Re: [asa] Recommendation for a book on evolution?

Paul,
 
I have traveled in your shoes exactly. For me the books that broke my intellectual resistance to evolution were:
 
1) Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean Carroll which covers evo devo and Hox genes and the evolutionary mechanism for adding complexity other than by single point mutations which is a frequent counter to evolution.
 
2) The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution also by Sean Carroll deals with the concept of pseudogenes which is really the smoking gun for common descent.
 
3) Plagiarized Errors and Molecular Genetics by Edward E. Max, M.D., Ph.D. is a classic online article that recaps this pseudogene argument for common ancestry in humans http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/molgen/
 
and in case you don't trust the scientific evidence from non-theists...
 
4) Language of God by Francis Collins recaps all the same evidence plus the fused chromosome argument as well.
 
Lastly, you may find it interesting to note that Behe even concedes common descent in his latest book Edge of Evolution and he does a convincing job in my opinion of showing the limits of random point mutation but I have since come to believe that this book is somewhat misleading since that is only one mechanism of the many that contribute to complexity.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Thanks
 
John

 
----- Original Message ----
From: Mountainwoman <hrc54@alltel.net>
To: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:19:38 AM
Subject: [asa] Recommendation for a book on evolution?

I was an old earth/progressive creationist (having absorbed almost all of Hugh Ross's books) until very recently. After reading Keith Miller's "Perspectives on an Evolving Creation" and Kenneth Miller's "Finding Darwin's God," I am now seriously considering theistic evolution. I already have more than enough material on the theological case for and against theistic evolution.
 
My request to the list is for recommendations for one recent mass market book that makes the scientific case for evolution. Any suggestions?
 
Paul Bruggink (ASA Member)

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Received on Thu Dec 13 09:31:02 2007