Book Reviews

“This book. ‘Buried Alive’ will grab the attention of the reader quickly since it unfolds much like a spy movie with chase scenes and lots of action going on. But a spy and chase adventure is not what it’s about. ‘Buried Alive’ has lots of excellent detail on the Neanderthal man. The researcher is an orthodontist and why that is an important background for a researcher to have as a credential becomes obvious as the details unfold. Jack’s opportunities open as he gains access to a portable xray machine and sees a need to do it on the Neanderthal skulls in France . . .”

“To find and prove a major truth which turns a whole field of knowledge around and sets it in a new direction – it’s something wondrous! It can turn a career from ho-hum to glory! It can make a Dr. Whateverhisnamis into a Sir Everyoneknows! Or one can lose a career in the attempt.

Dr. Steven Collins says he wasn’t looking to go against the consensus regarding the location of biblical Sodom in 1996.He was leading tours in the Holy Land, so it was his business to speak authoritatively of the sites visited. It was just that what could be said of the evidence for the consensus was feeling rather weak. Bab-edh-Dhra and Numeira, at the southern end of the Dead Sea, were considered likely candidates for Sodom and Gomorrah, but some of the facts seemed wrong. He decided to go over the whole question anew . . .”

Supplemental Reading:

God created; Man observed, learned, and copied . . .

Perhaps man technically did not ‘steal’ these designs – designed by God – from nature; but we sure did learn from them, adapted them, and are using them in everyday life.

What is a “design”? Many things: the organization or structure of formal elements; to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, to intend for a definite purpose. “Design” is the result of planning, organizing and building with the intention of the resulting structure fitting a definite purpose precisely. An item as simple as a toothpick requires design: shape, size, wood selection, how to make it – and more. Relatively simple, but not trivial. An airplane or a skyscraper is very complex – requiring hundreds (thousands) of designers to achieve the desired result: a strong, reliable, efficient, safe and comfortable aircraft. God’s designs are even far more complex. And His designs are perfectly suited for their intended use and they work perfectly.

This book contains over 30 examples of designs in nature which have been studied by and adapted by men. Each example is printed on facing pages with excellent color illustrations and photos. One design shows how termites build tall mounds to develop airflow for ventilation. Man has adapated that principle in tall buildings. The building acts as a chimney, pulling outside air through the building, thus ventilating it with fresh, cool air. The designs are complex. “Engineers have long examined God’s creation to understand and mimic complex and proven mechanics of design.” This book shows examples. Each turn of the page introduces a new topic with exciting details. Readable; detailed enough that ‘most everyone can understand and appreciate God’s creations better.

I would suggest this book for older children (6th grade and up) through adults, including those technically trained.

“Benjamin Wiker’s Moral Darwinism explores how Western Civilization began to sink into hedonism even as it reached the height of its power. Every system of morality (even amorality) requires its own cosmology and worldview to hold it up. Wiker shows how the 17th through 18th century forefathers of today’s academics resurrected the ideology of the ancient Greek thinker Epicurus. Epicurus designed his epistemology, or method of knowing things, to exclude human interaction with the gods as a real-world possibility a priori or prior to examining any evidence or reasoning . . .”

“This is a book that will not only verify what we knew all along and will also no doubt bring up
points worth considering in connection to the ‘race’ debate. It doesn’t matter where we come from, what color our skin is, the truth is we’ll find good people in every place – and in those places not so good . . .”

“This book has the math (not all that difficult, if you know calculus) to show the effects when God stretched (or spread out) (Isaiah Chapters 40-45) the Universe from Day One to/or on the Fourth Day of Creation in particular; and how the Universe seems to be operating now. This is talking about the Space-Time Continuum or the ‘fabric of space’ in which were placed on the 4th Day the Sun, Moon, Stars and all the other objects in space that we see. The equations in the Appendices of this book deal with Red-Shift, Time and Clock rates which are different depending where in space we happen to be looking. This book needs to be read along with Russ Humphrey’s earlier book ‘Starlight and Time’ . . .”

“This book talks about the origin, nature, and purpose of mathematics without going into the specifics of any particular subject. It does talk at a higher level and refers to the different topics such as algebra, calculus, geometry, complex numbers, etc. in a fascinating and easy to read book. A key question is, ‘Is math a man made thing (invented) or has it been put together by God (we discovered it)?’ . . .”