This Review is on the Ray Comfort (150th year) Edition
Darwin's groundbreaking work is itself very difficult to read. It's the kind of book that we all like to own but don't have the determination to actually get through, just because the material is dull and the language is outdated. This edition, the 150th Anniversary edition with introduction by Ray Comfort (available from his organization for $5), is no different.
Science fans pick up this unique edition however because of it's creationist summary material. Now I know I'm in the minority, but the 50 page forward deconstructs evolution quite effectively, citing the major scientific problems with the theory (the objections do not originate with Comfort himself). Evolutionists criticize the author of this edition, the religious motivation of its publication, it's minority viewpoint, and the surprising juxtaposition of this material with Darwin's (don't worry, Darwin's own text is COMPLETE & UNALTERED), but they rarely attempt to refute the (many) scientific evidences discrediting evolution, most of which are summarized in this edition (e.g., in the reviews below: note that their objections are actually philosophical/religious. None are scientific. This is typical.) Certainly, you will never hear this material in a classroom - it's "forbidden science". Therefore, get it if you are looking for a good summary of evolution's many scientific problems - (such knowledge should really be a required prerequisite for blasting any creationist). Usually evolutionists have never even been exposed to these problems - I know, I've polled both sides. Creationists naturally know the other side much better just because they've had the material in school.
Here are some of Comfort's science-based examples: Why do Polonium-218 halos exist in granite? Why have no supernovas yet sterilized earth? Why are both the Helium and Carbon-14 contents of the atmosphere still increasing? Why has the director of the largest fossil collection in the world said he is not aware of ANY transitional fossils? Why is the salt content of the oceans so low despite the continual yearly increase? Why does human DNA continue to rapidly unravel at the ends (at a rate that will kill us after 100,000 years, yet we're alive)? How could man evolve when it takes 600 beneficial mutations per generation(!) to change from a chimp in two million years (then find a mate with the exact same 240 million mutations)? Why do the sedimentary layers have so few micrometeorites despite the present high rate of deposition? Why does the sun continue to shrink yet was 'perfectly safe' 3 billion years ago? Why hasn't the current rate of erosion rounded the mountain peaks and erased the continents long, long ago? Why are the the mathematics of evolution absolutely totally mind boggling (an EXPONENT! of SIX! digits!!!) These are a few of the still unanswered problems with what Comfort calls, the "evolution religion", that you'll never hear in school but will find summarized in this book. Get it to arm yourself with BOTH sides of the debate.
(And finally, although Comfort's intro is virtually all science and accompanying scientific deductions, he does add a short religious conclusion, so don't be shocked and offended. I know such a thing can be terrifying and traumatic. Look, I recommend that when you get to the last page or two of the forward, just stop reading and run for your life!)Read full review
