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By Design: Behe, Lennox, and Meyer on the Evidence for a Creator | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Uncommon Knowledge

CHAPTER

The Importance of Irreducible Complexity

John Lennox and Michael Behe debate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. They argue over whether there are irreducibly complex systems in the cell. John Lennox: If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But top-down is actually a metaphor for the action of an agent in arranging things with a plan in mind.

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