The Creationuts have really put their foot in it. They've pissed off the geologists. It's one thing to annoy a bunch of airy-fairy evolutionary biologists, but quite another to awake the sleeping geological dragon. Yes, let the cage match begin.
According to the UC Press website, this book will be a unique addition to the growing ranks of books that demonstrate how science works better than magical thinking.
According to the idea of intelligent design, nature's complexity is the result of deliberate planning by a supernatural creative force. To date, most scientific arguments against this form of creationism have been made by evolutionary biologists. In this volume, a team of earth scientists reveals that the flaws of intelligent design are not limited to the biological sciences. Indeed, the geological sciences offer some of the best refutation of intelligent design arguements. For the Rock Record is dedicated to the proposition that the idea of intelligent design should be of serious concern to everyone. Editors Jill S. Schneiderman and Warren D. Allmon have gathered leading figures from the geological community with a wide range of viewpoints that go to the heart of the debate over what is and is not science. The purveyors of intelligent design theories and its kindred philosophies threaten the scientific literacy that our society needs by confusing faith and the practice of science. This collection offers a much-needed response.
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