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 God.

— Phillip E. Johnson

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

— 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 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

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

We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator.

— Phillip E. Johnson

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

— 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 away the misunderstandings, the debris that prevent people from accepting that God who wants to accept them.

— Phillip E. Johnson

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