Darwin Devolves, Michael J. Behe
Darwin Devolves, Michael J. Behe
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Darwin Devolves
The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution

Author: Michael J. Behe

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/26/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator.In his controversial bestseller Darwin’s Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin’s theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin’s mechanism works, weakening the theory’s validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution—damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest biological levels. This is important, he makes clear, because it shows the Darwinian process cannot explain the creation of life itself. “A process that so easily tears down sophisticated machinery is not one which will build complex, functional systems,” he writes.In addition to disputing the methodology of Darwinism and how it conflicts with the concept of creation, Behe reveals that what makes Intelligent Design unique—and right—is that it acknowledges causation. Evolution proposes that organisms living today are descended with modification from organisms that lived in the distant past. But Intelligent Design goes a step further asking, what caused such astounding changes to take place? What is the reason or mechanism for evolution? For Behe, this is what makes Intelligent Design so important.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Michael J. Behe

MICHAEL BEHE is a biochemist, intelligent design advocate, and author of Darwin’s Black Box and Edge of Evolution. He is a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, and a founding Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on April 11, 2019

Of the many books on Darwinian evolution that I have read, the best fall into three different categories: 1. Scholastic dispute – these books start with a statement of the question to be addressed, such as “What is the origin of life?” or “What caused the Cambrian explosion?”, then consider philosoph......more

Goodreads review by Adam on March 21, 2019

An excellent read. Not quite as technical as I would have liked, but his other book "The Edge of Evolution" provides much more technical evidence for his position. His position is simply this: the Darwinian mechanism of random mutation and natural selection only degrades genes and can't produce anyt......more

Goodreads review by Nick on February 26, 2019

Evolution is dying quickly nowadays. The offended evolutionists feel the pressure, easy to see while reading their ad personam/numerum arguments. The Intelligent Design holds very well! [URL not allowed]......more