Religion Versus Science by Ron Frost - Book Review by Ted Biringer

Book Review

by Ted Biringer

Religion Versus Science by Ron Frost

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Religion Versus Science by Ron Frost is the best, most comprehensive study and analysis of the debate between evolution and creationism available.

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Science is usually regarded as a strictly objective approach to truth, employing exacting, and universally verifiable methodology; religion, more often than not, is portrayed as a dogmatic and inflexible set of revealed doctrines and laws that are either to be accepted or rejected only. Professor Ron Frost shows just how misleading our common views of science and religion are by providing an in-depth overview of both from that perspective where the interaction of the two has been fiercest: the great evolution debate.

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As immortalized by the 1960 film, “Inherit the Wind,” the confrontation between fundamental Christianity and Science was forcefully thrust into the national spotlight when a Tennessee school teacher, John Scopes, was brought to trial for violating a state law (enacted in 1925) that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. While Scopes lost the trial (receiving a $100 fine – later overturned), it ultimately demonstrated that the majority of Americans viewed the law as ludicrous – the so-called “Monkey Trial” was treated to widespread ridicule and contempt. However, as Frost reveals in detail, the “Scopes Trial” marked the real beginning of the debate, rather than the end.

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Professor Frost begins his study by introducing the reader to an overview of the history of the debate and the central issues involved. He then goes on to present a clear, comprehensive analysis of the true state of science today, including a remarkably readable account of the latest scientific discoveries as well as the methodologies employed by the various fields of science involved.

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Finally, in harmony with the title of his book, “Religion versus Science” Religion Versus Science by Ron Frost is not only highly recommended for everyone interested in the evolution debate, but to anyone interested in an overview of the present “state of science” including the methodology of the various sciences. In his effort to provide a comprehensive account of the topic, Frost presents an astonishing, in-depth account of most of the major theories and methods of modern science. Included in this account are clearly elucidated explanations of the “Big Bang” theory; the nature, dynamics, and biological implications of DNA and RNA, the discoveries and significance of quantum mechanics, the method of “carbon dating,” myths and truths about the “fossil record,” and much more.

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Literally packed with information, Ron Frost’s “Religion versus Science” Religion Versus Science will continue to serve as a great “reference” book long after its first reading.

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Reviewed by Ted Biringer, author of The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing: The Second Ancestor of Zen in the West