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Read By: Tom Weiner Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Politically Incorrect Guides Release Date: December 2007 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481550314

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

17

Longest Chapter Length:

26:38 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

19:02 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

21:58 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Why Darwinism—like Marxism and Freudianism before it—is headed for extinction

In the 1925 Scopes trial, the American Civil Liberties Union sued to allow the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution in public schools. Seventy-five years later, in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the ACLU sued to prevent the teaching of an alternative to Darwin's theory known as "Intelligent Design"—and won. Why did the ACLU turn from defending the free-speech rights of Darwinists to silencing their opponents? Jonathan Wells reveals that, for today's Darwinists, there may be no other choice. Unable to fend off growing challenges from scientists, or to compete with rival theories better adapted to the latest evidence, Darwinism—like Marxism and Freudianism before it—is simply unfit to survive.

Wells begins by explaining the basic tenets of Darwinism, and the evidence both for and against it. He reveals, for instance, that the fossil record, which according to Darwin should be teeming with "transitional" fossils showing the development of one species to the next, so far hasn't produced a single incontestable example. On the other hand, certain well-documented aspects of the fossil record—such as the Cambrian explosion, in which innumerable new species suddenly appeared fully formed—directly contradict Darwin's theory. Wells also shows how most of the other "evidence" for evolution— including textbook icons such as peppered moths, Darwin's finches, Haeckel's embryos, and the Tree of Life—has been exaggerated, distorted, and even faked.

Wells then turns to the theory of intelligent design (ID), the idea that some features of the natural world, such as the internal machinery of cells, are too irreducibly complex to have resulted from unguided natural processes alone. In clear-cut layman's language, he reveals the growing evidence for ID coming out of scientific specialties from microbiology to astrophysics. As Wells explains, religion does play a role in the debate over Darwin—though not in the way evolutionists claim. Wells shows how Darwin reasoned that evolution is true because divine creation must be false—a theological assumption oddly out of place in a scientific debate. In other words, Darwinists' materialistic, atheistic assumptions rule out any theories but their own and account for their willingness to explain away the evidence—or lack thereof.

Darwin is an emperor who has no clothes— but it takes a brave man to say so. Jonathan Wells, a microbiologist with two doctorates, is that brave man. Most textbooks on evolution are written by Darwinists with an ideological ax to grind. Brave dissidents—qualified scientists—who try to teach or write about intelligent design are silenced and sent to the academic gulag. But fear not: Jonathan Wells is a liberator. He unmasks the truth about Darwinism—why it is wrong and what the real evidence is. He also supplies a revealing list of "Books You're Not Supposed to Read" (as far as the Darwinists are concerned) and puts at your fingertips all the evidence you need to challenge the most closed-minded Darwinist.

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"This an excellent and relatively brief survey of Intelligent Design, not only the facts that drive the theory, but also of the politics of those who disagree with it and do everything in their power to suppress it."

— Boris (5 out of 5 stars)

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  • “Jonathan Wells is not only an expert on Darwinism and intelligent design, but he also has a gift for making complex issues easy to understand. He even manages to bring out the humor in this controversy. This is the book liberals don’t want you to read.”

    — Ann Coulter, nationally syndicated columnist and New York Times bestselling author
  • “The mainstream media likes to portray skeptics of Darwinism as bigoted and hopelessly ignorant. But biologist Jonathan Wells (who has PhDs from Berkeley and Yale) shows that many scientists simply can’t alter their Darwinist worldview, and that the theory of intelligent design better explains the actual evidence we have for the development of life. On this fundamentally important issue that affects our schools, our politics, and our understanding of the world, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design is an absolute must-read.

    — David Limbaugh, nationally syndicated columnist and New York Times bestselling author of Crimes against Liberty and Bankrupt
  • “Provides a superb, easily readable summary treatment of the important issues at stake in the intelligent design controversies. It empowers readers to decide the big questions for themslves, rather than being forced to rely on the dictates of biased experts.”

    — Phillip E. Johnson; professor of law emeritus; University of California, Berkeley; and author of Darwin on Trial
  • “Surely the best book ever written on the problems of Darwin’s theory of evolution.”

    — Tom Bethell, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science

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    " Ugh, scientific words - check, many words - check, accusing - check, common freaking sense - FAIL! "

    — Regina, 10/26/2012
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    " I listened to the audio version so it was difficult to follow along with all the topics. Overall it reaffirmed my suspicions that Darwinists use bullying tactics to "prove" their theory. Intelligent Design! "

    — Dave, 9/23/2011
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    " Fascinating discussion of evolution and intelligent design, made understandable for the average person "

    — Bonnie, 4/8/2011
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    " Very interesting read. It bring out many of the follies of darwinism. "

    — Jacob, 4/14/2008
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    " On the downside I did expect it to have a higher percentage of logical flow focus, on the upside though there's quite a couple of interesting idea seeds mentioned which are quite unique. "

    — Void, 10/31/2007
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    " Fascinating discussion of evolution and intelligent design, made understandable for the average person "

    — Bonnie, 7/13/2007

About Jonathan Wells

Jonathan Wells, a post-doctoral biologist and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, holds PhDs from both Yale and UC Berkeley. He is the author of two books and is widely published in academic journals. He lives with his family near Seattle, Washington.

About Tom Weiner

Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.