Re: [asa] Phillip Johnson quote on ID

I vote for "hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human
tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on
Christ" (Col 2:8)

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:11 AM, George Murphy <GMURPHY10@neo.rr.com> wrote:
> So if there isn't a scientific theory & it's not religion, what is it?
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> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jon Tandy
> To: 'ASA'
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:30 AM
> Subject: [asa] Phillip Johnson quote on ID
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> This was mentioned on your blog, but I don't recall that it's been quoted on
> this list. Phillip Johnson, as interviewed by Berkeley Science Review
> (http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/articles.php?issue=10&article=evolution):
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> ""I considered [Dover] a loser from the start. Where you have a board
> writing a statement and telling the teachers to repeat it to the class, I
> thought that was a very bad idea."
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> "I also don't think that there is really a theory of intelligent design at
> the present time to propose as a comparable alternative to the Darwinian
> theory, which is, whatever errors it might contain, a fully worked out
> scheme. There is no intelligent design theory that's comparable. Working out
> a positive theory is the job of the scientific people that we have
> affiliated with the movement. Some of them are quite convinced that it's
> doable, but that's for them to prove…No product is ready for competition in
> the educational world."
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> Jon Tandy
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> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> Behalf Of David Heddle
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:17 PM
> To: George Murphy
> Cc: David Opderbeck; ASA
> Subject: Re: [asa] Theistic Evolutionists Clos e Ranks — Let the
> Bloodletting Begin!
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> Here is a recap of Miller's talk when he came to CNU:
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> http://helives.blogspot.com/2008/03/kenneth-millers-cnu-talk.html
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Received on Wed Jun 18 09:30:22 2008