Michael Behe Quotes

Intelligent design relies on physical, empirical, observable evidence from nature plus logical inferences. - Michael Behe

In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them. - Michael Behe

In order to say that some function is understood, every relevant step in the process must be elucidated. - Michael Behe

In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines. - Michael Behe

In Darwin's time all of biology was a black box: not only the cell, or the eye, or digestion, or immunity, but every biological structure and function because, ultimately, no one could explain how biological processes occurred. - Michael Behe

I'll wait and see. - Michael Behe

I advocated none of those ideas. I take this as a political statement unsupported by any references. - Michael Behe

Evolution no longer looks like a random process to me; it looks like a set-up job. My sense is that we'll discover the means to detect the design scientifically. - Michael Behe

Creationism is a theological concept but intelligent design is a scientific theory. One can be a creationist without any physical evidence. That's 180 degrees different from intelligent design. - Michael Behe

By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. - Michael Behe

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