Phillip E. Johnson Explained

Phillip E. Johnson
Birth Date:	1940 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:	Berkeley, California, U.S.
Known For:	Advocacy of intelligent design
Notable Works:	Darwin on Trial (1991)
Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law
Education:	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)

Phillip E. Johnson (June 18, 1940 – November 2, 2019)^[1] was an American legal scholar who was the Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.^[2] He was an opponent of evolutionary science, co-founder of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture (CSC), and one of the co-founders of the intelligent design movement, along with William Dembski and Michael Behe.^[3] Johnson described himself as "in a sense the father of the intelligent design movement".^[4]

Johnson was a critic of Darwinism, which he described as "fully naturalistic evolution, involving chance mechanisms and natural selection". Johnson argued that scientists accepted the theory of evolution "before it was rigorously tested, and thereafter used all their authority to convince the public that naturalistic processes are sufficient to produce a human from a bacterium, and a bacterium from a mix of chemicals." The scientific community considered Johnson's defense of intelligent design to be pseudoscientific.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Biography

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Aurora, Illinois, on June 18, 1940.^[8] He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English literature from Harvard University in 1961, then studied law at the University of Chicago, where he graduated at the top of his class with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1965.^[9] He served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor of the California Supreme Court from 1965–1966, then clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren at the Supreme Court of the United States from 1966–1967.^[10] In January 1966, Johnson became a member of the State Bar of California.^[11]

Career

From 1967 to 2000, Johnson was an active professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and retained the title of professor emeritus at the time of his death. Johnson served as deputy district attorney and held visiting professorships at Emory University and at University College London.^[12]

At the age of 38, Johnson became a born again Christian following a divorce, and later became an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).^[13] Johnson recounted that while on a sabbatical in England he sought, through prayer, inspiration for what he should do with the rest of his life, and then received an epiphany after he read Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker (1986) and Michael Denton's (1985). Johnson later said, "Something about the Darwinists' rhetorical style made me think they had something to hide." Despite having no formal background in biology, he felt that he could add insight into the premises and arguments. Johnson stated that he approached the creation evolution dispute not as a scientist but as an academic lawyer by profession, with a specialty in analyzing the logic of arguments and identifying the assumptions that lie behind those arguments. He noted that what people think about evolutionism depends very heavily on the kind of logic they employ and the kind of assumptions they make. Further, he pointed out that four of the eleven members of the special committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences to prepare its official booklet titled Science and Creationism were lawyers.^[14] (That first edition of the publication, which was finished in 1984, was prepared as an amicus brief in the Edwards v. Aguillard case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court.^[15]) In 1989, Of Pandas and People by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon was published as the first book to promote intelligent design.^[16]

The first edition of Darwin on Trial was published in 1991. In notes listing his sources, Johnson said about Of Pandas and People that "This book is 'creationist' only in the sense that it juxtaposes a paradigm of 'intelligent design' with the dominant paradigm of (naturalistic) evolution, and makes the case for the former. It does not rely on the authority of the Bible." Following that, Johnson sought supporters for his "Wedge Strategy".In the ID blog Evolution News, Casey Luskin described him as the godfather of the intelligent design movement,^[17] and PBS said he was "known as the father of intelligent design".^[18]

Johnson was a critic of methodological naturalism, the basic principle that science can only investigate natural causes for observable phenomena, and espoused a philosophy he called "theistic realism."^[19] He was the author of several books on intelligent design, science, philosophy, and religion, as well as textbooks on criminal law. He has appeared on various programs such as PBS's Firing Line^[20] and a Nova episode, "."^[21]

Personal life and death

Beginning in 2001, Johnson suffered a series of minor right brain strokes. His rehabilitations limited his public activities and participation in the debate on intelligent design, because of both their physical effects and Johnson's belief that they were signs from God urging him to spend more time with his faith and family and less in prideful debate.^[22] In 2004, he was awarded the inaugural "Phillip E. Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth" by Biola University, a private evangelical Christian college noted for its promotion of intelligent design.^[23] Johnson had two children and lived with his wife in Berkeley, California.^{[24] [25]}

Johnson died in early November 2019 at his home.^{[26] [27]}

Intelligent design

Johnson was known as one of the founders of the intelligent design movement, principal architect of the wedge strategy, and the author of the Santorum Amendment.

