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> [The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/the-monopoly-of-science-in-the-realm-of-knowledge-explains-why/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

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> [Evolutionary biologists have been able to pretend to know how complex biological systems originated only because they treated them as black boxes. Now that biochemists have opened the black boxes and seen what is inside, they know the Darwinian theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/evolutionary-biologists-have-been-able-to-pretend-to-know-how-complex/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Biologist

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biologist/stephen-jay-gould/)
- [Elliott Sober 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biologist/elliott-sober/)

## More by Phillip E. Johnson

> [“Darvinizam je priča o oslobađanju čovječanstva od iluzije da njegovom sudbinom upravlja neka sila viša od njega.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/darvinizam-je-pri-a-o-osloba-anju-ovje-anstva-od-iluzije-da-njegovom/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/in-short-the-proposition-that-god-was-in-any-way-involved-in-our/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/first-darwinian-theory-tells-us-how-a-certain-amount-of-diversity-in/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/evolutionary-biologists-are-not-content-merely-to-explain-how/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [Materialism sets us free from sin-by proving that there is no such thing as sin. There's just antisocial behavior, which we can control with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/materialism-sets-us-free-from-sin-by-proving-that-there-is-no-such/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/in-short-it-is-not-that-evolutionary-naturalists-have-been-less/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [“As students grow more and more accustomed to assuming materialism and naturalism in their academic work, the concept of creation by God gradually tends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/as-students-grow-more-and-more-accustomed-to-assuming-materialism-and/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature to create new forms, I am willing to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/although-i-insist-that-god-has-always-had-the-power-to-intervene/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [“A second point that caught my attention was that the very persons who insist upon keeping religion and science separate are eager to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/a-second-point-that-caught-my-attention-was-that-the-very-persons-who/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/modernism-is-typically-defined-as-the-condition-that-begins-when/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [“..."science" as defined in our culture has a philosophical bias that needs to be exposed. On the one hand, science is empirical. This means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/science-as-defined-in-our-culture-has-a-philosophical-bias-that-needs/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/scientists-have-long-known-that-darwinism-is-false-they-have-adhered/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [“The whole thing seems absurdly easy - so easy that you ought to smell a rat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/the-whole-thing-seems-absurdly-easy-so-easy-that-you-ought-to-smell-a/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [The Intelligent Design movement starts with the recognition that "In the beginning was the Word," and "In the beginning God created." Establishing that point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/the-intelligent-design-movement-starts-with-the-recognition-that-in/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

> [Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation of scientific evidence - experiments, fossil studies and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/most-importantly-i-agree-that-the-truth-of-these-matters-should-be/)

[Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/)

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