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[[Image:BacterialFlagellum.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The bacterial flagellum exibits irreducible complexity]]

[[Image:BacterialFlagellum.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The bacterial flagellum exibits irreducible complexity]]

[[Behe, Michael|'''Michael Behe''']], Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University, argues that the most convincing evidence for design is not to be found in the stars or the fossils, but in biochemical systems. Author of ''Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution'',<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Black-Box-Biochemical-Challenge/dp/0743290313/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-1803249-2067114?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194232123&sr=1-2</ref> and ''The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism'',<ref>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/103-4254630-6741457?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=behe</ref> Behe has posed a scientific response to [[Darwin, Charles|'''Charles Darwin's''']] challenge in ''Origin of Species'':<br /><blockquote>

[[Behe, Michael|'''Michael Behe''']], Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University, argues that the most convincing evidence for design is not to be found in the stars or the fossils, but in biochemical systems. Author of ''Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution'',<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Black-Box-Biochemical-Challenge/dp/0743290313/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-1803249-2067114?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194232123&sr=1-2</ref> and ''The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism'',<ref>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/103-4254630-6741457?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=behe</ref> Behe has posed a scientific response to [[Darwin, Charles|'''Charles Darwin's''']] challenge in ''Origin of Species'':<br /><blockquote>

''If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.''

''If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.''

== History of Intelligent Design ==

== History of Intelligent Design ==

In many respects the history of intellegent design corresponds to the history of science in general; since the days of Aristotle most scientists have assumed design based on the clear evidence at hand.  Moreover, the history of the modern intelligent design movement must be seen in the context of the ages-old tension between materialistic science and and non-materialistic science.  For a timeline directed specifically to the history of intelligent design and the creation - evolution controversy, see the '''IDEA Center's''' ''"Primer: History of intelligent design and the creation - evolution controversy".'' <ref>http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1119</ref>

In many respects the history of intelligent design corresponds to the history of science in general; since the days of Aristotle most scientists have assumed design based on the clear evidence at hand.  Moreover, the history of the modern intelligent design movement must be seen in the context of the ages-old tension between materialistic science and and non-materialistic science.  For a timeline directed specifically to the history of intelligent design and the creation - evolution controversy, see the '''IDEA Center's''' ''"Primer: History of intelligent design and the creation - evolution controversy".'' <ref>http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1119</ref>

'''''The Evolution Controversy: Understanding the Basic Issues in the Debate Between Biological Evolution and Intelligent Design'''''.<ref>http://www.sciohio.org/EvolutionWeb.pdf</ref>By Jody F. Sjogren, Robert P. Lattimer, and Douglas D. Rudy, and presented by Science Excellence for all Ohioans (SEAO).<ref>http://www.sciohio.org/start.htm</ref> Read and understand this and you will, as the title says, understand the basic issues.

'''''The Evolution Controversy: Understanding the Basic Issues in the Debate Between Biological Evolution and Intelligent Design'''''.<ref>http://www.sciohio.org/EvolutionWeb.pdf</ref>By Jody F. Sjogren, Robert P. Lattimer, and Douglas D. Rudy, and presented by Science Excellence for all Ohioans (SEAO).<ref>http://www.sciohio.org/start.htm</ref> Read and understand this and you will, as the title says, understand the basic issues.

'''''Intelligent Design: The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories.'''''<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=CSC%20-%20Scientific%20Research%20and%20Scholarship%20-%20Science%20-%20MainPage&id=2177</ref> By Stephen C. Meyer of the Center for Science & Culture,<ref>http://www.discovery.org/csc/</ref> this article first appeared in the peer reviewed Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington, August 20, 2005. Dr. Meyer argues that no current materialistic theory of evolution can account for the origin of the information necessary to build novel animal forms. He proposes intelligent design as an alternative explanation for the origin of biological information and the higher taxa.

'''''Intelligent Design: The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories.'''''<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=CSC - Scientific Research and Scholarship - Science - MainPage&id=2177</ref> By Stephen C. Meyer of the Center for Science & Culture,<ref>http://www.discovery.org/csc/</ref> this article first appeared in the peer reviewed Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington, August 20, 2005. Dr. Meyer argues that no current materialistic theory of evolution can account for the origin of the information necessary to build novel animal forms. He proposes intelligent design as an alternative explanation for the origin of biological information and the higher taxa.