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Justin Brierley, host of Premier Christian Radio's popular faith debate programme Unbelievable? will host "An Evening with Michael Behe" on Monday, 22 November at Westminster Chapel in central London.

For all the information you will need to attend this event...

http://www.premier.org.uk/behe

For more information on the entire Darwin or Design? tour...

http://www.darwinordesign.org.uk/

The Guardian reports that Gideon Sa'ar, the education minister who installed Avital as his chief scientist on a "trial period" last December, dismissed the former head of aeromechanics at defence firm Elbit Systems and member of the right-leaning Professors for a Strong Israel, over his statements "denying the tenets of evolution and global warming". (Avital also unsuccessfully ran for Sa'ar's Likud party in the 2006 Knesset elections.)

The paper reports a ministry official as saying: "Someone who holds the opinions of Avital cannot serve as chief scientist of the education ministry."

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On Thursday, October 28th the world's largest museum of African American history will host a debate exploring the impact of Darwin's theory on eugenics and scientific racism. Organized by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, "Darwin's Legacy: Scientific Breakthrough or Breakdown?" is co-sponsored by Discovery Institute and WLQV-AM 1500. Moderator for the event is author and broadcast journalist Edward Foxworth.

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According to ENV...Mark A. Chancey claims ID "originated within certain religious circles and has credibility only within those same circles - mostly theologically conservative Christian groups that find aspects of evolutionary theory threatening." Whatever else may be said of his characterizations, the statement above is surely bad history and not an accurate reflection of the development of modern ID.

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An Intelligent Design lecture/discussion group will meet at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Tuesday, October 19th

7-9 PM

University of New Mexico Law School

Room 2405

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As reported in Inspire Magazine, Professor Michael Behe, a key figure in the Intelligent Design (ID) movement, will challenge his critics in a lecture tour of the UK in November.

Prof Behe is one of an increasing number of scientists who believe that modern biochemical evidence undermines the basis of Darwinian evolution.

The author of two ground-breaking books on ID - Darwin's Black Box (1996) and The Edge of Evolution (2007) - Behe's theory of irreducible complexity has drawn attacks from many neo-Darwinists, but not one of them has been able to refute it.

As Behe himself writes, in the years since the publication of 'Darwin's Black Box', "the As Behe himself writes, in the years since the publication of 'Darwin's Black Box', "the scientific argument for design is stronger than ever. Despite the enormous progress of biochemistry in the intervening years...despite implacable opposition from some scientists at the highest levels, the book's argument for design stands … there is very little of the original text I would change if I wrote it today.

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Politically Incorrect Scientist - How the Co-Founder of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Advocated Intelligent Design

Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection, was second only to Charles Darwin as the 19th century's most noted English naturalist.

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In ENV...On Thursday, September 23, 2010, following a showing of the film Darwin's Dilemma, we presented a program of short talks in the Hughes-Trigg Theatre at Southern Methodist University (SMU). We argued that the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution has not solved these related problems:

- The origin of novel protein folds (talk by Axe)
- The origin of anatomical novelties (talk by Sternberg)
- The origin of animal body plans (talks by Nelson and Wells)

SMU biology lecturer John Wise attended the event - or so it appears, because he wrote a long "reply" to both the movie and our presentations, and cites our handout distributed at the information table. Wise did not ask any questions during the Q & A, however, or interact with any of us during our visit. Over the weekend (September 25-26), he then posted his comments at his webpage.

We put "reply" within quotation marks because Wise's page comprises such a rambling pastiche of assertions - some mutually contradictory, others irrelevant, or simply non-sequiturs - that it is difficult to sort out what he is actually arguing.

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