Defense focuses on establishing validity of intelligent design.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: October 17, 2005| Author: Anderson, Lisa | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Anderson

HARRISBURG, Pa. _ A Pennsylvania biochemist testified in federal court here Monday that intelligent design, a view critical of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, is a scientific theory that doesn't require involvement of a supernatural agent, although he said he believes the intelligent designer is God.

With a great-great-grandson of Darwin looking on, Lehigh University professor Michael Behe testified as the first witness for the defe...

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