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Summary: Powerful presentation of the creation.
Review: This is an extraordinary, eye-popping presentation of the confirmation of biblical creation by current scientific knowledge of the origin of the universe. Schroeder makes a very clear discourse on the physics that is totally understandable.
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Summary: Difference between Scientists, Theologians and Dr. Schroeder
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The search for the ultimate truth takes on many forms. We all want to know the answers to the questions of How? and Why? For a greater part of documented history there seem to have been two different tracks toward discovering the answers to the innumerable how's and why's. Science, using a process similar to reverse engineering works on these questions and, to date, has only been able to provide us with the how. Theology, on the otherhand, seems to be quite capable of providing the why's but falls short in the how. In "The Science of God" Dr. Gerald Scroeder presents an ancient book called the Old Testament as the answer to both the how's and why's. His unique ability to present, to the best of his ability, the idea that--if the Bible was in fact divined by God, then it may hold the secrets of how as well as the why--is both captivating and compelling. Dr. Schroeder maintains that true understanding of the Bible, comes at a price of studying the ancient commentaries as well. This theory makes sense because we can think of biblical scholarship as a long game of broken telephone. The farther away we are from the author of the Bible, the more likely we are to misinterpret the text. As a student of ancient Biblical commentary, I find that many seemingly ambiguous statements in the Old Testament can actually be clarified with the help of commentaries such as the Kabalah and Mimonedes. In his book, Dr. Schroeder accurately presents these ancient interpretations, and explains how these commentators help us to find a peaceful coexistance between the accurate interpretation of the bible and current scientific discovery and understanding. This book is suggested reading material for anyone who is willing to put aside their religious or scientific bias and try to take a look at what Dr. Schroeder suggests is the answer to our How's and Why's.
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Summary: Geat book! Leaves you wanting to learn more.
Review: I this book was simply fantastic to read. The only area in which it falls short is the fact the author did not write more. After finishing the book I still wanted to learn more. It dramatically changes your prespective on life and the universe.
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Summary: Compelling,intelligentand ambitious work.
Review: Gerald Schroder has written a compelling, intelligent and ambitious work which bolsters the creationists, as opposed to literalists, side of the evolutionary debate. Genisis, the first six days, and the BIG BANG,explained as epochs, understood in terms of a process of events, is one of the best explantions of the 24-hour day conundrum I have read.
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Summary: A must read for the faith, reason and scripture Christian
Review: I found the book very thought provoking and worthy of extended discussion. The nuances of the ancient Hebrew texts and commentary of the rabbinical fathers as compared to modern day quantum mechanics were particularly interesting. Anyone who studies the Judeo-Christian epistemology should find the work interesting. The author is very good about not assuming the reader's depth of knowledge of physics and provides a nonprofessional's explanation, with examples, of difficult topics. A physicist friend of mine from Fermi Lab found the author's physics solid and his assumptions workable.
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Summary: An amazing, thought-provoking read
Review: I never realized that a book dealing with science could be so poetic and intriguing. Yet Dr. Schroeder has written such a book: a real page turner. Using information from the fields of micro-biology to quantum mechanics to cosmology, as well as traditional biblical commentaries from past centuries, Dr. Schroeder brings amazing and convincing data to support his thesis that science and the Bible are not only compatible but the study of one is enhanced by the study of the other. The knowledge brought from both do not compete or contradict, but converge. Without being in any way dogmatic or preachy, Dr. Schroeder shows how biblical texts have within them the hidden meanings known in ancient times which we can only now more completely understand with the help of science. One cannot come away from this book without a deeper appreciation of the intricacies of of the world we live in from the smallest particle to the scope of the expanding universe. The "how" that we can learn from science is absolutely mind-boggling. Dr. Schroeder helps synthesize this with the no less intriguing "why" that we can gain form biblical sources. Anyone interested in such diverse topics as what kind of statistical possibilities are necessary for random evolution, the naturalness of miracles, and what kind of god allows the good to suffer will appreciate this awesome book.
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Summary: Astounding bordering on beyond words
Review: The only reason that this isn't a ten is so that I can always have an ace, just in case the book to end all books is published. Dr. Schroeder gives answers to questions that I always felt were and would be unanswerable. He shows us not only how man, the universe, earth, etc. were created, but why they were created. This book has broadened my mind and given my life meaning. I will never read the torah (the bible) the same way again.
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Summary: Contradictions between science and Bible stem from ignorance
Review: When I wrote Genesis And The Big Bang, I did not realize I was providing answers to questions that intrigued persons literally around the world. The publishers did. It is now in seven languages. In Genesis And The Big Bang, I present general approaches to resolve seeming contradictions between the Book of Genesis and the scientific description of our cosmic genesis. The Science Of God goes beyond the general approach. As such it is far more controversial. Yet the sources for both books are equally valid. For the science, I use only peer-reviewed, mainstream data appearing in the leading scientific journals. For biblical interpretation, I rely only on mainstream ancient commentary, that which was recorded centuries, even millennia, before the present. The temporal separation between the science and the biblical commentary ensures that the one did not influence the other. And so when we find that the biblical description of the creation of our universe brought to us a thousand years ago (by kabala and this being the only kabalistic description, not one among many!), matches big bang cosmology, it is worthy of note. The same tradition tells us that, looking forward in time from the beginning, the six days of Genesis were 24 hours each but contained all the "ages of the universe" which we measure looking backward in time. One might wonder how days can contain ages. The general answer of course was provided by Einstein in the laws of relativity. The specific numbers equating these two vastly different perspectives of time are listed in peer-reviewed scientific literature found in university libraries around the world. The close agreement between these two sources of wisdom is unnerving. In the fields of evolution, micro-biology and paleontology, discoveries in the past decade have revolutionized our understanding of the flow of life. As such, Scientific American was forced to ask "has the mechanism of evolution changed?" The journal Science titled a lead article, "Did Darwin get it all right?" And answered its question with a no! Stephen J. Gould wrote that the fossil record indicates evolution is "channelled" in the directions it can take. These major changes in long held paradigms are not easily accepted. Cognitive dissonance is an inherent trait of humanity. While the review in The Book List describes "Schroeder's careful and responsible handling of the data on origins from science and Genesis chapter one" rating the book "highly recommended," Publishers Weekly feels "hard-core materialists will bridle at [this] exegesis, ...spiritually inclined readers will find the material provocative." David Nartonis in the Christian Science Monitor "enjoyed being challenged to think freshly and speculatively about some familiar Bible topics," continuing to say "I don't think there was single page that lost my interest - as critical as that interest may sometimes have been." The goal of The Science Of God is indeed to challenge. It has received words of extreme praise from theologians as diverse as Pat Robertson, Shlomo Riskin, and Zola Levitt. I leave it to the reader to decide if indeed ancient commentary has been matched by modern science, and if it has, what the implication of that agreement is.
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Summary: Revised Title: The Delusions of Gerald Schroeder
Review: I was intrigued by the title, but agitated by the contents. The entire book is filled with completely preposterous assumptions and conclusions. After reading such a book, I begin to question why someone, such as Gerald Schroeder, view themselves as scientists.
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Summary: Science of the Goofed!
Review: The most charitable comment I can give to this book is that "it is a journey". More specifically, it is a torturing journey. The author tends to mix up very simple scientific methodology and metaphysical philosophy. Often, Gerald seems to look like an armchair philosopher and jumps to unsupported onotological conclusion. One may find plenty philosophical problems in the analysis, arguments from personal credulity and incredulity. The arguments are not even close to being convincing. I would not recommend this chauvinistic exegesis to anyone would like to 'find things out'.
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