Unintelligent Design

Why God isn't as smart as she thinks she is

By: Robyn Williams

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Paperback | 1 August 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Using all sorts of examples from the natural and scientific world Robyn Williams takes on the stalking monster of fundamentalist religion and creationism in a short, wicked and witty debunk of the nonsense that is intelligent design - a book to infuriate the religious right and amuse the rest of us.

Intelligent design has found its way into the headlines, has been spruiked in the Parliament and is now trying to slink into our schools. So where did this wilfully ignorant sibling of creationism and its anti-scientific arguments spring from? And why is it refusing to go away?

Using all the richness of the scientific and natural worlds, Robyn Williams takes on the stalking monster in a short, wicked and witty debunk of ID. Why make the earth, the solar system, our galaxy and all the rest, he asks, when the Garden of Eden was all that was needed? And then there's lifespan. During long periods of human history, the life expectancy of men was a mere 22 years and children were lucky to toddle, let alone grow up. Why the waste? And shouldn't we sue God for sinus blockages, hernias, appendix flare-ups and piles, not to mention bad backs?

This is a book to infuriate the forces of darkness, and anger and amuse the rest of us.

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General Popular Science Philosophy of Science Religion & Beliefs Religion Philosophy of Religion Nature & Existence of God Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Evolution

Comedy & Humour Religious Issues & Debates Religion & Science

In the beginning	p. 1
Proud ignorance	p. 9
A cosmic coincidence?	p. 22
Four revolutions	p. 42
Vile bodies, or, does God ever get a bad back?	p. 57
Original sin : trouble in the brain	p. 74
Intelligent sex	p. 88
From Dayton to Dover	p. 103
ID in Australia	p. 120
God's only excuse	p. 133
Williams versus God	p. 151
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