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To: donh
And you can cite an example of an organic system that can't work with slightly modified parts?

If you follow the link you will encounter a detailed description of Dr. Behe's thesis for his theory that has stirred up the entire scientific community.

432 posted on 10/11/2005 5:27:20 PM PDT by bondserv (God governs our universe and has seen fit to offer us a pardon. †)
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To: bondserv
If you follow the link you will encounter a detailed description of Dr. Behe's thesis for his theory

I have Behe's book. I suggest you try "Finding Darwin's God" by Miller before you embarass yourself further.

that has stirred up the entire scientific community.

No, it hasn't. His argument was feeble 200 years ago, when it wasn't easy to reject on specific grounds. He made predictions about stuff that would never be in the journals, due to complexity, that had already been proved false before he even published. Talk about bench-checking your work.

And, by the way, appearances notwithstanding, there is no demonstration in the book of an example of a thing that couldn't still operate with a slightly modified part. Ribosomes would be about the best example of precision machinery in the whole shooting match, and we have at least 1/2 dozen variations on that theme, in the various phyla we know about. Regardless of how precise Behe's engineering drawings look, the fact is that life is kinda flexable about the exact nature of most of it's machine parts. That's why humans have, amongst other things, eyes with differing eye colors.

434 posted on 10/11/2005 6:21:04 PM PDT by donh
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