Johnson rejects common descent and does not take a position on the age of the Earth.^{[28] [29]} These concepts are a common theme in his books, including Darwin on Trial, Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education (1995), Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds (1997), and The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism (2000). Eugenie Scott wrote that Darwin on Trial "teaches little that is accurate about either the nature of science, or the topic of evolution. It is recommended neither by scientists nor educators."^[30] Working through the Center for Science and Culture, Johnson wrote the early draft language of the Santorum Amendment, which encouraged a "Teach the Controversy" approach to evolution in public school education.^[31]

Nancy Pearcey, a Center for Science and Culture fellow and Johnson associate, credits Johnson's leadership of the intelligent design movement in two of her most recent publications. In an interview with Johnson for World magazine, Pearcey says, "It is not only in politics that leaders forge movements. Phillip Johnson has developed what is called the 'Intelligent Design' movement ..."^[32] In Christianity Today, she reveals Johnson's religious beliefs and his criticism of evolution and affirms Johnson as "The unofficial spokesman for ID"^[33] The scientific community views intelligent design as unscientific, pseudoscience and junk science.^{[34] [35] [36] [37]}

Darwin on Trial

See also: Darwin on Trial. In the book Darwin on Trial, 1991, Johnson disputed the tenets of evolution and promoted Intelligent design. He wrote the book with the thesis that evolution could be "tried" like a defendant in court. Darwin on Trial became a central text of the intelligent design movement.^[38]

Wedge strategy

See also: Wedge strategy. In its earliest days the intelligent design movement was called the 'wedge movement'. The wedge metaphor, attributed to Johnson, is that of a metal wedge splitting a log and represents using an aggressive public relations program to create an opening for the supernatural in the public's understanding of science.^[39] Johnson acknowledges that the goal of the intelligent design movement is to promote a theistic agenda as a scientific concept.^{[40] [41] [42]}

According to Johnson, the wedge movement, if not the term, began in 1992:

Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State described the wedge strategy:

Johnson is one of the authors of the Discovery Institute's Wedge Document and its "Teach the Controversy" campaign, which attempts to cast doubt on the validity of the theory of evolution, its acceptance within the scientific community, and reduce its role in public school science curricula while promoting intelligent design. The "Teach the Controversy" campaign portrays evolution as "a theory in crisis."

In his 1997 book Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds Johnson summed up the underlying philosophy of his advocacy for intelligent design and against methodological and philosophical naturalism:

Johnson has described the wedge strategy as:

• "We are taking an intuition most people have [the belief in God] and making it a scientific and academic enterprise. We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator."^[43]
• "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."^[40]
• "This isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science. It's about religion and philosophy."
• "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."

When asked how best to raise doubts and question evolution with non-believers, Johnson responded:

Wedge of Truth

The book Wedge of Truth, published by Johnson in 2000, is an expansion of the Wedge Document. He states that truth has the ability to speak for itself.

Criticism

Johnson has been accused of being intellectually dishonest in his arguments advancing intelligent design and attacking the scientific community.^{[44] [45]} Johnson has employed numerous equivocations regarding the term "naturalism," failing to distinguish between methodological naturalism (in which science is used to study the natural world and says nothing about the supernatural) versus philosophical naturalism (the philosophical belief that nothing exists but the natural world, and adopts as a premise the idea that there is no supernatural world or deities).^{[46] [47]} In fact-checking Johnson's books Darwin on Trial and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, Brian Spitzer, an associate professor of biology at the University of Redlands, argued that almost every scientific source Johnson cited had been misused or distorted, from simple misinterpretations and innuendos to outright fabrications. Spitzer described Darwin on Trial as the most deceptive book he had ever read.^[45]

In 1993 the ASA's Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith published a review of Darwin on Trial by Nancey Murphy, an associate professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, who described Johnson's arguments as "dogmatic and unconvincing", primarily because "he does not adequately understand scientific reasoning."^[48] In a later interview she said she faced a campaign to get her fired after she expressed her view that intelligent design was not only poor theology, but "so stupid, I don't want to give them my time." Murphy, who accepts the validity of evolution, said that Johnson called a trustee in an attempt to get her fired and stated "His tactic has always been to fight dirty when anyone attacks his ideas." Johnson admits he had spoken with a former trustee of the seminary who was himself upset with Murphy, but denies any responsibility for action taken against her. He said: "It's the Darwinists who hold the power in academia and who threaten the professional status and livelihoods of anyone who disagrees ... They feel to teach anything but their orthodoxy is an act of professional treason."^[49]

