Today most people believe that Darwin's explanation of the origin of species is indisputable fact. The truth is much more surprising: Not only has Darwin's theory not been proved, it has come under increasing criticism from within the scientific community itself. While evolution - the common descent of species - is still plausible scientific theory, Darwin's ideas about how this process ocurred are collapsing. As the façade of Darwinism steadily crumbles, the teaching of the Catholic Church is emerging as the sound of truth. Did Darwin Get It Right? sorts out the facts about evolution by showing that Catholic belief about God's creation and scientific evidence about the origins of the universe are mutually compatible. By demonstrating that Darwin used his own highly dubious philosophical notions and his own circumspect religious sentiments to explain the mechanisms of evolution, George Sim Johnston proves that a reasonable Catholic middle ground exists between the poles of biblical and scientific absolutism. |
