Darwin's Secret Sex Problem

I want to put in a plug for F. LaGard Smith's book "Darwin's Secret Sex Problem." I just finished reading it for the second time. I believe it is a book every Christian should read and one that every young person should as well. I have a degree in biology and I have been exposed to all of the arguments for evolution. LaGard does a masterful job of showing the fatal flaw of microbe-to-man evolution, while affirming the reality of bounded evolution.

I am afraid that many Christians have placed themselves in an indefensible position by seeking to discredit the process of evolution in general. It is an observable fact that plants and animals evolve within the boundaries of their own species. This is what Darwin first observed. The problem comes when we take the boundaries away and suggest that evolution is the answer to the origin of all things.

When Genesis states that God created the animals according to their kind, it is stating a scientific fact. What makes one species distinct from another is that there is an uncrossable boundary between them in the form of the ability to interbreed. When God created this world, He placed within each species of plant and animal the ability to adapt to changing conditions. This ability to adapt is what we can readily observe today. But this ability is clearly confined within the bounds of each species.

I would be interested to hear others' response to LaGard's book, but only after an honest reading. Do not disregard what he has to say out of hand. Have the courage to look behind the popular facade that has been created and examine the issue for yourself.