2008-06-29 Nice letter from a Creationist

2008-06-29 ERV Scienceblogs/erv \creationism vs. science\Michael Behe http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2008/06/nice_letter_from_a_creationist.php Nice letter from a Creationist Nice letter from a Creationist  I encourage everyone to leave questions in the comments or send me emails if they want to know more about a topic, and I am just as happy to oblige a evilutionist as a Creationist. Especially when they're nice about it!

So I got a Q from a nice fellow a couple days ago... The creationist's letter is included in full, along with ERV's response which reads in part: While both theistic evolutionists and ID Creationists say their deity initiated and guided evolution, ID Creationists take it a step further and proclaim they have 'proof' of exactly when and where their deity intervened. This 'proof' is composed entirely of misrepresentations of other peoples research (called 'pubjacking' and 'quote-mining') and arrogant claims beyond the scope of the Creationist in question. Case in point, Michael Behe. Michael Behe is not even passingly familiar with HIV-1 research, as evident by his humorous exclusion of the evolutionary history and trajectory of the HIV-1 protein, Vpu, which did precisely what Behe demanded in 'Edge'. And despite Behe's unfamiliarity with the topic, he was still arrogant enough to feel qualified to make proclamations of what HIV-1 can and cannot achieve through evolution.

&ldquo;I encourage everyone to leave questions in the comments or send me emails if they want to know more about a topic, and I am just as happy to oblige a evilutionist as a Creationist. Especially when they're nice about it!&rdquo;   