Author: Phillip E. Johnson

Quotes

Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own.

Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own.

- 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 organisms already in existence.

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence.

- Phillip E. Johnson

To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.

To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.

- Phillip E. Johnson

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

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

- Phillip E. Johnson

No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study.

No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study.

- Phillip E. Johnson

So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.

So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.

- Phillip E. Johnson

Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy.

Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy.

- Phillip E. Johnson

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

- Phillip E. Johnson

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

- Phillip E. Johnson

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