Book Review: River out of Eden !!

"And the river flew out of Eden to water the earth !!"


It is an amazing book by Richard Dawkins. His narrative style in this book is pretty damn good. This is basically a book about evolution. Anyone at the brink of being an atheist, will become one, after reading this. Anyone who doesn't believe that God really created all this, will enjoy this book.

I was fascinated by his explanation on how a human eye evolved from normal skin. Everything that he says, is not just his assumption or his view, but proven scientific fact. But many people might not find it to be true. I would say, the reason is, we are tamed to think and believe in such a way. This book questions that very basic way of our understanding. So how can you expect everyone to accept it?

He explains where and how the early Adam and Eve lives. He concludes that the early Eve lived in Africa. This Eve that he mentions is not the one in Bible. But his imagination of the first Homosapien. He mathematically explains to you the years that took for the homosapiens to evolve from a single celled organism.

One other fascinating theory put forth in his book is about Mitochondria. We all know, it is a part of the cell. (I still remember this, "Mitochondria is the Powerhouse of the Cell". Because this is one of the very important fill-in-the-blank questions in our stupid state boars syllabus.) Well, coming back to the point, the author explains to you how a mitochondria resembles and works like a Bacteria. He then explains how a human being evolved from a bacteria, which he assumes to be a mitochondria itself. You gotta read it to realize it. Amazing !!

If you like fascination, and evolution, read it !! I strongly recommend.

But to tell where i stand with respect to God belief, i personally don't think God created everything, or he is watching everyone of us from the above. I personally don't think we are all made for a reason. We human beings are the tiny little part that balances a very long and old equation. That is it. We are just one of the various probabilistic possibilities that could happen after big bang.

But i choose to believe in God. I choose to believe in Heaven and Hell. At least the fear of heaven and hell gives people a bit hope and it regulates life. What i hate is the baseless murders in the name of God. Probably i should recommend this book to the Muslim jehadis and the Hindu RSS.