This link is to the audio recording on Premier Christian Radio. I was curious to know if Mike Behe would say anything new on his recent UK tour.
In this respect I found the debate beyween Mike Behe and Michael Reiss in Scotland this week particularly enlightening. I have to say that after hearing it I was even less impressed by the argument for I.D. than I was beforehand. Ironically this was in large part because he was debating not with a secularist, but with a very sincere Christian. Thus the 'well he would say that wouldn't he' type defence would not work.
In fact Michael Reiss makes a very good case for there being no need to even go down the I.D. road, for belief in God as the creator does not require this kind of limited view. To me the whole I.D. idea seems to be counter-productive - particularly as many 'prrofs' have been proven over and over to be fundamentally flawed. Conversely the supposed arguments against Evolution can so easily be refuted.
I do hope for the future health of the Christian religion that this gimmicky I.D. idea gets consigned to history sooner rather than later. It's a silly notion that may sell books and make some people feel good about themselves, but ultimately just takes many gullible people down a dead end.
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