Since Johnson is considered by those both inside and outside the movement to be the father and architect of the intelligent design movement and its strategies,^[50] his statements are often used to validate the criticisms leveled by those who allege that the Discovery Institute and its allied organizations are merely stripping the obvious religious content from their anti-evolution assertions as a means of avoiding the legal restrictions of the Establishment Clause, a view reinforced by the December 2005 ruling in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial which found that intelligent design is not science and is essentially religious in nature. They argue that ID is an attempt to put a patina of secularity on top of what is a fundamentally religious belief and thus that the "Teach the Controversy" exhortation is disingenuous, particularly when contrasted to his statements in The Wall Street Journal and other secular media. Critics point out that contrary to the Discovery Institute's and Johnson's claims, the theory of evolution is well-supported and accepted within the scientific community, with debates regarding how evolution occurred, not if it occurred. Popular disagreement with evolutionary theory should not be considered as a reason for challenging it as a scientifically valid subject to be taught, they contend.

Critics of Johnson point to his central role in the Discovery Institute's carefully orchestrated campaign known as the wedge strategy. The wedge strategy, as envisioned by the Discovery Institute, is designed to leave the science establishment looking close-minded in the short term with a long-term goal being a redefinition of science that centers on the removal of methodological naturalism from the philosophy of science and the scientific method, thereby allowing for supernatural explanations to be introduced as science. Critics note that Johnson, as a principal officer of the Discovery Institute, often cites an overall plan to put the United States on a course toward the theocracy envisioned in the wedge strategy, and that the Discovery Institute as a matter of policy intentionally obfuscates its agenda.^[51] According to Johnson, "The movement we now call the wedge made its public debut at a conference of scientists and philosophers held at Southern Methodist University in March 1992."

During the 1990s, Johnson and several others challenged the scientific consensus by claiming that HIV tests do not detect HIV, AIDS statistics are grossly exaggerated,^[52] and that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.^{[53] [54] [55] [56] [57]} As a member of The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, a prominent AIDS denialist group,^[58] Johnson questioned if HIV caused AIDS.^{[59] [60] [61] [62]} He wrote several articles about the subject, including a piece in Reason magazine. He was one of the 12 founding members of The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis and signatory to the group's letter to the editor of Science asserting that HIV is only tautologically associated with AIDS and that HIV tests are inaccurate. Johnson, along with others, have been criticized for their questioning of the scientific and medical consensus that HIV causes AIDS.^[63] In the Washington University Law Review, Matthew J. Brauer, Barbara Forrest, and Steven G. Gey faulted Johnson, Wells and others for denying the HIV/AIDS connection and promoting denialism via a petition designed to garner publicity but which did not have any scientific support.^[64]

