1. Claim -- evolution is science : Argument: creationism is religion, not science ; Argument: evolution is compatible with Christian religion ; Argument: evolution is true science not "just a theory" -- 2. Claim -- evolution is well supported by the evidence : Argument: natural selection leads to speciation ; Argument: some mutations are beneficial ; Argument: common design points to common ancestry ; Argument: "bad design" is evidence of leftovers from evolution ; Argument: the fossil record supports evolution -- 3. Claim -- "problems" with evolution are illusory : Argument: probability of evolution ; Argument: "irreducible complexity" ; Argument: evolution of sex ; Argument: evolution of mankind -- 4. Appendix 1 : Common arguments for evolution that have been rejected -- 5. Appendix 2 : Common arguments for creation that should not be used.
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Draws from the PBS television series "Evolution," and the "Scientific American" article "15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense," to look at the teachings of leading evolutionary scientists, and provides Christians with straightforward, Bible-based rebuttals.