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“Evolutionary biologists have been able to pretend to know how complex biological systems originated only because they treated them as black boxes. Now that biochemists have opened the black boxes and seen what is inside, they know the Darwinian theory is just a story, not a scientific explanation.”

Quote by Phillip E. Johnson

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Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds

This book delves into the arguments and discussions surrounding the theory of evolution, examining the perspectives that challenge Darwinism and the ways in which these ideas impact contemporary intellectual discourse. more

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Phillip E. Johnson
Phillip E. Johnson

Phillip E. Johnson is a renowned law professor born on June 18, 1940. He is well-known in the American legal community for his support of intelligent design in science education. more

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“Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At Adam, every time. We can't build a monument to a germ, but we can build one to Adam, who is in the way to turn myth in in fifty years and be entirely forgotten in two hundred. We can build a monument and save his name to the world forever, and we'll do it!”