from Mechanical engineers, Biochemists, Mathematicians, Zoologists, Meteorologists, Medical Researchers, etc. are represented. Serveral of the scientists are well known for their excellent work in promoting Creation Science (like Dr. John Morris, Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, and Dr. Werner Gitt). And, this assortment of scientists quickly dispels the common myth that "good scientists" do not believe in a literal understanding of the book of Genesis and how we all got here. Though the essays do become technical at times (which is to be expected...and appreciated) they are always explained and not above the understanding of the layman. For example, Dr. Ed Holroyd, PhD in Atmospheric science, explains his fascination with the stars and their proof for, not only the supernatural creation of them, but very recently. He relates:"...there is an interesting phenomenon among the stars that gives a time scale in agreement with that in the Bible. By watching other galaxies of similar composition to our own, we know aboiut how often there are supervovae explosions in our Milky Way because of the nebula remnants of the explosions. We can calculate that we should be able to detect those nebulae for millions of years before they diffuse and blend into the background. Our radio telescopes can see through the dust with ease and detect many more supernova remnant than we can see at optical wavelengths. How many supernova remnants are out htere in our own galaxy? There are only enough for about 7000, not millions of years of explosions."And such statements are made over and over again in the book with clarity and punch. From the design complexity of DNA, to the make up of intelligent language, to the improbabilities of evolution vs. the 2nd law of thermodynamics etc. the authors share the sparks that started the bonfires of their faith. And this is a remarkable thing, for they show powerfully that a person can have a fundemental belief in Biblical inerrancy, therefore believing in a literal Genesis account, and still believe in objective science. And that, is about time!Moreover, the testimony type format of the book is very effective. For, not only do they present the arguments in favor of Creation and revealing the bankruptcy of evolution, they also do so in a way that reveals their own journeys of faith. It puts interest and substance into the essays.This book provides tremendous proof in favor of God creating the world in 6 literal 24 hour days and puts further nails in the coffin of Darwinism. This book should be read by every person wh o is a skeptic, who has a passion for Creation or science, or just anyone who wants a better perspective on how literal creationists see things. This is a refreshing, solid book (both scientifically and theologically) and I highly recommend it.