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ID (Intelligent Design) is a religious theory that contends life is too complex and improbable to arrive by Darwinian evolution and therefore it must've been designed by an intelligent being (ie. God). The movement is gaining support from the non-scientific community around the world, but especially in America's more religious communities. This book is not a scientific critique of the ID idea (although a few chapters do exactly that, albeit briefly) as this has been done in many, many published articles and books. This book looks at a document published by the leaders of the ID movement, "The Wedge" document, which is a road map of the ID movement's aims and objectives. This book analyses this document and meticulously picks through the funding, motives and publications of the ID movement. Some of the funding bodies of the ID movement have even more sinister purposes behind them; namely making America a theocratic, fundamentalist country.

The resources used in this book are mainly internet sources; creationist books and propaganda and the Wedge document itself. Some might say these are not credible sources, but they are the only sources, as the ID movement have published no peer-reviewed articles in any scientific journal despite this being one their aims.

"Creationisms Trojan Horse" is not too heavy a read, despite the large amount of detail contained within. It is unfortunate a book like this is needed, but the ID movement has a slick PR campaign, despite their amateurish science. It is a wake-up call to all Americans (and sadly, also Britons) that ID is really creationism by the back door and not legitimate science, no matter what their PR campaign tells you.

Jon