Phillip E. Johnson

“Darvinizam je priča o oslobađanju čovječanstva od iluzije da njegovom sudbinom upravlja neka sila viša od njega.”

— Phillip E. Johnson

In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— Phillip E. Johnson

“The whole thing seems absurdly easy - so easy that you ought to smell a rat.”

— 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…

— Phillip E. Johnson

Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation of scientific evidence - experiments, fossil studies…

— Phillip E. Johnson

Science...has become identified with a philosophy known as materialism or scientific naturalism. This philosophy insists that nature is all there is, or…

— Phillip E. Johnson

“One of the truly bizarre things about our current cultural situation is that the leading figures of the scientific establishment seem genuinely…

— Phillip E. Johnson

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…

— Phillip E. Johnson

The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which…

— Phillip E. Johnson

“I approach the creation-evolution dispute not as a scientist but as a problem of law, which means among other things that I…

— Phillip E. Johnson

If we understand our own times, we will know that we should affirm the reality of God by challenging the domination of…

— Phillip E. Johnson

As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.

— Phillip E. Johnson

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be…

— Phillip E. Johnson

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists…

— Phillip E. Johnson

Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work…

— Phillip E. Johnson