The World That Perished

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Actually, Whitcomb does use science to refute science, in addition to using Scripture to refute some rationalistic presuppositions. Excellent work at a popular level.

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Summary: Do you have a desire for TRUTH....LOOK here.
Review: If you are a Christian and have had questions about the Genesis Flood and want to know more about what the Bible says about it and what science does and does not say about it, then this book might be what you are looking for.

You can be one of two people. Either you believe that the Bible and everything it says is truth and that it is infallible, or you don't believe it at all. We can not pick and choose what is or not "really" true in the Bible, because even if a small portion is not true then none of it is...including the resurrection of Christ.

After reading this book I have come to the conclusion that the Bible says exactly what happened concerning the Flood. And it discourages me to hear of Christians that say the flood is a myth or that it never happened as the Bible says it did.

John C. Whitcomb is an excellent writter. The book is an easy read, I read it in a week. He also breaks up the reading with small bits of information, usually it is about something he is talking about, for example: "Petrified Logs," "Frozen Mammoths" or "Rapid formation of Oil Deposits." He not only gives his opinions in his book, he also gives many other scientists opinions as well, so the reader can make up his or her own mind. He gives at the end of the book pages and pages of Bibliography so the reader can read for themselves the authors and the books he is discussing.

In his summary Whitcomb states, "If one begins with the complex array of scientific data and current interpretations of these data without a revealed and thus infallible frame of reference, the conclusions will be ultimately self-contradictory. But with God's Word as his guiding light, one can look at the scientific data from a unifying perspective and thus be assured of ultimate satisfaction." I am only a college student trying to get her degree in education but with my little knowledge I whole heartly recomend this book to anyone who has a desire to know the truth and who wishes to make their own conclusions.

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Summary: One of the worst books I've ever read
Review: This book is horrible. I am not writing this review as a disenchanted uniformitarianism, but actually as a Christian scientist. It is the attitude of such men as Mr. Whitcomb that the myth of the ignorant Christian is perpetuated. In his book, he attempts to disprove science by simply dismissing it, rather than actually addressing the issue. It is by skirting the issue that he hopes to make his impact. Also, he uses italics and exclamation points heavily, which is a sign of emotional, rather than sound, scientific logic. Whitcomb must learn that in order to disprove science, you have to use science. I would not ever recommend this book, unless you are morbidly curious to read such an atrocity.