Design Revolution

Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design

By: William Dembski

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution? This book answers the toughest questions about Intelligent Design. As the Intelligent Design movement has gained momentum over recent years, questions have naturally arisen to challenge its provocative claims. With clarity and concision, William Dembski responds to the most vexing questions and objections raised by experts and non-experts.

©2004 William A. Dembski (P)2008 christianaudio.com

I wish the book had preserved the 40-odd chapters

The audiobook abandoned the chapter format of the print copy. Therefore it is hard to access previous chapters as cited elsewhere in the book. Book is very technical. A glossary of terms would be helpful for the lay reader from outside the discpline.

Interesting Book

Dembski does a nice job expanding upon other works in the Intelligent Design community. His work on information theory is particularly interesting and relavent to the subject. I especially liked the last few chapters. Would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about Intelligent Design.

Gives a good synopsis of the I D movement.

Although Dembski's reasoning is clear, I need to go over it again to follow as clearly.

Nothing less then outstanding!

This is the best book to date that I’ve read on intelligent design. More philosophy of science, logic, and simple reasoning than direct science, and this book is a must read for any person interested in this new idea.

Not a natural transition to audio

This book contains many excellent responses to common objections to Intelligent Design, and is an must have reference for the subject.

Unfortunately, it is not really meant to be read (or listened to) from beginning to end. Questions are answered in sequence, as individual responses. The author does not assume the reader has read the book from the beginning to that point, so he repeats himself often.

So my suggestion would be to buy the printed version -- unless you don't mind highly repetitive narration of very strong arguments.

Rigorous assessment of the scientific basis for ID

Dembski pulls out the big academic guns for assessing and elucidating the scientific basis undergirding ID theory. Claims to the contrary by Darwinian devotees are thoughtfully examined exposing a basis of philosophical bias rather than the bespectacled claim to scientific purity. The book can get rather technical at times by necessity.

Profound and didactic, but worth the effort

The author makes some excellent points as he goes through the arguments for Intelligent Design. It seems like he is making the same point from about 20 different directions, so you may find yourself wondering if he will ever be finished. My feeling is that he realized that the reader/listener would need a lot of repetition to get these concepts into our thick skulls. For those who really want to have an understanding of ID, this is a great book, but it is not for anyone who just wants a general discussion of the subject. If you like to listen to the audiobook, you will probably want to buy the paper copy so you can write in it and dogear the pages.

the fresh air...

of a paradigm shift! accessible and fairly easy to follow. Excellent narration. i recommend it.

DETAILED

Sometimes a bit dense but chalked full of counter arguments for ID. I will have to listen to it again.

I thought I had a good grasp of Darwinian Flaws --

Would you listen to Design Revolution again? Why?

yes -- excellent book with excellent, easy to grasp, scientific arguments. Shows the difference between science and ideology.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Design Revolution?

Says that back in Darwin's day people thought fly's were just made of slime. Now we know about DNA.

What does Grover Gardner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Easy to listen to so I finished it. Reading such a long book is a project.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Quantifying "design" via specified complexity to mathematically infer design instead of subjective means.

Any additional comments?

Instead of being a religious zealot -- approach creation scientifically. The truth is the truth.