Selected works

Criminal law

• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1975 . Phillip E. Johnson . The Elements of Criminal Due Process: Cases, Materials, and Text . Criminal Justice Series . St. Paul, MN . . 75026046 . 1914558 . Johnson 1975a.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1975 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text on the Substantive Criminal Law in its Procedural Context . American Casebook Series . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 75005083 . 1529179 . 3 . Johnson 1975b.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1976 . 1976 Supplement to Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text on the Substantive Criminal Law in its Procedural Context . American Casebook Series . St. Paul, MN . West Pub . 77354635 . 2607013 . 2 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1977 . 1977 Supplement to Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text on the Substantive Criminal Law in its Procedural Context . American Casebook Series . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 77354398 . 3670876 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1980 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text on the Substantive Criminal Law in its Procedural Context . American Casebook Series . Problems by the author and Myron Moskovitz . 2nd . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 80014283 . 22560980 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1985 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text . registration . American Casebook Series . Problems by the author and Myron Moskovitz . 3rd . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 9780314896827 . 85005079 . 12120243 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1988 . Goldenberg . Norman S. . Casenote Legal Briefs. Criminal Law: Adaptable to Courses Utilizing Johnson's Casebook on Criminal Law . Staff writers, Richard A. Lovich, Kemp Richardson . Beverly Hills, CA . Casenotes Pub. Co. . 978-0-87457-093-9 . 89117347 . 20391227 . 3 . Johnson 1988a.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1988 . Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure . American Casebook Series . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 978-0-314-60025-7 . 87025297 . 16684338 . 3 . Johnson 1988b.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1990 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text . American Casebook Series . 4th . St. Paul, MN . West Pu Co . 978-0-314-72635-3 . 90035247 . 21375540 . 2 . Johnson 1990a .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1991 . Goldenberg . Norman S. . Tenen . Peter . Switzer . Robert J. . Casenote Legal Briefs. Criminal Law: Adaptable to Courses Utilizing Johnson's Casebook on Criminal Law . Staff writers, Richard A. Lovich, Kemp Richardson . Santa Monica, CA . Casenotes Pub. Co. . 978-0-87457-156-1 . 92124154 . 26128520 . 3 . none.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1994 . Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure . American Casebook Series . 2nd . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 978-0-314-03584-4 . 94013551 . 30156868 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1995 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text . American Casebook Series . 5th . St. Paul, MN . West Pub Co . 978-0-314-06410-3 . 95022555 . 32664822 . 2 . Johnson 1995a.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 2000 . Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure . American Casebook Series . 3rd . St. Paul, MN . . 978-0-314-24119-1 . 00702489 . 44547056 . 3 . Johnson 2000a.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 2000 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text . American Casebook Series . 6th . St. Paul, MN . West Group . 978-0-314-24091-0 . 00697867 . 45223793 . 3 . Johnson 2000b.
• Book: Johnson . Phillip E. . Cloud . Morgan . 2002 . Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text . American Casebook Series . 7th . St. Paul, MN . West Group . 978-0-314-25649-2 . 2003267475 . 50390778 . 3 . Johnson & Cloud 2002a.
• Book: Arnold . Brian G. . Caves . Amy Melissa . Rose . Paul . Johnson . Phillip E. . 2002 . Blatt . Dana L. . West Group High Court Case Summaries. Criminal Law: Keyed to Johnson's Casebook on Criminal Law . 7th . Eagan, MN . West Group . 978-0-314-14529-1 . 2003265465 . 56517350 . Johnson, et al. 2002.
• Book: Johnson . Phillip E. . Cloud . Morgan . 2005 . Constitutional Criminal Procedure: From Investigation to Trial . American Casebook Series . 4th . St. Paul, MN . . 978-0-314-25660-7 . 2005282241 . 61330436 . Johnson & Cloud 2005.

Darwinism

• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1990 . Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism . Dallas, TX . Haughton Pub. Co. . 00268240 . 27190651 . 3 . Johnson 1990b.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1991 . Darwin on Trial . Washington, DC . . 978-0-89526-535-7 . 90026218 . 22906277 . 3 . Darwin on Trial .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1993 . Darwin on Trial . 2nd . Downers Grove, IL . . 978-0-8308-1324-7 . 93029217 . 28889094 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1995 . Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-1610-1 . 95012620 . 32384818 . 3 . Johnson 1995b .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1997 . Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-1360-5 . 97012916 . 36621960 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 1998 . Objections Sustained: Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law & Culture . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-1941-6 . 98006866 . 38898010 . 3 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 2000 . The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism . registration . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-2267-6 . 00039586 . 43903750 . 2 .
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 2002 . The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning & Public Debate . . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-2294-2 . 2002006756 . 49773676 . 3 . Johnson 2002b .
• Book: Johnson . Phillip E. . Reynolds . John Mark . 2010 . Against All Gods: What's Right and Wrong About the New Atheism . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 978-0-8308-3738-0 . 2010000182 . 460060927 . 3 . Johnson & Reynolds 2010.
• Book: Johnson, Phillip E. . 2010 . 1991; Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway . Darwin on Trial . . 20th anniversary, 3rd . Downers Grove, IL . . 978-0-8308-3831-8 . 2010019862 . 615339705 . 3 .

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)

References

• Darwinism: Science or Philosophy . March 26–28, 1992 . Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference? . Buell . Jon A. . Hearn . Virginia . Darwinism, Science or Philosophy?: Proceedings of a Symposium Entitled 'Darwinism, Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference?': Held on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas, March 26–28, 1992 . . Richardson, TX . 0-9642104-0-1 . 94094523 . 31602282 . December 26, 2013 . Buell & Hearn 1994.
• Book: 2006 . Dembski . William A. . William A. Dembski . Darwin's Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement . . Downers Grove, IL . . 978-0-8308-2836-4 . 2005033144 . 62330745 . registration .
• Book: Epstein, Steven . Steven Epstein (academic) . 1996 . Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge . Medicine and Society . 1–466 . . Berkeley, CA . 11619509 . 978-0-520-20233-7 . 96016805 . 470187113 .
• Book: Forrest, Barbara . Barbara Forrest . 2001 . The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic Mainstream . http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/barbara_forrest/wedge.html . Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives . Pennock . Robert T . Robert T. Pennock . Cambridge, MA . . 978-0-262-66124-9 . 2001031276 . 46729201 . registration .
• Book: Murphy, Nancey . Nancey Murphy . 2001 . Phillip Johnson on Trial: A Critique of His Critique of Darwin . http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/barbara_forrest/wedge.html . Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives . Pennock . Robert T . Cambridge, MA . . 978-0-262-66124-9 . 2001031276 . 46729201 . registration .
• Book: Pennock, Robert T. . 1999 . Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism . Cambridge, MA . MIT Press . 978-0-262-16180-0 . 98027286 . 39262003 .
• Book: 2007 . Stewart . Robert B. . Intelligent Design: William A. Dembski & Michael Ruse in Dialogue . Minneapolis, MN . . 978-0-8006-6218-9 . 2007027505 . 148895223 .

