Following the evolution debate for me has been a revelation about human nature, among other things, showing as it does how fiercely resistant the mind is to considering other intellectual frameworks. The library of books that make the argument for ID is rich and multifaceted. Yet one of the perennial laments of the ID proponent is that we have a hard time getting our critics, whether in the science or media world, to read any of this literature.

They are much more likely to content themselves with a quick skim of the woefully misleading Wikipedia page, followed by the one word dismissal, “creationist.” Sometimes, then, you can’t help daydreaming: If you could give a critic just one book on ID with the assurance that he or she would actually read it, what would that book be?

It’s a tough question. Certainly Doug Axe’s new book, Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed, would be a contender for its concision, accessibility, rigor, and passion. I’ve already shared with you what some open-minded scientists have said about the book (see here and here). Here’s more from a diverse and distinguished readership.

Undeniable speaks to everyone, and who would know better about that than a New York Times bestselling novelist like Dean Koontz? Says Mr. Koontz:

Great scientists are as much artists as scientists. Enchanted by the beauty of the world, they see through ideologies to facts. In this engaging book, with facts and humility and humor and reason, Axe uses “common science” to consider the biggest mystery: To what or to whom do we owe our existence? I greatly enjoyed it.

It speaks to ultimate questions of origins, from the perspective of science. And who would know better about that than physicist Gerald Schroeder, author of The Science of God:

So often we read secondary accounts of the intelligence that lurks behind the wonders of life. In Undeniable we are privy to a first-hand account of the evidence for intelligence, and also the painful professional cost of swimming against the flow of an accepted, but un-proven, truth. A must-read.

Yes, though newly published, it’s already on its way to being recognized as an ID classic. And who would know better about that than an icon and founder of the intelligent design movement, Phillip E. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Law at U.C. Berkeley and author of Darwin on Trial? Says M. Johnson:

Douglas Axe’s Undeniable is bold, insightful and world-changing. It’s also a joy to read. I recommend it highly!

Finally, in case you missed it already, Dr. Axe explains the science behind our intuition of design in nature. Not all intuitions are reliable, but this one reflects what Axe calls “common science.” Here, then, is still another scientist, biologist Donald Ewert, Director of Research at the Hough Ear Institute and former Wistar Institute Research Scientist. Says Dr. Ewert:

Life begs for an explanation. Written from point of view of a molecular biologist Undeniable makes a compelling case based on current research and human reasoning that living organisms were designed by an intelligent agent. Axe delivers a decisive blow to the foundations of materialistic explanations of the origin and diversity of life’s forms, explanations that have dominated biology for the past two hundred years. He demonstrates an informed grasp of the current scientific and philosophical information that he communicates in an interesting style that can be understood by most laymen. Undeniable will change the way you think about the living world.

That’s some very impressive praise. Surely Undeniable belongs in your ID library.

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