The Evolution Deceit
Harun Yahya
TaHa Publishers, 2000;
£6.95
ISBN 1897940971
Rating: 3/4
Everyone takes the theory of evolution
for granted. How many people even
know where the ideas for the theory
came from, apart from spontaneously saying
"Darwin"? Have you ever thought that it
might all sound a bit vague and far fetched?
The Evolution Deceit completely explodes
the myths surrounding the theory, with nothing but evidence based scientific research and
knowledge. At the end of the day, that's all it is,
a theory, that was never proved. Darwin himself admitted that there were problems with it.
The rapid advancement of science in the last
century has only served to give a better
perception of the immensity of the problem
of the origin of life on earth rather than to its
solution. Thousands of scientists around the
world, particularly in the United States and
Europe, defy the theory of evolution and have
published many books on its invalidity. This is
just one of them.
This glossy book takes you step by step
through different aspects of the theory,
explaining why these were proposed, and
providing clear arguments against them. The
theory fails at the very first step because never
mind the cell, it is unable to explain even the
formation of a single protein. Some leading
evolutionists have even acknowledged this
fact. In his book The Origin of Life (1936), the
Russian evolutionist Alexander I Oparin confesses, "Unfortunately, the origin of the cell
remains a question which is actually the darkest point of the complete evolution theory."
There are beautiful illustrations of fossils
and wildlife and photos of famous scientists.
This book is a bit meaty at the start, but once
you get into it, it is truly fascinating and quite
humbling to realise that as much as we think
we have advanced, the development of the
human body is the most awesome feat of all.
There is a section at the end of the book that
is mind blowing with its simple but
phenomenal concepts. It boils down to the
world being only a collection of perceptions.
After all the scientific evidence is presented,
the book describes how evolutionary theory
has not excluded the possibility of religion at
all, despite the claims of some scientists. It is
a book for anyone genuinely interested in
understanding how life came to be, but be
prepared to approach the subject with an
open mind.
Amina Rahman, fourth year medical student, University of Manchester
Email: mmmr7ar2@stud.man.ac.uk
studentBMJ 2001;09:171-216 June ISSN 0966-6494
