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DARWIN, COMPLEXITY, AND THE PROBLEM OF DESIGN.(Charles Darwin)(Critical Essay)

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From: World and I
Date: 19990801
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In his splendid article, "DarwinOs Origin Transforms Culture," Peter Graham refers to studies by biochemist Michael Behe showing that an individual cell is so complex and arranged so interdependently that it never could have arisen from a process of random or chance mutation. There is, in my opinion, no serious doubt that this argument demolishes the type of standard Darwinian position that is taught in most schools and colleges.

However, he then goes on to argue that the cell must be a product of intelligent design. The problem with this argument is that complex designs can ...

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