Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism

I am a big fan of Aaron Ra's videos, podcasts, etc., and I have watched several of his video series of the same name, but find that I like the book MUCH better than the videos... (which is odd, because I usually am more of an auditory learner) I think it's because in the videos, Aaron moves SO quickly through the material that it's hard to catch everything, and a lot of it went over my head. With the book, I can take all the time I need to read, re-read, highlight, make notes, etc. (although, I gotta say, the book has so much GREAT material in it, that I've got so much highlighted that I can't go back and find things, because I'm sure I've got well over half the book highlighted, so far! LOL!) As a former fundamentalist/evangelical young-earth creationist home-schooler, this is truly a breath of fresh air. Aaron gives very good arguments and evidence to back up all of his assertions. Great book!

Fundamental falsehoods video series is a must-view for anyone interested in understanding the deception present in the systematic attacks levied against science by those motivated by religious ignorance.This book expounds on the video series with even more scientific information. The existence of the Dictyostelium discoideum organism, for instance, was fascinating and a very interesting link between single cellular and multi-cellular organisms. It was not described in detail in the video but described very clearly in the book. I found the transitional fossil chapter and others particularly helpful. The only criticism would be lack of pictures - perhaps future editions could have those.

While you are reading Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism you can imagine Aron Ra speaking at some conference detailing the harm of child indoctrination. The video series that this book is based on is also excellent and everyone who wants to become more educated in the facts of evolution should youtube it. This book is excellent and we need many more people who are as passionate as Aron Ra to spread reason and logic and science to the world. We need to stand up to any organization that spreads anti-science messages and this book is a basis of knowledge that helps to refute this religious dogma. Well done Aron!

Speaking as a big fan of AronRa's YouTube channel, I was very optimistic about the book's content after first hearing about it. Unfortunately, after reading it cover-to-cover, I found it to be a mixed bag.This dense non-fiction tome is packed full of information presented in a colloquial, easygoing style similar to the content of the YouTube videos. However, while I can personally vouch for the veracity of 99% of the statements in the book due to my own research, there's no bibliography, and citations are limited to the occasional reference in the text, in the vein of "in X author's book Y, published in year Z," which undermines the book's professional credibility. In addition, the book is absolutely riddled with typos and "spell-os," ranging from simple letter transpositions ("ancient rock cravings") to more noticeable mistakes, such as rendering the name of Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain as "Darren O'Brien."In conclusion, while I do recommend this book to any fan of AronRa's YouTube channel, it was disappointing in terms of research and production quality. It's a decent book, but with a little more research and polish, it could have been great.

If Dan Dennet, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens are the 4 Horsemen of Atheism. . .Aron Ra is the Horse who gallops the Gospel of Atheism into battle -- seriously, look at this dude's hair. Awesome as f***.I was raised to believe EVERYTHING put out by Answers in Genesis (mom was friends with Ken Ham).Aron has done more to teach me about the fact of evolution than any other voice I've listened to -- even Professor Dawkins himself!

If you're familiar with Aron Ra, this book is largely a review of his brilliant "Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism" series. It's more in depth, and covers some new ground, but the roots tie into that series and it's well worth the read. He gets into things a bit deeper and throws in several interesting, new pieces of information.If you're not familiar with Aron Ra - I recommend this book even more highly in addition to the video series on YouTube as well as his "Refuting the Irrefutable Proof of God" series on YouTube. He is exceedingly good at taking immensely complicated scientific material and making them accessible to even the most basic people in terms of their scientific knowledge or ability. He is also incredibly good at pointing out what believers get wrong about their own texts and making them accessible to lay minds as well. For believers, I strongly suggest you read it. He addresses every claim made in support of creationism, or "creation science" - and puts them to bed with bullet proof, ironclad arguments and a well rounded body of facts that anyone can observe or check the veracity of. Unless you're the sort who would say 2+2=7 you cannot walk away from his series on YouTube or this book and still believe in creationism or indeed religion as a whole. It's impossible unless you're patently dishonest or simply care more about what you want than what is reality.A side note - you should also check out his science series. It's entirely apart from his "science versus religion" videos. However it's incredibly interesting as again, Aron Ra is very good at taking even the most complex matters of science and making them accessible and understandable no matter how basic your background in science may be. He also does a very good job of keeping it interesting and entertaining even for those who have high level degrees in the subject.

I cannot remember the last time I read a book that I could not fault (beyond a few typos - e.g. "psuedo" rather than "pseudo" on a couple of occasions!). I enjoyed this book immensely and it was entertaining, having seen many of Aron Ra's videos, to have those "fleshed out". However, I fear that few who do not already understand and accept the evidence for evolution will read it, certainly in the UK, where Aron Ra is relatively unknown.In the UK, we already have Answers in Genesis and other Christian fundamentalist organisations promoting creationism. We have the Islamic creation myths being promoted here too (the same myths dressed up from the Koran, rather than the Bible) and both are being taught in the increasing number of "Faith Schools" (isn't that an oxymoron?) It is devastating that children's education is being crippled by people promoting belief in magic when reality is far more interesting, and informative, as this book points out in spades.

Its Aron Ra, a legend on the internet. The only "youtuber" book I've ever bought. Not just anything goes in my head and on my shelves.If you're not famliar, read it anyway if you're even slightly involved in this area of study/debate etc. You don't need to agree or disagree with him, just read it. You'll learn something, I promise you.

As ever, depth and clarity, can be found in this book, a hallmark of how Aron Ra works. With references to information you can fact cheek for yourself! Something that is hard to find in an apologist guide book!This book was going to be my Christmas book to enjoy over the festivities. However, I took a sneaky peek and could not put it down.

Essential reading for the anyone that wants to challenge their religious indoctrination, to rid oneself of the worlds most dangerous virus, faith, or for anyone that wants to simply educate the mind and have the truth and facts at hand when confronting ALL religions mythical and superstitious commandments.Aron Ra is a huge voice of good, honesty, fairness, integrity, intelligence, education, common sense, in the world, everything that religion is NOT.

I found this book to be an excellent read. Aron Ra explains his arguments and evidence very clearly, and displays his mastery on the subject matter, accumulated through decades of research. The first few chapters on the mythologies, philosophies and history of religions part were especially interesting to me, and I'm doing my own research on some of the subjects presented (e.g. the Nag Hammadi Library and the history of the Tower of Babylon). My only criticism is that there isn't an organized bibliography at the end (the sources are presented in the body throughout the book), which is understandable as this is not targeted at an academic audience, but I would have liked it nonetheless. Overall, definitely a book I would recommend.