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title: "3 Creation science Quotes By Phillip E. Johnson"
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> [“A second point that caught my attention was that the very persons who insist upon keeping religion and science separate are eager…](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/)

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> [“I approach the creation-evolution dispute not as a scientist but as a problem of law, which means among other things that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/i-approach-the-creation-evolution-dispute-not-as-a-scientist-but-as-a/)

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

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> [“Biochemists assume that the three cellular kingdoms evolved from a single common ancestor, because the alternative of supposing an independent origin of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/biochemists-assume-that-the-three-cellular-kingdoms-evolved-from-a/)

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

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## Other authors on Creation science

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-ken-ham-56314.jpg) Ken Ham 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creation-science/ken-ham/)

## 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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