The Reluctant Revolutionary with Michael Behe
Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations
The Christian Research Institute
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Topics discussed include: how Behe’s doubts of Darwin’s theories caused him to write the book Darwin’s Black Box as an alternative explanation and the uproar that ensued (7:00); the use of a mousetrap to explain the idea of irreducible complexity as an indicator of Intelligent Design (13:00); how scientific discoveries and progress will eventually explain away Darwin’s grandest claims (20:00); the difficult road for those in the scientific community who advocate for Intelligent Design (28:00); explaining the molecular machine that is the bacterial flagellum as an indicator of complexity calling for Intelligent Design (33:00); the true compatibility of faith and science (37:30); the unscientific hypocrisy of untouchable topics, biases, and stakeholder interests in the sciences (42:00); signs of prejudicial judiciary in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial (50:00); the anti-intellectual nature of ignoring alternative explanations and the pitfalls of scientific consensus as a stand-in for truth (56:00); the power of one person to make a change by challenging the status quo and taking a stand (1:03:00).
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| 0:00.0 | and welcome to another episode of Hank Unplugged. |
| 0:27.0 | This is another forum that the Christian Research Institute has come up with to augment our broadcasts. |
| 0:34.5 | The podcast, and I've explained this on past podcasts, is less didactic, it's less leaning forward. |
| 0:42.6 | It's much more dialogue-based. |
| 0:46.4 | It's out of the studio and into the study, as it were, as I talk to friends, some of the brightest minds on the planet about some |
| 0:55.1 | of the most significant issues that we're grappling with. And this particularly in an age of |
| 1:01.7 | scientific enlightenment. And in that vein, I wanted to have a conversation with Dr. Michael Behe is a |
| 1:09.0 | professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. |
| 1:14.7 | He's a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. |
| 1:20.5 | And I think more to the point for this discussion and many other discussions, |
| 1:25.9 | he's the author of Darwin's Black Box, |
| 1:29.7 | the biochemical challenge to evolution, and, and the end is very important here, |
| 1:37.0 | a DVD that we are going to be promoting on a regular basis on the Bible Answer Man broadcast |
| 1:44.0 | and through our social media |
| 1:46.2 | venues. This is one of those must have videos for everyone. I'm not just talking about everyone |
| 1:57.0 | in the Christian community, the Catholic community, the Orthodox community, the Protestant community, |
| 2:01.8 | I'm talking about everyone needs to watch this video. |
| 2:06.3 | First of all, it's captivating. |
| 2:08.5 | Secondly, you are going to be introduced to something that dazzles your mind. |
| 2:18.8 | You think about the fact that we live in a universe in which there are trillions of galaxies, |
| 2:27.1 | each with hundreds of billions of stars. |
| 2:32.2 | And that's on a macro level. |
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