We have just seen the pre-release version of an amazing new feature-length documentary called The Mysterious Islands. While there are several secular and Christian films about Charles Darwin and the Galapagos Islands being released this year, this one really does an excellent job of showing not only the beauty and uniqueness of the remote Galapagos Islands—what many have called both the birthplace of Darwinism and “Darwin’s Eden, ” but also presents great teaching in regard to the creation/evolution/Genesis issues.
At AiG, we are always on the lookout for the best resources to provide for people—but it is important that the resource be of the highest quality and present a very clear message. This creationist/Darwin movie does just that!
My friend Doug Phillips of is the executive producer of the DVD. He has said something very insightful that Christians really need to understand about this place. It is that “Christians look to Jerusalem; Muslims look to Mecca; but evolutionists look to the Galapagos as the spiritual center of their scientific faith.” Just look at the secular documentaries that are being promoted across the “science” cable channels this month and next. I think you’ll agree that Doug’s observation is very true.
The Galapagos are home to salt-spitting marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and giant tortoises that can live to be more than 150 years of age. Look at the photos that I’ve included here. It’s a mysterious and beautiful place. But they’re much more than that, too. They are a place of great questions, but even greater answers!
This film has been produced in a way that is spellbinding. Our own Dr. Tommy Mitchell, who saw the film during final edit last week, sent us this commendation after he and co-worker Roger Patterson (author of our books and one of our primary curriculum writers) finished their viewing. Tommy said:
As I viewed this video I was amazed at the beauty of the Galapagos. . . . This production contains spectacular cinematography. It is both awe inspiring and educational. But most importantly, the viewer will truly understand the flaws in Darwin’s ideas, while at the same time realizing the truth of the Genesis account. . . . The incredible majesty of the Creator God is obvious!
There is such a great need to get truthful information about Darwin and the Galapagos Islands out, especially right now, since this is such a big month for the evolutionists. (November is the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book On the Origin of Species.) Evolutionists and the huge media empires that embrace that worldview are spreading lies that must be countered. This exceptional new documentary does that.
I think you’ll really enjoy the way that it’s set up to let you “see” through the eyes of 16-year-old Joshua Phillips, who joins his father Doug Phillips and noted researchers such as Dr. John Morris of the . The Mysterious Islands is produced in such a way that it is the story of one boy’s search for answers to the great controversy of the modern world. And unlike other films, it’s an adventure that gives the critical answers that are so needed right now! There would be no point producing a beautiful and professionally done movie about the Galapagos—if it didn’t have real solid answers we need to defend the Christian faith.
