Phillip E. Johnson: Quotes about science

Phillip E. Johnson was American Law clerk. Explore interesting quotes on science.

Phillip E. Johnson: 22 quotes1 like

“This [origins debate] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.”

Phillip E. Johnson

World Magazine, 30 November 1996
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

“So the question is: "How to win?" That's when I began to develop what you now see full-fledged in the "wedge" strategy: "Stick with the most important thing" — the mechanism and the building up of information. Get the Bible and the Book of Genesis out of the debate because you do not want to raise the so-called Bible-science dichotomy. Phrase the argument in such a way that you can get it heard in the secular academy and in a way that tends to unify the religious dissenters. That means concentrating on, "Do you need a Creator to do the creating, or can nature do it on its own?" and refusing to get sidetracked onto other issues, which people are always trying to do.”

Phillip E. Johnson

Touchstone Magazine interview (June 2002)
2000s