Science, Creation & EvolutionHeard of this book? :: Re: Heard of this book?beads wrote:Have any of you out there ever heard of and/or read the book "In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood" by Walt Brown? I am in the middle of reading it, currently, and it is quite good. It's main focus is presenting the "hydroplate theory," and comparing and contrasting it with the various theories that are popular in mainstream science today. It is very scientific (as opposed to religious) in its approach to dealing with the evidence as it relates to both creation and evolution. It is written in textbook style, but it's written in such a way that a layman like myself can read with comprehension.
One of the things that I've found really interesting is how Dr. Brown explains that a valid theory about the origins of earth should be able to account for, or at least provide some kind of explanation for, all of what we see in the universe today. So, If we see events A, B, and C, then a valid theory should offer plausible explanations for and predictions about all three events. Current evolutionary theory is only able to speak to 1 or 2 of the events, but not all three. The hydroplate theory can speak to all three.
This thread isn't really meant to be a debate about the book and its contents (but if it turns into that, then so be it). Rather, I just want to encourage everyone to read the book. I'm not sure if it would be in your local library (and even if it was, I fear it would be under the "religion" category instead of the "science" category, where it belongs), but I did look for it on amazon.com and found that you can get a copy for about $15. I recommend it - it's a good read, if nothing else!
You can find the book online at http://www.creationscience.com/index.html, though it seems to be a bit different now than when I first read parts of it. Could you compare it with your book and see if there are many changes? There are some things about it I'd like to discuss if you don't mind. To start with, I haven't had time to reread all of the relevant pages but, IIRC, Brown's theory accounts for comets, asteroids and water on the dark side of Mercury as being flung into space from earth. Is that what you understand?
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