Changes

[[Image:6748yuhg.jpg|right|thumb]]

[[Image:6748yuhg.jpg|right|thumb]]

'''Michael Behe''' is a biochemist, author and professor at Lehigh University in [[Pennsylvania]]. His books include ''[[Darwin’s Black Box]]'' and ''[[The Edge of Evolution]]'', which both highlight the inherent problems with [[evolution]]ary theory and present a case for [[intelligent design]]. He argues that [[molecular machines]], such as the bacterial [[flagellum]], are [[irreducibly complex]]. Such machines require all of their parts to function, Behe says, and so could not have come into being through an unguided process. He considers this [[evidence]] that the [[flagellum]] must have been [[design]]ed.  

'''Michael Behe''' is a biochemist, author and professor at Lehigh University in [[Pennsylvania]]. His books include ''[[Darwin’s Black Box]]'' and ''[[The Edge of Evolution]]'', which both highlight the inherent problems with [[evolution]]ary theory and present a case for [[intelligent design]]. He argues that molecular machines, such as the bacterial [[flagellum]], are [[irreducibly complex]]. Such machines require all of their parts to function, Behe says, and so could not have come into being through an unguided process. He considers this [[evidence]] that the [[flagellum]] must have been [[design]]ed.  

== Education ==

== Education ==

:"There is no publication in the scientific literature that describes how molecular evolution of any real, complex, biochemical system either did occur or even might have occurred. There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations."  ''Darwin’s Black Box'' (New York: The Free Press, 1996), p. 186<ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes10.html#wp1033719</ref>

:"There is no publication in the scientific literature that describes how molecular evolution of any real, complex, biochemical system either did occur or even might have occurred. There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations."  ''Darwin’s Black Box'' (New York: The Free Press, 1996), p. 186<ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/ReferencesandNotes10.html#wp1033719</ref>

Professor Behe also provides a response to critics concerning peer-review. <ref>http://www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_correspondencewithsciencejournals.htm</ref>

Professor Behe also provides a response to critics concerning peer-review.<ref>http://www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_correspondencewithsciencejournals.htm</ref>

Behe has a skeptical view of the [[pseudoscientific]] idea of "common descent":

Behe has a skeptical view of the [[pseudoscientific]] idea of "common descent":

"The word "evolution" carries many associations. Usually it means common descent -- the idea that all organisms living and dead are related by common ancestry. I have no quarrel with the idea of common descent, and continue to think it explains similarities among species. By itself, however, common descent doesn't explain the vast differences among species."<ref>[http://www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_dm11496.htm Darwin Under the Microscope]</ref>

"The word "evolution" carries many associations. Usually it means common descent—the idea that all organisms living and dead are related by common ancestry. I have no quarrel with the idea of common descent, and continue to think it explains similarities among species. By itself, however, common descent doesn't explain the vast differences among species."<ref>[http://www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_dm11496.htm Darwin Under the Microscope]</ref>

It is common for [[evolutionists]] to engage in [[Liberal name-calling|namecalling]] against Behe, to which he responds:<ref name="Behe"/>

It is common for [[evolutionists]] to engage in [[Liberal name-calling|namecalling]] against Behe, to which he responds:<ref name="Behe"/>

== Behe's Criticism of the Materialistic Science of Francis Crick ==

== Behe's Criticism of the Materialistic Science of Francis Crick ==

In 1992, the science magazine ''[[Scientific American]]'' published an interview which explored Sir [[Francis Crick]]'s belief in the hypothesis [[Directed panspermia|Directed Panspermia]] as a proposed hypthesis for the [[origin of life]] on [[earth]].<ref>http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref> Behe wrote regarding the Scientific American interview the following: {{cquote|The primary reason Crick subscribes to this unorthodox view is that he judges the undirected origin of life to be a virtually insurmountable obstacle, but he wants a naturalistic explanation. <ref>http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref>}}

In 1992, the science magazine ''[[Scientific American]]'' published an interview which explored Sir [[Francis Crick]]'s belief in the hypothesis [[Directed panspermia|Directed Panspermia]] as a proposed hypthesis for the [[origin of life]] on [[earth]].<ref name="genesispark.org">http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref> Behe wrote regarding the Scientific American interview the following: {{cquote|The primary reason Crick subscribes to this unorthodox view is that he judges the undirected origin of life to be a virtually insurmountable obstacle, but he wants a naturalistic explanation.<ref name="genesispark.org">http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/spongen/spongen.htm Reprint of an [[Creation Research Quarterly]] September 2001 article ''The Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis'' by David P. Woetzel</ref>}}

==Peer review of his ideas==

==Peer review of his ideas==

[[Category:Scientists]]

[[Category:Scientists]]

[[Category:Intelligent Design Theorists]]

[[Category:Intelligent Design Theorists]]

[[Category:Authors]]

[[Category:American Authors]]

[[Category:Conservatives]]

[[Category:Conservatives]]