[Thatcherite]

He didn't put them in the book - Behe made those statements on the stand. They're public record - read the transcripts. And he's the best scientific support for ID?

In fact Behe's statements about an old earth and universal common descent *are* in his book. Yet the creationists who urge us to read his book are astonished to discover this 19 times out of 20. Of course to find them you do need to go through the soul-sapping task of reading his rubbish.

[highball]

Thanks for the backup. Funny that they've elected this clown as their standard-bearer.

[connectthedots]

In fact Behe's statements about an old earth and universal common descent *are* in his book. Yet the creationists who urge us to read his book are astonished to discover this 19 times out of 20. Of course to find them you do need to go through the soul-sapping task of reading his rubbish.

He did? Can you cite the page numbers so I can look it up in my copy of his book?

As for 'universal common descent'. I don't think that term was ever used during Behe's testimony. could you point out where it was used in his testimony?

[RightWingNilla]

Of course to find them you do need to go through the soul-sapping task of reading his rubbish.

Actually, he reiterates this point on his own site:

I clearly write in my book Darwin's Black Box (which Scott cites) that I am not a creationist and have no reason to doubt common descent. In fact, my own views fit quite comfortably with the 40% of scientists that Scott acknowledges think "evolution occurred, but was guided by God."