Behe on Darwin: polar bear discussion (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, March 09, 2019, 15:29 (2087 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: I have now read a Behe section on bacteria in glucose lactose culture. The bacteria always automatically eat all the glucose first and the automatically switch to lactose when the glucose is used up. All molecular steps are known. The bacteria have no independent thought to switch.

dhw: Maybe I've misunderstood the significance of this experiment, but why should they switch? Firstly, if they prefer glucose, it seems quite natural to me that they should gobble up their favourite first and only gobble lactose when there’s no glucose left. Secondly, how does this prove that there is no intelligence involved when they are confronted with new threats to their existence but, after millions of deaths, find a solution to the new problem? And has Behe informed you yet that the solution to all their problems was preprogrammed 3.8 billion years ago, or that your God dabbles every time there is a new threat to their existence?

The point was the proven automaticity of the switch. I have no idea about Behe's personal beliefs in God's role, in whom, I know, he believes but I have had the willingness to imagine how evolution might have been controlled, since Darwin is totally wrong about the mechanism and it is obvious it requires design and an designing mind. So make fun while it is obvious you have several theories that run off in all directions from your fence top.