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Permalink Reply by Joseph P on October 21, 2011 at 10:48pm

Just get your hands on the version that Ray Comfort is handing out.  He summarizes it nicely, in the special intro.  :-D

Permalink Reply by Lisa Schmidt on October 21, 2011 at 10:59pm

Oh, wow.  Things could be worse.  Point taken.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on October 21, 2011 at 10:59pm

Heh heh heh.

Permalink Reply by Chris Dodds on October 21, 2011 at 11:09pm

No, you're not dense, "Origin" is a hard read.  But no other book explains Natural Selection as well.

Permalink Reply by Dorris Journeay on October 21, 2011 at 11:18pm

It's the mid-1800s literary style that's hard to wade through, though I find it lyrical and beautiful in places.  Just pride yourself on reading a book that's way, way beyond anything on Oprah's reading list.  Taking the time to read and comprehend this great work is an achievement in this age of podcasts, sound-bites, 60-second news, TV shows where everything is wrapped up in an hour, and a "reading" populace that thinks the Twilight series is a work of literature.

Permalink Reply by Madison Burnett on October 21, 2011 at 11:51pm

yeah as everyone else has said. it's just a difficult read in general.

Permalink Reply by Littlejohn Dellar on October 22, 2011 at 6:55am

Really?  I thought this was surprisingly easy to read.  Much more so than some of the more modern books covering the same material.

 

Ah, well.  Each to their own.

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on October 30, 2011 at 2:01pm

The writing style does make it a little tough to follow but knowledge that is quickly and easily obtained is very likely superficial, not worth knowing or easily forgotten.  Origins is among the greatest works of science literature.