DARWIN’S NEMESIS
Philip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement
Edited by William A. Dembski. IVP. 357 pages. £14.99
ISBN 1 84474 128 1
According to a recent survey reported in October’s EN, 19% of UK students claimed to accept intelligent design (ID) as the basis for the origin of life; another 12% of the 1,000 students surveyed accepted creationism.
I actually wonder how much the 1,000 students surveyed really know about either ID or creationism! Maybe even take that a stage further — how much does the average person in the church know about what are essentially two distinct approaches to counteract the generally accepted position of Darwinian naturalism! Although many EN readers will be familiar with some creationist writing, I imagine that there are fewer who have given serious consideration to the strengths and weaknesses of the ID movement.