External links

• Articles by Phillip E. Johnson in Touchstone Magazine: A Journal of Mere Christianity, a bimonthly Christian publication
• The Religion of the Blind Watchmaker
• "Origin of the Specious" – an article by Ronald Bailey, published in the July 1997 issued of Reason magazine, concerns the development of intelligent design
• Johnson's writings on HIV and AIDS at the VirusMyth website
• "Phillip Johnson: From Crackpot to Dangerously Insane Crackpot" by Kevin T. Keith at the Lean Left blog
• Critiques of Phillip Johnson by Jim Lippard and Bill Hamilton at the TalkOrigins Archive
• "The Terrible Strength and Weakness of Naturalism" – an interview of Phillip E. Johnson with Tal Brooke. SCP Journal. Vol. 21:4–22:1. Spring 1998.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silliman . Daniel . 2019-11-05 . Died: Phillip E. Johnson, Lawyer Who Put Darwin on Trial . 2024-06-18 . News & Reporting . en.
2. Web site: Berring . Robert . 2020 . In Memoriam: Phillip E. Johnson . 2024-06-18 . University of California.
3. News: Glanz . James . 2001-04-08 . Darwin vs. Design: Evolutionists' New Battle . 2024-06-19 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Defending Intelligent Design - NOVA . PBS . 6 April 2007 . 7 November 2017.
5. Mu . David . Fall 2005 . Trojan Horse or Legitimate Science: Deconstructing the Debate over Intelligent Design . . 19 . 1 . 22–25 . December 26, 2013 . ... for most members of the mainstream scientific community, ID is not a scientific theory, but a creationist pseudoscience. . October 9, 2022 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hsr/wp-content/themes/hsr/pdf/fall2005/mu.pdf . dead .
6. Workosky . Cindy . August 3, 2005 . National Science Teachers Association Disappointed About Intelligent Design Comments Made by President Bush . Arlington, VA . . December 26, 2013 . 'We stand with the nation's leading scientific organizations and scientists, including Dr. John Marburger, the president's top science advisor, in stating that intelligent design is not science.' ... 'It is simply not fair to present pseudoscience to students in the science classroom.' . September 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210908170615/https://old.nsta.org/about/pressroom.aspx?id=50794 . dead .
7. Attie . Alan D. . Sober . Elliott . Elliott Sober . Numbers . Ronald L. . Ronald Numbers . Amasino . Richard M. . Richard Amasino . Cox . Beth . Berceau . Terese . Terese Berceau . Powell . Thomas . Cox . Michael M. . May 1, 2006 . Defending science education against intelligent design: a call to action . . 116 . 5 . 1134–38 . 10.1172/JCI28449 . 0021-9738 . 16670753 . 1451210.
8. Web site: Branch . Glenn . November 5, 2019 . Phillip Johnson dies . 2024-06-19 . . en.
9. Web site: Stafford . Tim . The Making of a Revolution . ChristianityToday.com . 8 December 1997 . https://web.archive.org/web/19981203133935/http://www.arn.org/johnson/revolution.htm . 3 December 1998 . 16 May 2019.
10. Johnson . Philip E. . 1997 . Inherit the Wind: The Play's the Thing . . 13 . 2 . 279–288 . none.
11. Web site: Phillip E Johnson . December 26, 2013 . . San Francisco, CA.
12. Web site: Faculty Profiles . December 26, 2013 . . Berkeley, CA.
13. Johnson . Phillip E. . James M. Kushiner . Berkeley's Radical . . Fellowship of St. James . Chicago, IL . June 2002 . 15 . 5 . 0897-327X . December 26, 2013. Johnson interviewed in November 2000.
14. [#Johnson 2010|Johnson 2010]
15. Labov . Jay B. . Kline Pope . Barbara . Understanding Our Audiences: The Design and Evolution of Science, Evolution, and Creationism . CBE: Life Sciences Education . March 2008 . 7 . 1 . 20–24 . 10.1187/cbe.07-12-0103 . 18316803 . 2262128 . 1931-7913.
16. Book: Stefaan Blancke. Hans Henrik Hjermitslev. Peter C. Kjærgaard. Creationism in Europe. 27 November 2014. JHU Press. 978-1-4214-1563-5. 10–11. (foreword by Ron Numbers)
17. News: Why Phillip Johnson Matters: A Biography Evolution News. 2011-11-17. Evolution News. 2018-07-01. en-US.
