Phillip E. Johnson Quotes

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Phillip E. Johnson (born 1940) is an American retired law professor, author and intelligent design proponent. Johnson is considered the father of the intelligent design movement.

The subject is not just the theory of evolution, the subject is the reality of God.

Hank Hanegraaf's "Bible Answer Man" radio program (19 December 2001)

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Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to put down God.

Phillip E. Johnson
— Interview with Claire Cooper, Legal Affairs Writer, published in "Berkeley Law Professor Finds Darwin Wanting: Author Calls Evolution 'Imaginative Story' ", Sacramento Bee, 3 June 1991, p. B5

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This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

Phillip E. Johnson
— World Magazine, 30 November 1996

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If we understand our own times, we will know that we should affirm the reality of God by challenging the domination of materialism and naturalism in the world of the mind. With the assistance of many friends I have developed a strategy for doing this. ... We call our strategy the " wedge ."

Phillip E. Johnson
— Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, 1997, pp. 91-92

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The Intelligent Design movement starts with the recognition that "In the beginning was the Word," and "In the beginning God created." Establishing that point isn't enough, but it is absolutely essential to the rest of the gospel message.

Phillip E. Johnson
— Foreword to Creation, Evolution, & Modern Science (2000)

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We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator.

Phillip E. Johnson
— Los Angeles Times (25 March 2001)

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We're not trying to prove the character of God through science. That's a bad idea. What I'm trying to do is clear away the misunderstandings, the debris that prevent people from accepting that God who wants to accept them.

Phillip E. Johnson
— Hank Hanegraaf's "Bible Answer Man" radio program (19 December 2001)

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Our strategy has been to change the subject a bit so that we can get the issue of intelligent design, which really means the reality of God, before the academic world and into the schools.

Phillip E. Johnson
— American Family Radio (10 January 2003)

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