Phillip E. Johnson: Quotes about God

Phillip E. Johnson was American Law clerk. Explore interesting quotes on god.
Phillip E. Johnson: 22 quotes1 like

“The objective is to convince people that Darwinism is inherently atheistic, thus shifting the debate from creationism vs. evolution to the existence of God vs. the non-existence of God. From there people are introduced to 'the truth' of the Bible and then 'the question of sin' and finally 'introduced to Jesus.”

Phillip E. Johnson Wedge strategy

This is from a summary of Johnsons ideas on the &quot;Wedge strategy&quot; which appeared in &quot;Missionary Man&quot; by Rob Boston in Church and State Magazine (April 1999) http://web.archive.org/web/20010508032051/http://www.au.org/churchstate/cs4995.htm, and not a direct quote. See also &quot;Bad Philip Johnson Quote&quot; at Panda&#x27;s Thumb http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/02/post-4.html <br class="br">Misattributed

“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
1990s

“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)
1990s

“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)
2000s

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

Phillip E. Johnson

Hank Hanegraaf's "Bible Answer Man" radio program (19 December 2001)
2000s

“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)
2000s

“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
1990s

“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)
2000s