18. Web site: Defending Intelligent Design — NOVA PBS. www.pbs.org. October 2007 . 2018-07-01.
19. Johnson . Phillip E. . May–June 1996 . Third-Party Science . . Book review . 2 . 3 . December 26, 2013 . February 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219230949/http://www.ctlibrary.com/bc/1996/mayjun/6b3030.html . dead . Article reprinted in full by Access Research Network here.
20. A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Evolutionists Should Acknowledge Creation . Debate special . December 26, 2013 . . . December 19, 1997 . 203 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021000249/http://hoohila.stanford.edu/firingline/programView2.php?programID=397 . October 21, 2013 . mdy-all . .
21. News: Discovery Institute Responses to PBS/NOVA's "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" Movie Evolution News. 2009-02-11. Evolution News. 2018-07-01. en-US.
22. Condon . Kevin . September 1, 2004 . The Right Questions . Denver Journal . Book review . 7 . 54379462 . March 23, 2018 .
23. Web site: Antony Flew Receives Award From Intelligent Design Community . . La Mirada, CA . December 26, 2013.
24. Web site: Biography of Phillip E. Johnson. Linder. Doug. www.famous-trials.com. 2017-06-02.
25. Web site: Berkeley's Radical: An Interview with Phillip Johnson. www.arn.org. 2017-06-02.
26. Web site: Remembering Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019): The Man Who Lit the Match . David . Klinghoffer . November 3, 2019 . .
27. Web site: Gandalf Has Gone to the West (Phillip E. Johnson). John Mark. Reynolds. November 3, 2019. Eidos.
28. News: Powell . Michael . May 15, 2005 . Doubting Rationalist . The Washington Post . December 26, 2013.
29. Web site: Creationists and Intelligent Design . Olasky . January 27, 2004 . World Magazine Blog . God's World Publications . Asheville, NC . 0888-157X . https://web.archive.org/web/20041114103830/http://www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/000729.html . November 14, 2004.
30. Scott . Eugenie C. . Eugenie Scott . Sager . Thomas C. . Winter 1992 . Review Article: Darwin on Trial, by Phillip Johnson . Creation/Evolution . 12 . 31 . 47–56 . July 27, 2008.
31. Web site: Biology Wars: The Religion, Science and Education Controversy . Larson . Edward J. . Edward J. Larson . March 29, 2006 . Religion & Public Life Project . . Washington, D.C. . December 26, 2013 . That language, which was penned by Phil Johnson for Rick Santorum, passed the Senate as an amendment to the No Child Left Behind education bill, and eventually became part of the conference report for that legislation. . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012060109/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2006/03/evolution-creationism-intelligent-design.pdf . October 12, 2013 . dead . mdy-all .
32. Pearcey . Nancy R. . Nancy Pearcey . July 29, 2000 . Wedge Issues . . 15 . 29 . 0888-157X . December 26, 2013.
33. Pearcey . Nancy R. . May 22, 2000 . We're Not in Kansas Anymore . Christianity Today . Reprint . 0009-5753 . December 26, 2013.
34. See: 1) List of scientific societies explicitly rejecting intelligent design 2) Kitzmiller v. Dover page 83. 3) The Discovery Institute's A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism petition begun in 2001 has been signed by "over 600 scientists" as of August 20, 2006. 4) A four-day A Scientific Support for Darwinism petition gained 7,733 signatories from scientists opposing ID. 5) The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest association of scientists in the U.S., has 120,000 members, and firmly rejects ID. 6) More than 70,000 Australian scientists and educators condemn teaching of intelligent design in school science classes. 7) List of statements from scientific professional organizations on the status intelligent design and other forms of creationism.
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36. [#Pennock 1999|Pennock 1999]
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