Great information and great variety

I loved reading this book. The variety of topics and the timeliness of them was fantastic. So much important information brought together in one resource. I think you could turn this book into a full year college course just trying to digest each part of it and read the excellent resources the author refers to. I look forward to spending more time with this book.

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3 Books in One!!

From the beginning to the end of this book I completely took notes, sat open mouthed with awe and surprise at all the new insights that I learned — and learn as I listen again and again—from this wonderful author. He has truly lived a life that expresses the joy he has for Learning about God through the real scientific process—ask and ye SHALL receive—and his love for Jesus Christ and God‘s science. It’s amazing that even at his age he is still mountain biking! His health solutions obviously work!
He’s a great example of a man who applied what he knows and lives with integrity, and it comes out in these pages. A gem of a book! Everyone should have a dog- earred copy next to their Bible on their shelves… oh and a physics science dictionary. ;-)

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A differing view of evolution

I realize that most reviews on David Allan's book were given close to 5 stars. I wonder if this partly because the raters had a high notion of religiosity. And therefore he was preaching to the choir. I am Christian and strongly believe that most of the Bible, especially the NT is close to being factual. But I have always assumed that much of the OT is metaphorical. I am a physician and neurologist. And it is obvious to me that evolution is factual without question. I also agree that Christianity and evolution can be understood to be compatible. However I was disappointed by this book in the way evolution was dismissed or distorted. Evolution is clearly valid and verifiable by several means. And obviously the earth is over 4000 years old- off by over 6 decimals - without even needing further comment. I would venture that even most Christians acknowledge this fact. And humanity is descended from the great apes which has been verified in many way anthropologically as well as genetically. I finally had to put this book down because it became bizarre. So I hope that I did not miss some punch line toward the end that I had not come to. And if so, I apologize. I really don't feel that science can prove religion or visa versa for that matter, especially if the OT is taken as absolute fact rather than metaphorical. But I do believe that many parallelisms can be drawn with a little flexibility in interpreting the OT. For example Genesis is the big bang. Knowledge of sin and temptation by the serpent in the Garden of Eden is the human inclination toward use of speech, and the knowledge of sin related to acquisition of symbol usage such that the difference between right and wrong, certainly an abstract concept that only through language can the concept be understood. Humanity is a species of the great ape, but a very unusual and special creature. He is one who uses digitized symbols, language and speech. And because of this unique ability (perhaps divinely inspired) capable of understanding creation of the universe (and the heavens), sending man into space, and relating complicated concepts to each other by composing works such as the Bible. And thereby humanity has arrived at the notion that there must be a creator - another abstract concept requiring language and symbols. And in this respect we are fashioned in his image. I might respectfully suggest the above concept as a better attempt. PH

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