Taking Back Astronomy: The Heavens Declare Creation

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 128 pages
• Published by: Master Books June 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0890514712
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0890514719
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
One of the major stumbling blocks to the presentation of the Gospel in our culture today involves astronomy. For decades, public school students (and even seminary students!) have been taught that the world is far older than the Bible chronology suggests, even billions of years older. This naturally causes a disconnect for people, who assume that modern "science" is unbiased and correct. The author debunks the most accepted teachings about evolution, giving awesome answers for those struggling to reconcile the Bible and science. Readers are given solid answers to questions about the speed of light, geology, and the big bang.

About The Author
Visitors to AiG's new Creation Museum will be able to experience the power and wonder of the universe through the planetarium programs that Dr. Jason Lisle is creating. An astrophysicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dr. Lisle has been a powerful and pioneering new voice in the creationist movement as a speaker and researcher with the Answers in Genesis ministry since 2003.

Reader Reviews
The book is more of theology and philosophy of worldviews than science. The book has a lot of good graphics on high quality paper, but is down hill from there. The obvious biggest hurdle for young earth creationist is the so-called starlight distance problem. The author states that there are several possible mechanisms and that they have been published elsewhere "so will not be repeated here." This casual dismissal is done without even a footnote referencing his best shot at a plausible explanation. There are plenty of references cited on lesser points. The author points out that the big bang theory has a problem with the uniformity of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - the horizontal problem as it is known. Wait a minute, is not the CMB one of the best pieces of empirical evidence in support the big band - a remnant of the after glow when the temperature dropped enough for protons to capture and hold onto electrons? Furthermore, there is no other physical explication for this pervasive radiation, which displays a perfect blackbody spectrum. The author claims that spiral galaxies can not be billions of years old as they would now be too tightly wound up due to differential orbital rotation of their stars. In the 1970's Vera Rubin and Kent Ford using newly developed image intensifier techniques found that the stars, even in a galaxy's far periphery, orbited at nearly the same angular velocity. This finding has lead to the postulation of dark matter. Certainly an astrophysicist should be aware of this finding. The bottom line is that this book is about bible worship and not science. This book does serve a useful purpose in illustrating why young earth creationism (creation science) should not be taught in public or private schools, as it is not science by any stretch of the imagination.