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There is a series at BioLogos by David Ussery engaging the claims of Michael Behe<\/a> in his book The Edge of Evolution<\/a>\"\"<\/span><\/em>. I hadn\u2019t linked to it before since the first three posts were largely introductory. But today\u2019s fourth post in the series<\/a> begins to engage the heart of the matter, and offers a lot of specific, detailed counter-evidence that undercuts the claims made by Behe and other proponents of intelligent design. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

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There is a series at BioLogos by David Ussery engaging the claims of Michael Behe in his book The Edge of Evolution. I hadn\u2019t linked to it before since the first three posts were largely introductory. But today\u2019s fourth post in the series begins to engage the heart of the matter, and offers a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Skeptical Biochemist: Is There an Edge to Evolution?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is a series at BioLogos by David Ussery engaging the claims of Michael Behe in his book The Edge of Evolution. 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