Three Views on Creation and Evolution (Counterpoints)

This is an extremely well-written introduction to the three primary views of creation held by Christians--old earth creationism, young earth creationism, and theistic evolution. A proponent of each of these views writes a summary of their position and the evidence that supports it, and then the other writers give responses. The conversation is very educational--even though I was acquainted with this three views before reading the book--I learned a great deal. The conversation by all participants was mutually respectful. Two responses complete the book, one by Richard Bube and another by Philip Johnson.

I liked what it tries to do with the overall concept of showing all sides of the argument, but feel that their choice in writers for each point was lackluster. I say this because the young earth creationist cannot properly argue his point and the other two writers give more fluff than solid arguments. Also I found some arguments posed to be completely sad in logic and expect better from what this book tries to achieve. With this being said, as added perspective this book is good, but not my first choice

The unique format of this book, incorporating vying views into one continuous book, letting the scholars debate and then kindly and briefly tell an imaginary little girl about their position, make this a must read for all christians and non-christians.

The discussion on progressive creation is outstanding. The dialectic approach of opposing views is enlightening, and expands ones understanding.on the issue.

great discussion on the three various interpretations of Genesis One, written in a debate format, with replies and responses making it a more worthwhile read.

Exactly what was claimed to be. Thanks.

I really just wanted to study three views on evolution, not hear a discussion / argument.

Very well done book. Logical and fairly presented

This is a terrific series but this contribution wasn’t balanced enough. Van Till needed more voice as the others agreed a lot

Well, this book was certainly a difficult read. Expected more proof, what I did encounter was a discourse by 3 different authors on a very controversial topic to say the least.Each view was presented, indeed, well presented. What I didn't expect was the actual absence of real proof of creation, or evolution. I was a tad disappointed in the fact that the 3 views did not intertwine. No where did I find rebuttals, from the authors, on each other's findings.This novel is, however, a good place to begin if one is wondering if creation, or evolution, is the starting point.

I have finally decided that this book merits 5 stars because of Chapter Three by H. J. Van Till. That is a wonderful, well balanced view of the relation between Faith and science concerning the Genesis. It separates clearly the two fields of enquiry, theological and scientific. At the same time it shows there need to be no conflict between the findings of both these disciplines. Obviously it requires the theological acceptance that the Genesis was written to be understood by the people of the time it was written. I wonder how Moses or whoever wrote the Genesis would have reacted, if the Holy Ghost inspiration had included information about the Big Bang or DNA findings. So yes a great exposition and the attached criticisms by Creationists are really weak and mostly besides the point.At nearly the same level I judge “Reflection 2”. It brings some needed nuances to the writings of Van Till.The creationist views, worth 1 star, are interesting to show how gullible some people, even scientists can be.So yes a great book worth reading, as it offers a well balanced view between extremism and the more moderate reply to it.