In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood (8th Edition)

As an educator, I find Brown's method of explanation far superior to most science taught in schools - for he not only states his position based on the evidence, but often lists opposing and contradictory concepts.

Most objections to his book are from those who refuse to follow the evidence into the possibility of an extra-natural dimension, by itself an anti-scientific position, resulting in the ignoring of unresolvable contradictions inherent in the concept of evolution.

Brown has taught the slowing of the light/energy field for years and been dismissed for so doing, but recent studies (eg. Moffatt project, U of T) have placed this is the naturalist mainstream. C14 in Diamonds are naturalistically impossible, but predictable by his theory, and found in nature. The laboratory experiments reducing isochronometers to mere hundreds of years are also predictable from his theory and are just beginning to appear in science.

Like those that threw off the "mainstream scientific" false concepts of flat earth, spontaneous generation, etc - Brown follows in the footsteps of many of the great men of science by allowing that there are more forces at work in our universe than simply naturalistic ones, and it is only by allowing science to expand into the possibility of a supernatural origin to the universe that we can truly understand what it is and how it functions. Anything less circumscribes science and diminishes scientific understanding.

Brown appears to cling to a 6000 year earth - not a biblical concept but well entrenched - but in any event his theory still works well with an earth age of 15000 years or so.

All in all a valuable book to read regardless of your position. Brown's background as a MIT professor, and Earth Sciences professor at NASA give him a unique perspective not available to many, including his critics.

I have owned almost every edition and await eagerly the next.


debate him, dont trash him on amazon   May 12, 2005
S. Hardin
29 out of 43 found this review helpful

To all those who hide from a debate with Walt Brown by trashing him on this website you should really take him up on his offer for a debate. He asked for a debate based on the SCIENCE alone in the late 80's. He still has yet to recieve one. It is very unethical to attack his work on a website and not take him up on his offer for a fair debate on the science and evidence of his book. Anyone who refutes his theory without even professionally challenging him should be ingnored. I am buying this book and plan to tell my family about it so they can stop indoctinating their children with the cult of darwinism. I am a black women and if we are to believe darwin then I am inferior to whites and men, look it up, its in darwins's works. what about the fossil record? and lucy that monkey skeleton that the evolutionist altered to appear human.


Very readable resource of scientific evidence and reasoning   May 8, 1997
49 out of 73 found this review helpful

Dr. Walter T. Brown, a retired MIT Prof, retired full Colonel from the Air Force, has written a book that is one of the best compilations of scientific evidences and reasonings regarding the origins question.
One of the books great features is that it is about 30% quotes from well known and regarded scientists and publications. Another great feature is the surprisingly simple and logical explanations of current geophysical attributes that haven't been solidly explained by any current threories.
Dr. Brown plainly outlines how that from a scienific point of view organic macroevolution lacks necessary physical evidence. Even more seriously, it lacks any concrete plausible mechanisms, as many of the people quoted in his book readily say.
This book will give any open reader more than adequate material to really think about. To the closed reader, the sources quoted would be almost heroes, so he/she would really have a hard time arguing. I would especially encourage all opponents to an extranatural origin model to read this book. I would also highly engcourage any seeking student to read this to find out what science really knows, or professes to know. This book has had a tremendous impact on my life, especially my thought process and the way I view earth. This book will definitely make you think and possibly question what you believe and know, or think you know..


The Principia of Geology   December 17, 2002
Dick Cueto (Las Pinas City Philippines)
26 out of 39 found this review helpful

Creation Science is a growing field today. The more popular theories such as the Canopy Model and Catastrophic Plate Tectonics have been at the forefront of Creation Science for many years now. In this book, Dr. Walt Brown introduces an alternative model called "Hydroplate Theory".

According to this theory, the Earth was once filled with high-pressure salt water under its crust, and then exploded about 4,300 years ago. The immense pressure created a crack on the earth's surface, releasing millions of tons of debris/water which flooded the planet's surface and forever changed the landscape. The author presents the model quite convincingly, with comprehensive documentation of related scientific theories and laws for the layman. In my opinion, When compared to other creation models, the Hydroplate Theory stands out as creation's best candidate to battle the Theory of Evolution in the scientific arena and in the minds of the youth.

If one has never been introduced to the creationist view, this book is a perfect starting point. In the endnotes and references, Dr. Walt Brown makes mention of the works of other great creationists such as Henry Morris, Bill Cooper and Barry Setterfield. Additional research can be conducted from thereon, providing the reader with enough reference materials to build a thorough understanding of Creation Science.

In many ways, Dr. Walt Brown revives the classical formula of using Theology for scientific research, in the same manner that Isaac Newton pursued science with Biblical scholarship, which resulted to the single greatest scientific work: The Principia. Many would argue that this methodology is unacceptable in the age of computers and genetics, but then again this very same system was employed in the age of discovery in the 16th and 17th centuries, before the Theory of Evolution was popularized by Charles Darwin. This does not mean, however, that Dr. Walt Brown supported his theories solely by using Scriptures. On the contrary, much of the content were supported by evidences in nature, as supported by conventional science.

I understand that people tend to be skeptical of the unknown, especially of things that were not taught in the academic institutions where evolution is widely promoted (and creationism widely dismissed). But regardless of your beliefs, this book will serve as an INVALUABLE REFERENCE to both Evolutionists and Creationists, just so one would be aware of the key scientific evidences and issues presented in the Hydroplate Theory.