Dr. Henry Morris and Dr. Gary Parker blended their insight and knowledge to produce What is Creation Science?: Revised and Expanded.  The focus of this book was to demonstrate that a great deal of scientific research fits the idea of creation much better than it fits the evolutionary theory.  The authors were perfectly suited to write this type of book since both were evolutionists earlier in life.  After working in their particular fields, both men began to realize that the evidence did not support evolution. 

     An interesting aspect of this work is that the authors intentionally left the Bible out of the discussion.  In fact, the Bible is never quoted.  Even though both men are committed Christians and young-earth creationists, they sought to eliminate any potential arguments that might surface based on their religious views.  As such, this book should be examined based on its scientific merits rather than attacked as a religious work. 

     The book itself was fairly easy to read.  Since it is not overly technical the average layman will understand the majority of text.  Included are fifty-eight diagrams and charts to help explain some of the more difficult concepts.  Parker’s section of the book includes just enough self-effacing humor and sarcasm to keep it from getting stale.  Morris’ style is a bit more straightforward but he gets right to the point and makes it clearly.  While the book certainly makes the case for creation and against evolution, the authors do not attack the people on the other side of the debate.  As the Apostle Paul instructed in 2 Corinthians 10: 5, the evolutionary ideas are “cast down” but the evolutionist is treated with respect.

     The book opens with a chapter by Morris demonstrating that faith is required to believe in either creation or evolution.  Neither viewpoint is strictly scientific but the scientific evidence can be thoroughly examined to determine which viewpoint it fits.  Morris briefly critiques several alleged evidences for evolution and shows how those who use these arguments must do so in spite of the evidence.  The evolutionist must exercise a great deal of faith in order to hold to his view.  This section also includes a list of several religions that are based on evolutionary concepts.  

     Dr. Parker was a professor of biology before leaving to work with Answers in Genesis and The Institute for Creation Research.  In his first chapter, Dr. Parker provides some of the evidence for creation that is found in living systems.  Much of the material in this chapter is based on intelligent design.  Since something as simple as an arrowhead requires a maker, it seems logical to conclude that a much more complex biological system, such as a human being would also require a Maker.  Parker also demonstrates that some of the classic “proofs” of evolution, such as homology and embryology, actually support divine creation.

     In the next chapter, Parker explains the oft-misunderstood concept of natural selection.  Rather than providing evidence for Darwin’s theory, natural selection is simply a mechanism that helps to keep particular species strong.  Natural selection can never account for the origin of species because it only “selects” from already available information.  No one has ever observed any type of process by which an organism can add any new information. 

Natural selection fails to support Darwinian evolution so many evolutionists have switched to neo-Darwinism.  This is a belief that mutations can provide the new information required for a less complex creature to change into a more complex one.  This mode of evolution also fails since no mutation has ever been observed that results in an increase in information.  In fact, mutations are almost always harmful to the organism.

In Parker’s final chapter, he focuses on the evidence from the fossil record.  Once again, evidence for evolution is lacking in this area.  The fossil record does not provide a continual progression of simpler creatures to more complex ones, as so many textbook diagrams would have students believe.  Even prominent evolutionists, such as the late Steven J. Gould from Harvard, has given up on traditional explanations for evolution and has promoted a concept called punctuated equilibrium.  This idea acknowledges that there is no support from evolution from the fossil record.  Dr. Parker concludes his portion of the book by challenging both sides of the debate to “think about it”[1] rather than blindly accepting what one has been taught.

In the second half of the book, Dr. Henry Morris focuses on the physical sciences.  His first chapter details how the laws of thermodynamics contradict evolution and provide support for creation at some point in the past.  Naturalistic evolution requires matter to organize itself by random processes, whereas the Second Law of Thermodynamics proves this to be impossible since all things tend to disorder.

Dr. Morris proceeds to explain how catastrophism better fits the geological evidence than does the evolutionary concept of uniformitarianism.  Slow and gradual processes cannot account for many of the earth’s features.  These can only be explained by cataclysmic activity, such as the flood described in Genesis.

In the final chapter, Dr. Morris demonstrates the importance of time in the creation vs. evolution debate.  He explains the impossibility of evolution within the evolutionist’s own time frame.  This chapter could have been extended to include support for young-earth creationism but that would have been outside the scope of this particular book. 

The authors provide a helpful appendix in which they answer several questions regarding creation and evolution.  This section is a perfect conclusion to the book because it squelches the common objections that are raised against creationism.  This book has done exactly what the authors sought to do: demonstrate that the evidence clearly favors creationism without appealing to the Bible as a source of authority.