Evolution vs. creationism Book

I'd been meaning to read this for quite a while and when I saw it in my local library decided to go for it.

The potential reader should be clear that this is not really an 'evenly-balanced' book. The author is firmly opposed to Creationism but she certainly wanted the Creationists' views to appear as far as possible in their own words. It is also not a book about evolution as such, though you may glean some useful information from the book.

It's an interesting enough book and anyone interested in the 'debate' should probably read it, though I soon got a bit bored going through Part III which consists of Creationist claims and counter-claims on a variety of related subjects. Interesting enough but it lacked any real cohesion - to be fair the author was trying to cover as many topics as possible in a limited space.

As an atheist physics graduate I guess I just find it depressing that Creationism can be taken seriously in any form. It seems no different to me from someone claiming to believe in Thor and Odin. Living in the UK the Creationist phenomena seems to be localised in the southern states of the USA but there is always the possibility that it could spread across the Atlantic, not very likely but horrific nonetheless.

The arguments against evolution always seem so contrived, usually relying on deliberate misinformation about evolution and usually followed with the assumption that if evolution was wrong then this is solid proof that the Christian-God-as-portrayed-in-the-Bible must automatically be true. This reasoning is hinted at in this book but it is a point that I don't think is pursued more often. After all if the state educational authorities decided that evolution was 'just a theory' and that Creationism was just as valid then why aren't all the other religions' creation stories just as valid as the Biblical version - all claim to be the true word of their God/gods and all have as much scientific basis as Creationism, i.e. none.