Behe Bit It (Michael Behe on "The Colbert Report")

Thought I'd track down a reference or two for the above.Specified complexity - Wikipedia
Down in the "Notes and references".Also Conservatives, Darwin & Design:An Exchange
by Larry Arnhart / Michael J. Behe / William A. Dembski

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Copyright (c) 2000 First Things (November 2000).In general, this seems to be a pretty interesting article, amongst other things, conceding the validity of the scientific support of the theory of evolution:

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I agree that conservatives should take seriously the good criticisms of Darwinian biology offered by people like Johnson, Behe, and Dembski. I do not assert that Darwinian theory can be demonstrated with the precision and certainty that would leave no room for reasonable doubt. I only assert that Darwinian theory is supported by the preponderance of the evidence and arguments. In fact, that is all Darwin himself ever claimed for his position. Moreover, although I do not think we can reason by logical inference from ordinary experience to the existence of a Creator, a Darwinian view of the living world as governed by natural laws is at least compatible with a theistic faith in the Creator as the supernatural source of those natural laws.

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Indeed, in Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe concedes that there is enough evidence to support the Darwinian conclusion that all species, including human beings, arose from a common ancestor by descent with modification by natural selection. But he maintains that one kind of biological system cannot be explained by Darwin’s theory-namely, any system that is “irreducibly complex.”

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MooseAdded by edit: Another source for the material of the second cite:
http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/...s/ArnhartDarwinDesign.shtmlYou may also be interested in Larry Arnhart's blog:
Darwinian Conservatism by Larry ArnhartI now see that the above quote is from Larry Arnhart's part of the discussion article.Edited by Minnemooseus, : See above.