People in Space

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Summary: The Universe is multi-dimensional
Review: If you accept science, that multiple dimensions do exist, this book will mean a lot to you. If not, you are probably assuming that a telestial instrument (satellites/orbiters) made by man can detect or view either terrestrial or celestial inhabitants on our neighboring planets. The information in this book came from supernatural sources and will only be viewed by the same means.

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Summary: This Book is a Joke!
Review: When I first started reading the book, I thought it was tongue in cheek humor, but John is actually serious!

If you believe everything that is told to you by any Mormon authority, if you soak up every word that proceeds out of "Temple Square" and believe it unquestioningly, then you will find this book an interesting collection of faith promoting "rumors" that have some scientific quips associated with them. On the other hand, if you don't regard the words of the early Mormon Church leaders as the word of God, then you will find this book to be a gross twisting of science that tries to support their ignorant statements about the nature of our solar system.

Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and other early Mormon leaders made several statements about the Moon and Sun and Venus being inhabited by humans. John Heinerman Ph.D. quotes these statements as "evidence" as if they are fact just because Mormon leaders said so. In reality, these were the statements of superstitious Bible fanatics. He claims a conspiracy to hide the "barefoot tracks" discovered by the Apollo Astronauts! He also quotes Mormon prophet Willford Woodruff's journal entry about how the planet Venus was really once part of the Earth, taken up by the power of God, leaving the Gulf of Mexico where the land used to be.

This book is so full of baloney, it's only real value is to show how ridiculous some peoples beliefs are. Like many Mormons, John Heinerman's downfall is that he believes the statements of superstitious men living in the early 1800's to be fact and then uses any scientific sounding bits and pieces to try to make these ridiculous ideas seem credible. The really sad thing is that I know many people who believe like John. The state of Utah is full of people that believe the Earth is only 6000 years old and that the fossils we find in it's strata are extra-terrestrial in origin, being left in the pieces of other planets that God allegedly used to form the one we live on. It almost makes me sad to think that we live in a world where real science is so blatantly ignored.

Do Quakers live on the Moon? Was the earth really 90 times bigger when it was created 6000 years ago? Did God really scoop up a big chunk of the Earth up and make the planet Venus? Do St. John the revelator and the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel live on the asteroid Chiron?

No!

But, John Heinerman Ph.D. would have you believe so.

If I were the head of the institution that gave John his Ph.D., I would be highly embarrassed. This book is classic anti-science at it's worst. (Read Carl Sagan's book: The Demon Haunted World) John's book fails most of Carl's baloney detection tests. The author assumes that only the scientific theories that are in agreement with early Mormon teachings are true and other theories or findings that don't are false. When one assumes the uttering of Joseph Smith Jr., (a man who claimed to receive revelation from God by looking at a "seer" stone placed in his hat) to be scientifically sound, then gathers only what "scientific evidence" seems to support him, a book like this is the result.

Quakers do not live on the moon. The Sun is not inhabited. No one lives on Venus. The earth is at least 4.6 billion years old. Death has always existed on this planet. John Heinerman Ph.D. is full of baloney!

C. Peterson

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Summary: People in Space
Review: Wonderful write up of Mormon theology that is not often heard of. The book explains some of the little known theology of the Mormon church. A great book for anyone considering becoming a member.