Faith Well Grounded

Since its printing, Johnson has come under much fire from those on the opposite side of the argument, and this is to be expected. Most of the criticism is based on the accusations that he treats the subject as a lawyer, and uses law practices (such as suppression of evidence, misdirection, etc...) to bolster his arguments. With that said, I will not speak to these accusations, as I'm not really the person to do so.

I'm really not even going to speak much on the evidences presented for his argument, or the lack of evidence presented which could have damaged his argument. The reason for this is that the book's power is not in swapping evidences. I find this form of debate eventually falls into useless tedium and almost never makes the point of the debate.

Johnson's power is of a more presuppositional nature. He makes a powerful argument that (neo)Darwinian Evolution decides the results before hand and then interprets the evidences accordingly. In other words, naturalistic evolution is the only acceptable answer, therefor all evidence is interpreted in a "must-have" framework.

And he makes this argument very convincingly.

No book on the subject is going to be a silver bullet. Any subject as fiercely divided as evolution will produce poles of emotion. This book is no different. If your worldview is friendly to evolution, then you will not be impressed by this book. You may even get a bit perturbed. If you are predisposed to a skepticism of evolution, then you will probably very much appreciate "Darwin on Trial". I don't foresee a middle ground.

I liked the book. I think a lot of good points are made. If you want your skepticism of evolution fed, read it. If you are an evolutionist and want something to spike your blood pressure, read it.