Re: The Case for Intelligent Design
Susan Brassfield (susan-brassfield@OU.EDU)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:56:13 -0600>Reflectorites
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>Here is a review by Mike Behe of Robert Pennock's recent book, "Tower
>of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism" that was posted on
>another list that I am on.
>
>I like the paragraph:
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>"Methodological naturalism proves at last nothing more than an artificial
>restriction on thought, and it will eventually pass. Despite would-be
>gatekeepers like Pennock, the argument for design is gaining strength with
>the advance of science and for a simple reason once described by the
>physicist Percy Bridgman: `The scientific method, as far as it is a method,
>is nothing more than doing one's damnedest with one's mind, no holds
>barred.'"
>
>Steve
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>The Weekly Standard, June 7, 1999, BOOKS & ARTS; Pg. 35
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>HEADLINE: THE GOD OF SCIENCE;
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>The Case for Intelligent Design
>
>BYLINE: By Michael J. Behe;
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I'm astonished at the sneering tone of this article. It certainly doesn't
help his case! It makes the whole thing seem more like propaganda than
science.
Susan
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