It's good to see Ken Beacon is still alive.

I don't know the whole DNAunion story. Has he changed his mind about ID or about his religious beliefs, or both?

I have a thread at ISCID on the arbitrariness of the genetic code, just in case you want to throw in your 2 cents worth.

Interesting to learn your story. Not so long ago I received the next message:

"Hey Fernando,

I really enjoy the research you do and have found it quite informative. Have you considered documenting your findings in a book? (Perhaps collaborating with Mike Gene on "ID Theory in Practice", combining work on ID-based prediction and use of the metatheory.) Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work!

Atom"

http://www.iscid.org/boards/ub...

So, I just wanted to ask you if in private can you tell me what kind of research are you currently doing (I guess that it is in the Molecular Realm). My email is in the PDF at the beginning of the same thread.

Fer.

After I posted here I went over to the ol' idthink and read most of it. Good stuff! I had already been to designinference.com. Great stuff over there.

I am here because one of Eugenie's crew (member of NCSE) started writing letters to the editor and eventually I had to speak up. A editorial battle ensued. Since I am inactive politically right now I wanted to find a way to contribute to the theory of ID in whatever way I can.

Krauze: Thank you too for those suggestions. I'll be sure to put them on my list.

Thanks to both of you for your thoughtful suggestions!

I'll be sure to stick around and read up on all I've missed.

Thanks again Mike for your thoughtful contributions to ID theory!

All the best,
Ken

On the right side of this page, we feature a number of books. For a beginner, I suggest Paul Davies' The Fifth Miracle and Simon Conway Morris' Life's Solution. They don't advocate intelligent design, but they deal with some of the same issues that Mike and the rest of us here at TT write about.

I hope you check in on us on a semi-regular basis. If not, you should e-mail me so I can get your e-mail address.

Hi Ken,

Yes, I remember you! It's great to hear from you. Those were the really early ARN days "“ you, Duane, DNAUnion, and Bertvan. I've sometimes wondered whatever happened to you.

As for book suggestions, my story pretty much captures my exposure to the ID literature. It really pretty much is a "Behe's book, followed by internet arguments" thing. So I would definitely suggest Behe's book and then shamelessly plug my web page (check out ID101) and our blog. Dembski's page also has plenty of material to read through. Maybe someone else here can weigh in and offer suggestions.

As for suggestions about involving yourself in the movement, I'm not really part of any movement, so, sorry, I can't help you there.

Thanks for getting in contact again. And hang around.

Well, here we are a long long way from ARN. I hope you remember me. I stopped posting after it became too much heat and not enough light. I was Duane Salmon's friend. He brought me to ARN.

I am glad you finally got around to telling your story. Truthfully, I suspected you were Mike Behe. lol Glad to know you're not.

So, here are my questions:

Do you remember me? I helped you with IDTHINK in the beginning.

What would be a short list of books or articles to help a beginner in ID?

What materials should an intermediate look at?

Where are the advanced materials on ID and what are they?

Most importantly for me, in what ways can a student of ID help in the movement?

I was very pleased you were mentioned by Dembski in his Rebuttal to Reports by Opposing Expert Witnesses.

Great to know you are still around!

Yours,
Ken

thegiffman:

'have you ever read Silmarillion?'

No thegiffman can't say I have.

Thank you for telling us your story. Hardly a weekday goes by on the net when I don't look for your postings!

There have been other things demanding my time of late, especially on the weekends, and I will very much miss having a chance to frequently participate on the net with you as I once did.

It really was a lot of fun when ARN was swarming with critics. I like target rich environments, but well, I have to move on to more practical thing in life rather than partaking in the joy of internet combat.

Anyway, the critics mostly retreated to PT and I'm ready to move on to more fun things than beating up ARN sock puppets. I will say, it's nice to see our old foe PvM find a home for himself at PT. He was the most talented internet warrior I ever saw, a real army of one.

As far as my most memorable moment in the Mike Gene story? I will forever remember your exchange with RgD and Alix Neuphar. Something about Futayama and carpaces. I still break out a chuckle when I think of that.

Hey, best wishes to you, Mike. I hope to hear from you from time to time. Take care,

Salvador