I had a listen to an interview with Michael Behe on Christian radio earlier this week. I was concerned that he was deliberately misrepresenting the position of evolutionary biologists to his advantage by exaggerating their expectation of what changes they should see in HIV cells. He said that evolutionists would expect that a bacterium would turn into a cat in a couple hundred years or so.
I figured I would go to the source so I emailed Dr. Behe and we have had a pleasant conversation about what he said and exactly what his position really is. I still don't agree with him since I don't think there is any stimulus on HIV to turn into a cat since a cat would not be as effective as HIV at replicating itself.
Long story short, I give Dr. Behe all the credit in the world for handling my questions with grace. I'm not persuaded, but I am impressed by his reasonable style.
I wish I could have a similar conversation with other ID believers who seem to look at any discussion of the topic an offense to their personal faith and religion (which reinforces the fact that ID is creationism).
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