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To: connectthedots
Why would you ever think that this article reflects poorly on Behe?

Since it was written BY Behe, I wouldn't expect it to reflect poorly on him.

I don't play the quote mining game, and I wish to argue against the best case that can be made for my opponent.

Behe does not appear to be a young earth creationist, nor does his current position appear to differ much from mainstream science. If he wants to believe the game of life was set up at the moment of creation, I am not going to oppose his belief or ridicule him.

Such a belief, however, has no effect on the findings or conduct of science. It has no impact on the accepted age of the earth, no on common descent. It has no discernable impact on Darwinian evolution, except to say that the cards were rigged from the beginning.

A theory that has no impact on current practices and which predicts nothing different from current expectations is something of a hollow shell.

109 posted on 10/07/2005 1:56:13 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: js1138; connectthedots
Since it was written BY Behe, I wouldn't expect it to reflect poorly on him.

Not directly, as in saying, "That Behe is a charlatan!" It has been noted, however, that many of his writings reflect poorly upon him in the sense of revealing ignorance of his subject matter, etc.

167 posted on 10/07/2005 4:30:16 PM PDT by VadeRetro (I'll have a few sleepless nights after I send you over, sure! But it'll pass.)
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