Eric Rothschild, attorney for the plaintiffs, asked Behe about whether astrology was science. And Behe, after hemming and hawing and launching into an abbreviated history of astrology and science, said, under his definition, it is. [snip],/blockquote>
He's making him eat his own words.
As the cross-examination continued, another pattern developed. Rothschild would show Behe, on a big screen in the courtroom, a quote from "Of Pandas and People" and ask him a simple question about it.The quote said, "Intelligent design means that various forms of life began abruptly through an intelligent agency, with their distinctive features already intact — fish with fins and scales, birds with feather, beaks and wings, etc."
Rothschild asked him whether he believed that statement said intelligent design meant life began abruptly on this planet.
It apparently was a trick question because Behe had a hard time answering it.
"I disagree," the scientist said.
And then, he explained what he thought the quotation meant, which wasn't what it said.
This went on for a while. Every time Rothschild would ask Behe about a statement, some he wrote himself, he'd say he'd have to disagree that it said what it said.
Behold, the fraud of ID, revealed in all it's splendor.
So, Behe back-tracted on some statements, how does that establish ID as religion?
I submit that saying 'astrology is science' is no worse of an abuse-of-term than saying 'ID is religion', merely because one of the possible candidates for 'Designer' is the Christian GOD.
Omar.
"Behold, the fraud of ID, revealed in all it's splendor."
I guess you were so busy with science, you ignored grammar and spelling.