Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (Audible Audio Edition) Aron Ra Pitchstone Publishing Books
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Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As Aron Ra makes clear, however, every single argument deployed by creationists in their attacks on evolution is founded on fundamental scientific, religious, and historical falsehoods - all of them. Among their most popular claims is that evolution is a religion, that there are no transitional species, that there are no beneficial mutations, and that supposedly sacred scripture is the infallible word of God. Yet, as the evidence and data plainly show, each of these claims is demonstrably and unequivocally false. There is simply no truth to creationism whatsoever, and the entire enterprise rests on a foundation of falsehoods. This book explains and exposes the worst of these lies, and should be listened to by all who honestly care about following the evidence no matter where it might lead in pursuit of the truth.
Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (Audible Audio Edition) Aron Ra Pitchstone Publishing Books
I am a big fan of Aaron Ra's videos, podcasts, etc., and I have watched several of his video series of the same name, but find that I like the book MUCH better than the videos... (which is odd, because I usually am more of an auditory learner) I think it's because in the videos, Aaron moves SO quickly through the material that it's hard to catch everything, and a lot of it went over my head. With the book, I can take all the time I need to read, re-read, highlight, make notes, etc. (although, I gotta say, the book has so much GREAT material in it, that I've got so much highlighted that I can't go back and find things, because I'm sure I've got well over half the book highlighted, so far! LOL!) As a former fundamentalist/evangelical young-earth creationist home-schooler, this is truly a breath of fresh air. Aaron gives very good arguments and evidence to back up all of his assertions. Great book!Product details
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Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (Audible Audio Edition) Aron Ra Pitchstone Publishing Books Reviews
Speaking as a big fan of AronRa's YouTube channel, I was very optimistic about the book's content after first hearing about it. Unfortunately, after reading it cover-to-cover, I found it to be a mixed bag.
This dense non-fiction tome is packed full of information presented in a colloquial, easygoing style similar to the content of the YouTube videos. However, while I can personally vouch for the veracity of 99% of the statements in the book due to my own research, there's no bibliography, and citations are limited to the occasional reference in the text, in the vein of "in X author's book Y, published in year Z," which undermines the book's professional credibility. In addition, the book is absolutely riddled with typos and "spell-os," ranging from simple letter transpositions ("ancient rock cravings") to more noticeable mistakes, such as rendering the name of Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain as "Darren O'Brien."
In conclusion, while I do recommend this book to any fan of AronRa's YouTube channel, it was disappointing in terms of research and production quality. It's a decent book, but with a little more research and polish, it could have been great.
While you are reading Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism you can imagine Aron Ra speaking at some conference detailing the harm of child indoctrination. The video series that this book is based on is also excellent and everyone who wants to become more educated in the facts of evolution should youtube it. This book is excellent and we need many more people who are as passionate as Aron Ra to spread reason and logic and science to the world. We need to stand up to any organization that spreads anti-science messages and this book is a basis of knowledge that helps to refute this religious dogma. Well done Aron!
If you're familiar with Aron Ra, this book is largely a review of his brilliant "Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism" series. It's more in depth, and covers some new ground, but the roots tie into that series and it's well worth the read. He gets into things a bit deeper and throws in several interesting, new pieces of information.
If you're not familiar with Aron Ra - I recommend this book even more highly in addition to the video series on YouTube as well as his "Refuting the Irrefutable Proof of God" series on YouTube. He is exceedingly good at taking immensely complicated scientific material and making them accessible to even the most basic people in terms of their scientific knowledge or ability. He is also incredibly good at pointing out what believers get wrong about their own texts and making them accessible to lay minds as well. For believers, I strongly suggest you read it. He addresses every claim made in support of creationism, or "creation science" - and puts them to bed with bullet proof, ironclad arguments and a well rounded body of facts that anyone can observe or check the veracity of. Unless you're the sort who would say 2+2=7 you cannot walk away from his series on YouTube or this book and still believe in creationism or indeed religion as a whole. It's impossible unless you're patently dishonest or simply care more about what you want than what is reality.
A side note - you should also check out his science series. It's entirely apart from his "science versus religion" videos. However it's incredibly interesting as again, Aron Ra is very good at taking even the most complex matters of science and making them accessible and understandable no matter how basic your background in science may be. He also does a very good job of keeping it interesting and entertaining even for those who have high level degrees in the subject.
Fundamental falsehoods video series is a must-view for anyone interested in understanding the deception present in the systematic attacks levied against science by those motivated by religious ignorance.
This book expounds on the video series with even more scientific information. The existence of the Dictyostelium discoideum organism, for instance, was fascinating and a very interesting link between single cellular and multi-cellular organisms. It was not described in detail in the video but described very clearly in the book.
I found the transitional fossil chapter and others particularly helpful. The only criticism would be lack of pictures - perhaps future editions could have those.
If Dan Dennet, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens are the 4 Horsemen of Atheism. . .
Aron Ra is the Horse who gallops the Gospel of Atheism into battle -- seriously, look at this dude's hair. Awesome as f***.
I was raised to believe EVERYTHING put out by Answers in Genesis (mom was friends with Ken Ham).
Aron has done more to teach me about the fact of evolution than any other voice I've listened to -- even Professor Dawkins himself!
I am a big fan of Aaron Ra's videos, podcasts, etc., and I have watched several of his video series of the same name, but find that I like the book MUCH better than the videos... (which is odd, because I usually am more of an auditory learner) I think it's because in the videos, Aaron moves SO quickly through the material that it's hard to catch everything, and a lot of it went over my head. With the book, I can take all the time I need to read, re-read, highlight, make notes, etc. (although, I gotta say, the book has so much GREAT material in it, that I've got so much highlighted that I can't go back and find things, because I'm sure I've got well over half the book highlighted, so far! LOL!) As a former fundamentalist/evangelical young-earth creationist home-schooler, this is truly a breath of fresh air. Aaron gives very good arguments and evidence to back up all of his assertions. Great book!
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