"This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy."

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Source : "Creation, Evolution, & Modern Science: Probing the Headlines that Impact Your Family". Book by Raymond G. Bohlin, 2000.

Phillip E. Johnson

#Philosophy Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Design Quotes

“Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.”

Source : Greg Bear (2014). “Slant”, p.170, Open Road Media
“Regrettably, people today don't watch many programs that actually teach people how to cook, so I agreed to do a competitive show that I think will provide inspiration.”
“Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something which absorbs him - which may be regarded by others as being useless - yet it is his dream, it is his lodestar, it is his master. That, whatever it is, seized upon me, made me its servant, slave - induced me to set aside the other ambitions a trail of glory in the heavens, which I followed, followed with a full heart. ...When once I am convinced, I never let go...”
“There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.”
“To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption.”
“Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the value of the words, unbound from the speaker.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, itâ€™s an antecedent to sloth, the least sexy of the seven deadly sins. Thomas Aquinas winnowed it down for me: acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh prevails completely over the spirit. You donâ€™t just turn your back on the world, you turn your back on God. You donâ€™t care, and you donâ€™t care that you donâ€™t care.”
“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”

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