tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post6452184743318869441..comments2024-03-15T19:54:18.063+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Michael Behe's Attack on Biblical CreationismLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-83705745050075666712009-05-04T17:51:00.000+01:002009-05-04T17:51:00.000+01:00JS,
Would you please explain how I "misquoted and...JS,<br /><br />Would you please explain how I "misquoted and misrepresented" Behe?<br /><br />The passage you quote on page 239 confirms my point, because Behe says it would be a "failure of nerve" to refuse to consider the possibility that the intelligent designer "isn't all that beneficent or omnipotent."<br /><br />Wouldn't the Biblical creationist have to reject Behe's suggestion that the intelligent designer is neither good nor omnipotent?Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-1758068830508425802009-05-04T17:18:00.000+01:002009-05-04T17:18:00.000+01:00Mr. Arnhart writes:
"Behe also doubts the power an...Mr. Arnhart writes:<br />"Behe also doubts the power and morality of the intelligent designer. He concludes that "an intelligent agent deliberately made malaria," and thus the intelligent designer deliberately decided to kill millions of human beings, including innocent children (237). When we see how "horrific" life on earth really is, Behe suggests, we must wonder: "Maybe the designer isn't all that beneficent or omnipotent" (239). After all, the intelligent designer is responsible for creating "nature red in tooth and claw" (43)". <br /><br />Read Dr. Behe's words for himself on the pages cited by Mr. Arnhart and you'll see, as I just did, that Dr. Behe is both misquoted and misrepresented in the review above. <br /><br />e.g. on page 239; "But denying design simply because it can cause terrible pain is a failure of nerve, a failure to look the universe fully in the face". In Dr. Behe's view every position on the state or nature of a Designer has at least some real merit except Darwin's position. In no way does this show that Dr. Behe doubts the power or morality of the Designer he sees behind the universe.<br /><br />I'm not sure Mr. Arnhart read this book. <br />JSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-91465563784515776902007-06-06T17:11:00.000+01:002007-06-06T17:11:00.000+01:00I agree with Larry. There is something almost Ani...I agree with Larry. There is something almost Animal-Farm-esque about The Edge of Evolution. If the manuscript was read blindly by non-scientists, I suspect many of them would think it was written by an evolutionary biologist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com